(Gilder Technology Group, Great Barrington, MA) A research and consulting organization founded in 1995 by George Gilder that specializes in newsletters and conferences in the high-tech industries. The Gilder Group's first product was the Gilder Technology Report, which focuses on the "ascendant technologies" in telecommunications, in which George Gilder's analyses have been acclaimed as visionary.
Sponsored jointly with Forbes Magazine from 1997 to 2006, the Gilder/Forbes Telecosm conference was an annual symposium for industry leaders. In 2006, Forbes ceased participating but a Gilder conference was resurrected years later as COSM (see
AI conferences).