Aenne Burda Award bestowed on Esther Dyson

Internet entrepreneur, web pioneer and dear DLD friend Esther Dyson has been honored with the "Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership" by publisher Dr. Hubert Burda at the first day of DLD09 in Munich. The award is presented to women in the media who successfully implement their extraordinary visions. Dyson perfectly represents the DLD spirit: Her goal is not to forecast developments and to take maximum advantage, but to shape the future by analyzing, investing in and founding Internet start-ups. She has recently complemented her portfolio by space travel and genetics.

Dyson is currently undergoing cosmonaut training at Star City, Russia, which will enable her to stand in for Charles Simonyi, the inventor of Microsoft Word, and fly to the international space station ISS. She documents her adventures both on Flickr and the Huffington Post. Today, she talked to news site Informilo - a new venture founded by Jennifer Schenker and launched at DLD - about why this is a great time to start a business, her investments in Russia, personalized medicine and space technology - read the whole piece here. Nicole Simon, one of four embedded DLD bloggers covered the award ceremony as well.