Facebook, Airbus and BMW Tackle the Future: DLD Show Update
- Companies are facing toughter consumer sentiment this year
- Regulation of tech on the forefront of execs’ minds in Munich
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Munich’s Digital Life and Design conference chose "Optimism and Courage" as the motto for its 2019 gathering. The upbeat slogan belies the more critical tone to the proceedings as attendees and consumers realize the darker side of tech’s biggest companies.
Issues like regulation, privacy, fake news and the rise of xenophobic nationalism will highlight the second day, as executives such as Facebook Inc.’s Sheryl Sandberg and BMW AG’s Harald Krueger take the stage.