About Telecosm 2009
Event hosts George Gilder and Steve Forbes will be joined by the world's leading scientists, engineers, innovators, and public policy decision makers, including a number of Israel's top technology executives and entrepreneurs.
For three days, they will debate, decode, and discuss the creation of wealth and the sustainment and expansion of capitalism, as well as scientific advance, entrepreneurship, and technological enterprise, including tiny Israel's paramount contributions to the hi-tech economy.
Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Background
For thirteen years, the Gilder/Forbes
Telecosm Conference - the world-famous technology conference
hosted annually by George Gilder and Steve Forbes - has been
recognized as one of the most prestigious venues in the world
for breaking information on breakthrough technologies and forward-thinking
companies and investment strategies. It is an exclusive gathering
of engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, public policy decision
makers, and the top thought leaders and business executives
from the world's leading technology and communications companies.
Conference
Venue
Just 25 miles from Midtown Manhattan, in New York's exclusive
Westchester County, the Tarrytown
House Estate & Conference Center, blends historical
charm with modern conveniences. Residing on 26-acres overlooking
the Hudson River Valley, well-appointed lodging is found at
Tarrytown House Estate, featuring impressive 19th-century mansions
- King Mansion and Biddle Mansion - a carriage house and a cottage,
as well as a contemporary atrium-style building that houses
conference facilities.
Perfect for business and leisure, Tarrytown Estate & Conference
Center offers luxurious Hudson Valley lodging and amenities.
This landmark Westchester, New York bed and breakfast's extensive
leisure and recreational facilities such as a fitness club,
indoor and outdoor swimming pools and tennis courts further
distinguishes Tarrytown as the ultimate luxury lodging experience.
Attendee Profile
250 - 300 senior VP and C-level executives, engineers,
strategists, technologists, sales representatives, serial entrepreneurs
and government representatives, as well as business leaders
from technology and communications companies, institutional
investment advisors, and high-net-worth private investors, accompanied
by media and trade press and leading public policy officials.
View
Select Telecosm 2008 Speaker Videos
Steve Forbes on Rejuvenating
the Economy, plus audience
Q&A
George Gilder on The
Elements of Innovation
Andy Kessler on Who
Killed Bear Stearns? (audio only)
Bob Metcalfe on The
Enernet
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Events