2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

Fixing Transportation with Humanity and Technology

Monday, March 16
2:00PM - 3:00PM

Austin Convention Center
Exhibit Hall 5
Austin Convention Center

Imagine a world without traffic, with fewer parking garages, and every car and every seat was filled. Where strangers become acquaintances on the commute and time, money are saved. Lyft’s CEO started dreaming about this as a child, but it wasn’t until recently that he pursued it to become a reality.

Growing up in Los Angeles, he experienced gridlock caused by solo-drivers along the 405. He was inspired by how people in Zimbabwe did transportation differently. He knew there had to be a better way. These things became the heart of creating Lyft.

Lyft is transforming the way people and communities connect, through better transportation. Ride-sharing has enabled more affordable, reliable and memorable transportation while boosting the local economy. And Lyft is at the heart of this revolution, with a goal to change communities.

Join Lyft’s CEO Logan Green and Doug MacMillan from the Wall Street Journal as they discuss ho...

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Presenters

Doug MacMillan

Reporter

The Wall Street Journal

Logan Green at SXSW

Logan Green

CEO & Co-Founder of Lyft

Lyft

Logan Green, co-founder and CEO of Lyft, has long been fascinated by innovation in transportation, having grown up in Southern California with much of his childhood spent stuck in traffic. Lyft, th...

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Access
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Type
Keynote
Theme
Intelligent Future
Level
Intermediate

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