RSVP Required - One of the most critical issues facing entrepreneurs is deciding if and when it makes sense to raise outside capital. In today's entrepreneurial environment, there are many funding options and competitive…
The term “literacy” usually refers to the ability to read and write functionally. The emphasis is on interaction with the written word - taken for granted as the cornerstone of education. But momentum may be building in …
Brands are now under the gun to deliver blow-away customer service in social media, and they're failing. Big time. Constrained by limited internal resources, inadequate tools, political infighting, and a lack of expertis…
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Bryan Person, Chris Abraham, Michelle Kostya, Rohit Kapoor
Join Toby Daniels, Co-founder and CEO of Crowdcentric and Shaun Abrahamsom, author of recently published book Crowdstorm for a meetup during SXSW Interactive. This gathering will bring together innovators, thought leade…
Hating on Facebook advertising is easy- especially when the media, leading advertisers & analysts come out each day saying 'Facebook advertising just doesn't work'. The complaints are familiar: you targeted your fans’ f…
Is Gamification fulfilling its promise and where is it taking us now?
The buzz of gamification is still humming along, mainly because of its tantalizing promise: there are fairly obvious ways to make the most tedious of…
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Brendan Wallace, Jeremiah Owyang, Michelle Accardi, Tim Piatenko
YouTube is increasingly a destination for entertainment but when it came to content for Latinos, one company wanted to create a more focused hub. MiTú is one of a few YouTube networks focusing on Latino lifestyle content…
What will privacy and anonymity mean in the coming age of augmented reality – a future where online and offline data will seamlessly blend? I will present the results, and discuss the social and economic implications, of…
Without question, emerging technologies such as Twitter and Foursquare provide new modes of utility to users…but can these technology-focused platforms be leveraged as the perfect canvas for creativity? Can these enginee…
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Adam Bain, Debra Sandler, Gregg Heard, Simon Acton-Bond
After the Tampa Bay Times won a Pulitzer Prize for PolitiFact, its groundbreaking fact-checking operation, other newspapers wanted to get in the game and start their own PolitiFact sites. Editor Bill Adair had to figure …
Meet up and chat with technology enthusiasts and digital creatives interested in universal access to technology for all people regardless of ability. Whether you work in the web or mobile field, government, or education …
As the number of entertainment options available through connected TVs—whether it be shows, videos, movies, and information widgets—increases so does the complexity of finding and deciding what to watch. Let’s face it—no…
While the game industry regards realism as a key characteristic of AAA games, research suggests we may be wasting our money. Perceived realism is far more important, varying on dimensions of authenticity, freedom, presen…
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Amy Adcock, Bob De Schutter, Richard Van Eck, Steven Malliet
There have been many attempts to emulate Silicon Valley, but this year we’ll see a tech mecca spring up in an unlikely place: the Middle East. Brilliant entrepreneurs pack up their lives and move to San Francisco in purs…
The media is flooded with stories of this new generation of workers, their need for constant praise, and perceived sense of entitlement. Millennials are described as arrogant, needy, and lacking in the work ethic found i…
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Amy Mixa, Betsy Flanagan, Jay Adelson, Luke Davids
For the sixth consecutive year, Scott Aukerman brings his expertly curated stand-up showcase, a cornerstone of the Los Angeles comedy scene for over a decade, to SXSW.
With James Adomian, Matt Besser, Eugene Mirman, Bre…
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Brent Weinbach, Eugene Mirman, James Adomian, Matt Besser, Scott Aukerman
For the sixth consecutive year, Scott Aukerman brings his expertly curated stand-up showcase, a cornerstone of the Los Angeles comedy scene for over a decade, to SXSW.
With James Adomian, Matt Besser, Eugene Mirman, Bre…
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Brent Weinbach, Eugene Mirman, James Adomian, Matt Besser, Scott Aukerman
Former Governor and wrestling legend JESSE VENTURA is on the ground in Austin and he’s assembled a team of investigative experts to uncover some explosive information that will unravel the biggest conspiracy yet. The New…
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Anthony Atamanuik, Daniel Van Kirk, James Adomian, Jon Gabrus, Shannon O'Neill
The Creek and The Cave has turned Long Island City into one of New York’s top comedy destinations. With a roster of regular performers that includes many former (and future) New York’s Funniest Stand Up competition winne…
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Andrew Short, Eddie Pepitone, Emily Heller, James Adomian, Nate Bargatze, Nick Turner
Like SXSW itself, this daytime programming covers a bajillion different aspects of new media time wasting, but the topic of “creative decorating for a confusing tomorrow” serves as the underlying theme for The Mischief’s…
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Andy Peters, Daniel Van Kirk, Drennon Davis, James Adomian, Jenny Slate, Jon Dore
Hailing from Denver, Colorado where he comprises 1/3 of popular comedy troupe and web series darlings The Grawlix, Adam Cayton-Holland is a fast-rising voice in the comedy world. He recently made his late-night televisio…
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Adam Cayton-Holland, Brian Gaar, James Adomian, Janine Brito, Nate Bargatze, Seth Herzog
The future of medicine is in your pocket. Show up for an hour and find out just how big this mHealth revolution is going to be!
We'll talk about apps that transform heart beats into music, turn boring breathing exercises…
No amount of process can fix culture. Decisions core to a startup affects how it executes moving forward: Principles, Team, Culture, Strategy, Customer, Product, Pricing, Funding, Process, Tactics, Marketing. Learn to ge…
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Dustin Clingman, Margaret Wallace, Michael Agustin
The vast majority of data journalism is based on data collected by the government. What if the government doesn't keep the data you need? What if that data is incomplete or questionable? A few journalists and curious cit…
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John Keefe, Matt Waite, Nadav Aharony, Sarah Williams
Approximately 55% of women are playing social games online, but what about the men? The social games genre has typically been geared towards the female player, but a new era of social games is expanding from "pink" games…
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Amer Ajami, Brandon Barber, Doug Scott, Sam Kennedy
Eastern Europe is the new digital Wild West - with amazing opportunities. Traditionally most entrepreneurs had to go to the US to make their digital dreams come true - with Phil Libin (Evernote) or Andrej Naborgoj (Talki…
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Gaidar Magdanurov, Matthaus Krzykowski, Olga Steidl, Renata Akhunova
For as long as basketball has been played, it’s been played with five positions. But through topological data visualization, Muthu Alagappan discovered the 10 positions hidden among them, with the power to help even the …
RSVP Required - Over half of TV consumers today use their mobile devices while watching TV (Pew Research, http://goo.gl/dkbXf). With the attention shifting away from the big screen, new ways to keep TV viewers engaged ar…
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Horia Ciurdar, Jarek Wilkiewicz, Les Vogel, Ossama Alami
Everyone wants to be fitter. The trouble is making yourself exercise.
Some systems use 'gamification' to turn exercise into points, and set targets and 'win' conditions. Zombies, Run! takes a different approach. We comb…
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Adrian Hon, Alex Macmillan, Matt Wieteska, Naomi Alderman
From the oogachaka baby to Nyan Cat, the graphics interchange format, better known as the GIF, has come a long way since the days of floppy discs. The modern-day GIF was introduced to the world 25 years ago by Steve Wilh…
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Fernando Alfonso III, Jimmy Repeat, Lindsey Weber, Mark Portillo
The connected device market has seen a recent boom and is predicted to grow from 87 million to 2.1 billion connected devices in 2020. Sensors and meters are the most common use cases, but what happens when entire cities …
The unspoken consensus in media is that in order to “make it,” it’s necessary to spend some time in the East. Because, of course, the financial and governing epicenters are in New York and DC, the East has long been home…
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Adam Rogers, Dylan Byers, Maria Streshinsky, Nicole Allan, Scott Stossel
In the past decade professional sports have made quantum leaps integrating digital media into their product offering. From fantasy leagues to on-line viewing, mobile updates, and direct communication with athletes, today…
Intermediate
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Jayne Bussman-Wise, Marc Jenkins, Michael Cole, Michael Allen
In the last few years there has been an explosion of build tools to help JavaScript developers create complex applications. Grunt.js, the Rails 3 Asset Pipeline, Smoosh and Browserify are few examples available to organ…
Intermediate
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Ben Alman, Jacob Thornton, Paul Irish, Ryan Stevens
SXSW GEEK Stage - Marvel Entertainment- home to the Avengers, Spider-Man, Wolverine & more- returns to SXSW with the super powered panel no attendee can miss! Marvel unveils cutting edge plans to revolutionize the world …
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Arune Singh, Axel Alonso, Joshua Shimkin, Peter Phillips
Student Startup Madness (SSM) is a nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, and SXSW is home of the national finals.
This year’s tournament opened in the summer of 2012. First and regional round…
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Jim McKelvey, Nicole Glaros, Patrick Ambron, Paul Amsbary
Student Startup Madness (SSM) is a nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, and SXSW is home of the national finals.
This year’s tournament opened in the summer of 2012. First and regional round…
Intermediate
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Jim McKelvey, Nicole Glaros, Patrick Ambron, Paul Amsbary
Student Startup Madness (SSM) is a nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, and SXSW is home of the national finals.
This year’s tournament opened in the summer of 2012. First and regional round…
Intermediate
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Jim McKelvey, Nicole Glaros, Patrick Ambron, Paul Amsbary
Celebrate and learn about the life and ideals of Aaron Swartz at this special SXSW Town Hall.
In addition to addressing some of the open source principles that shape his philosophies, the session will also cover ongoing…
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David Segal, Jennifer Lynch, Marvin Ammori, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman
Student Startup Madness (SSM) is a nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, and SXSW is home of the national finals.
This year’s tournament opened in the summer of 2012. First and regional round…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jim McKelvey, Nicole Glaros, Patrick Ambron, Paul Amsbary
Student Startup Madness (SSM) is a nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, and SXSW is home of the national finals.
This year’s tournament opened in the summer of 2012. First and regional round…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jim McKelvey, Nicole Glaros, Patrick Ambron, Paul Amsbary
Student Startup Madness (SSM) is a nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, and SXSW is home of the national finals.
This year’s tournament opened in the summer of 2012. First and regional round…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jim McKelvey, Nicole Glaros, Patrick Ambron, Paul Amsbary
I am an Executive Coach with over 15 years of corporate experience having worked with large firms like Microsoft, Mercedes Benz and the Gates Foundation. I will mentor early career professionals and offer them some sim…
Drones often get cast as dystopian killing machines, or Big Brother's newest eyes-in-the-sky. But drones are here to stay -- and coming to a sky near you as soon as September 2015. Will drones live up to the nightmare? A…
Intermediate
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Chris Anderson, Erin Rapacki, Nabiha Syed, Ryan Calo
Lauded as the Henry Ford of this generation, Musk is the CEO and chief designer at SpaceX, where he overssees development of rockets and spacecraft for missions to Earth orbit and ultimately to other planets. In 2008, Sp…
Podcasting allows creators to directly connect with a global audience while avoiding the gatekeepers and bureaucracy of traditional broadcast media. But since iTunes’ native support for podcasting arrived back in 2005, i…
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Colin Anderson, Helen Zaltzman, Jesse Thorn, Roman Mars
UNESCO estimates that of the 6,000 current languages spoken today, more than half will be extinct by the start of the next century, adding that "with the disappearance of unwritten and undocumented languages, humanity wi…
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Kara Andrade, Kevin Scannell, Maite Goñi, Peter Rohloff
For almost 50 years a sizable part of the world, the eastern half of the European continent, was sealed away behind the Iron Curtain. Spies, nukes, torture and secrecy were staples of the Hollywood Cold War movies, but w…
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Alec Andronikov, Bogdan Iordache, Maria Constantinescu, Mike Butcher
Fair use is a complex area of copyright law. Publishers have a love/hate relationship with fair use because on one hand, it lets them legally repurpose existing copyrighted material. On the other hand, publishers want to…
Cameras are getting better and better. Auto exposure and auto focus systems are so sophisticated that you can be a photographer without knowing about either as long as you know about composition. A poorly-composed shot o…
SXSW GEEK Stage - So you want to create awesome YouTube video content, build out a massive channel with a huge following, and live happily ever after? Well, we can’t really make those kinds of promises, but we sure as he…
Presenters
Burnie Burns, Jeremy Azevedo, Khail Anonymous, Tony Valenzuela
Space promises enormous opportunities to those who first explore it. Can we all be part of this endeavor? Will you be part of it?
With the arrival of the crowd-sourcing and open-source movements, never before have hu…
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Anousheh Ansari, Christopher Gerty, Darlene Damm, Edward Wright
In the late 1980s, Public Enemy rapper and Internet aficionado Chuck D famously remarked that hip hop was like the “black CNN,” speaking on the “lower frequencies” cited in Ralph Ellison’s "Invisible Man" about issues in…
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Mark Anthony Neal, Meredith Clark, Stacie Williams
Explore the important unanswered questions surrounding key music consumer behaviors, including; how to decode the super fan, what technology savvy consumers use to discover and purchase music,and in what way crowdsourcin…
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Barbara Zack, Benji Rogers, David Bakula, Howard Applebaum, Shawn O'Keefe
Hacker journalism is going global. The Hacks/Hackers movement has spread around the world, and this panel will bring together organizers from Africa, South America, the Middle East and the U.S. to talk about how the jour…
IFC creates and champions authentic, original comedies that are “Always On. Slightly Off” including the hit series Portlandia, the fan favorite Comedy Bang! Bang! and the upcoming new original Maron. The network is also…
Intermediate
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Chris Gethard, Fred Armisen, Marc Maron, Scott Aukerman
SXSW GEEK Stage - Go behind the scenes of Gearbox Software’s critically-acclaimed Borderlands series with Matt Armstrong, Borderlands Franchise Director, and Jonathan Hemingway, Lead Character Designer, as they explore t…
Here are 5 Austin startups that are immune to the "Series A Crunch".
Tired of hearing about founders who raised $8 million at at $30 million valuation with no revenue? Worried about getting diluted as Silicon Valley val…
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Antonio Arocha, Chris Slaughter, Joshua Baer, Magdalena Szuszkiewicz, Nate Stewart
As the numbers of Latinos in the US continues to grow, we have heard that mobile will solve the digital divide in empowering the Latino population but what does that mean are we making the correct assumptions? Our panel …
Long a stronghold for consumer-friendly photo apps, games, and renegade business apps, the app stores of today are in for a major renovation as enterprise-class comes into its own. Think of the opportunity – according to…
What arguably started with the Arab Spring (witnesses participating in the "news" process directly via Twitter and Facebook has only intensified--and evolved, now employing Instagram and social video). This is one step d…
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Andy Carvin, Ayman Mohyeldin, Jim Frederick, Meredith Artley
Digitas, a digitally led, integrated brand agency, is collaborating with SXSWi to present the real story of SXSWi 2013.
By analyzing a variety of data collected before, during and at the end of this year's Festival, Di…
The best improvisers in the country come together to put on an irreverent show made up on the spot, featuring performers from the acclaimed theater’s Los Angeles and New York outposts.
Featuring Anthony Atamanuik, Neil …
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Anthony Atamanuik, Chris Gethard, Connor Ratliff, Dru Johnston, Jon Gabrus, Neil Casey, Shannon O'Neill
Former Governor and wrestling legend JESSE VENTURA is on the ground in Austin and he’s assembled a team of investigative experts to uncover some explosive information that will unravel the biggest conspiracy yet. The New…
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Anthony Atamanuik, Daniel Van Kirk, James Adomian, Jon Gabrus, Shannon O'Neill
In this brilliant, bizarre show - which regularly sells out the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City - Neil Casey (Saturday Night Live) and Anthony Atamanuik (30 Rock) perform a completely improvised movie.…
Anything can happen when the best and brightest comedians, improvisers and storytellers present the strangest, most terrifying, most hilarious night of their life. Stories and surprises that are too crazy not to be true,…
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Anthony Atamanuik, Chris Gethard, Jon Gabrus, Neil Casey
Smart Canadians at the SXSW Startup Village features Canadian entrepreneurs, big thinkers and notable doers in the digital interactive industry. Programming includes trend-talks, pitch sessions, a networking lounge, B2…
Intermediate
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Jocelyne Le Léannec, Kayla Jeanson, Keith Otto, Meghan Athavale
RSVP Required - Pick an element, any element. Style it. Manipulate it. No IDs. No classes. No jQuery necessary. We’ll learn all the new features of selectors tin CSS and JavaScript hat enable you to select this DOM node,…
If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest in the world. Social media encourages us to share real-time information with the greatest number of connections, which can inspire real-world action. Governments …
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Gabriella Augustsson, Hillary Brandt, James Barbour, Jennifer Charlton
IFC creates and champions authentic, original comedies that are “Always On. Slightly Off” including the hit series Portlandia, the fan favorite Comedy Bang! Bang! and the upcoming new original Maron. The network is also…
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Gethard, Fred Armisen, Marc Maron, Scott Aukerman
For the sixth consecutive year, Scott Aukerman brings his expertly curated stand-up showcase, a cornerstone of the Los Angeles comedy scene for over a decade, to SXSW.
With James Adomian, Matt Besser, Eugene Mirman, Bre…
Presenters
Brent Weinbach, Eugene Mirman, James Adomian, Matt Besser, Scott Aukerman
For the sixth consecutive year, Scott Aukerman brings his expertly curated stand-up showcase, a cornerstone of the Los Angeles comedy scene for over a decade, to SXSW.
With James Adomian, Matt Besser, Eugene Mirman, Bre…
Presenters
Brent Weinbach, Eugene Mirman, James Adomian, Matt Besser, Scott Aukerman
Host Scott Aukerman (Mr. Show, Between Two Ferns) will tape an episode of his flagship Earwolf show that blends interviews, games, and inspired character bits. In partnership with IFC, home of the forthcoming second seas…
IFC hit series Comedy Bang! Bang! (recently renewed for a second season) hosts an all-star showcase with Scott Aukerman, Reggie Watts and friends, promising a night of offbeat, amazing comedy - and maybe even a few previ…
The Allen Curve, a theory developed by MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Tom Allen in the 1970's, asserts that the physical distance between individuals directly affects their levels of collaboration. This belief …
SXSW is going to Las Vegas for SXSW V2V this August! Get together with entrepreneurs and tech professionals from both Austin and Las Vegas to network and brainstorm new ideas about how these two communities can work toge…
Representatives from some of the hottest independent game companies share the secrets of their success. Get an inside glimpse of starting small to making it big. Learn how they manage the pressure to "sell out," and what…
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Aaron Thibault, Chris Avellone, Gary Brubaker, Harter Ryan
W. Kamau Bell’s FX show, Totally Biased, highlights the host’s aptitude for on-point, observational humor and features an all-star staff of comic contributors.
With W. Kamau Bell, Kevin Avery, Guy Branum, Janine Brito, …
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Aparna Nancherla, Dwayne Kennedy, Guy Branum, Hari Kondabolu, Janine Brito, Kamau Bell, Kevin Avery
One of the sharpest minds in comedy today, W. Kamau Bell is as known for his political acuity as his absolute hilarity - and he’s brought a few of his friends to SXSW for a night of serious (and not so serious) fun.
Wit…
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Aparna Nancherla, Dwayne Kennedy, Guy Branum, Hari Kondabolu, Janine Brito, Kamau Bell, Kevin Avery
Systems of knowledge such as libraries, universities, publishers, and newspapers are centuries old. And the affordances of a print world have embedded specific practices within these systems. But digital technologies hav…
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David Weinberger, Jason Priem, Lissa Harris, Marguerite Avery
Medicine and healthcare are becoming more personalized, shifting away from population-oriented, mass-market approaches that are reactive to tailored strategies and opportunities that are proactive. Linda Avey discusses …
I'll bet you're sitting in a chair while reading this. In fact, the time spent sitting in chairs (office desks, cars, trains, planes, movie theaters, eating) has increased substantially over the past 30 years. And relat…
SXSW GEEK Stage - So you want to create awesome YouTube video content, build out a massive channel with a huge following, and live happily ever after? Well, we can’t really make those kinds of promises, but we sure as he…
Presenters
Burnie Burns, Jeremy Azevedo, Khail Anonymous, Tony Valenzuela
