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7:00 AM
Want to know how LeBron beats Kevin Durant off the court? Join us at the MVPindex Sports Lounge to engage with a platform that measures real-time digital brand value of athletes, teams and leagues and learn how top athle…
7:30 AM
Rise and shine! Join Brooks for a morning run, with a SXSW twist. A live DJ will lead the pack, spinning beats to move your feet. Register early at www.brooksrunning.com/sxsw.……
9:00 AM
Festival-goers can once again count on festival favorite, Catch A Chevy, to beat the heat and help them navigate the busy streets of Austin. Why walk when you can catch a complimentary ride in a wrapped Chevrolet Impala …
Test drive a 2014 Chevrolet Volt, Sonic, Camaro, Impala, Spark, Equinox, Tahoe, Cruze Eco, or Malibu. Find Chevrolet on Trinity St. between Cesar Chavez and 2nd St. from Friday, March 7 through Saturday, March 15.……
Kick start your SXSW day by grabbing free breakfast at the Java Monster Café. Stop by to get revved up and energized with a Java Monster - we'll even provide some tunes to start your morning right!……
9:30 AM
Austin Technology Incubator, Silicon Hills News and the Central Texas Angel Network are teaming up for a pitch competition among Austin startups, looking for companies that not only know how to woo investors but also int…
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Gary Forni, Laurence Patrick Noonan, Monique Maley, Susan Lahey
Oh, the irony - a stagnant and decades-old financing model has long controlled the cutting edge of innovation and tech. Welcome to venture capital, an industry where the median venture investment loses money on funded st…
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Alex Mittal
Steady growth, political and economical stability; along with social inclusion and development have helped Brazil achieve new world status beyond its long-standing fame as a vast and bountiful land. The country is workin…
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Bernardo Portugal, Gustavo Caetano, Pedro Waengertner, Rafael Moreira
We’ve all heard the stats - Advocacy & Word of Mouth are more authentic and effective than traditional paid media. The challenge is scaling Advocacy so that you can reach as many people as mass media marketing does. In …
Intermediate
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Jim Larrison
We are at the beginning of a historic era for innovation in health care delivery in the US due to the convergence of proliferation of mobile technology and changing health care delivery models toward value rather than vo…
Intermediate
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Andrey Ostrovsky, James Merlino, Jennifer Joe, Krishna Yeshwant
Start your morning at SXSW Home Room. Introduced in 2013, Home Room sessions are part SXSW program information, part meet up. Each session is led by two Home Room Leaders who will help you get the most out of your day, …
Beginner
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Alix Morrow, Amanda O'Brien
Start your morning at SXSW Home Room. Introduced in 2013, Home Room sessions are part SXSW program information, part meet up. Each session is led by two Home Room Leaders who will help you get the most out of your day, …
Beginner
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Christopher Walton, Elizabeth Salazar
Warren Buffett said “Don’t just go for safe projects, take on the really tough problems.” From the global water crisis to female empowerment in Africa to re-defining international development we hope to explore how these…
Beginner
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Chevenee Reavis, David Rothschild, Manoj Fenelon
ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Beginner
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Deborah Estrin, Doreen Lorenzo
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, David S Rose, Eric Hellweg, Scott Weiss
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…
Beginner
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Bea Love
For the first time in 50 years, the health care industry is facing a major disruption and is moving toward an at-risk/ACO model where opportunities are driven by transition. With the growing aging population and increase…
Intermediate
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Jack Young, Jenna Rose, Malay Gandhi, Ted Maidenberg
10:00 AM
Come get your bearings for the day in the Dell and NVIDIA Green Room, meet up with other registrants, stay up-to-date on festival happenings, and grab a coffee and snack! *Moved from Hideout……
Come join us again for the good time you always find at LANFest! Expect the FreePlay Area, awesome games, and Raffle. And of course some of the most fun PC tournaments in the Austin area. If you are new, welcome and prep…
10:30 AM
Filming from 2002 to 2013, "Boyhood" is a narrative feature that covers twelve years in the life of a family. We follow a young boy, Mason (Ellar Coltrane), as he matures from first through twelfth grade, along with his …
11:00 AM
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP18081 Ef…
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Greg Nudelman
In recent years, Agile has impacted the way we create software. Delivering great digital experiences, arriving first to market and staying within budget is a growing dilemma in the technology space. We will talk about Ag…
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Andres Angelani, Pablo Brenner
Created by AT&T in collaboration with VICE's Motherboard, this three-day interactive showcase celebrates young innovators by elevating mobile innovations to new heights. Come experience apps in amazing new ways, enjoy ou…
This is the final round of a pitch competition hosted by Austin Technology Incubator, Silicon Hills News and the Central Texas Angel Network for Austin startups. We’re looking for the top five companies that not only kn…
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John Stockton, Kyle Cox, Tom Chederar, Venu Shamapant
At 26 years old, Craig (Harry Lloyd) seems to be doing pretty well for himself. He has job stability, a supportive family, and is about to start a wonderful new chapter with his girlfriend. With big life changes on the…
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP26606 …
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Stephen Fraga
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP23253 Co…
Intermediate
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Ethan Muller, Jeremy Mack, Rob Tarr
Vinay Trivedi will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "How to Speak Tech: The Non-Techie's Guide to Technology Basics in Business".……
Elizabeth Streb is not just a choreographer; she is an extreme action architect. "Born to Fly" traces the evolution of Streb’s movement philosophy – she pushes herself and her company from the ground, to the wall, to the…
The beauty of community driven brands is the natural order of customer focus. Hear from three brands that have built - and recently launched - brands centered around artistic communities. Instagram, the preferred image …
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Bailey Richardson, Duann Scott, Jenny Dearing, Josh Karpf
Meet 11 hand-picked startups from across Brazil in a speed-dating round designed primarily for members of the VC/entrepreneur/finance/business communities interested in Brazilian entrepreneurship and innovation opportuni…
Intermediate
People imagine space software to be sleek and modern. But the tools NASA use today look nothing like their Star Trek counterparts. Instead, they're text-based, neon-colored, and complicated with age. This is a shame, but…
Intermediate
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Sam Hashemi, Steve Hillenius
This panel seeks to provide practical strategies to help attendees become respectful allies to marginalized groups of people and expand the understanding of intersectional diversity. Every year thousands of people exper…
Intermediate
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Adria Richards, Kortney Ziegler
Whether you are thinking of starting a business or already started one, imagine being able to prototype your business using the same tools used by world class startups and innovative 21st Century businesses. During the…
Intermediate
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Jose Caballer
Great journalism can take many forms: a deeply reported investigative piece, a captivating yarn, a compelling story that starts a real discussion. The content and medium may differ, but the impact does not. What about t…
Intermediate
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M Scott Havens
Cloud technologies have transformed startup and business IT, but the benefits haven't filtered down to our personal use. What if I could mapreduce my home energy use, secure my accounts with the hundreds of sites that ha…
Intermediate
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Dave Sanford, Jeff Kramer
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP17712 Ta…
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Dana Bauer, Everett Toews, Ken Perkins, Kyle Rames
From health trackers, like the Basis band and Nike Fuelband, to communications devices including Google Glass and the widely-anticipated iWatch, the wearables market is poised to top $12 billion by 2018. This growth prom…
Intermediate
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Bonnie Cha, Jef Holove, Rodrigo Martinez, Yijing Brentano
In February of 2013 Google launched the #ifihadglass Google Glass Explorer selection program. For those lucky enough to have been chosen, we are not only the first people to wear Glass, we are the very first to explore a…
Intermediate
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Mark Horvath, Serena Ehrlich
The potential for Crowdfunding lies outside the USA. Emerging markets that have been cut off from the capital markets stand at a point in time to access billions of dollars of capital that will fundamentally challenge t…
Intermediate
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Jason Best, Sherwood Neiss
This panel will illustrate how the State Dept is leveraging its social media network to address humanitarian crises. With 30 million fans and followers and over 1,000 social media practitioners worldwide, the Department …
Intermediate
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Hilary Brandt , Joshua Campbell
WWE has been making TV history since ’85 when Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon took the gamble of a lifetime on an unprecedented closed-circuit make-it-or-break-it TV event dubbed “WrestleMania.” Today, WWE has not only c…
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John Cena, Michael Cole, Perkins Miller, Stephanie McMahon
Miwi is awoken in the middle of the night by her father telling her that she must leave home and take her sister, Juliana, with her. Although no one explains why, she understands that she needs to protect her older siste…
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP25782 Ma…
Beginner
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Connie Zheng
David Hockney IN THE NOW (in six minutes) Director: Lucy Walker The sexy story of the iconic British artist David Hockney, who is adamant about living life in the now. Eleanor Ambos Interiors Director: Andrew Michael El…
Join Dean Kamen, a master inventor, engineer and humanitarian, compared to Edison for his contributions to humanity, for an unforgettable and insightful hour. Inventor of a host of groundbreaking inventions like the Auto…
Intermediate
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Dean Kamen
In the age of social media, everyone is a curator (or at least they think they are). Media-rich networks have empowered anyone with an interest in art to both disseminate and publish their own creative images and groupin…
Intermediate
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Jennifer Yin, Kathryn Jaller, Sarah Bailey Hogarty, Willa Koerner
Attend an interactive workshop with the team responsible for bringing new apps to Chevrolet. Learn how to build apps for vehicles, discuss developer opportunities within Chevrolet, and demo a sample of in-vehicle apps. …
Aaron, a young misfit in a remote Scottish community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. Spurred on by sea-going folklore and local supersti…
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP27138 At…
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Adrienne Huesca, Joel Yarmon, Leslie Miley, Patrick Murck
Digital technology can be a powerful tool for solving real problems in the communities and societies in which we live. Come network, mingle and brainstorm with people who share your interest in promoting the social good…
Beginner
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David Waldron
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP25753 C…
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Aren Kaser, Sean Murphy, Steve Lowe
This is not a panel about “Aha! moments.” There will be no talk of lightning getting caught in a bottle or any other receptacle. We’re pretty sure that would kill you. This is a conversation about process. While plenty …
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Brian Janosch, Colin Raney, Erin Clift, Scott Aukerman
Nate Silver said that "drafting and developing talent properly still represents the greatest value-add to a sports organization." Mark Cuban agreed, saying "The top 10 guys (in the NBA) are easier to spot. How do we impr…
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Avi Stopper, Kai Sato
When designers share their work under an open license, they invite others to build upon and transform their designs without asking for permission, sometimes even using them commercially. A few years ago, the idea of lett…
Intermediate
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Elliot Harmon, Eric Stover, Scott Belsky, Sofya Polyakov
The history of computing boils down to this: someone enters data; a computer spews out data. We enter data by keyboard, or mouse, or touch screen, or even facial gestures, and a computer responds. But the world is about …
Intermediate
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Gadi Shamia, Mike Abbott, Monica Rogati, Quentin Hardy
In creating social messaging, marketers often depend on some purported truths in communication. Focus on short-form content. Write in your audiences' native language. Such maxims assume that our communities have rigid an…
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Roland Smart
By 2040, humans just might be nearly indestructible, according to Ray Kurzweil and some of the world’s top scientists. Advances in technology and medicine will obliterate the maladies of today, and make life expectancy r…
Intermediate
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Alyson Shontell, Daniel Kraft, Michael Chang, Tim Chang
Is your dream job to work in the video game industry? There are job opportunities not just in design, programming, and art – but for testers, marketing and PR, office culture, trade show coordinators, social media, custo…
Beginner
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Andy Swanson, Felicia Williams, Julian Gerighty, Sarah Fuchs
A group of pros show off the first games they ever developed, so you can learn from their successes, failures, and hilarious life advice. These brave souls will drop their trousers (not really) and give live demos of the…
Beginner
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David Bisceglia, Ichiro Lambe, Noah Heller, Seth Sivak
ATTENTION: THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. Please choose another session to attend. Thank you. Whether it’s scribbled on a cocktail napkin, strikes like lightning, or wakes you up in the middle of the night, inspiration can …
Beginner
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Alexander Braden, Breyna Fries, Courtney Tye
Jason Blum is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, a multi-media production company that has pioneered a new model of studio filmmaking- producing high-quality micro-budget films for wide release. Since its laun…
Beginner
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Jason Blum, John Horn
During this panel we will hear from leading innovators and digital natives on the evolution of the digital news platform. First came print, radio, and then television and each of these mediums have their own list of best…
Beginner
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Andy Carvin, Drake Martinet, Lara Setrakian, Nishe Modoyan
Everyone talks about the exploding influence Latinos have on society–from population growth to spending power, Hispanics are reshaping the cultural, social, political & economic landscape. Yet when it comes to mainstream…
Intermediate
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Beatriz Acevedo, Doug Greiff
The future of libraries is here for the making. Library Machines is the time and space to get folks together to imagine, design and market new Library Machines. What’s a Library Machine? They follow a little formula, …
Intermediate
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Jeff Goldenson, Sidsel Bech-Petersen
Are today's rewards programs actually building consumer loyalty or are we simply preconditioned to act/react based on last year's model around some trending buzzword? Loyalty needs to be more than this…collectively, we c…
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Drew Lewis, Joshua Forstot
Designers have a growing toolbox, It used to be that all we needed was a good pen and access to Photoshop. Now, we’re writing code, using a huge suite of tools, and getting our hands dirty in ways we never imagined. One…
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Bushra Mahmood
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Brian Lemond
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Emi Hofmeister
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Kelly Callahan-Poe
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Mary Henige
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Natalie Currie
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Nathan Hanners
From Interactive programs, to digital marketing - the digital age runs the gamut of directions filmmakers can go to bring their films to the masses, take the audience deeper, etc. Talk to those at the forefront of their …
Beginner
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Andy Signore, Brian Behm, Eric Stein, Ingrid Kopp, John Bernstein, Kerrin Sheldon, Logan Mulvey, Rebecca Sosa, Zachary Soreff
Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn’t anymore. Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month…
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Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus
Why is it important to focus on accessibility on your website? We'll show you how one highly dynamic and video-rich website was brought to life and then adapted for mobile—all while adhering to Section 508 compliance to …
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Jordan Sheckman
Our cell phones are literally an extension of us. We rely on them to keep us connected to friends, colleagues and the online community we've never even met. They tell us where to shop, where to eat, where to drive, when …
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Asif Khan, Damien Patton
Get together with fellow mobile app developers for an hour of brainstorming, tip-sharing, networking and friend-making. Already making cloud-powered mobile apps? Curious about using cloud services to speed up development…
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Patrick Curry
ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
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James Anstey, Karen Untereker, Kip Havel, Paull Young
The handmade economy is a vibrant and growing sector, with increased online and in-person platforms to help makers and creatives build their businesses and sell their work. As events like the Renegade Craft Fair and Mark…
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Courtney Klossner, Eleanor Whitney, Rena Tom, Sharon Fain
Imagine a future where border crossings occur safely within seconds; humans act as sensors during disaster and emergency response; and we travel freely through a secure airport environment. Augmented Realty technology h…
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Alan Holden, Carmen Medina, Christian Doolin, Vignon Zinsou
In just over two years, The New York Times’s Op-Docs has become one of the most successful destinations for online short films, releasing more than 100 short documentaries (including “Notes on Blindness,” SXSW 2014 short…
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Jason Spingarn-Koff
Consumer adoption of wearables and mobile sensors is set to skyrocket in 2014 and beyond, with increasingly complex devices bringing about the true realization of ‘the quantified self’. The impact these sensors will have…
Intermediate
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Gadi Amit
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP22959 Ev…
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Mike Pacchione, Nancy Duarte, Paul Brown, Ryan Orcutt
To bolster our startup communities, strong collaboration is required for success. Policymakers at the local, state, and federal level can be a powerful partner for advancing startup ecosystems. One of the major problems …
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Brandon Pollak, Darrell Issa, Gregory Ferenstein, Suzan Delbene
Mobile computing and open government are bringing more people into government than ever before. As government managers develop requirements for app developers to create the tools that citizens will use to participate in …
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
"Print is dead" is so last year. 2013 alone saw the arrival of nearly 900 new titles. From Pitchfork to Style.com to Dr. Oz to Modern Farmer to allrecipes to Politico: across the media, in every niche, viable new magazin…
Intermediate
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Ann Marie Gardner, Jessanne Collins, Michael Renaud, Paul Carr
Can we game our way to better health? In 2013 HopeLab released Re-Mission 2, the follow-up to its groundbreaking video game for young people fighting cancer. Learn how brain science, an unconventional development model, …
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Fred Dillon, Richard Tate
A one-on-one panel discussion with Mindy Kaling, creator and star of Fox's The Mindy Project, about the new guard of female showrunners conquering television and what that means for its future. What do changes in the com…
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Adam Pally, Anne Fulenwider, Ike Barinholtz, Mindy Kaling
As the average student loan debt rises over $30,000 and options such as starting a company become more feasible for college-aged entrepreneurs, more young people will consider dropping out of college altogether. This pan…
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Andrew O'Hara, Cam Houser, Connie Bourassa-Shaw, Michael Gibson
“Innovation as a Dutch experience” Daan Roosegaarde, creative director of the social design lab Studio Roosegaarde. With studio’s in Rotterdam and Shanghai, he develops innovative, interactive landscapes that are accompl…
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Daan Roosegaarde
Between 3D printing and e-commerce sites, fashion-tech seems to be an umbrella term that defines anything at all. This short talk highlights how the worlds of fashion and technology truly collide and where innovation wit…
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Madison Maxey
We all know stereotyping in the physical world is unacceptable, but should that same lesson extend into the social and digital marketing spheres? What assumptions can I make about someone coming from Univision.com? Wha…
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Lesley Pinckney, Marvin Barksdale
How do you bring a travel destination to life using technology and digital storytelling? In 2010 direct spending by resident and international travelers in the U.S. averaged $2 billion a day, $86.6 million an hour, $1.4 …
Intermediate
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Dylan Thuras, Jimmy Keown, Leslie Guettler, Seth Kugel
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, Cynthia Ringo, Ross Fubini, Shirley Bergin
Join Austin School of Film or screening, brief Q&A and celebration of our 2014 completed short films. Screening will begin at 11am @ SXSatellite: Marchesa on March 9, 2014.……
Like any powerful tool, the human brain needs a bit of a tune-up now and then. Take a break from the bustle of SXSW and give your mind and body a chance to assimilate all the new ideas and energy at the conference. This …
Beginner
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Melodie Tao
SXSW V2V is back in Las Vegas this July for its second year, uniting startups, innovators and creatives for four days of inspirational speakers, great networking, a pitch competition, workshops, mentoring, and more. We h…
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Christine Auten, Gabriel Shepherd
From tablets to 3D printers to smartphones, Star Trek has given life to some of today’s hottest technologies. 40 years after the show’s launch, technology has finally advanced to where we are able to live in the future, …
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Rod Roddenberry, Sam De Brouwer
1. Collect all the data. 2. Design all the data with integrity. 3. ??? 4. Achieve universal knowledge and understanding. When Edward Tufte tweets mockingly of the leaked NSA slides, he does so as the self-anointed king o…
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Gabriel Schaffzin
Dr. Rebecca Gomperts sails a ship around the world, providing abortions at sea for women with no legal alternative. Her idea begins as flawed spectacle, faced with governmental, religious, and military blockade. But wit…
Love Digital Content? For web series creators, actors, directors, writers, producers and digital executives, this Meetup is the opportunity to network with your peers from across the country. You will have the opportunit…
Beginner
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Sandra Payne, Tim Street
When companies overemphasize business processes over people, they push speed or scale, and limit variations or changes. They become process factories, robotic and unimaginative. It creates wasteful meetings, rigid manage…
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Ayelet Baron, Rawn Shah
All you can drink mimosa's and bloody mary's! Presenters include: - Michael Chasen (Founded Blackboard and sold for ~$2 billion) - Bennett Richardson (Director of Biz Dev at POLITICO & former CMO at mobile dating app …
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Danny Boice, Michael Chasen
Building a tech product takes a lot of time and focus. Ensuring the market exists to create and sell that product takes just a little more. While what’s happening in Washington is heavily guided by special interests, the…
Intermediate
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Gene Austin, Kevin Callahan, Michael McGeary
11:15 AM
In just three years, Humans of New York has amassed an audience of millions and become a #1 NYT bestselling book. In this talk, Brandon Stanton will cover everything he's learned about audience building, crying alone i…
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Brandon Stanton
In just three years, Humans of New York has amassed an audience of millions and become a #1 NYT bestselling book. In this talk, Brandon Stanton will cover everything he's learned about audience building, crying alone i…
How do we design experiences that are intrinsically baked with success? Experiences that force users to learn new tricks and as a by-product modify behavior and become addictive. How do we reward attention rather than de…
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Pete Trainor
"Last Hijack" is a true tale of survival in Somalia told from the pirate’s perspective. Combining animation with documentary storytelling, the film takes an innovative hybrid approach to explore how one Somali pirate - M…
In this talk Spencer Hewett will discuss some of his novel approaches to RFID localization that yield 20x increases in accuracy over conventional methods.……
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Spencer Hewett
Blood Pulls A Gun Director: Ben Briand A teenage girl gets a keyhole look into a dangerous and mysterious world when a tattooed stranger checks into her roadside motel. Gypsy Director: David Bonneville Sebastian is a we…
As the kick off to our events in the Meet Up Pavilion, this meet up will showcase the development of wearable devices and technologies. Explore what this industry has to offer- be it for fashion, health or other purpos…
11:20 AM
Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The Minimalists: Everything That Remains".……
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Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus
11:30 AM
We used to have a “first” and “third world.” Political correctness brought us “global north” and “global south,” “developed” and “developing.” The Bright Continent introduces “fat” and “lean.” While wealthy economies li…
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Dayo Olopade
Peter Thiel awarded William LeGate a grant of $100,000 to drop out of school and pursue what he’s passionate about as part of Thiel’s controversial Thiel Fellowship program. Listen to LeGate talk about his experience lea…
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William LeGate
Every day we are overwhelmed with a barrage of information in the world around us. To make sense of this onslaught of data, we look for patterns, and we make decisions every moment based on the patterns we recognize. Of …
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Robert Stribley
11:45 AM
Technology has fundamentally changed the way we think about knowledge, and classrooms are inevitably going to undergo deep structural changes in the next decade to reflect this. No policy will be able to prevent this. In…
Beginner
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Connor Zwick
With ABI forecasting that global original equipment manufacturer (OEM) connected car system penetration will increase from 11.4% in 2012 to 60.1% in 2017, automotive manufacturers are under significant pressure to keep p…
Beginner
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Ali Abaye
11:50 AM
Dayo Olopade will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa".……
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Dayo Olopade
12:00 PM
Into The Pixel is an annual art exhibit showcasing video game artwork and concept artwork. The exhibit is sponsored by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). Each collection features 16 pieces which were selected…
Come check out virtual reality games, films, and music on the latest Oculus prototypes. Also, enjoy happy hour on both days from 5:00 - 6:00pm.……
At Pennzoil®, we reimagined synthetic motor oil by creating it from natural gas. Now we’re using our commitment to innovation and technology to reimagine Mario Karting, a unique racing experience like no other exclusivel…
Redbox content experts will host two "Learning Lunch" sessions educating filmmakers about opportunities to engage with Redbox and their massive audience of movie-lovers. In addition to the lunch sessions, filmmakers ca…
CBS Daytime invites you to spin the iconic “The Price Is Right” wheel in Austin for SXSW. “Come on Down” to meet announcer George Gray and model Rachael Reynolds. Can you spin a dollar? This is your chance to win specia…
Surf the Airwaves! Bring your screen and catch some TV at Aereo’s Surf Party. Join Aereo for free food, drinks and exclusive Aereo access. Get the inside scoop during a rooftop chat between Aereo CEO/founder Chet Kanojia…
The SXSW Gaming Expo brings the excitement of video games to March in Austin, mixing this energy with many other well-loved elements of geek culture. Featuring exhibitors, panels, rocking parties and exceptional demos, t…
ComiXology presents the hottest names in video games, comics, movies, TV, tech and more exclusively at the Geek Stage! Come see the biggest announcements of the SXSW Gaming Expo! SXSW Geek Stage presented by comiXology …
The Indie Corner is where you’ll get time with some of the best indie titles the previous year had to offer and some that haven’t even hit release yet. Come play games and vote on which one you think should be winner of …
Learn to Play Magic: The Gathering- FREE. Check out Duels of the Planeswalkers. Drafts and League all weekend long. And are you a hard core table top gamer or just getting started. We can help navigate the experience wit…
See the fantastic world of eSports and watch as teams take each other on in some of the most intense matches in gaming. SXSW Tournament Stage presented by Monster and Logitech is open to the public with free Guest Pass …
The Videogame History Museum was established to document, preserve, and archive the history of the Videogame industry. After over ten years of exhibits at the world-famous Classic Gaming Expo, the 501(c)(3) non-profit Vi…
Imagine if you had a direct connection with thousands of readers who loved reading your work and those readers eagerly awaited the launch of your next project. How would that direct relationship with your readers change …
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Tim Grahl
12:10 PM
Brandon Stanton will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Humans of New York”.……
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Brandon Stanton
12:15 PM
Utilizing examples in computer games (Pillars of Eternity, Star Citizen), web series (Fallout: Nuka-Break, Legend of Grimrock), pen-and-paper games (Numenera, Accursed), advice on ways to effectively use Kickstarter are …
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Feargus Urquhart
12:30 PM
These days, reporting the news effectively and competitively would be virtually impossible without the powerful contributions of amateurs who witness major news developments — especially the ones that happen where profes…
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Eric Carvin, Mandy Jenkins
If you want to understand the human mind and behavior, look at another animal. People, for example, aren't the only animals to lose their minds. Plenty of other creatures do too--from compulsive dolphins to depressed dog…
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Laurel Braitman
Journey entrepreneurship is a unique path which results from the "journey capital" of the founder. Your journey capital is the sum of experiences, relationships, knowledge, passions, skills and capabilities accumulated t…
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Bijoy Goswami
Be at the intersection of bikes and maker culture when Bike Hugger, Nokia and Tern hit the streets for an informal and fun community bike ride around Austin. Reception to follow with special guests Rapha, Pei Ketron and …
Meet 10 hand-picked startups from across Brazil in a speed-dating round designed primarily for members of the VC/entrepreneur/finance/business communities interested in Brazilian entrepreneurship and innovation opportuni…
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What if you could instantly download a new set of skills simply by plugging your brain directly into the Internet? This “Matrix like” capability will soon be a reality for robots, creating scalable machines without the l…
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Anthony Levandowski, Ayorkor Korsah, James Kuffner, Ken Goldberg
In this session, Adobe Worldwide Evangelist Jason Levine will cover a video workflow from capture and logging, to building rough cuts and grading your footage through delivering your content anywhere, including Behance, …
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Jason Levine
If Winston Churchill had it right--a joke is actually a “very serious thing.” And social good marketers are on board. Increasingly, nonprofits are breaking through the tried-and-true PSA fray by startling us with humor.…
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Baratunde Thurston, Jon Flannery, Mike McCamon, Sheri Klein
In over a decade, Jon Favreau has established himself as a prolific writer, director, producer, and actor with his eclectic body of work. Jon Favreau began his career as a writer with Swingers, in which he starred, and …
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Ben Lyons, Jon Favreau
While some global enterprises have corporate social responsibility departments that create marketing campaigns that highlight social good, some innovative brands are becoming a driving force for true global change and so…
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Corey Neufville, Eliana Murillo, Natalie Cofield, Suzi Sosa
Serendipity happens when we stumble upon an unknown book or album tucked away on the shelves... and it thrills us. In this session, we will use the online music community What.CD as a model for thinking about how to mea…
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Paul Vinelli
With so much going on at SXSW each day, it’s easy to miss some important bit of information that could end up changing the world. Join SXSW senior staff and special press guests to get their take on the important events,…
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Erin Griffith, Hugh Forrest, Joshua Rubin, Michele Skelding
An open dialogue has never been more imperative or more possible than in the digital age when 57% of people are talking more online than they do in real life. The State of Michigan used this to their advantage when th…
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John Paul Farmer, Nicole Sunstrum
The Dewey Winburne Community Service awards brings together people doing good work from all over the world. Come meet the honorees and network with people doing amazing things to help others through technology. Also find…
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Tammy Lynn Gilmore
Clay Shirky has said that the only institutions that will thrive in the Internet age are those born of the Internet. We have built an ecosystem to advance digital startups: accelerators and incubators, mentors, curriculu…
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Brian Bannon, Harper Reed, John Bracken, Laura Ramos
As attacks against digital systems evolve, so too are security approaches undergoing several notable paradigm shifts in their defense of the tremendously high-value assets stored in and accessed by these systems. Studies…
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Geoff Gentry
The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s most ambitious scientific experiment. It is the successor to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, and will be 100x more powerful. The Webb Telescope, taller than a four-story…
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Alberto Conti, Amber Straughn, Blake Bullock, Natalie Batalha
Who gives a f*ck about techies? We don’t. We prefer to consider those at the fringes of life. Yes, we’re talking about incapacitation and death. It’s not fun. It’s not sexy. And it certainly won’t inspire the next wave o…
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Evan Carroll, Virginia Ingram
New to the Film Conference this year, Future 15s are short, intense salvos with each speaker delivering a 15-minute solo performance before being immediately replaced by the following speaker. Come hear Thomas Benski, Ma…
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Jigar Mehta, Mark Shapiro, Thomas Benski
Adolescents with congenital heart disease are known to have reduced exercise activity. Despite this, regular exercise has multiple health benefits for this population. Exercise can be prescribed in the same way as medici…
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Ally Stuart, Craig Williams, Graham Stuart
Circumnavigating the globe sounds exclusive to Magellan – but it’s shameful to think that type of go-anywhere travel isn’t accessible to everyone in the year 2014. What’s keeping you from traveling to the destinations of…
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Lee Abbamonte
As massively open online courses (MOOCs) become wildly popular, many have advocated a future of learning without teachers. But great teachers are still critical for learning. In this talk, Charlie Stigler (founder of edu…
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Charlie Stigler
As we work to support women in technology, it’s essential that we provide inspiration and role models for the youngest generations to aspire to the sciences. There's much celebration that girls make up 47% of gamers, but…
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Jennifer Oxley, Lindsey Shepard, Ryan Kelley, Sara DeWitt
A multifaceted look at the NFL's current state of concussions, providing the view of former players, medical experts and those in charge of advancing the technology to improve player safety. This session is part of the b…
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Chris Nowinski, Craig Anderson, Domonique Foxworth, Will Brinson
On August 20th, 2012 a product called “Instacube” was nothing more than a rendering. By the evening of August 21st, Instacube had raised over $100,000 in it's first day on Kickstarter and earned over 3,000 media hits. S…
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Savannah Peterson, Tom Miale
Imagine a future where there's no distinction between code and data. Where computers are operated by programming languages that work like human language, where knowledge and data are built in, where everything can be com…
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Stephen Wolfram
Elite athletes must focus on more than physical training to win. Startup CEOs also have an inner game to master on the way to success. Yet many hidden challenges to being a startup CEO aren't talked about enough. Among o…
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Dale Larson, Marcy Swenson
Organizational fitness: Inserting the Innovation Gene into Your company's DNA Technology doesn´t come alone. Accelerated change and increased access to who can innovate will challenge our business and push us to reinvent…
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Guibert Englebienne
In the next few years, as wearable technology gets more powerful and sensor capabilities explode, smartphone screens are going to become less and less central to our digital lives. Our devices will stop forcing us to loo…
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Cliff Kuang
Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons (The Goggles), are the award-winning interactive directors of the acclaimed documentary, “Welcome to Pine Point,” a project which showed how digital stories could be made more immersive…
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Michael Simons, Paul Shoebridge, Swanna MacNair
Coming off the most successful year in team history, the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team will enter the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil this June with lofty goals amid high expectations. Led by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann,…
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Jürgen Klinsmann, Roger Bennett
New census data reports the population size of Texas Hispanic K-12 students (2,325,000) is greater than the total population of the State of New Mexico (2,082,224), as well as fifteen other states. The Latina point of v…
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Byrdie Franco-Rocha, Laura Donnelly Gonzalez, Leslie Leal-Gauna
Ever wonder what it really takes for a person to bring his or her family out of poverty? Ever ponder why a low-income kid in your city doesn’t just study harder? Why the cashier at the drugstore doesn’t go to school at n…
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Megan Kashner
Swing by for a meet and greet with your favorite FOX shows, including Mindy Kaling of The Mindy Project and Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz.……
Meet the Insiders offers an inside track in the industry with Julie Fallin, the digital marketing coordinator for Cinedigm, and Michael Barker, of Sony Pictures Classics. This is an open forum to ask these insiders anyt…
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Julie Fallin, Michael Barker, Vanessa Hope
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
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Amado Guloy
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
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Brian Holt
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
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Jason Costa
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
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Mike Phillips
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
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Stacey McLeod
Festivals and markets are as vital as ever in today's filmmaking scene. Learn what to do - and more importantly, what not to do - when it comes to festival submissions, festival attendance, and beyond for narrative films…
Beginner
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Alonso Aguilar-Castillo, Carl Spence, Dosin Pak, Heather Rae, Jeff Ross, Landon Zakheim, Linda Olszewski, Stuart Brown
Women have been finding a sense of community through message boards and online groups before the rise of the blog. In communities like TheKnot.com, TheNest.com and TheBump.com, their conversations transition from STDs (S…
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Terri Koen
While the first wave of e-commerce was focused on getting access to products, and the second wave e-commerce was centered around recommendations, a third wave has begun to emerge. Taking the best elements of brick and mo…
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Ethan Song, Hicham Ratnani
The NSA scandal is far from over. Not only do new revelations keep popping up, the ramifications for legislation, politics and businesses are still not entirely clear. Especially in Europe, trust in US internet companies…
Do traditional arts forms inform gaming and new media art? John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, stated: "It is not about the old and the new. It is about what is good." How do today’s game develop…
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Chris Solarski, Paul Toprac, Richard Garriott de Cayeux, Sheldon Pacotti
People say "It's not what you know, it's who you know." But what if you don't know anyone? What if you didn't go to the right school? What if you're so outside the club, you didn't even know there *was* a club? As much a…
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Nilofer Merchant, Rachel Sklar
“No one person, no one alliance, no one nation, no one of us is as smart as all of us thinking together.” - former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of The Fletcher School How are government…
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Farah Pandith, James Stavridis, Joshua Haynes, Spencer Ackerman
With continuously changing technology, and fast-paced product cycles, we as designers no longer have the luxury of laboriously debating every pixel. I will be discussing how product design & innovation is tackled at a gl…
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Joel Beukelman
Video games have come a long way since the early days of Pac-Man. The graphics are crisper, the scores more powerful and the consoles more inter-connected with other household devices. Yet for all these advances, the bas…
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Mark Palatucci, Sean Levatino
We used to go to our desks to connect to the Internet, now the Internet is in our pockets. Next year, it will be common to access online information on our wrists, from our eyeglasses, and inside our cars. By 2017, 'mobi…
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Alfred Lui
Every marketer wants to get the most out of their paid media, targeting consumers that will engage with their content, share it with others, and talk about it across social channels like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. W…
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Baba Shetty, Kate Sirkin, Marty Baker, Seraj Bharwani
Why does death relate to sex more than being an inevitable part of life? We'll openly discuss interplay between life, ego, consciousness, relationships, orgasm, sex, death, technologies, internet and singularities -- inc…
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Reese Jones
It was the social media event of the summer, at one point generating 5k tweets per minute, but how the hell did that happen? For the first time Syfy and Twitter come together to present how, through the power of Twitter…
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Dana Ortiz, Fred Graver
Owen Thomas is the editor-in-chief of ReadWrite, one of the most widely respected and read technology sites on the Web. But before he got there, he spent 17 years working in the trenches of technology journalism, from th…
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Owen Thomas
Today’s disruptive consumer isn’t a tech-savvy millennial or a millionaire taking the first space tour. It’s a farmer in rural India, gaining access to consumer products for the first time. A woman in Africa whose repack…
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Mitchell Habib
Do you ever wish there was a support group for people like you who are solely in charge of an organization’s social media program? Whether you are a social media professional who has been hired by a company to start thei…
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Liz Gross
Reuters estimates that sports betting is a TRILLION Dollar worldwide industry. Until recently, the massive demand for sports betting content was simply ignored by the mainstream media (due to a combination of pressure fr…
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RJ Bell
Computing is going through one of the most exciting moments in its history: people are increasingly adopting phones, tablets and newer type of devices. And this spread of technology has the potential to make a positive i…
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John Battelle, Sundar Pichai
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, Joan Gillman, Pike Powers, Theresia Gouw
When a brand commits a gaffe or implodes on social media, we watch with a mix of horror, schadenfreude, and – perhaps strongest of all – relief that we’re not the ones under fire. But you don’t really know what a social …
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Chapin Clark, Kristen Joy Watts, Neal Mann, Wendy Harman
When the Texas Legislature took up abortion legislation, planned and spontaneous social media filled the Capitol with thousands of activists and delivered a global participatory audience. Celebrities tweeted as an 11-hou…
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Eliza Vielma, Erica Grieder, Joe Deshotel, Steven Polunsky
Join us as we examine the new economy that rewards entrepreneurship, creativity and connectedness like never before. More opportunities than ever are gained or lost through the digital marketplace. Hear from Ice-T about …
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Rayna Verbeck, Wheeler del Torro
The most basic technology and process we use today to fish was introduced 40,000 years ago. While human factors and user experience (UX) are more recent sciences, they are more similar to fishing than you may think. Let…
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Jon Kohrs
It has been more than 42 years since the general public first got their hands on video games. Today there are more people gaming than ever before, via traditional platforms from Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and PC to dev…
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Chris Wiseman, Patrick Scott Patterson, Rachel Lara
Voice acting has always been a fascinating career. Guys like Mel Blanc and Don LaFontaine were masters of the craft and made an incredible living with their voices. What used to be an almost "secret world" is now more ac…
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Tara Tyler
Google, Netflix, Square, Adobe. These are companies known for creating incredible software products and services. And yet, they are boldly pushing into new territory by creating hardware. But why? Google’s investment in …
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Julia Hu, Matt Rolandson, Michael Gough, Robert Brunner
Sometimes Twitter and Facebook feeds sound like one big group therapy session. Consumers know that complaining online gets results, and companies are so terrified of going viral for the wrong reasons (see: the Amy’s Baki…
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Kam Desai
Mobility is driving innovation that makes our personal and professional lives more efficient and productive. Mobile devices are a hub of information, specifically how they interact between individuals and other devices. …
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John Marshall
Nobody was ever supposed to read my goofy little blog about strongman training and Tourette Syndrome. But then Seth Godin found it, and by this point the blog has become a book. The book The World's Strongest Librarian …
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Josh Hanagarne
12:45 PM
Our lives’ are full of choices, and the number of choices we get slammed with every day is overwhelming. Especially as the human experience increasingly moves into the digital space – e.g. digital ads heralding four diff…
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Brad Nunnally
With the advancement of wearable and soon, implantable technologies, patients’ health will be monitored by computers 24/7. What will this mean for the doctors of 2025 and how will patients interact with their personal he…
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Delian Asparouhov
12:50 PM
Josh Hanagarne will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family".……
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Josh Hanagarne
1:00 PM
What can 3 billion geotagged Tweets collected over 18 months tell us about the world? We mapped this huge data set, taking a look at Twitter's userbase in incredible detail – revealing demographic, cultural, and social …
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Eric Gundersen, Ian Cairns
Connect with some of the best minds in the design world for conversation, networking and a little fun! Plus, hear from experts about the evolving nature of design in the digital experience. RSVP at http://ow.ly/uhlTW……
"I learned Spanish in school for 5 years, but don't speak it." How familiar does this sound? Benny Lewis, National Geographic's Traveler of the Year 2013, who can speak 12 languages, believes that it has nothing to do wi…
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Benny Lewis
We’re raising money and food for Austin City Food Banks with a game of street hockey. The coolest game at SXSW is a grassroots fundraising movement lead by HootSuite, Five Hole For Food, more than 20 tech companies and t…
Join other solopreneurs and aspiring enterprenuers for casual conversations on starting and running your own business. Discuss the balancing act of everyday tasks along with the challenges and benefits of being your ow…
Approached correctly, science is a systematic and objective inquiry into the nature and working of things. But sometimes, science merely produces trends-- which are disproved by a more comprehensive inquiry. We'll disc…
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Riley Drake
1:10 PM
Co-authors Brad Nunnally and Russ Unger will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation". Unger will also sign copies of his latest release “Speaker…
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Brad Nunnally, Russ Unger
1:15 PM
Digital screens are now as thin as paper, as we often wished for and ultimately expected. These paper-thin displays are referred to as AMOLED and are currently used in some mobile devices and televisions. In this present…
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Brandon Schmittling
Imagine every cancer patient's genome being sequenced to design proteins that bind to the mutations of that patient in order to destroy their tumor. This idea is not impossible. And soon these paradigms will become the…
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Riley Ennis
Marvel Entertainment- home to The Avengers, Spider-Man, Guardians Of The Galaxy, X-Men & more- returns to SXSW with the super powered panel no attendee can miss! Last year, Marvel broke the Internet with cutting-edge pla…
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Arune Singh, Axel Alonso, Kristin Vincent, Ryan Penagos, TQ Jefferson
1:20 PM
Benny Lewis will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World".……
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Benny Lewis
1:30 PM
The celebrated lyricist, Edwyn Collins could only say two phrases after waking up: 'Grace Maxwell' and 'The Possibilities Are Endless’. This is the incredible story of Collins, a songwriter who had the contents of his m…
3D printing is changing the world – from printing guns and human organs to dismantling the world’s industrial infrastructure by enabling home manufacturing. It’s “the next Industrial Revolution.” For the first time in h…
216 Months Directors: Valentin Potier, Frédéric Potier A shadow is hanging over Maureen's career the famous ventriloquist singer. The deep voice that comes out of Maureen's insides has a name: Charles. He will soon be 18…
Ukraine’s topless feminist sensation FEMEN have stirred up a press frenzy across Europe. Outraged by the world's image of Ukrainian women as either brides for sale or commodities of sex tourism, Femen bare their breasts …
1:40 PM
Erica Grieder will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas".……
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Erica Grieder
Stephen Wolfram will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "A New Kind of Science".……
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Stephen Wolfram
1:45 PM
29 year old Enea is looking for love - phsyical love that is. But as the autist he is, living in Italy, this is anything but easy. So him and his two best friends Carlo and Alex set out on a journey through Europe and ev…
2:00 PM
Join our discussion with Hollywood movie studio experts who'll share tips on how movies use social media to reach and engage fans. We'll discuss how top Hollywood studios use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, influ…
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Bettina Sherick, Ethan Applen, JP Richards, Maria Pacheco, Kevin Winston
The Alligator Director: Alexandra Barsky Two creatures are trapped together in a swamp. Tension escalates between them when an alligator haunts the waters outside. Caveirão Director: Guilherme Marcondes "Caveirão" imagi…
Technology has bridged us globally, and with this infrastructure in place we are seeing movements and innovations take place before our eyes. With the rise of Big Data and mobile access to the developing world we now hav…
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Asha Curran, Larry Irving, Luke Kyohere, Parker Harris
No longer a rainy-day pastime, board games are enjoying a huge resurgence of interest lately, a golden age of rich and engaging face-to-face entertainments driven by unique characteristics of design and publishing. As ga…
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Cory Jones, Kristin Looney, Mark Wallace, Mark Kaufmann
What do we tell future generations about the TV viewing and how we made it a completely new experience? What will be our legacy for changing the whole viewing of TV around and what kind of new apps and/or service should …
New to the Film Conference this year, Future 15s are short, intense salvos with each speaker delivering a 15-minute solo performance before being immediately replaced by the following speaker. Come hear Dan Berger, Owen …
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Dan Berger, Owen Egerton, Stephanie Trepanier
Is DNA the programming language of the future? What role do genetics and personalized medicine play in the healthcare revolution? Can big data and community unlock secrets to a healthier life? Join Anne Wojcicki, CEO and…
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Anne Wojcicki
This informal conversational session features Jade Raymond, managing director of Ubisoft Toronto and co-creator of the award-winning Assassin's Creed franchise. The Assassin’s Creed Franchise is adored by fans all over t…
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Geoff Keighley, Jade Raymond
The HollyShorts annual festival in LA showcases short films from around the globe. From the Dailymotion venue at the Hideout Theater, HollyShorts will screen a handful of their past selections. (http://hollyshorts.com/)…
Two extraordinary scientists struggle to create eternal youth with medical breakthroughs in a world they call “blind to the tragedy of old age.” Bill Andrews is a lab biologist and famed long-distance runner racing again…
Meet the Insiders offers an inside track on the industry with Dean Silvers, author of the new book "Secrets of Breaking into the Film & TV Business" and Anne Thompson, creator of the popular blog "Thompson on Hollywood"…
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Anne Thompson, Dean Silvers, Holly Herrick
Festivals and markets are as vital as ever in today's filmmaking scene. Learn what to do - and more importantly, what not to do - when it comes to festival submissions, festival attendance, and beyond for Documentary Fil…
Beginner
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Basil Tsiokos, Christine Davila, Courtney Sexton, Curran Nault, David Nugent, Greg Rhem, Lesli Klainberg, Martijn te Pas
ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
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Althea Erickson, Anthony Marino, Natalie Foster, Noah Karesh
We will be discussing the evolution of the award-winning short film project Our Lady Of Lourdes and how it was adapted to a changing market, while in active production. When deciding to release the short online after a …
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Peter Szewczyk
**Extended Q&A to follow screening "Penny Dreadful" is a chilling psychological thriller, created, written and executive-produced by three-time Oscar® nominee John Logan ("Hugo", "The Aviator", "Gladiator") and Oscar® w…
"We need to develop a sustainable investor class that supports the artists and benefits from doing so." - Ted Hope, Executive Director, San Francisco Film Society Traditionally, Investments in Independent Film are a high…
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Adam Collis
Join us as we examine where social media has been, where it’s going and how you can create and adapt technology to fit your brand. Hear the highs and lows, tip and tricks of artists and execs on both sides of the camera …
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Adam Argyle, Geoff Walker, Josh Batchelder, Zach Varnell
This special event from Stage Two features hardware startups sharing 5-minute stories about going from tinkerer to scale. Beer, tacos, and live music keeps things crispy! stagetwo.com/sxsw……
Europe has some great places to found a startup - from Barcelona, to Hamburg and Berlin, from Paris to London. It also has some regulatory nightmares to offer: founders face barriers not only from the country in which th…
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, Erick Schonfeld, Ethan Kurzweil, James Park
Over the past decade, the startup community has joined together to help create roadmaps for creative ideas to be financially and socially rewarding for everyone involved. What has emerged is an empowered generation of …
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James Belfer, Matthew Hooper, Mynette Louie, Ryan Delk, Ryan Koo
SXSW is a place of creative convergence, so why not use it meet creatives from other disciplines? Whether you are interested in telling a story through film or spreading the story of your brand you will be able to meet…
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Amy Dotson
Join us as we sit down with social media managers from a range of fields including celebrity, non-profit and luxury/corporate brands to discuss the value of being authentic across all social platforms as a brand, corpora…
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Daunte Dier, Franchesca Ramsey, Mary Pryor, Stevie Jerome Green Jr
Don't miss David Pogue's daily chats and interactive demos with industry trailblazers, featuring Yancey Strickler, CEO of Kickster.……
2:15 PM
A portrait of a family on the brink of dissolution set against the haunting backdrop of the refineries of Southeast Texas. Obsessed with metal and motocross, the actions of 13-year-old Jacob has begun to raise concerns,…
Come look behind the scenes on the 3 year long process of independent filmmaking that brought Video Games: The Movie to life. With behind the scenes clips featuring Sean Astin, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Wil Wheaton as w…
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Alison Haislip, Jeremy Snead, Randy Pitchford
2:30 PM
Meet with other adventure-seeking filmmakers during this one hour event in the Meet Up Pavilion. Discuss the latest gear, hear tips from experienced travelers or even swap stories from your latest filmmaking adventures…
Come celebrate the upcoming release of the Universal Pictures film NEIGHBORS! The SXSW Sunday Funday is open to all badge holders! Join Universal and Funny or Die for BBQ, Music, Games and more. For screening i…
2:45 PM
A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary South in this adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel. Directed by David Gordon Green ("Prince Avalanche", "Pineapple Express") the film brings A…
3:00 PM
Laurel Braitman will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign galley copies of "Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves".……
Presenters
Laurel Braitman
Stop by the Dell and NVIDIA Green Room for complimentary drinks daily from 3-5 PM. Also, join them for coffee every morning.……
Attend an interactive workshop with the team responsible for bringing new apps to Chevrolet. Learn how to build apps for vehicles, discuss developer opportunities within Chevrolet, and demo a sample of in-vehicle apps. …
3:10 PM
Dean Silvers will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Secrets of Breaking Into the Film and TV Business". To learn more about his book visit: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Secrets-Breaking-Into-Film-Tv-B…
Presenters
Dean Silvers
3:15 PM
Game Developers openly discuss the future of technology and games. It's an amazing time to be a developer and a gamer as the world is changing quickly and games are transforming with it. Join us as we talk about how vide…
Presenters
Jools Watsham, Kynan Pearson, Max Hoberman, Vu Bui
3:30 PM
Austin has created a reputation as a national hotbed for start-ups, entrepreneurs and innovation. This session will explore the elements that contribute to the creation of a community like Austin and how can entrepreneur…
Beginner
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Chelsea McCullough, Whurley
We are Washington-based speechwriters who helped to run the speechwriting boiler room at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. But politicians aren't the only folks who need to develop strong public speaking skills …
Intermediate
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Andy Barr, Sarada Peri
Manufacturing is experiencing a renaissance thanks to advancements in 3D Printing and 3D design software. Now, anywhere in the world, individuals have access to world-class manufacturing without the traditional barriers…
Intermediate
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Peter Weijmarshausen
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP27586 Mo…
Advanced
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Doug Vann
For decades, government has been the primary funder of robotics and AI initiatives – from NASA projects to DARPA challenges and autonomous driving research. But recently, large companies such as John Deere and Amazon hav…
Intermediate
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Dror Oren, Hanns Tappeiner, Liz Gannes, Tony Stentz
Phil Spencer leads Microsoft Studios and oversees creative teams around the world developing games, entertainment and premium content experiences for Microsoft’s family of devices including Xbox One, Xbox 360, Kinect, Su…
Intermediate
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Geoff Keighley, Phil Spencer
Join Dana Brunetti, producer of The Social Network, House of Cards and forthcoming 50 Shades of Grey film and Randi Zuckerberg, former Facebook exec, Founder of Zuckerberg Media and New York Times Bestselling Author, as…
Advanced
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Dana Brunetti, Randi Zuckerberg
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP19922 A …
Intermediate
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Jessica Lawrence, Rasanath Das, Vipin Goyal
Eleanor Whitney will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Grow: How to Take Your DIY Project & Passion to the Next Level and Quit Your Job!”.……
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Eleanor Whitney
Attention all Burners (and potential Burners!) We're hosting a Burning Man meetup at SXSW! Join Burning Man's communications, ticketing and tech teams from our San Francisco Headquarters to chat about the future landscap…
Beginner
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Megan Miller
Ralph Steadman began his career as a cartoonist satirising the British social and political scene of the 60s. In the 1970s, responding to what he called ‘the screaming lifestyle of America’ he teamed up with Hunter S. Th…
Beginner
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Ralph Steadman, Doug Brinkley
Your film is complete, you’ve had a great premier, and you’re in deep negotiations with a distributor, so what’s the problem? Perhaps it’s that you’ve stretched your budget as thin as possible to make it this far and now…
Advanced
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Caroline Mckenzie, Emily Eddey, Jason Tobias
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP23343 “G…
Beginner
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Stephanie Staidle
Technology continues to have a profound effect on how and what we eat. In the 365 days since last year's meetup alone, much has happened in the Food + Tech world: 3D printing, crowdsourcing restaurants, robot line cooks…
Beginner
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Sharon Mays
Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act is responsible for the shape of the Internet as we know it today, by freeing website operators from needing to conduct a legal review of each and every user communica…
Intermediate
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Ari Shahdadi, Eric Goldman, Jeff Hermes
In the past decade there has been a lot of work in changing the image of Colombia, changing people and industries perception from a country that only makes coffee and related to “Juan Valdez”, and also a more common perc…
Intermediate
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Sebastian Gomez
New to the Film Conference this year, Future 15s are short, intense salvos with each speaker delivering a 15-minute solo performance before being immediately replaced by the following speaker. Come hear Jim Cummings, Ale…
Beginner
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Alex Winter, Jim Cummings, Ralph Echemendia
Advancements in wearable technology are leading to a cultural tipping point – constant connectivity will fundamentally change the way humans relate, interact and behave with each other. We're at the very beginning of thi…
Intermediate
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Elise Hu, Patrick Miller, Perry Fair, Timothy Jordan
The gaming talk show, Gootecks and Mike Ross, will shoot interviews with SXSW attendees and provide commentary from the Hideout Lounge. They will discuss their experiences at SXSW and talk about the SXSW Gaming portion o…
Chile claims to have hacked the system, boosting an innovation hub starting from the government. Dynamic public policies such as Start-Up Chile became key players to cut much of that red tape that is still alive in many …
Intermediate
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Leo Prieto, Maitetxu Larraechea, Paolo Privitera
During New York Fashion Week in February 2012 - and in the middle of the year's biggest snowstorm - Hearst Magazines teamed with AngelHack, organizer of the world's largest hackathon competition, for its 1st Fashion Hack…
Intermediate
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Phil Wiser, Sabeen Ali
The hard thing isn’t dreaming big. The hard thing is sweating through the night when the dream turns into a nightmare. Minimizing politics. Firing friends. Sustaining a CEO mentality. Surviving the Struggle. While m…
Intermediate
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Ben Horowitz, Nas
Imagine a transportation system where cars can see things that you can’t. Such cars could warn of a potential crash or icy roads ahead, advise of a traffic jam ahead, or help find a parking space. Imagine if buses could …
Intermediate
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James Pol, Mike Pina
There's a misconception about distributed companies: that in order to work for one you have to work remotely, or alone. While there may be thousands of miles between you and your colleagues, it is our belief that these c…
Beginner
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Danya Cheskis-Gold, Lori McLeese, Mischa Nachtigal, Patti Chan
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP19077 Th…
Beginner
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Stephen Wendel
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP26192 No…
Intermediate
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Adam Mordecai, Joseph Lamour, Rebecca Eisenberg
The central problem facing many businesses today is not a lack of data, but a lack of a clear vision and actionable roadmap for what to do with the data. This is particularly the case for social data. Over the past few y…
Intermediate
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Marjan Baghaie, Serena Cheng
How can we bridge the gap between cinema and interactive storytelling? Or between neuroscience and art? During this session, IDFA DocLab founder and curator Caspar Sonnen and Brent Hoff, media artist and director of prog…
Intermediate
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Brent Hoff, Caspar Sonnen
Join us for this rare opportunity to meet SXSW Featured Speaker, world-renowned inventor and humanitarian, Dean Kamen, one of the most prolific inventors of our time, Founder of DEKA Research and FIRST® (For Inspiration …
Beginner
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Dean Kamen
We're now living in the collaboration economy where the values of shared ownership and open access to ideas are celebrated. Yet, how many major brands openly promote hacking into their products to make them better? Boing…
Intermediate
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David Pescovitz, Eric Mcclellan, Liz Boone, Mark Frauenfelder
In 2012, then U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned that “the next Pearl Harbor we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems, our grid, our security systems, our financial systems…
Intermediate
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Derek Jinks, Kristen Eichensehr
How did a team of two scientists make more progress on an exciting category of drug candidates in 11 months than the top 20 pharmaceutical companies have in 23 years? It all started with Tumor Paint. Join Jim Olson, inve…
Advanced
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Jim Olson
The emergence of cheap genome sequencing and commercialized testing (23andMe) has pushed many important legal and ethical questions to the forefront. Should parents be allowed to check for serious genomic defects in thei…
Intermediate
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Samuel Volchenboum
Legendary comic actor Jeffrey Tambor (The Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development) returns to SXSW for another edition of his Acting Workshop. Over the past four decades, Tambor has been an inspiration both on and off-s…
Beginner
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Jeffrey Tambor
Right now Social Media is disrupting more than just how companies engage with customers, its driving the transformation of Corporate Social Responsibility. As transparency has been increasing over the last decade, organi…
Advanced
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Jason Wolcott, Ruben Taborda
The Lean Startup method is now being used by entrepreneurs and social enterprises of all levels to create scalable, sustainable models for social impact. According to Eric Ries, Author of the Lean Startup and Founder …
Beginner
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Brant Cooper, Jeremiah Gardner, Jon Kolko, Leanne Pittsford
M2M is on your radar. It will change the world. But it will only be those who are able to solve real human and business problems that will come out on top. And the “M2M experience” is still undefined. It is still new, ha…
Intermediate
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Benjamin Glaser, Peter Blom
People are often so caught up on the business & networking aspect of film festivals that they completely miss the opportunity to deconstruct the emotional journey filmmakers are thrust into. Going from cutting your teeth…
Beginner
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Ryan Coogler
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Alexia Tsotsis
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Ben Satterfield
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Jason Shah
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Luciana Bazanella
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Rob Gonda
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Stacy Spikes
Films are finding success abroad today - how do you make your film viable abroad, find the right distributor and capitalize on International markets? Find out here. Sign Up Here: http://mentor.sxsw.com. Mentor session…
Beginner
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Anais Clanet, Andy Whittaker, Diana Holtzberg, Diego Marambio, Inge de Leeuw, Juliana Ortiz, Michael Bremer, Soo Jin Hwang
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are in their early stages of being developed for delivery of educational content. Current structural limitations inhibit everything from sophisticated game based learning to simple ema…
Intermediate
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Dawn Zimmaro, Donna Kidwell, Janet Walkow, Ross Strader
At the crux of all life that we know lies water, the one substance that makes this planet special. Yet, it is largely unexplored and little understood. We are beholden to it for everything but we don't know much about ho…
Beginner
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Fabien Cousteau
Check out some of the hottest new apps on the Microsoft platform in these short and engaging interviews. RSVP at http://ow.ly/uhlTW……
ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Advanced
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Adam Brown, Ashley Brown, Judy Ko, Michael Zuna
The debate surrounding narratives in games generally centers around player agency and interactivity. Some believe narratives enrich games, while others wish for purely system-based experiences. What is the future of narr…
Intermediate
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Davey Wreden, John Warren, Jordan Mallory, Shay Pierce
In recent years, professional sports have become a testing (and proving) ground for the latest innovations in digital media, technology and social. Three of the brightest – and most influential – sports marketing minds w…
Intermediate
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Howard Handler, Jackson Jeyanayagam, Melissa Rosenthal Brenner, Steve Phelps
Libraries as the epicenter of innovation, technology and economic recovery? You bet your assets they are! By finding creative ways to bring together techies, entrepreneurs, makers, and sometimes even angel investors, tod…
Intermediate
Presenters
Janie Hermann, Venu Moola
And you thought getting a solid mobile strategy out the door was tough. The retail landscape is evolving at a rapid pace and while the future is unclear, one thing is certain: if you don’t embrace a digitized future, you…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bryan Wolff, Emily Lacivita, Healey Cypher , Zita Cassizzi
Today we are still using our mobile devices like the way we used to on old computers with a mouse. We have limited ourselves to only scrolling up, down, left, and right in most of our mobile experiences, when our touch…
Beginner
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Sung Kim
Your health story has gone from a scatter of hand-written notes with a sketchy plot to a digital digest with volumes yet to come. And for the first time, you’re one of the authors. Your story is comprised of electronic h…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jeffrey Benabio, Madhu Nutakki
In this panel the #xNordics crew opens it all up about the success of startups coming from the Nordics, Finland, Sweden and Norway. This is yet another SXSW channel for the Nordic startups to pitch, not only to investors…
Advanced
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Jostein Svendsen, Maria Rankka, Peter Green, Peter Vesterbacka
The Paris startup ecosystem has been silently churning out $1 Billion companies since the 1970s; however, its anti-Anglophone history, anti-business government, and the language barrier has influenced international opini…
Intermediate
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Cedric Giorgi, Frederic Montagnon, Liam Boogar, Pierre-Simon Ntiruhungwa
alt title: “Robots eating b@nker$: The digital future of m0ney” Financial Services are being rapidly digitized. iPads are replacing branches and bankers. Connected cars buy insurance by the mile. Automatic portfolio man…
Intermediate
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Dan Kimerling, Robert Schwentker
Over the past two decades 3D printing has radically shifted the way that many industries design new products. The medical field uses the process for creating bespoke hearing aids and aerospace companies use it to design …
Intermediate
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Jeff Beckham, Mike Vasquez
In an era when living publicly is becoming the default, people are coming up with creative ways to carve out private spaces in their lives. Rather than rejecting today’s ubiquitous social media and sharing tools outright…
Beginner
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Ann Mack
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP22156 In…
Intermediate
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Andrew Grenville, Tyler Douglas
Mr. Layton’s presentation, titled “Racing in Reverse: The Quantitative Relationship Between Overtime, Defects and Project Slippage,” discusses the downsides of overtime as it relates to productivity, ways to accelerate p…
Intermediate
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Mark Layton
Industrial Revolution II is a different kind of garment company. Social advancement for our workers, their families and our neighbors is equally important to us as delivering our customers the highest quality products an…
Intermediate
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Joey Adler, Rob Broggi
Your personal brand as an entrepreneur is critical and your company needs your identity to survive. Too many entrepreneurs make the mistake of focusing on just their business or just their personal brand. Neither one…
Intermediate
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Mario Armstrong
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP19539 Se…
Intermediate
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James Wickett, Karthik Gaekwad, Matt Johansen
How can brands break through clutter, find an audience and forge lasting relationships? The secret is addictive storytelling, with characters, voices and content that surprise, entertain and engage. Learn how the pro…
Presenters
Bob DeBitetto, Joanna Coles, Jonathan Perelman, Terry Wood, Troy Young
Can the NSA, the police, and private companies really do that? From PRISM to drones to ‘Stingrays’ that snoop on cell phones, join us at the movies for a close look at how surveillance has caught up with the fables dream…
Intermediate
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Kashmir Hill, Matthew Cagle, Nicole Ozer
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, David Tisch, Evan Lowenstein
Presented by Austin Energy and Austin Technology Clean Energy Incubator Get a rapid-fire introduction to investment opportunities in cleanweb, greentech and social impact at this fast paced pitch event featuring three-m…
Intermediate
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Mitch Jacobson
Have you put together a trailer for your new film or video and don't know if it's working? Come to Trailer Park and show your trailer to a team of experts--i.e,, a film critic, a fellow filmmaker, a festival programmer, …
Intermediate
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Gerald Peary
Creative is a broad term that describes us. CEOs, HR staffers, and small business owners hire us for our specialized talents that bring ideas to life in a variety of formats. We navigate industries almost seamlessly, whe…
Intermediate
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Ian Joulain
Urban Librarians Unite has been able to have a wide ranging and financially huge impact despite having barely any resources. These knife in the teeth librarians have applied social media and tech to traditional activist …
Intermediate
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Christian Zabriskie, Lauren Comito
Much like the public protest of the Civil Rights Era, Black Twitter can be a rallying force that can shut down Juror B37’s proposed book deal in a matter of hours or initiate the career suicide of suspected racists (we s…
Intermediate
Presenters
Anslem Rocque, David Dennis, Jamilah Lemieux, Janee Bolden
Have all the distractions at a game, social media, blasting ‘who let the dogs out’, mascot races, sponsorship contests and t-shirt bazookas replaced traditions. Has this been a bad thing for sporting events, fans and gam…
Intermediate
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Mark Drosos, Mark Pannes
In the nonprofit world, resources can be scarce. But there’s never a shortage of data. Nonprofits track finances, services, outcomes and external data about their issue areas. Within all that data are stories waiting to …
Intermediate
Presenters
Becca Aaronson, Javier De La Torre, Megan Kilgore
The war for winning dominance over social networks and using that dominance to advantage is already underway. James Carafano presents an extremely timely analysis of the techno-future of information and the impact of soc…
Advanced
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James Carafano
Some say responsive web design means a different content strategy between different devices based on the context of use. Others say responsive web design means getting the same content no matter what device and context. …
Intermediate
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Amanda Krauss, Caryn Lusinchi, Chris Wiegman, Hawk Thompson
Making their first appearance at SXSWi, internationally renowned and long dead authors, H.G. Wells and Mary Shelley, join us on the incredible journey of being xHumed. Brought back to life for unique events in London a…
Intermediate
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Jason Jones-Hall, Samara Jones-Hall
How you design web pages is changing — rapidly. Part of being a great web designer is understanding the medium you are designing for, recognizing its weaknesses and pushing its strengths. It's no longer enough to show a …
Intermediate
Presenters
Jason CranfordTeague
3:40 PM
Susan Emerick and Chris Boudreaux will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The Most Powerful Brand On Earth: How To Transform Teams, Empower Employees, Integrate Partners, and Mobilize Customers to Beat the Com…
Presenters
Chris Boudreaux, Susan Emerick
3:45 PM
Artificial hearts, bionic eyes and audio implants are all very real and medically relevant. What about the questionable fringe? Welcome to biohacking. Fascinating examples of the merger of man and machine keep popping u…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jason Levy
Our lives are mobile-everything. Our stuff is increasingly sensor-laden. And the services that give us access to our data, people, and things are, by definition, collecting massive volumes of data about us. It's impossib…
Intermediate
Presenters
Fatemeh Khatibloo
3:50 PM
James Carafano will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Wiki at War: Conflict in a Socially Networked World ".……
Presenters
James Carafano
4:00 PM
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Join host Scott Aukerman (“Comedy Bang! Bang!” on IFC, “Mr. Show”) for a weekly podcast that blends conversation and character work from today’s funniest comedians. While Scott begins by traditionally interviewing the ce…
Presenters
Scott Aukerman
The best copywriting seems effortless. Seems. Behind that deceptively simple veneer lie crippling decisions and endless revisions. Don't be intimidated: the power to captivate consumers is within your grasp. Led by TE…
Presenters
Daniel DiGriz, Gregory Lewis, Jean Tang, Lucy Dotson
"Harmontown" is a documentary film starring TV writer and producer Dan Harmon (NBC's "Community", Adult Swim’s “Rick and Morty”) as he takes his popular podcast of the same name on a calamitous cross-country tour. Much …
Davina is an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl who escapes often into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new re…
When our daughter was born she lost too much of her birth weight too quickly. So we started keeping a log of everything she consumed and, inevitably, expelled. It started with a simple spreadsheet to track the exact amou…
Intermediate
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Amy Webb
Get yourself some Southern Fried goodness and mingle with the tech companies, creatives, and tastemakers who call Georgia home.……
4:15 PM
Interactive entertainment communities are getting bigger, louder, more engaged. The landscape of community management is rapidly changing as technology expands how fans can engage: Social media, User Generated Content, l…
Presenters
Arne Meyer, Elizabeth Tobey, James Spafford, Nemanja Posrkaca
We are currently moving out of a period of “Peak Privacy,” and into an era of “Peak Surveillance.” Encryption and other protective capabilities previously available only to governments, the super-rich, and hackers are no…
Intermediate
Presenters
Andrew Delamarter
Amidst quarter-life crises, Allie struggles to prepare for the Peace Corps, while Harper awaits checks from her father to fund her artistic dreams. But the two friends quickly shun responsibilities for the day when a pai…
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. It killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in American history. The explosion still haunts the lives of those most intimately aff…
Current figures from the American Diabetes Association show that 8% of the U.S. population, or 25.8 million people, have diabetes. This is a large percentage of the populace that needs to manage a chronic health issue. …
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Sherwell
4:20 PM
Amy Webb will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Data, A Love Story: How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match".……
Presenters
Amy Webb
4:30 PM
In 1984—before cell phones, the web, and reality TV, a young director set out to document a year in the life of a typical California high school. The result was “All American High”, an unusually honest and humorous look…
On March 5th, 2013, San Francisco’s skyline was transformed by an amazing sight: 25,000 LED lights that, for perhaps the first time save the 1989 earthquake, caused people to consider the Bay Bridge instead of her iconic…
"Space Station 76" is a comedic drama about a group of people (and several robots) living on a space station in a 1970’s-version of the future. When a new Assistant Captain arrives, she inadvertently ignites tensions am…
The Title Design Program will start with a presentation from Art of the Title's Senior Editor Will Perkins and Managing Editor Lola Landekic on the history of title design in Hollywood, the emergence of title's in video …
4:40 PM
Ben Horowitz will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers".……
Presenters
Ben Horowitz
Randi Zuckerberg will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives".……
Presenters
Randi Zuckerberg
4:45 PM
As technology inhabits nearly ever aspect of our public and private lives it offers vast potential for new products, services, and interfaces. What happens when technology meets the body? Is the future of wearable tech…
Presenters
Francesca Rosella, Ryan Genz
5:00 PM
Retail brands are incorporating technology and digital concepts to change the consumer experience: from virtual fitting room and apps to new payment options and RFID-tagged merchandise. As technology develops and consume…
Advanced
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Jen Rubio, Kristina Simmons, Rachel Arthur, Will Young
Vegans are often looked at as humorless jerks that just want to question the ingredients in hummus and create spectacles like putting topless pregnant ladies in cages, denouncing ex-vegans by sharing their personal infor…
Intermediate
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Laura Beck, Stephanie Bogdanich
Why do crazy stories that aren't true get so much traction, while really important actual facts sink into oblivion? Algorithms influence almost all the information you consume, from news stories, to social media updates,…
Advanced
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Gilad Lotan, Kelly McBride
We live in a cross-platform world, with users now expecting the data they create to follow them across various devices, browsers and even offline. Consumers’ data sync demands range from simple needs (i.e. accessing the …
Advanced
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Leah Culver
Are brilliant ideas enough to fix a broken transport system? As a BBC reporter who writes about advanced transport technologies, Jack Stewart has spent years investigating how we will move around in the future, speaking …
Intermediate
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Jack Stewart
I've just returned from a 5 month nationwide bus tour for my book on internet entrepreneurship, Without Their Permission, and I've met founders as well as college students (77 universities!), all fired up about creating …
Intermediate
Presenters
Alexis Ohanian
As evidenced by the world around us, entertainment and media are evolving, and augmented reality is becoming the next frontier of storytelling. While many have experienced AR to some extent, few have seen more than a pro…
Beginner
Presenters
Brian Mullins, DA Wallach, Katerina Markov, Nick Lippman
For years, Boulder, CO residents pressured their monopoly utility, Xcel Energy, the largest coal-dominated utility in Colorado, to provide cleaner power to no avail. Fed up with stall tactics, Boulder voters approved two…
Intermediate
Presenters
Steve Fenberg
Clean energy? We'll drink to that. Join us on the rooftop of One American Center for happy hour with CleanTX, Austin's clean technology cluster group, and E.ON Climate and Renewables, one of the world's leading renewable…
Best known for its broadcast graphics like the bright yellow 1st and 10 line for football and strike-zone box in baseball, Sportvision has been instrumental in changing the ways fans watch sports while creating the next …
Intermediate
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Hank Adams
Smartphones have quickly become our most intimate devices. They help connect us, inform us, and guide us. Yet our phones only give us what we want when we dig into our pockets and ask them -- disrupting our real-life exp…
Advanced
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Chris Fagan, John Boyd, Laura Kelso, Todd Dipaola
After spending a long day enjoying SXSW, kick back with some video eye candy and an adult beverage courtesy of video-sharing site Dailymotion. Come watch the best videos uploaded by Dailymotion’s creative community and m…
Currently, there is a major disconnect between the multi-year development cycles of automakers and consumer expectations for smart devices. Automakers can’t keep pace with the fast-moving software updates brought about b…
Beginner
Presenters
Peter Skillman
It’s an uncomfortable and often avoided subject, but at some point in our lives we will all have to deal with one thing: death. The emotionally complex experience of End of Life (EoL) planning can be confusing and legal …
Intermediate
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Navit Keren
Enjoy a drink and food with your friends in the developer community, including special guests from the Nokia CVLUP, MoDev, Xamarin and Unity communities. RSVP at http://ow.ly/uhlTW……
Stop by to recharge, play games, and enter to win a Kindle Fire HDX or gaming headset. And don’t miss happy hour daily 5:00 - 7:00pm: free drinks and music by DJ Pinky. Dolby Sound Exchangei s open to the public with fr…
Most people have had some experience prototyping in one form or another and could likely describe it and its value with little effort. However, after years of prototyping from dotcoms to IBM to frog design and now cultiv…
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Jeff Wilson
This presentation will outline a. what we know about typical brain development and environmental effects, with emphasis on the adolescent period and the social brain, b. changes in the social environment during adolescen…
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Kate Mills
For anyone who has ever felt overworked but underutilized or always busy but never productive, comes ESSENTIALISM, a system for achieving more by doing less; a strategic framework for discerning what is essential, elimin…
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Greg McKeown
Cited by People Magazine as one of the ‘Top Ten most successful young people in Hollywood’ and featured on the covers of magazine’s such as Complex and Black Enterprises’ 40 Under 40, Nick Cannon, 32 years old is a succe…
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Mary Pryor, Nick Cannon
As social connection apps and mobile technology evolve, instant gratification is now expected when it comes to new people and information. We’ll tackle the new norms of meeting people via app, diving into the lifecycle o…
Beginner
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Colin Hodge, Joel Simkhai
Food is hardware. The ways in which it is typically made currently are wasteful and unnecessary. We should embrace food technology such as nutritional biochemistry, food processing, and biotechnology to improve our food …
Beginner
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Andras Forgacs, Ethan Brown, Josh Tetrick, Robert Rhinehart
The #GivingTuesday movement generated huge social media buzz, launched the “unselfie”, increased online giving and engaged individuals in the U.S. and around the world in philanthropy. Using new tools and technologies to…
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Henry Timms, Libby Leffler, Rob Reich
I propose to speak about my experience directing both a virtual research effort that resulted in my discovering the cause of my daughter's genetic illness and unrelated effort to prosecute the pre-clinical and clinical d…
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Hugh Rienhoff
A conversation between consultant Jonathan Bailey an online publishing consultant and plagiarism expert and attorney Katie Sunstrom. Jonathan will share his experiences assisting victims of revenge porn and online defam…
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Jonathan Bailey, Katie Sunstrom
Children are 51 times more likely to have their identities stolen than adults. Now that children have a digital footprint at an early age, identity thieves have found an easier route to take advantage of children’s unuse…
Beginner
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Chris Crosby, Clay Nichols
Every healthcare organization must evolve its commercial strategy within a transformed health system that rewards prevention and punishes waste, and patient engagement is critical to this shift. Additionally, with more p…
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Charles Saunders, Fred Trotter, James Mault, Michele Polz
Healthcare technology is rarely designed with the patient in mind and designing a better experience is a daunting task. To make an impact, designers need to arm themselves with a mission, passion, and a patient mindset. …
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Abbe Don
Ever worried you’re too tied to tech? Then come power down for an hour and meet people face to face! I Am My Own Social Network is the rallying cry for a movement of individuals who want to become more aware of their rel…
Beginner
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Dave Hepp
Would you rather have 100,000 skimmers or 1,000 engaged and invested readers? Getty Images brings together Marshall Wright, Director of Social Media at T-3; founder of DIY media powerhouse P.S. I made this..., Erica Dom…
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Erica Domesek, Jason Jarrett, Joanna Wilkinson, Marshall Wright, Russell Van Kraayenburg
This panel will provide a high level overview of what the Indie MEGABOOTH is, how it got started and what types of challenges we faced. This includes anecdotes about changing career paths, grassroots community building,…
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Christopher Floyd, Kelly Wallick
Latin America's leading accelerators come together to discuss the state of entrepreneurship and acceleration programs in the region. Argentina and Mexico join on a unique panel that will go inside Latin America to discus…
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Antón Chalbaud, Marcela Gutierrez, Sergio Romo, Ulrick Noel
Instagram and other social media tools are transforming the way photographers, journalists and everyday users are documenting news around the world. In 2013, David Guttenfelder, the AP’s chief Asia photographer, won over…
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Dan Toffey, David Guttenfelder, Kira Pollack
This panel looks at a wide range of intersections between interaction design and the performing arts, from narrative to puppetry to dramatic theory. The performing arts may be characterized by the expression of emotion a…
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Allucquere Stone, Brenda Laurel, Emma Westecott, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
Are you the kind of dad who only knows his kid through Facebook? Should your kid even be on Facebook? Men, especially in technology, are taught to work hard, define ourselves by our careers, and eagerly embrace new techn…
Beginner
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Alexis Madrigal, Clara Jeffery, Mat Honan, Michael Sippey
We all know the next wave is mobile, it's been beaten into our brains. But, what does a company do when they want to get on that wave, but the core of their business is still on the Web. How do you architect experiences …
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Andrew Vilcsak, Mark Smallcombe, Martin Destagnol, Sean Coady
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Anil Chawla
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Gordon Thomas
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Jenn Deering Davis
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Jesús Gorriti
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Ligaya Tichy
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 media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Trey Shelton
Money Talks features a panel discussion of active investors discussing the different types of capital funding for entrepreneurial businesses, including Angel, VC, and institutional funding. Panel participants are seasone…
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Bryan Allinson, Krishna Srinivasan, Laura Kilcrease, Rosa L McCormick
What if the world's best software entrepreneurs used all their resources to take on big projects beyond the Web like schools, hospitals and factories? Software engineers are already making real-world goods and services, …
Intermediate
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Glenn Kelman
Fresh off the ice, the National Hockey League, Chicago Blackhawks and Coors Light, share an insider’s perspective of an ambitious 2014-15 NHL season, inaugural Coors Light NHL Stadium Series and Stanley Cup Championship …
Intermediate
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Adam Dettman, Brian Jennings, Dean Matsuzaki, John McDonough
BuzzFeed's rapid rise to ubiquity -- including 60 million monthly unique visitors -- was built on memes and user-generated content with original reporting content built-in. How can nonprofit news outlets sustain or scal…
Intermediate
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Adam Soclof, Jake Batsell, Joshua Benton, Nicole Hudson
Transition is an inevitable part of every startup and successful business – at some (or several) points in time it becomes necessary to evolve in order to be competitive and maintain relevance. But, identifying the right…
Intermediate
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Ilya Fushman , Nathan Olivarez-Giles
The purpose of this SXSW talk is to explore questions about our food system that require experimentation, nontraditional approaches, and multidisciplinary ways of thinking. Using the innovation of 3D printing chocolate, …
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Daniel Heron, Levi Lalla
Whether you're a lurker, someone who up votes or just a die-hard redditor, we hope you join us for a chance to hang out with your fellow redditors in a casual and fun setting at SXSW! Come discuss everything from /r/one…
Beginner
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Logan Youree, Victoria Taylor
A very lively woman with a very deadly cancer visits a national park with the intention of ending her life there-- but her suicide plans are continually thwarted, not least of all by her family, which finds itself unamus…
This presentation puts a new spin on an old idea. In a world of seed rounds, exit strategies, and failing fast, entrepreneurs today are forgetting what it's like to run a business and your life in a way that a both are r…
Beginner
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Mario Lurig
The courage to step out and do something different is tough enough, but when there is no other option and lives are on the line its interesting how we all know the right thing to do. These entrepreneurs have committed th…
Beginner
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Carl Dorvil, Erine Gray, Jose Alejandro Flores, Sean Carasso
If you work in style + tech or just have a general interest in the mashup of this space, then this Meet Up is for you! Join SXSW Interactive's Publicist and Style Programmer, Kelly Krause for her 3rd annual Meet Up on th…
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Kelly Krause
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
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Benjamin Ling, Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, Christine Herron
Be it the authentic feel of “Django Unchained” or gritty look of “Nebraska,” Montana and Wyoming deliver on the big screen. Join Film Commissioners Deny Staggs of Montana and Colin Stricklin of Wyoming for conversation a…
Animation legend Fred Seibert (Frederator Studios, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Hanna-Barbera) and producer Dana Brunetti (“House of Cards,” “Captain Phillips,” “Fifty Shades of Gray”) join Fast Company senior writer Ch…
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Chuck Salter, Dana Brunetti, Fred Seibert
You know what 5 o'clock means! Join Fiksu for a well deserved drink following a long weekend of gaming pitches, demonstrations and networking. SXSW Gaming Happy Hour presented by Fiksu is open to the public with free G…
91% of hiring managers now look at social media profiles when screening job applicants, and one in 10 young job applicants has been denied due to their online reputation. Companies are concerned with employees’ personal …
Beginner
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Bryan Hjelm, Parry Aftab
Just like your mother told you, venture capital doesn’t grow on trees. But, at the same time, it’s not impossible to find either. You just have to look for it in the right places and with the right tools and goals. Look…
Intermediate
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Chris Golec, Stacey Bishop
Brands want to be loved. Consumers seek happiness. Brands that make consumers happy will be more loved. Sport is an inspirational power for good. Sport enhances the lives of individuals, communities, countries and the en…
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Lisa Murray
Video games are a unique medium. Players assume roles, interact with worlds, and experience situations in ways that simply aren't possible in any other entertainment format. When it comes to character and situation desi…
Beginner
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Beth Elderkin, Develon Douglas, Samantha Lopez
Shaquille O'Neal was one of the first big-name celebrities to embrace social media -- witness his more than 8 million followers on Twitter. He's now turned a lot of his attention to wearable technology, which looks to be…
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Rick Valencia, Shaquille O'Neal
Ever see a Yelp sticker in a restaurant window? Or maybe you noticed a few Pinterest logos on clothing items on your last shopping trip? If not, there’s a good possibility you will soon, because there is increasing evide…
Intermediate
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Megan Wintersteen
5:15 PM
Mobile apps and health devices on the market today claim to help you adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors fast — but just because the technology is available, that doesn’t guarantee you a success story. Fixing bad health h…
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John de Souza
Cosplay is short for costume play. It’s like a fashion show, except the outfits are based on video games, anime, comics, you name it! On Sunday, each entrant gets to walk across the stage to show off their outfit in the …
Presenters
Carl Martin, Jarrett Crippen, Jesus Limon
Did you know that in less than 60 minutes you can turn a $20 router into an attack platform that is capable of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of data? Did you know that this can be done with very little …
Intermediate
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Adam Tyler
5:30 PM
Healthcare is extremely fragmented. There are over 30 medical disciplines, and dozens of job classes. Each person knows their domain area of expertise, but these days, it's rare that any one person can diagnose and treat…
Intermediate
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Kyle Samani
5:45 PM
As you use more social networking sites, your social identity becomes a blend of publicly shared and personal information. Based on the upcoming book, see firsthand how innocuous things you share can be used to gain acc…
Intermediate
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Chris Miller
Humans’ increased focus on personal fitness has been met with consumer electronics and apparel companies producing wearable devices that track every step, sit-up, sleep pattern and more. The era of tracking your personal…
Intermediate
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Rafael Mena
6:00 PM
Join host Scott Aukerman (“Comedy Bang! Bang!” on IFC, “Mr. Show”) for a weekly podcast that blends conversation and character work from today’s funniest comedians. While Scott begins by traditionally interviewing the ce…
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Scott Aukerman
All You Marketing Mods and Sales Cats are invited to the Slickest Soiree at South-By. Learn more at www.marketo.com/sxsw……
Best Hamburgers in town! Hamburg’s legendary SXSW party. Free drinks and burgers. Hosts: Hamburg. Spiegel Online. Xing. Entry subject to capacity: www.german-haus.biz……
Alumni, Grad Students, & Friends of the UT Austin Department of Radio-TV-Film, please join your fellow RTF'ers at our annual SXSW mixer. Celebrate this year's films, old times, and the onset of spring. Light refreshments…
6:10 PM
Alexis Ohanian will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed".……
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Alexis Ohanian
Co-Authors Kelly McBride and Tom Rosenstiel will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The New Ethics of Journalism: Principles for the 21st Century".…
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Kelly McBride
6:15 PM
The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. Conferences and large gatherings can be a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All ar…
6:30 PM
"Animals" tells the story of Bobbie and Jude, a young couple living in their broken-down car parked alongside Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Their days are a continuous ritual of theft and scoring until they must confront …
In his directorial debut, Mike Myers documents the astounding career of Hollywood legend Shep Gordon. Following a chance encounter with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, Shep went on to manage an eclectic list of artists in…
6:45 PM
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious cult. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire’s parents set out to recruit Ansel Roth, one of the world’s foremost authorities on mind control. But Ansel’s specialty,…
SXSW, IGDA-Austin and AAUGA proudly support the local game development community with the second annual SXSW Game Jam. This year’s focus is on Music, a nod to SXSW’s roots, and to all of the musicians who have contribute…
Presenters
Byron Lloyd, Cilimbwe Washington, Jennifer Bullard
7:00 PM
Join the Video Game Voters Network in the “Bonus Round,” a celebration of video games and SXSW featuring live music from Itch and Anamanaguchi courtesy of Alternative Press. All SXSW pass-holding attendees and general pu…
Jimmy Price (Jeremy Sisto) is a reckless man-child on the last leg of his career as a doubles tennis player. When his latest partner drops him, he realizes he’s officially burned all of his bridges on the pro circuit. He…
A documentary portrait of the friendship between the renowned filmmakers James Benning and Richard Linklater that combines filmed conversations and extensive archival material to explore connections and divergences in th…
Cody and Virginia start talking while he’s in Brooklyn and she’s in Berlin. It’s a romance that could only happen online, and they’re happy together—except they’ve never really met. But Cody’s questions about Virginia’s …
"PULP" find fame on the world stage in the 1990’s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000’. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career …
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Join us outside Buffalo Billiards before the SXsports Overtime Party for the official Slam Dunk Showcase!……
For 2014, SXSW Accelerator welcomes you to the inaugural awards ceremony to honor the hottest new startups that are judged the best of the best. In addition to meeting the winners and the finalists, the SXSW Accelerator …
The SXSW Accelerator Award Ceremony is a celebration to showcase the various winners at the SXSW Accelerator startup pitch event. The Emcee will be Francisco Dao who is the founder of 50Kings, a private community for tec…
SXSW is all about convergence and there's no better event to celebrate this than at the official Interactive + Film Fusion Party. In true Austin style, this party will have you on your feet enjoying complimentary libatio…
James is lost. He's crawled into his shell as he struggles to deal with the absence of his father. James lives in a world of his own making: a world that is defined by his bizarre fascination with death. As tensions…
7:15 PM
Former U.S. Navy Seal Chris Beck embarks on a new mission as Kristin Beck. Kristin’s journey in search of the American ideals that she protected: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have a whole new meaning as sh…
7:30 PM
Descendants of Erdrick is a rock band dedicated to re-imagining the soundtracks of classic video games. Established in Austin, Texas, the group is one of the pioneering video game music tribute bands in Central Texas - s…
Presenters
Amanda Lepre
DJ Chicken George's (DJCG) unique Jazztronica! style blends together a hip-hop sensibility eith expansive global music tastes. A Jazztronica! Globetrotting Groove Merchant who resides in Austin, TX, he is a music curator…
Rooftop Comedy gives fans access to the country’s rising stand-up stars, and in this SXSW showcase they’ll present a few of their favorites live onstage.……
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Adam Cayton-Holland, Byron Bowers, Drennon Davis, Iliza Shlesinger, Maggie Maye, Nick Rutherford
Kicked out of college, James visits Grams, his only remaining family, who dies shortly after his arrival. He finds consolation in the company of Grams' neighbor, Dot, a dance teacher, as he figures out his next move. Whi…
8:00 PM
Party with PayPal and Braintree at " Brain Blast" featuring Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion) and St Lucia! Fo'Shizzle.……
Join IEEE, Two Bit Circus and FIRST® for an electrifying night of refreshment, fun, interactive games and entertainment.……
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail hails all the way from the back of a comic book store in Los Angeles, our home since 2010, where we've been named one of the best standup show in LA by LA Weekly, LA Times, and Hollywoo…
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Andres du Bouchet, Andrew Orvedahl, Byron Bowers, James Adomian, Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani
Celebrate the last few hours of SXsports at the Overtime Party. Meet other sports fans and enjoy complimentary beverages courtesy of FOX Sports, America’s #1 sports network. FOX Sports is home to the country’s most-wa…
8:30 PM
Created by AT&T in collaboration with VICE's Motherboard, this three-day interactive showcase celebrates young innovators by elevating mobile innovations to new heights. Come experience apps in amazing new ways, enjoy ou…
ASSSSCAT, the Upright Citizens Brigade's improv juggernaut that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences in New York City for the past ten years, has landed in Los Angeles. So what exactly is ASSSSCAT? Wel…
Presenters
Chris Gethard, Jeffrey Tambor, Joe Wengert, Jon Gabrus, Matt Besser, Nicole Byer, Shannon O'Neill, Tim Meadows
9:00 PM
Mashable's annual blowout SXSW party with dancing, live music and open bars. RSVP on Eventbrite!……
One night in Harlem, sour, aging Mat reunites with his younger brother Alan, just before Alan heads out for a long-planned vacation with his live-in girlfriend Farrah. Only days later, much sooner than expected, Alan ret…
PBS celebrates Austin City Limits’ 40th Season with a night of live music, BBQ, suds, t-shirts and fun.……
Be rocked by DJ Spider. Be where the party’s at. Be part of the SapientNitro story at the Summit Lounge.……
9:15 PM
It's 1983. A naive man with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach is detained by Australian Federal Police. Alone and afraid, ‘the Mule’ makes a desperate choice; to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence..…
After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen, rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought he could resume a normal life. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama’s opp…
9:30 PM
On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 137 years of professional baseball, it's the only no-hitter tossed while the pitcher was tripping on LSD. Dock lived the expression “Black is …
The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experie…
From Paul Provenza and Troy Conrad, Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net is currently a TV series on Sky Atlantic in the UK starring Robin Williams, Maria Bamford, Gilbert Gottfried, Greg Proops, Fred Willard, Drew Carey, Re…
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Ben Roy, Byron Bowers, Chris Gethard, Iliza Shlesinger, James Adomian, Jerrod Carmichael, Karen Kilgariff, Paul Provenza
After their beauty-pageant-toddler beats leukemia, a young Appalachian family battles poverty as they attempt to put their lives back together. The father is prone to prescription drug addiction and gun violence, while t…
Jack Hand is a two-bit hustler and bottom-rung music manager with a questionable reputation. His dwindling social circle is made up of his only remaining clients; a hip-hop artist and an indie rock band. Jack's next be…
Barri and Noah, a newly engaged Brooklyn couple, are disheartened by the death of their elderly downstairs neighbor, Sylvia. Though Noah sees nothing unusual about the old woman's death, Barri suspects foul play and sets…
9:45 PM
Paranoia forces small-time scam artist, Marty to flee his lousy temp job and hide out in his co-worker's basement. Once the sugar high wears off, the horror metal slacker crashes hard, fleeing to Detroit with nothing but…
10:00 PM
"Obvious Child" is an honest comedy about what happens when Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern (Jenny Slate) gets dumped, fired and pregnant just in time for the worst/best Valentine's Day of her life. Forever nudged by her p…
Above Average and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater present an evening with some of the freshest faces in comedy. Featuring performances from Fred Armisen, Sasheer Zamata, Good Neighbor, Chris Gethard and more. Hosted…
Presenters
Beck Bennett, BriTANicK , Chris Gethard, Dave McCary, Fred Armisen, Joe Wengert, Kyle Mooney, Nick Rutherford, Sasheer Zamata, Tim Robinson
10:30 PM
Comics unite for a cause in this showcase, which will be live streamed to audiences across the globe to benefit Comedy Give Back’s charitable partner, Feeding America.……
Presenters
Adam Pally, Iliza Shlesinger, Nate Bargatze, Pete Holmes, TJ Miller
11:30 PM
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Join Above Average, UCB, and special guests immediately following the “Up Next featuring Fred Armisen” comedy show for a late night affair with free drinks, good music and dancing.……
Come ready to get roasted, because this show puts everyone in the front row as standups go off the cuff for a truly interactive, totally unforgettable comedy show.……
Presenters
Emily Maya Mills, Jay Oakerson, Jerrod Carmichael, Nate Bargatze, Pete Davidson, Todd Barry
11:45 PM
Crescent Bay is not the ideal place to spend one’s golden years, especially since the once-idyllic retirement community has been beset by a series of deadly animal attacks from the ominous forest surrounding it. When gri…
11:55 PM
While you’re around town, discovering a #GOODIDEA or #BADIDEA to tweet about, keep in mind that some of the best ideas are born in a bar. Come by our late night saloon on Sunday night, share a #GOODIDEA or two, and enjoy…
11:59 PM
When brothers Brian and Matt Tover secretly sneak out to their Uncle's long abandoned cabin in East Texas for a party weekend with their friends, they find themselves stalked by the legendary Sasquatch. Cut off from the …
When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh…
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