CeBIT 2009: Trend Forum once again the place where the sharpest minds and most innovative thinkers meet.

• CeBIT 2009: Deutsche Telekom AG’s Trend Forum is once again the place where the sharpest minds and most innovative thinkers meet – 20 distinguished guests from March 3rd-6th at the Trends Forum in hall 26.

"Life is for sharing." – The brand promise and theme of this year's Deutsche Telekom AG Trends Forum. 20 lecturers will provide interesting insights into their thoughts and ideas at the Telekom stand in hall 26 from March 3rd-6th, 2009. They are connected by their visions of the perspectives and opportunities offered by today's information technology – for personal and professional growth and for technological, social, and societal development.

This year's Trends Forum will be opened at 12:30 p.m. on March 3rd by Professor Dr. Mojib Latif, climate researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg, with a talk on the role Green IT can play in combating climate change. Artist Stefan Sagmeister will then share his experiences with the audience in his presentation, "Design Rocks." In closing, Internet guru Clay Shirky will describe how global communications are revolutionizing opportunities for innovation in his presentation, "The Social Origin of Good Ideas."

Hans-Christian Schwingen, head of Brand Strategy and Marketing Communications at Deutsche Telekom AG, explains: "Deutsche Telekom's Trends Forum offers us an extraordinary medium reach out to people who are fascinated by the ideas of tomorrow and wish to discuss them. We are elated that we have once again been able to engage some of the sharpest minds and innovative thinkers of our time as speakers."

Press photos of the events and podcasts of the presentations are available at www.telekom.com/trendforum.