Moderator Dave McClure, Rashmi Sinha, Christine Herron, Bruce W. Jenett

What does it take to build and scale a company in this environment?  It’s well-known that the raw materials for startups are cheaper than ever, and that bad economic times are the best opportunities to invest in and grow far-reaching innovations.  But does the venture-backed startup model still work?

Moderator Lisa Stone, Jim Griffin, Catharine Hays, Cory Ondrejka

The world doesn’t need newspapers, record labels, and TV broadcasters, but it does need journalism and distribution mechanisms for quality entertainment and information. Can innovative new forms of online media replace what is lost as traditional industries collapse? How will digital business models differ from their predecessors? Is online video a viable media platform, and if so, how does it differ from its offline forms?

Esther Dyson, Bernardo Huberman, Linda Stone

What do we really know about how people act and react in a pervasively networked world? How do our minds and our social structures evolve in this unprecedented environment? How do we cope with the new threats and risks that we barely understand?

Barbara van Schewick, Paul DeSa, Robert Pepper, Nicole Wong

As networks evolve and converge, how should Internet policy change? Do governments and regulators have the information they need to make good decisions? Do we even know the right questions to ask, in order to promote innovation, investment, and economic development? And how does the situation vary around the world?

Moderator Doc Searls, Crick Waters, Jonathan Christiansen, Brian Bogosian, Craig Walker

As the Internet model of decentralized open systems takes over communications, what will change and what will stay the same? Who will thrive and be threatened? And what new possibilities will open up?

Games are among the few industries continuing to grow amid the global economic slowdown, and many social networks and other online platforms are exploiting the potential of virtual goods. How far can this go? What are the emergent properties of games and virtual worlds that will impact the broader technology space?

Moderator Eric Bradlow, Andreas Weigend, Shawndra Hill, Chris Kemp

We are awash in unprecedented oceans of information, but few organizations are able to use it effectively. What business opportunities and policy innovations will become possible with better collection, aggregation, analysis, dissemination, and sharing of data?

Adam Werbach, Robin Chase, Steve Newcomb

Technology helped to create a disposable society that is threatening the health of our planet. Can it help to solve the challenges of the environment and climate change as well? Can companies do well by doing good?