Digital Life Design


Digital Life Design is a global conference network, organized by Munich-based DLD Media, a company of Hubert Burda Media.
In 2005, Stephanie Czerny founded DLD as an annual conference scheme. The main purpose of DLD is to bring together business, creative and social leaders, as well as investors and opinion formers, to exchange ideas and get inspired. Since its first gathering, DLD hosted events in New York City, Beijing, San Francisco, London, Moscow, New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv and Munich.
DLD Conference is referred to by the Economist as one of Europe's leading conferences on innovation. New-media site Sifted, backed by the Financial Times, recently ranked the event platform as one of "Europe's best tech conferences".
The company's flagship conference, DLD Munich, hosts over 1000 guests from more than 50 countries. The three-day event always takes place in January, right before the World Economic Forum in Davos. DLD's motto, Connect the Unexpected, brings people together from various fields and interests, addressing a wide range of topics such as technology, arts, science and politics, and talking about the future and its implications on today's life.
Past speakers include Mark Zuckerberg, Lady Gaga, Yoko Ono, Jimmy Wales, Maria Ressa, Kai-Fu Lee, Francis Kéré, Satya Nadella, Zaha Hadid, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Scott Galloway, Sheryl Sandberg, Margrethe Vestager, Emmanuel Macron and many more.
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Background

Stephanie Czerny is the event platform's co-founder and managing director, chaired by Hubert Burda and Yossi Vardi.
After bringing DLD Conference to life in 2005, DLD Media GmbH has been founded as a subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media to expand the brand. Steffi Czerny and Co-Founder Marcel Reichart were named its managing directors. Since then, the company has steadily grown and is now offering various conferences besides DLD Munich around the globe, as well as salons, dinners, lectures, hikes and other events.
All events are by invitation only. However, those interested can apply via the company's website.
Until 2018, the conference's venue was the listed bank building at Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße 1. In 2019, DLD Munich took place at Alte Kongresshalle for the first time.
All talks and sessions can be watched over a live stream.
Each year the slogan of the conference accordingly changes to the dominant theme.
ConferenceTheme
DLD 2006No specific theme
DLD 2007No specific theme
DLD 2008Uploading the 21st century
DLD 2009New Realities
DLD 2010Map your Future
DLD 2011Update your Reality
DLD 2012All you need is... Data?
DLD 2013Patterns That Connect
DLD 2014Content & Context
DLD 2015It's Only the Beginning
DLD 2016The Next Next
DLD 2017...what's the plan?
DLD 2018Reconquer
DLD 2019Optimism & Courage
DLD 2020What are you adding?
DLD 2021What the World Needs Now…
DLD 2022Reality Rules!?

Aenne Burda Award

In memory of his mother's entrepreneurial and social commitment, Hubert Burda established the Aenne Burda Award for creative leadership, honoring women with visionary ideas.
Past laureates have been:
JahrPreisträger
2006Marissa Mayer
2007Caterina Fake
2008Martha Stewart
2009Esther Dyson
2010Mitchell Baker
2011Natalie Massenet
2012Arianna Huffington
2013Zaha Hadid
2014Viviane Reding
2015Edit Schlaffer
2017Auguste von Bayern
2018Rose McGowan
2019Fatoumata Ba
2020Maja Hoffmann
2022Andrea Pfeifer