By Paulo Coelho
A Warrior of Light knows that an angel and a devil are both competing for his sword hand.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)
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You may know that Romania is a country with a small GDP, inhabited by people that lack optimism or plans for their future. Your literary and philosophic message seems particularly well suited for such a community of people. What can you add for a country with a situation like ours?
By seen the career of my books worldwide, from US to Ukraine, from Brazil to Japan, the only conclusion that I can reach is: we are warriors of the light, regardless the GDP or the political and cultural differences. The only thing is that, in the past, we thought we were alone, but now a book, or a music, or a film, can help us to identify who belongs to our tribe. We are the ones who dare do be different, who pay the price of our dreams, who may be defeated but who never see ourselves as a victim of the circumstances; we are the navigators heading to the unknown sea. And this has nothing to do with countries, but with souls.
What is for you a warrior of the light?
Love,
Paulo
MUNICH, Germany, January 17 /PRNewswire/ — Hubert Burda Media has invited a select circle of guests to join their fourth conference on global issues of the 21st century: Digital-Life-Design (DLD). Participants will address concerns and innovations in the fields of digital lifestyle, media, science and arts. Approximately one hundred international experts are expected in Munich between 20 and 22 January 2008 to discuss future challenges arising for society as a whole as well as for corporate citizens and individuals.
The only conference in Europe to offer such a wide range of topics, select circle of speakers and exclusive set-up, DLD was founded in 2005 by Stephanie Czerny and Dr. Marcel Reichart, the two managing directors of Hubert Burda Media Research & Development. This year’s 800 participants come from Europe, the United States, Israel and the Far East.
The chairmen, publisher Dr. Hubert Burda and high-tech investor Dr. Joseph Vardi, are going to open the conference with a panel of pioneers from the advertising, venture capital and information industries: Sir Martin Sorrell, owner of WPP Holding who has created one of the world’s major advertising companies; Joe Schoendorf, one of Silicon Valley’s true pioneers whose VC firm AccelPartners holds investments in companies such as Facebook; and information architect Richard Wurman, founder of the legendary TED Conference.
DLD intends to provide a platform for the protagonists of future markets. The 2008 gathering is run under the motto "Uploading the 21st Century". Speakers include digital pioneers and successful entrepreneurs such as Shai Agassi (Project Better Place), Jason Calacanis (Mahalo), Matt Cohler (Facebook), Peter Hirshberg (Technorati), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Bradley Horowitz (Yahoo), Jeff Jarvis (Buzzmachine), Morten Lund (Lund
Kenner), Marissa Mayer (Google), Rene Ober-mann (Deutsche Telekom), Patrick Walker (Google) and Jimmy Wales (Wikia).
Science and sustainability are essential to the future of our society. These issues will be discussed by DLD panelists Adam Bly (Seed), Richard Dawkins (humanist), Karina Hollekim (athlete), Professor Sugata Mitra (Newcastle University, Craig Venter (Institute for Genomic Research) and others.
Paulo Coelho (writer), Konstantin Grcic (Industrial Design), Hans-Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Gallery), Hector Parra (composer), David Silverman (director, "The Simpsons") and Martha Stewart (MS Living Omnimedia) will be among those representing the world of design and art.
Further Informations:
Susanne Bommel
Hubert Burda Media - Pressekommunikation
Mail: DLDpress@burda.com Fon: +49-89-9250-3784
Website: http://www.dld-conference.com
SOURCE Hubert Burda Media
