All-day summit aimed at international registrants who want to increase their US business. Special end-of-day reception via Austin Chamber of Commerce. Limited seating, so sign up now. Additional fee required for this eve…
RSVP Required - Join web and mobile experts in an all day Hackathon for Social Good, an awesome opportunity for programmers, UX practitioners and designers meet to work collaboratively to build programs and applications.…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brad Smith, Jennifer Jones, Lisa Goddard, Maria Aloy Ciller
We live in a constantly connected world, where people move seamlessly between multiple devices, and the definition of mobile is evolving beyond a set of devices. This always-on lifestyle provides an additional set of sig…
Open Thursday, 3/7 too! A convenient meeting spot for innovative thinkers and equally innovative companies, the Digital Creative Job Market enables talented professionals to match their skills with 21st century, cutting-…
Syfy offers a look into the world of 2046 at the Defiance Container Village at San Jacinto and 4th St. Recharge your tech, enjoy local food, watch a sneak peek of the show & enter to win exclusive swag!……
Take your eyes off the bright shiny CE objects for a second and you will see that mobility is about changing consumer behaviors, not the technology. At every stage, from mobile shopping to at-home use to tweeting snarky …
Intermediate
Presenters
Mike Proulx, Rob Griffin, Thom Kennon, Tina Unterlaender
This event allows you to network with fellow SXSW attendees while sampling offerings from some of Central Texas' best BBQ establishments. Pre-registration required.……
This event allows you to network with fellow SXSW attendees while sampling offerings from some of Central Texas' best BBQ establishments. Pre-registration required.……
Front Lawn - NASA’s successor to Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, will be 100 times more powerful. The Webb Telescope will orbit far beyond Earth’s Moon where the cold vastness of space will allow it to study the …
Brand marketers are currently in the midst of dealing with the implications of the most revolutionary shift in the history of communication. Social media has upended the entire landscape, shifting the balance of power fr…
This special event–open to Film, Interactive, Gold and Platinum badges–allows you to network with fellow SXSW attendees as you try some of Austin's Best Tacos & sides all under one roof. Vegetarian options will be offere…
This special event–open to Film, Interactive, Gold and Platinum badges–allows you to network with fellow SXSW attendees as you try some of Austin's Best Tacos & sides all under one roof. Vegetarian options will be offere…
A meet-up to talk about SXSW. Discuss how to get through a day of panels and parties and still keeping your particulars. Tips on how to make the most of SXSW during one of the busiest panel sessions offered at a conferen…
A nexus of discovery and collaborative energy, SXSW Film kicks off in high gear with their annual Beginner's Guide. Answering questions like how do I get around Austin during the fest? When should I arrive to get into my…
Beginner
Presenters
David Modigliani, Jette Kernion, Kimberley Jones, Yen Tan, Agnes Varnum
Interested in getting started with Angel Investing? Have you made a few investments already but still haven't formalized your strategy?
Learn from the mistakes of experienced Angel Investors who will share their success…
Health 2.0's SXSW Code-a-thon is a coding competition designed around building new applications and tools to foster health and wellness. Join fellow developers, designers, health care professionals, and entrepreneurs for…
Higher Ed attendance at SXSW continues to grow each year, and we're excited you're here. At this meet up sponsored by The Pennsylvania State University, edutech technologists from Penn State invite you to network, share …
Makerbot co founder and CEO Bre Pettis talks about the present and the future of the ongoing 3D printing revolution. Pettis will also cover one of the lessons he has learned via many years of attendance at SXSW Interacti…
Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSHbooty): Following on the success of the 2012 bootcamp, join us for another year of education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health tech startups.
Learn "Why Health Te…
The second annual SXSW Create brings together local and international members of the SXSW community to share disruptive creations, innovative tools and unique fabrication methods.
This free-to-the-public event occurs in…
Join SXSW Startup Village for our second annual SXSW Ping Pong Tournament. You need not be a professional, just sign up online and prepare to have a blast. Each company may select two employees to represent them in a sin…
In an increasingly fragmented landscape, how do you navigate through all of the new technology and keep your message from getting lost in a sea of communication? This discussion focuses on ways to utilize emerging techno…
Intermediate
Presenters
Aaron Smith, Glenn Stansbury, Maani Safa, Thomas Fellger
LANFest is a nationwide, all volunteer charity gaming organization whose mission is to have fun, raise money for charity, and promote our sponsors in a series of fun family supportive, community-involved events.……
Learn to play Magic: The Gathering FREE. Our staff will teach you how to play this amazing game and give you a FREE deck. Already know how to play? Come enjoy a free Mini Master round or play in the SXSW Convention Leagu…
Mike Proulx will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Social TV: How Marketers Can Reach and Engage Audiences by Connecting Television to the Web, Social Media, and Mobile”.……
SXSW GEEK Stage - Star Wars: The Old Republic will be releasing its first major story update - “The Rise of the Hutt Cartel” - this spring.
Come talk with the lead producers and lead designer of the game, to get your q…
Presenters
Blaine Christine, Dallas Dickinson, Damion Schubert, Jeff Hickman
The SXSW Gaming Expo is the place to be for hands-on product demos and networking opportunities. Because Austin is a hotbed for video game talent and development studios, popular demand prompted the evolution of SXSW’s n…
GEEK Magazine will take you on a journey of discovery into every facet of geekdom including video games, comics, collectibles, technology, gadgets, movies, television, music, and much more.
*See Sessions at the Gaming E…
The IGN Pro League comes to SXSW Gaming with your favorite professional gamers competing for thousands of dollars in prizes at the hottest eSports titles! Come watch the action and try out the latest games at the SXSW Ga…
Here are 5 Austin startups that are immune to the "Series A Crunch".
Tired of hearing about founders who raised $8 million at at $30 million valuation with no revenue? Worried about getting diluted as Silicon Valley val…
Advanced
Presenters
Antonio Arocha, Chris Slaughter, Joshua Baer, Magdalena Szuszkiewicz, Nate Stewart
David Jones is CEO of Havas, co-founder of One Young World—a non-profit organization described by CNN as the "young Davos"—and author of Who Cares Wins: Why Good Business is Better Business. Over the past decade he’s bee…
Kick off SXSW Film right on day one by getting insider tips, strategies and advice you can use to maximize your time at the film fest, straight from some of today’s most influential film pundits. Offering up a “sneak pr…
Beginner
Presenters
Brian Salisbury, Dana Harris, Eugene Hernandez, Jen Yamato, Dave Karger
Trained as an architect and a jazz musician, Christopher Janney has been combining these two disciplines for over 30 years. Sometimes trying to make architecture more like music- more spontaneous, more "alive"- Janney ha…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
Latin America is among the most dynamic emerging markets in the world, resulting in a tremendous amount of opportunity for startup success.
Building teams in Latin America presents a unique set of challenges, from iden…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bedy Yang, Diego Saez-Gil, Pedro Torres Picón, Sebastián Valin
Game worlds with touch interfaces are everywhere, but is it possible to build a world you can FEEL with your fingertips?
We've built a touchy-feely world out of paper. A digital papercraft adventure that you can hold in …
On August 30th, 2012 over 10,000 people gathered at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis for the first Internet Cat Video Festival (#catvidfest). What began as a social experiment testing the boundaries of online communi…
On August 30th, 2012 over 10,000 people gathered at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis for the first Internet Cat Video Festival (#catvidfest). What began as a social experiment testing the boundaries of online communi…
Come meet and hang out with musicians and artists involved in making Chiptune, music made using video game systems and vintage computers. Hosted by Austin's own chiptune artist Sievert.……
Yoga was developed thousands of years ago as a way to prepare the mind and body for enlightenment. What better way to prepare yourself for all the new ideas, insights, and people you will encounter at SXSW? This is an al…
A gathering of Community Managers to discuss strategies and methods, exchange tips and ideas, and just have fun. Also open to anyone curious about CMs or businesses who need to know why they'd want one.……
Disasters do not discriminate. In 2010 a massive earthquake ravaged the urban fabric of Port au Prince; in 2011 rural fishing villages were flattened by a tsunami in Northern Japan and in 2012 one of the greatest cities …
We all know there are vast amounts of data about our lives - our spending, our browsing, our activity - being collected daily. With the recent explosion in inexpensive sensors and self-tracking apps, we can capture new i…
Advanced
Presenters
Jeffrey Holove, Michael V Copeland, Steph Habif, Tim Chang
An interactive discussion with attendees about how a disaster response works from a communication responder's standpoint. Panelists will share with attendees how to communicate effectively with Joint Information Centers…
Intermediate
Presenters
Anastacia Visneski, Brandon Brewer, Hanson Hosein, John Visneski
From the oogachaka baby to Nyan Cat, the graphics interchange format, better known as the GIF, has come a long way since the days of floppy discs. The modern-day GIF was introduced to the world 25 years ago by Steve Wilh…
Long a stronghold for consumer-friendly photo apps, games, and renegade business apps, the app stores of today are in for a major renovation as enterprise-class comes into its own. Think of the opportunity – according to…
If you're planning on joining a startup, start smart.
Venture financing in tech is at a fever pitch -- 3,700 companies received financing in 2011 alone, and all of them were issuers of stock options. This begs the questi…
In the "old days", most people lived a more predictable, structured life. Most consumers aspired to own a home, and a car or two. There were certain days for work and days for play, clothes for work and other clothes for…
GPS has its limits. My students and I at the University of Texas Radionavigation Lab work to find them. For 20 years, GPS was so reliable it became navigation and timing crack for engineers. We all got addicted. We p…
Raise your hand if you agree with any of these statements:
- Gamers are primarily by young or teen boys.
- Games are usually played alone in the home on game consoles.
You may be surprised at how many people would have…
As our loved ones age, we find ourselves taking on caregiver responsibilities, sometimes way earlier than we expected. Last year I became the sole caregiver for my Aunt Ginny who has Alzheimer’s. Here’s what I learned: C…
So you want to start a company--but you know it will grow so much faster if you start it out with someone else. But whom? Your college friends seem to still be in the beer-guzzling phase, and networking events haven't re…
Last year privacy advocate Malte Spitz sued his cell provider to get the location data generated by his phone. This data allowed him (and his provider) to track everywhere he went during a six-month period—during that ti…
Insights from the Poynter Institute's major study of news and storytelling on tablets. The study explores the way that elements of touch, gesture, interactivity and position come together to create engaging, satisfying j…
No one can predict the future; but that doesn't mean you can't prepare for the unknown. Ford Motor Company's in house futurist will share how Ford is learning to expect the unexpected using a global trends and scenario p…
KUT-FM’s Austin Music Map (AMM) is a year-long exploration of the city's abundant and diverse musical subcultures. Blending on-line, broadcast, and street media, it’s one of 10 public media innovation projects that AIR i…
The web world is agog over game design as the next silver bullet, slapping badges and progress bars over every annoying thing they wish users to do. As users tire of everything looking like a game, "gamification" has com…
Last year's Mobile Meet Up was a huge success and spilled out into the hallway. This year, I suspect, will be no different!
The dust from the great Mobile Rush has settled. It's time to look around and see what is rela…
One of the latest innovations coming out of Facebook is its search graph, which allows users to overlay their Facebook friends with other data, such as interests and location. This union of the social graph and the inter…
Whether companies like it or not, China is the new battleground for brands that want to succeed on the global stage. Foreign brands are increasingly challenged to expand their presence in the East and create competitive…
Erik Martin (GM, reddit) and Alexis Ohanian (cofounder, reddit) crowdfunded a bus, the Internet 2012 Campaign Tour bus, to collect, document and share stories throughout the American heartland. I'm going to share the sto…
As part of the SXSH Bootcamp, Jason Calacanis hosts a special edition of This Week in Startups: Health Tech Edition live from SXSWi. Join Jason as he interviews 3 health technology startups,……
Recent news from the CERN laboratory in Geneva has revealed the existence of a heavy unstable particle that had been predicted by the theory that unifies two of the forces of nature. This is the last missing piece of ou…
Get together with other travel writers and bloggers for an hour of brainstorming, networking and storytelling. Coolest passport stamp smackdown is optional. Travel and tourism industry reps also welcome.……
Executive producer and host of Bravo Media’s “Watch What Happens Live,” Andy Cohen, along with executive producer Michael Davies discuss the evolution of the show from a web series to a five night a-week, on-air success.…
Executive producer and host of Bravo Media’s “Watch What Happens Live,” Andy Cohen, along with executive producer Michael Davies discuss the evolution of the show from a web series to a five night a-week, on-air success.…
Senator Moran will discuss the policy challenges startups face and how the startup community can engage with policy makers to enable innovation and help economic growth.……
The combined impact of social technologies, the mobile Internet, and cloud computing are creating incredible new business opportunities. They are also destroying unprepared companies, transforming industries, and leaving…
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