Sex at Davos

No I'm not at Davos this week, in case you hadn't already guessed. I went three years in a row, but was not invited back this year. I'm in very good company, and agree with Joi Ito's perspective on being an ex-Davosian. Some people have asked me whether I didn't get invited back because I actively blogged about the Eason Jordan incident last year. Hard to say. Rony Abovitz, who initially blogged Jordan's ill-fated Davos remarks, was invited back as a member of the Technology Pioneer program which he is entitled to be part of for three years. (Rony has been blogging about his reflections one year later here and here.) At any rate, I am glad to see that the Davos Blog is still going, although they're not letting people post directly without first having their content vetted. This year, the blog-nannies will be making sure that anything meant to be off the record stays off the record... and that things don't get too out of hand...

So it's up to out-liers like me to pass on juicy tidbits of Davos gossip. Which brings me to the real subject of this post. While I can confirm that sex does indeed happen at Davos, it appears that many of the type-A overachieving attendees could use a little help. A source of mine who is in Davos right now forwarded me the description of a panel scheduled for Thursday afternoon:
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All You Ever Wanted to Know about Relationships -- But Were Afraid to Ask

Date:  Thursday, 26 Jan 2006

Time:15.00 - 18.00

Location:Rotary, Hotel Belvédère

Relationships and sexuality may be the only truly universal part of human life. Early childhood attachments and experiences can result in patterns that sometimes need to be relearned if we are to build lasting relationships in an increasingly stressful world. Join this session with a leading sexologist to discuss what makes relationships work.
1) Why is emotional self-knowledge such a taboo in society?
2) Why does the way we allocate our personal time often threaten our relationships and sex lives?
3) What are some of the tools to overcome old patterns and keep desire flowing?

Presented by:

Dagmar O'Connor      Psychologist      Dagmedia Corp.

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I'll be curious to hear whether many CEOs show up for this one...

Comments

[Peter]

Please don't use an apostrophe to indicate the plural (it is 'CEOs').

I can think of at least one CEO who should definitely go to this session ... if half of what they say about him is true, he needs all the help he can get.

[Rebecca MacKinnon]

Thanks for the punctuation pointer, Peter!

Wanna name names???? ;-)

[Lance Knobel]

It gets more comic if you Google Dagmar O'Connor. Here's what the good "sexologist" is up to these days:

"Dr. O’Connor currently produces a 'do-it-yourself' sex therapy package where a couple works on pulling down the walls that kept them from the trust, spontaneity, pleasure and true passion that they desire. 'How to Make Love to the Same Person for the Rest of Your Life and Still Love it' includes two videos and a book. To learn how to order this package or to find out more about Dr. O’Connor’s sex therapy vacation workshops, you can call 1-800-520-5200."

So no need to go to Davos, just dial that handy 1-800 number.

[Bemis]

Punctuation pointer Peter sounds almost sexual itself. I think I'm getting excited!

[rony]

great blog - it's cool being an outsider - you can go wild. i think the wonkette style zip is good :)

the WEF blog nannies are silly - but at least they are trying - a better effort than Google in China (hello big evil, goodbye do no evil)

[Martin Varsavsky]

If you Google Klaus Schwab Rebecca you will see my views on him. Still in spite of my articles I was at Davos...through a loophole. It seems that the Swiss government, maybe tired that the names of a Swiss city be subject to the whims of one man, won the right to invite whoever they want to the conference. And they invited me. But Davos without the charm of Jose Maria Figueres was not the same. After attending the Clinton Global Initiative and seeing what Bill Clinton can do as a host Klaus Schwab is as entertaining as a long ride on the subway. By Friday I was Davosed out...and came back home in Madrid.

[Sniper]

Thats Crazy