SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Speaks to an Almost Empty Room at Saudi Summit

Re:SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Speaks to an Almost Empty Room a... by tim333 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @02:29PM (#21412041)

The title's a bit clickbait. He was one member of a panel in one segment of a fairly dull and sparsely attended investment conference. It took me ages to track down when he even appeared but here it is for what it's worth:

Program: https://futureinvestmentinitiative.com/en/programs/solving-t...

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UWx1hbhpOU&feature=youtu.be...

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Re:SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Speaks to an Almost Empty Room a... by whatok on Thursday October 31, 2019 @02:50PM (#21412281)

https://twitter.com/alialsalim/status/1189884241523412993

"Watch Softbank chief Masayoshi Son fall asleep during a panel at the Future Investment Initiative in Saudi yesterday..."

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Re:SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Speaks to an Almost Empty Room a... by tim333 on Friday November 01, 2019 @04:14AM (#21416997)

Reading some of the program description

>Urgent questions? What frameworks for collaboration between corporations and startups will drive these technologies from ideation to commercialization? How will investors spot keystone technologies with the potential to address large-scale global challenges?

I can kind of understand that

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Re:SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Speaks to an Almost Empty Room a... by pattisapu on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:11PM (#21412472)

Hard to square with: "And, unlike Tuesday, when people were turned away from the main hall because it was packed, there were mostly empty chairs as attendees headed for lunch or huddled in meetings."

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Re:SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Speaks to an Almost Empty Room a... by tim333 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:25PM (#21412626)

Glancing and the videos it looks like it was quite full for the opening but the audience had largely drifted away by three hours in. Masayoshi only spoke for about four minutes half way through day two.

I imagine a lot of the attendees figured they were better off networking than watching the discussions.

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Re:SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Speaks to an Almost Empty Room a... by whatok on Thursday October 31, 2019 @02:46PM (#21412241)

This is nowhere near market moving information.

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Re:SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Speaks to an Almost Empty Room a... by knolax on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:01PM (#21412376)

It's the principle of the thing.

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