Another conference this year in this busy conference fall - the venerable RedHerring has teamed up with us to make Etre 2006 in Barcelona, Spain a renowing success.

Etre is an undiscovered gem in the global conference schedule - we had a look on the preliminary guest list and and amazing mix of CEOs, VCs, serial entreprenuers from the US West Coast, Asia and Europe was already in that list.

Since its inception in 1990, ETRE has attracted thousands of the brightest and most influential business leaders in the information and communication industries. During the annual three-day retreat, 650 visionaries from every facet of the global ITC community assemble to exchange ideas, share insights, discover innovative technologies and companies, establish new relationships and solidify existing partnerships. ETRE is the Gold Standard: an exclusive membership; the leading companies; the most exciting new technologies; the most stimulating venues.

The list of keynote speakers is also nothing to be shy about:

- Eric Benhamou, Chairman, 3Com and Palm, Inc.
- François Barrault, President, BT International
- Martin Varsavsky, Chairman, FON
- Julie Donahue, Head of Technology, Security and Privacy, IBM
- Paul Deninger, Chairman, Jefferies Broadview
- John Meyer, President Worldwide Services, Lucent
- Jean Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International
- Tero Ojanperä, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia
- B. Ramalinga Raju, Chairman, Satyam
- Niklas Zennstrom, Co-Founder & CEO, Skype
- Nobuyuki Idei, Chief Corporate Advisor & Chairman of the Advisory Board,Sony
- John Thompson, Chairman & CEO, Symantec
- Rene Obermann, Chairman & CEO, T-Mobile

It will be my first Etre so I'm looking forward to have the opportunity to join an extraordinary event!