Like during any great summit, there was a lot of valuable information to take in during the LDV Vision Summit. Here are some noteworthy quotes to remember for those who were there and those who weren’t :
- “Big players will struggle to keep up in some fields as technology investments that are 5 years old will become obsolete ” Jan Erik Solem, Mapillary
- “Visual communication is so much more efficient and fast than verbal communication, it is obvious that one day it will become one of the major means of human computer interactions. ” Alex Winter, Placemeter
- ” Visual storytelling continues to be one of the strongest tools for connecting brands to consumers. ” Kelly Hoey, Cuurio
- “Everything we are seeing today is barely the cave man era of these new image capture technologies” Rick Smolan, Against All Odds
- “Photos are the communication currency of the mobile generation” Tobias Peggs, Aviary
LDV Vision Summit : Photographer Ron Haviv answers a few questions from journalists. ©Dan Taylor/Heisenberg Media
- ” I continue to look for investment opportunities around the intersection of visual communication and mobile messaging.” David Pakman, Venrock
- “I still think the problem of image curation and sharing has not been solved. ” David Aronoff, Flybridge Capital Partners
- “We are shifting from a world of nearly all professionally created content to a world of crowd sourced content that disruption has tremendous implications for investing. ” Richard Greenfield, BTIG
LDV Vision Summit : Paul Melcher (l) and Andy Parsons(r) discussing new sound wave lens technology.©Dan Taylor/Heisenberg Media
- “I think the most precious commodity is our attention.”- Jeffrey Madoff
- “Why are photos so valuable? Because they are our memories”- Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital
- “Content should find viewers, not the opposite”, Adam Singolda, Taboola
- “Why are we not creating an image format that includes still, video and sensation”, Om Malik
- “93% of people creating products with photos are women”, Moshe Bercovich, Shutterfly
- Image recognition is not useful without a community, Serge Belongie, Cornell tech
- “Wearables are a vanishing trend on a way to new technologies” Flo Meisner, EyeEm
And one last thought on “investment trends in visual tech” . In fact, it’s the whole panel in one sketch by Johnny Goldstein from Vizualize.com :
Author: Paul Melcher
Paul Melcher is a highly influential and visionary leader in visual tech, with 20+ years of experience in licensing, tech innovation, and entrepreneurship. He is the Managing Director of MelcherSystem and has held executive roles at Corbis, Gamma Press, Stipple, and more. Melcher received a Digital Media Licensing Association Award and has been named among the “100 most influential individuals in American photography”
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