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Robert Scoble
Davos, World Economic Forum, #davos #wef is next week. What do you want me to bring you back? Discuss:
http://friendfeed.com/rooms... I built a room to track all Davos news. But who would you like me to interview? What would you like to learn? This is one of the world's most exclusive conferences. Very hard to get into and lots of the world's richest and most powerful are there. - Robert Scoble
Zuckerberg interview - Tim Beyers from twhirl
My videos from last year: http://scobleizer.com/2008... and http://scobleizer.com/2008... -- what can I do better this year? - Robert Scoble
How about some Swiss chocolate ;-) - Alexander van Elsas
Alexander: last year I tried to bring you some home but I ate it on the plane. :-) Tim: Zuckerberg interview would be most cool. Agreed. But I gotta tell him off for kicking more people off of the service first. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, will be there too. She's one of the smartest people in the industry. Facebook is definitely the "good news" story of 2009 so far. - Robert Scoble
A 25-point (foolproof) plan that'll sort out the entire global economic crisis, and a six-pack of Grolsch :) - Patrick Jordan
I lost a glove there last summer. It was in cafe by a lake, which should really narrow it down :-) I really liked that glove so if you find it please let me know. - Todd Hoff
Will the US or Europe have the first exits? or the most? When and why? - Kathy Johnson
Patrick: Give a trillion dollars to new startups. Electrify all American cars within 15 years. Build 40 nuclear plants. Upgrade our power grid. Put broadband into every American home. That's five and do you see the problem already? Too controversial. Will never get passed. - Robert Scoble
Great to have you there. I think perspective on opportunities to work across borders to help each other overcome the current economic gaps would be prudent. Is there an opportunity to reduce redundancy, while still building strong competitive offerings, and use this shared knowledge and flow to expedite profitability. Narrow this down on the technology sector perhaps, although I think we already do it reasonably well. Too high level? - Ben Watson
A Rolex. Davos is nice. You'll find a watch dealer... - Håkan Dahlström
The US and some other countries are deep in debt. China and others are buying debt and equity and resources. Which nations do you perceive to be rising in power and influence with true economic strength behind them? - Greg Griffith
I'd love to hear what people think about venture capital, M & A, IPO mkts. Are they just hibernating or are they dead? - Dave Hodson
Allright, I'll settle for two sixes of Grolsch then :) - Patrick Jordan
How about asking them to make the world a better place by heavy investments in green technology, instead of burning our economy to hell with oil. It's a matter of political will and standing up against the oil lobby. I wonder who has the balls to do that. PS. if you pass by Amsterdam, let me know and I will pick up the chocolate and buy you a beer ;-) - Alexander van Elsas
@Scoble - the nuclear question would be a good one. Solar/wind are great, but people need to get real about electricity generation. - Dave Hodson
You could bring me back an invite for next years WEF! - Marshall Huwe
Wow maybe you can interview Merkle or The French Prez to see where their heads are at regarding the restructuring of the Global Economic system they keep talking about. - Larry Lewis
Request Obama to re-vitalise the USA /World economy, and solve the war problems-hiro bachani- http://www.merlin-me.com- Merlin Gadgets that even geeks rave about- http://www.sufi-masters.com - hiro
more money for science, technology, and startups ... only way to improve productivity and create more jobs ... - mitultiwari
How about a bushel of Economic Renewal, and make it a double! - Canyon R
Robert, ask about corporate responsibility. From UBS, to Citigroup, to Apple, we're experiencing more and more corporate irresponsibility than ever before. What Sarbanes-Oxley was supposed to fix hasn't changed anything. What are global leaders going to do to hold corporations responsible for the decisions they make? (Answer can't be current default of "bail them out") - Morgan
I would want to hear if corporate leaders have learned not listen to the investment bankers. Just because you can do something is no reason just to do it. - Charles Alden
Ask the titans of industry how they intend to measure risk in the future - accurately. Also, what kind of regulation would be best to discourage excessive risk-taking while not throttling growth or innovation overly much? - Doug Alexander from twhirl
Please, ask every single interviewee if they see an alternative to a money economy. Not communicated central planning of course, but something totally new, based on the latest information technology (and social media of course!). I think we can do better than our age-old money economy. Money, interest and banks were invented FAR before electricity, the telephone and the internet. We have just "patched" an old system. It's the same old system, but running at light speed. We can do better. - Meryn Stol
I'd be curious to hear if there is a trend towards 'deglobalization' because of the economic crisis - will leaders focus inwards for economic investments, innovation, infrastructure? - Donna K. Kidwell
Ask them to comment on 1. food distribution (we have enough food to go around.) and 2. smart energy use. How to get people to WANT to consume & waste less. - Dana Dowell
a video interview with Tariq and a demo video of Jolicloud. I am sure you will like it ;) - Sascha Pallenberg
Here is a question that I'd like thoughtful answers to from the rich and powerful: "Change of every sort (climate, political, economic, technological, environmental, social) is happening at faster pace every day. Do you view this as a threat or an opportunity? How are you dealing with the accelerating pace of change both on a policy or strategic level, and on a personal one?" - Michael R. Bernstein
I think at any major event you need to be focused on bringing back the important things....like freebies - Duncan Riley
After they answer my first question, if they don't bring up this topic themselves, ask what ideas they have for making local, regional, and global systems, institutions, and infrastructure more *resilient* in the face of unanticipated changes. - Michael R. Bernstein
Bring us the head of Rupert Murdoch - paul mooney
One historic breakthrough begets others. American women need to make progress and we can only do this with collective willpower, disruptive innovation, global respect and trust in our credibility. Who will help us to gain equity? Phyllis Shabad - Phyllis Shabad
A Lanyard please. For my badge (University). I have one from IBM, but thats not cool anymore. Davos, TED and successful tech startups are cool again and 'wear-worthy'. Send me an email to.michaeljung -at//- gmail.com And I give u my address. Postage from Switzerland to UK is about 2 CHF. BTW: Swiss postal service has a nice virtual post office http://www.post.ch/de... - Michael Jung
How we drive local economic development for positive change at mass scale. I am working to mobilize community towards green infrastructure and green civic engagement with an engagement serics called Change SF. http://www.consciousrevolutionnow.com/change-.... Interested to see how corporations, vc, philanthropy, non-profits, local and national govt. can amplify and accelerate the deployments of solutions we have today in collaboration with the grass roots movements. - James Hanusa
Sascha: Tariq has already given me a demo of that, and I agree, I can't wait to use it. To everyone else, these are great questions. Thank you! - Robert Scoble
Response from world leaders to the following (prompted by Davos Question) "Why don't corporations and company executives have a code of ethics similar to doctors and lawyers?' and "How can code of conduct be enforced to avoid corporate scandal (Madoff) and/or collapse of firms (ie Lehman Bros) in the future? thank you and Have fun... lucky dog. - SuSaw
Does western 19th Century Industrial Era Free Market Capitalism still equate to the Only One Way Jesus and does Everything Else Socialism still equate to Devil Worshipping Terorrism? Or can we get past superstitions to new sustainable Mixed Economies http://tr.im/cfzz that make more sense in the context of accelerating changes hurtling us toward the 22nd century? http://tr.im/newcapitalism Sans hyperbole for CNBC's sake, of course; but always a bit more colorful to make the initial point, don't you think? - michael silverton