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Aaron, Craig
Government and Global Issues
Salon B
Comcast swallowed up NBC. Microsoft scooped up Skype. AT&T tried to take over T-Mobile. What's next? This panel will explore the new face of media consolidation, what it means for the future of the Internet and free ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Andrea Quijada, Craig Aaron, Michael Copps, Sam Gustin
Abagnale, Frank
Featured Sessions
Ballroom EF
Frank Abagnale’s rare expertise began more than 40 years ago when he was known as one of the world's most famous confidence men. Between the ages of 16 and 21, he successfully posed as an airline pilot, an attorney, a ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Frank Abagnale
Abbott, Henry
Culture, Science and Play
Driskill Ballroom
Where people used to just run, now they are now denigrated as heel-strikers or running around barefoot. Serious bikers use algorithms, and hours, to figure out silly things like how high to adjust their seats. The more w...
Intermediate
Presenters
Henry Abbott, Jay Dicharry
Eyebeam Art & Technology Center provides a context for creative collaboration and the cross-pollination of ideas & practice. In our lab at any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists onsite at our 15,000 ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Jon Cohrs, Kaho Abe, Nova Jiang
Abrahamson, Kurt
Social Networks
Lone Star
Like the proverbial tree falling in the forest, content might as well not exist if there's no one to acknowledge it. Every time you "Like" that cute cat video, tweet the latest controversial current event, or s...
Beginner
Presenters
Kate Sirkin, Kurt Abrahamson
Abrams, Joel
Journalism and Online Content
Capitol ABCD
3-2-1 Publish: Fine-tuning Your CMS, Digital Staff & Social Feedback Loops for D-Day: You can’t predict an earthquake, flood, or tornado, or revolution, but you can plan for major news events – like the World Ser...
Intermediate
Presenters
Eleanor Hong, Joel Abrams, Meredith Artley, Sheigh Crabtree, Tim Ruder
Abrams, Jonathan
Culture, Science and Play
Driskill Ballroom
Until quite recently, there was a single source of record for your favorite sports team: The beat writer. For decades, the local paper determined what sports fans would consume and how they’d consume it.Not until the ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Johnny Ludden, Jonathan Abrams, Kathleen Hessert, Kevin Arnovitz, Tom James
Abramson, Jill
Featured Sessions
Ballroom D
New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson discusses her vision for the future of The Times in the digital age in a session moderated by Texas Tribune editor Evan Smith. Does Abramson's leadership at The Times present...
Beginner
Presenters
Evan Smith, Jill Abramson
We move through our days with our smartphone apps in hand and mind, noticing and tracking our ideas and experiences into personal lifestreams of information. Can the data we're recording about our daily progress be used ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Shawn Achor, Steve Brown
We are in the midst of a digital revolution, and yet journalistic storytelling remains trapped in the Stone Age. We have all sorts of digital tools at our disposal -- video, social media, interactive graphics, etc. -- an...
Intermediate
Presenters
Aron Pilhofer, Bill Adair, Jim Brady, Stephen Buckley
The Prius X Parlee (PXP) bike asks the world to consider: “What if the Prius weren’t a car?” Inspired by the Prius philosophy, the PXP is the latest innovation from Toyota and Saatchi LA, as part of Toyota Prius Pr...
Intermediate
Presenters
Bob Zeinstra, Bob Parlee, Chris Adams, John Watson, Patrick Miller
Adams, Christiaan
Government and Global Issues
Salon E
Want to change the world? Then get a license to RHoK! Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global initiative to create practical open source solutions to humanity's toughest challenges. Organized by Google, Microsoft...
Intermediate
Presenters
Christiaan Adams, Elizabeth Sabet, Nicholas Skytland, Patrick Svenburg, Todd Khozien
Adams, Heidi
Health and Education
Classroom 204
What are the advantages (and disadvantages) of virtual / online support systems for cancer patients? What kinds of lessons do these support systems for cancer patients offer for other kinds of patients? What kinds of les...
Intermediate
Presenters
Heidi Adams
Adams, Indiana
Branding and Marketing
Assembly Room
Blogging is nothing new, however the number of bloggers continues to grow. Mom bloggers, fashion bloggers, food bloggers, and life style bloggers have seemingly taken over Blogger, Wordpress, and Tumblr, and most of thes...
Beginner
Presenters
Alessandra Colaci, Indiana Adams
Adams, John
Social Networks
Lone Star
This panel will explore the interplay between user privacy, social networking sites, law enforcement, and the teams of people that are tasked with both enforcing and protecting the users of these sites. We'll discuss bes...
Intermediate
Presenters
Eva Galperin, John Adams
Adeagbo, Makinde
Mentors, Meet Ups and Camps
Lantana B
A new addition to SXSW Interactive 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new me...
Intermediate
Presenters
Makinde Adeagbo
For the fifth consecutive year, Scott Aukerman brings his expertly curated stand-up showcase, a cornerstone of the Los Angeles comedy scene, to SXSW. James Adomian, Greg Proops, Seth Morris...
Presenters
Greg Proops, James Adomian, Scott Aukerman, Seth Morris
For the fifth consecutive year, Scott Aukerman brings his expertly curated stand-up showcase, a cornerstone of the Los Angeles comedy scene, to SXSW. James Adomian, Greg Proops, Seth Morris...
Presenters
Greg Proops, James Adomian, Scott Aukerman, Seth Morris
Afonso, Fernando
Culture, Science and Play
Citadel
Slightly over a year ago we had this idea of trying to launch a ballon into the stratosphere (~100,000 feet) with a couple of cameras and get it back down safely. Since then we've launched 6 balloons and successfully re...
Intermediate
Presenters
Celso Martinho, Fernando Afonso
Synthetic biology aims to re-engineer living cells to sustainably produce fuels, medicines, and materials. With the promise of a new industrial revolution on the horizon, understanding the language of biotechnology will ...
Beginner
Presenters
Christina Agapakis, Daisy Ginsberg, Jason Kelly, Patrick Boyle
The prevalence of location-based services has been rising over the past few years, but they have yet to venture into the place where people spend 80% of their lives: inside buildings. Startups and large corporations alik...
Intermediate
Presenters
Ankit Agarwal, Ants Maran, Chris Broadfoot, Josh Marti, Nick Such
Agarwal, Noopur
Better Tomorrow
Room 9ABC
Social media gives celebrities powerful new ways to mobilize millions to get involved in social causes – but it’s easy to get it wrong. On World AIDS Day 2010, Alicia Keys and a number of A-listers “digitally died,...
Intermediate
Presenters
Aria Finger, Diana Walker, Kenna Zemedkun, Noopur Agarwal
Agresta, Stephanie
Convergence
Room 12AB
The Olympic Games in London promises to be the first truly social Olympic Games in history. Significant digital and social advancements now allow consumers to personally engage with thousands of U.S. Olympic Team athlet...
Intermediate
Presenters
Alex Iskold, Lauren Pasquale, Matthew Moller, Shira Lazar, Stephanie Agresta
Imagine an imaging chamber placed around an entire community. What if we could, with permission, record and display nearly every facet of behavior, communication, and social interaction among its members as they live the...
Intermediate
Presenters
Nadav Aharony
Ahmad, Aasil
Better Tomorrow
Room 9ABC
Instead of guns and knives, the revolutionaries who descended upon Tahrir Square on Feb. 1 packed a potent arsenal of technological tools that ended the corrupt, 30-year reign of President Hosni Mubarak. Their weapons of...
Intermediate
Presenters
Aasil Ahmad, David Gorodyansky, Jamal Dajani, Neal Ungerleider, Sonja Gittens-Ottley
Ahmed, Azher
Branding and Marketing
Assembly Room
There's a stark contrast between “owning” an idea versus collaborating in an open structure. It's often the root of the divide between “traditional” and “digital/new media” people. Because good ideas evolve i...
Intermediate
Presenters
Azher Ahmed, Jonathan Sackett
Akin, Jeremiah
Government and Global Issues
Salon B
This talk will expose the slight of hand tricks used by government agencies to make them appear more transparent than they are. "Transparency" is a common buzz word that suggests that government operates in a m...
Beginner
Presenters
Jeremiah Akin, Jim March
How many books on management have your read and how many parenting manuals and apps have you downloaded since your kids arrived on the scene? How much of what you’ve learned has been “on the job” of parenting — a...
Intermediate
Presenters
Lourdes Alba, Margaret Stewart, Maria Giudice, Mike Tschudy
In an election year that is as divisive as any in recent memory, a snarky, slightly jaded and unflinching group of funny folk are taking action and making an impact on the political scene. Learn how the internet empowere...
Intermediate
Presenters
Alf LaMont, Carol Hartsell, Greg Proops, Rory Albanese, Sara Benincasa
Alber-Glanstaetten, Virginia
Branding and Marketing
Assembly Room
Consumers today expect more and more from your brand. While some would argue, consumer's now "own" your brand, we counter with the notion that companies who’ve lost their brands to their consumers did so beca...
Intermediate
Presenters
Peter Wolfgang, Virginia Alber-Glanstaetten
Albertuni, Carla
Better Tomorrow
Room 10AB
The Brazilian Dream project is a qualitative and quantitative research - the first to promote a view that explores what the 18-24 year-old youth thinks about Brazil, and what they think they can do to impact the country ...
Beginner
Presenters
Carla Albertuni
Albrecht, Chris
Journalism and Online Content
Capitol EFGH
Writing is never going to die. Crafting thoughts into clear and useful communication is always going to be important online. But aspiring writers these days would be smart to enhance their skill set to include online vid...
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Albrecht, Emily Calderone, Kyle Ryan, Meredith Arthur
Alcocer, Sergio
Better Tomorrow
Room 5ABC
With ethnic minorities now representing the largest and fastest growing segments of the consumer economy, the very definition of the general market is being challenged. Multi-cultural agency heads such as Translation’s...
Advanced
Presenters
Carl Settles, Kelli Coleman, Leslie Wingo, Sergio Alcocer
Aldridge-Saur, Allison
Journalism and Online Content
Creekside I & II
At SXSW 2011, there were tweets where people were just coming to the realization that not everyone out there has a smart phone or tablet. This panel is designed to demonstrate how those who live and work in communities w...
Beginner
Presenters
Allison Aldridge-Saur, Dean Davis, Dee Davis, Eric Martin
Aleknonyte, Giedre
Late Break and Future15
Texas Ballroom 4-7
Big. Complicated. Often dirty. Sexy? Interactive data visualizations (charts and graphs) have helped make data consumable, accessible, and yes, sexy. It’s that sex appeal that has us clamoring to see our twitter, AdWo...
Intermediate
Presenters
Giedre Aleknonyte
The people-powered revolution, fueled by the Internet and technology, is changing everything -- especially the worlds of activism, media and policy. Today, the conversation about the Internet’s role has never been loud...
Beginner
Presenters
David All, Pete Snyder
Allen, Danny
Government and Global Issues
Salon B
What emerging media strategies and tools will shape the 2012 campaigns? In 2008, text messages and branded social networks (MyBO, McCainSpace) changed the face of political campaigning forever. In the 2012 race, presid...
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Athey, Danny Allen, Liz Mair, Todd Van Etten
Allinson, Julie
Better Tomorrow
Room 10AB
What happens when tens of thousands of archival photos are shared with open licenses, then mashed up with geolocation data and current photos? Or when app developers can freely utilize information and images from millio...
Intermediate
Presenters
Adrian Stevenson, Jon Voss, Julie Allinson, Rachel Frick
Allison, Julia
Future of Work
Rio Grande Ballroom
In November of 2009 I gave away all my worldly possessions to a family that lost everything in a fire, and started the first great adventure of my life. Since that time, I've been "homefree" staying in bed &...
Intermediate
Presenters
Erica OGrady, Julia Allison
Allison, Kevin
Branding and Marketing
Capital Ballroom A
With the growth of shows like The Moth, and This American Life, true storytelling is more popular than ever. Whether you’re at the bar or in the boardroom – everyone has a story to tell. In this talk Kevin Allison ...
Beginner
Presenters
Chris Castiglione, Kevin Allison
Facebook Credits, the social network's virtual currency, at first was only used as a payment method for virtual goods in social games. However, with Facebook now that all Facebook Games exclusively use Credits for paymen...
Intermediate
Presenters
Brittany Darwell, Dean Alms, Suchit Dash
Alptraum, Lux
Culture, Science and Play
Driskill Ballroom
As the Internet has become an increasingly integral part of our daily lives, it's transformed virtually everything about how we live--from how we communicate with friends and family, how we get our jobs done, and, yes, h...
Intermediate
Presenters
Lena Chen, Lux Alptraum, Maureen O'Connor, Mike Dacks
Altarescu, Dave
Startup Village
Salon B
Foursquare, Spotify, Zendesk and Smartling share how they leverage today's mega-trends - social, local, mobile, and cloud - to meet the challenges and exploit the opportunities of the New Internet. Users from India to In...
Intermediate
Presenters
Adrian McDermott, Christine Lagorio, Dave Altarescu, Holger Luedorf, Jack Welde
Dynamic pricing is back. In 1845, people walked into price-free stores, and the price was decided then and there. More recently, we’ve seen this with airline tickets, fluctuating in price based on demand. Now, with mob...
Intermediate
Presenters
Sam Altman
Altounian, Brian
Journalism and Online Content
Capitol EFGH
By the end of 2011 it is projected that E-books will account for a quarter of frontlist book sales. Bricks and mortar stores are fighting for a fraction of the retail business. Publishers are being more selective about...
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Altounian, Jefferson Rabb, Molly Barton, Rachel Deahl, Swanna MacNair
Alvarez, Cindy
Startup Village
Salon A
We've all heard the story of The Technical Guy and The Business Guy getting together and starting a company. But what happens when a company puts User Experience at the helm? Hint: It doesn't just mean your product will ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Cindy Alvarez, Ian McFarland, Kate Rutter, Zach Larson
Social media has gone mainstream! But it's not everywhere yet. In this session, we'll focus on the five emerging trends on how enterprises are leveraging social media. Patterns have emerged among social businesses and w...
Intermediate
Presenters
Heidi Ambler, Luis Benitez
Ambrose, Meg
Better Tomorrow
Room 8A
The digital age has eternalized information that was once fleeting, and the Right to be Forgotten has gained traction in the EU. A controversial aspect of these rights is that truthful, newsworthy information residing on...
Intermediate
Presenters
Jill Van Matre, Meg Ambrose
Amed, Imran
Culture, Science and Play
Citadel
The traditional cycles of fashion trends, consumer buying patterns and clothing manufacturing no longer exist in the fashion industry – fashion is ‘now’ in all its capacity and its current pace brings with it a var...
Intermediate
Presenters
Anthony Santagati, Chris Morton, Imran Amed, Michelle Sadlier, Nikolas Badminton
The future is in Snackable Content, but is that a good or bad thing, and how can it be linked to existing paradigms of content distribution and goals? The Snackable Content panel will cover aspects of the changes that ha...
Advanced
Presenters
Brad Cohen, Cassondra Schindler, Dean McBeth, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Todd Ames
Amos, Shawn
Branding and Marketing
Capital Ballroom A
A well thought out, authentic, and strategic digital content program is more important than ever for driving social media strategy, increasing user engagement, and building syndication relationships. This panel will deba...
Intermediate
Presenters
Michael Dutton, Sarah Passe, Sharon Feder, Shawn Amos, Tim Stickelbrucks
Amos, Steve
Mentors, Meet Ups and Camps
Salon A
Get together with other education technology experts for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry...
Intermediate
Presenters
Steve Amos
Who is worth more — one amazing employee or one hundred adequate ones? You've heard about the war for talent. If your business is looking to take over the world (or just your industry), how do you first build your tale...
Intermediate
Presenters
Eric Hellweg, George Anders, Laurie Ruettimann, Michael Schrage, Roy Bahat
Andersen, Buzz
Design and Development
Ballroom A
Mobile devices are changing how we communicate today just as fundamentally as the web has for the past decade, and businesses of all types are rushing to embrace their potential. Thanks to the success of the iOS and And...
Intermediate
Presenters
Buzz Andersen, Jacob Bijani, Majd Taby, Matthew Delaney, Tom Dale
Anderson, Angel
Better Tomorrow
Room 10AB
Many of us are racing to be first to market, or release something in time for a specific event. Running and gunning on the product design battlefield is a tremendous challenge because it takes time to design things that ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Angel Anderson
Anderson, Kenny
Convergence
Room 12AB
We’re going to debate and show prototypes of how printed electronics could save digital music in the context of connecting communities to record labels and artists. Printed Electronics is an emerging technology with ...
Advanced
Presenters
Jon Rogers, Kate Stone, Kenny Anderson, Pete Thomas, Tommy Perman
Anderson, Lauren
Startup Village
Salon C
VC's are clamoring to get in the game, celebrities are throwing money at it, and the media is eating it up. It’s been coined 'collaborative consumption,' and ‘the Airbnb of’ well... anything, really. Peer-to-peer...
Beginner
Presenters
James Reinhart, Joe Gebbia, Lauren Anderson, Leah Busque, Sarah Kessler
Anderson, Rhonda
Better Tomorrow
Room 6AB
When they built the interstate highways through Detroit, they divided neighborhoods and paved a path to the suburbs. When we look at the digital divide, we see the information superhighway is doing the same thing: settin...
Beginner
Presenters
Diana J Nucera, Janel Yamashiro, Mike Medow, Nina Bianchi, Rhonda Anderson
The digital world is changing too fast to let the industry label its roles with yet another buzzword. Remember digital ninjas? Social media mavens? Twitterholics? One moment, you are a self-proclaimed "guru" -...
Intermediate
Presenters
Ana Andjelic, Angeline Vuong, Natalie Rodic Marsan, Sonny Gill
Andrade, Kara
Government and Global Issues
Salon E
The use of technology by women in the Global South is growing fast! From Africa to South America to Southeast Asia, women in the Global South are using technology tools in new and creative ways with astounding results. ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Catherine Harrington, Emily Jacobi, Jenn Sramek, Kara Andrade, Zawadi Nyong'o
Andrzejewski, Alexa
Startup Village
Salon A
In the evolution of a product, ideas are the seed but the execution is key, and what happens between those two stages can make or break a product's success. Designers are trained to think on their feet, be flexible, and...
Intermediate
Presenters
Alex Rainert, Alexa Andrzejewski, Mike Krieger, Ron Goldin
Pottermore. MuggleNet. The Leaky Cauldron. Huge conferences like Infinitus 2010 and LeakyCon 2011. What makes Potter fan communities thrive? Is the success simply due to the size of the fandom, or is there real magic hap...
Intermediate
Presenters
Andrew Sims, Brenda Huettner, Heidi Tandy, Lisa Bunker, Melissa Anelli
Annika, Kira
Late Break and Future15
Texas Ballroom 1-3
The Occupy Wall Street Movement began in September, 2011 with the goal of holding a 24/7 public protest at the nerve center of American finance. Uniquely among American mass protest movements, the "occupation" ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Boyd Carter, Charles Wyble, Colin Delany, Kira Annika, Priscilla Grim
For the first time in history, the majority of people worldwide are living in cities. What does this mean for ecosystems across the planet and how does this change the way we experience the natural world? According to E....
Beginner
Presenters
Marielle Anzelone, Yasser Ansari
For the first time in history, the majority of people worldwide are living in cities. What does this mean for ecosystems across the planet and how does this change the way we experience the natural world? According to E....
Beginner
Presenters
Marielle Anzelone, Yasser Ansari
Most experienced IT folks have faced the choice of freelancing versus working for an established business. Freelancing offers creative autonomy but not necessarily steady income. A job with a larger company provides a ...
Beginner
Presenters
Andi Shively, Drew Stephan, Jack Aponte, Poonam Whabi, Raeanne Young
Applestone, Jessica
Culture, Science and Play
Citadel
Could Brooklyn be to food what Seattle was to music --- a hotbed of creative people doing new things? There are tons of artisans finding new businesses and launching new products in the biggest NYC borough whether it be ...
Beginner
Presenters
Christina Tosi, David Crofton, Erica Shea, Jessica Applestone, Peter Meehan
Applin, Sally
Culture, Science and Play
Driskill Ballroom
The merging of the physical and digital into a blended reality is a profound change to our world that demands examination. In this session we will explore this concept through the lenses of technology, anthropology and c...
Advanced
Presenters
Gene Becker, Sally Applin
Arai, Mary
Workshops
Town Lake Ballroom
Web 2.0 entertainment companies like Netflix, Twitter and Facebook, seem to be able to address our every need. When we search for movies we love the Netflix system immediately spits a list out. If you're a new technolo...
Intermediate
Presenters
Keith Zoellner, Mary Arai, Matt Pfeil
As the popularity of mobile games continues to experience rapid growth, social elements are emerging as the significant ingredient to successful games - and for good reason. They are the future of mobile gaming.With the ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Eiji Araki
Saman Arbabi will use his signature wit to relate how the satirical TV program challenges the oppressive Iranian regime all the while influencing the direction of the country’s political landscape. The program, “Para...
Intermediate
Presenters
Raina Kumra, Saman Arbabi
Armano, David
Branding and Marketing
Capital Ballroom A
We are quickly moving to a time where PR is transitioning from a cost center to a highly measurable conduit to client/customer acquisition tool. Accountability and measurement is key in all campaigns from product launch...
Advanced
Presenters
Brendan Lewis, David Armano, Kelly Mills, Ken Shuman
Armistead, David
Mentors, Meet Ups and Camps
Salon A
Get together with other social media and politics experts for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the ind...
Intermediate
Presenters
David Armistead
A few years ago, Gearbox Software started a user research department called "Truth" while developing Borderlands. The team started with 2 people, no budget and a stack of flyers. By treating our testers as part...
Intermediate
Presenters
Matthew Armstrong, Stephanie Puri
Arnold, Christina
Late Break and Future15
Texas Ballroom 4-7
Traffickers use technology every day to outsmart law enforcement, non-profit organizations, government agencies and concerned citizens around the world. Human trafficking is a highly lucrative business - the third larges...
Intermediate
Presenters
Christina Arnold
Arnovitz, Kevin
Culture, Science and Play
Driskill Ballroom
Until quite recently, there was a single source of record for your favorite sports team: The beat writer. For decades, the local paper determined what sports fans would consume and how they’d consume it.Not until the ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Johnny Ludden, Jonathan Abrams, Kathleen Hessert, Kevin Arnovitz, Tom James
Arthur, Meredith
Journalism and Online Content
Capitol EFGH
Writing is never going to die. Crafting thoughts into clear and useful communication is always going to be important online. But aspiring writers these days would be smart to enhance their skill set to include online vid...
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Albrecht, Emily Calderone, Kyle Ryan, Meredith Arthur
Artley, Meredith
Journalism and Online Content
Capitol ABCD
3-2-1 Publish: Fine-tuning Your CMS, Digital Staff & Social Feedback Loops for D-Day: You can’t predict an earthquake, flood, or tornado, or revolution, but you can plan for major news events – like the World Ser...
Intermediate
Presenters
Eleanor Hong, Joel Abrams, Meredith Artley, Sheigh Crabtree, Tim Ruder
Ash, Cathleen
Better Tomorrow
Room 6AB
Getting Tech Savvy in rural Texas – a few of the students will join me as we present how we turned a closed, defunct, dirty library into the happening spot on campus - now including a gaming club, open mic night, libra...
Intermediate
Presenters
Cathleen Ash
Ashanti, Kahlil
Journalism and Online Content
Capitol View North
Lets skip over the bluster and the bragging of social media storytelling. Instead, lets talk about the kinds of stories that get people’s respect and attention. When you think of the leading voices who are crushing it ...
Advanced
Presenters
Kahlil Ashanti, Michael Margolis
If the early years of internet businesses was a triumph of technology, the next ones will be one defined by design and user experience. Users will demand more from their online experience, one which is as much designed a...
Intermediate
Presenters
Johan Brand, Julian Ehrhardt, Pru Ashby, Tony Hughes
Askanase, Debra
Government and Global Issues
Salon A
As our networks expand, our profiles get more public, and our work requires a human face, where do we draw the line between personal and professional identities online? How do we maintain those boundaries for our communi...
Advanced
Presenters
Amy Sample Ward, Debra Askanase, Jess Main, Vanessa Rhinesmith
Asmundson, Phil
Journalism and Online Content
Creekside I & II
Digitization is transforming the media and entertainment industry full stop. But is the industry evolving quickly enough to meet consumer demands—demands that differ greatly from one generation to the next? In this dis...
Intermediate
Presenters
Phil Asmundson, Robert Underwood
The “quantified self” trend of tracking and tweaking physical performance is all the rage in Silicon Valley, especially among type-A data geeks and weekend-warriors hoping to gain an athletic edge. But the most inter...
Intermediate
Presenters
Daniel Wetmore, Dave Asprey, Megan Miller, Michael Scanlon
Since the early days of philanthropy, companies have sought to communicate their corporate social responsibility and sustainability accomplishments. Too often these communications are the staid stacks of paper that no o...
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Miller, Christine Diamente, Dale Hart, Mitch Baranowski, Nick Aster
Atari, Ameer
Convergence
Room 18ABCD
How do a group of friends go from sitting down for a meal together to creating an EPIC MEAL TIME together? The first ever Epic Meal Time video involved the creation (and subsequent demolition) of a "fast-food pizz...
Beginner
Presenters
Ameer Atari, David Heuff, Harley Morenstein, Jonny Goldmaker, Josh Elkin
Athar, Sohaib
Journalism and Online Content
Creekside I & II
Within hours of learning that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan, Twitter users realized that a man had unknowingly live-tweeted the raid. Sohaib Athar (@reallyvirtual) showed what happens when ordinary people, ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Sohaib Athar, Steve Myers
Athey, Brian
Government and Global Issues
Salon B
What emerging media strategies and tools will shape the 2012 campaigns? In 2008, text messages and branded social networks (MyBO, McCainSpace) changed the face of political campaigning forever. In the 2012 race, presid...
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Athey, Danny Allen, Liz Mair, Todd Van Etten
In this panel, you will get to ask questions and be informed about the state of CSS, where we are at, what is pending, what we can look forward to, to some of the working group members who are hard at work to implement t...
Intermediate
Presenters
Boris Zbarsky, Divya Manian, Elika Etemad, Lea Verou, Tab Atkins
Independent game development is stronger than ever and this panel will highlight alternative sources of funding that are not dependent on the traditional publisher funding model. Did you know that the National Endowment ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Cindy Au, Kellee Santiago, Matthew Kozlov, Michael Shirley, Ted Regulski
Aufderheide, Pat
Convergence
Room 18ABCD
Is it too early for filmmakers to start building HTML5 into their production plans? One side says if it's not too early for advertisers (check out iAds) it's not too early for filmmakers. Another side says that until the...
Intermediate
Presenters
Ben Moskowitz, James Burns, Luisa Dantas, Pat Aufderheide, Xavier Facon
Aukerman, Scott
Convergence
Room 12AB
What can podcasts offer comics that no other medium is able to? How are comedians shaping the evolution of digital broadcasting? Does a comedy-focused podcast need to be “funny”? We’ve got some of the top names in ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Doug Benson, Emily Gordon, Kevin Pollak, Kumail Nanjiani, Scott Aukerman
For the fifth consecutive year, Scott Aukerman brings his expertly curated stand-up showcase, a cornerstone of the Los Angeles comedy scene, to SXSW. James Adomian, Greg Proops, Seth Morris...
Presenters
Greg Proops, James Adomian, Scott Aukerman, Seth Morris
For the fifth consecutive year, Scott Aukerman brings his expertly curated stand-up showcase, a cornerstone of the Los Angeles comedy scene, to SXSW. James Adomian, Greg Proops, Seth Morris...
Presenters
Greg Proops, James Adomian, Scott Aukerman, Seth Morris
Host Scott Aukerman (Mr. Show, Between Two Ferns) will tape an episode of his flagship Earwolf show that blends interviews, improv and inspired character bits....
Presenters
Scott Aukerman
With a focus on the future of the physical store and the consumer experience inside it, we have put together an intriguing mix of forward thinking panel technologists and retail executives to explore the trends, possibil...
Intermediate
Presenters
Carrie Chitsey, Chris Harrison, Ryan Kellogg, Tim Austin
Avampato, Christa
Better Tomorrow
Room 8A
This is a “come as you are” session meant to accommodate mixed levels of experience with minimal need for special equipment or previous experience (read: no mats or yoga clothing required.) Special emphasis is placed...
Beginner
Presenters
Christa Avampato
Mommybloggers have become a major force in electronic social media and are making an impact on traditional media, as television and print journalism cross over into the blogosphere. But what about dads? Over the past few...
Intermediate
Presenters
Aj Jacobs, Catherine Connors, Craig Heimbuch, Danielle Wiley, Jason Avant
Avary, Michelle
Better Tomorrow
Room 9ABC
This is a Continuing Legal Education panel: Automobiles are increasingly connected to computer networks and are used to collect, use and share vehicle-related information. They also provide a delivery mechanism for dri...
Advanced
Presenters
Beth Hill, Gerard M Stegmaier, Michelle Avary, Nick Pudar
NPR and Toyota share their insights on what it takes to build an App for the connected car. With the launch of Entune, Toyota has entered the world of mobile applications and has created a vehicle app ecosystem. Other ...
Intermediate
Presenters
Michelle Avary, Zach Brand
Avery, Marguerite
Journalism and Online Content
Capitol EFGH
Data are the building blocks of information, fueling our algorithmic digital world. But with so much data being produced, how can we process it? Visualization techniques allow users to understand vast amounts of data tha...
Intermediate
Presenters
Johan Bollen, Joshua Greenberg, Lee Dirks, Marguerite Avery
Avey, Linda
Health and Education
Classroom 204
Digital health is an emerging industry at the intersection of technology and health, radically changing how we access and use personal health information. It unites smartphones/tablets (new means of 24/7 access to inform...
Intermediate
Presenters
Halle Tecco, Jeffrey Pollard MD, Linda Avey, Rebecca Woodcock, Ryan Panchadsaram
Avigdor, Eytan
Emerging
Salon FG
Avner, Amit
Late Break and Future15
Texas Ballroom 4-7
Trends rise and fall in a matter of minutes across the social web as consumers flock from one hot topic to another. Pair that with the savvy and skepticism of today’s consumer, and brands have a huge problem on their h...
Intermediate
Presenters
Amit Avner
Ayers, Richard
Culture, Science and Play
Maximilian
We've had data visualisation. We've had data journalism. But there's a missing layer that sport has ignored. Only the most passionate of fanatical sporting statisticians can get joy from the data that accompanies the wor...
Advanced
Presenters
Richard Ayers
The MIT Media Lab is a place for making connections: connecting peopleand technology, connecting researchers across diverse disciplines, andconnecting the physical and local to the digital and remote. Mostimportantly, th...
Intermediate
Presenters
Andy Bardagjy, Catherine Havasi, Joichi Ito, Yadid Ayzenberg, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye