Join Brooks to start your day right—with a MORNING RUN. Each day the two best cowboy costumes will take home a FREE PAIR of BROOKS SHOES! The first 100 registered runners will also receive a SXSW Brooks shirt. Register a…
Kick start your SXSW day by grabbing free breakfast at the Java Monster Café. Stop by to catch your breath and re-energize with a Java Monster while listening to a DJ mixin’ the beats.…
Innovation in Africa is the purest form: innovation out of necessity.
Not Angry Birds, the innovations emerging from Africa allow farmers to check where they can get the best price for their produce, fishermen to be warn…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
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…
RSVP Required - All too often writing HTML and CSS is an afterthought. Its the work that happens after design is finalized and the product has been developed. Its a necessary task in the process to building a website. Wr…
Session includes the ballers and shotcallers of Uber, Airbnb + GitHub. Come hang with Dave McClure, Eric Ries, & 1,000 tech startups + influencers for a day of tactical case studies & inspiring keynotes about what it act…
Meet Up and chat about everything from running shoe technology to proper running form. We'll fill you in on some of the best local running routes, too. Hosted by Formula 4 Media and Austin's hometown running store, RunTe…
A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
RSVP Required - If your website has user-generated content or social media, you've likely gotten comments from people in crisis. Not only is this scary, but it can drain resources, raise legal issues, and create a PR nig…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ashley Womble, Christopher Gandin Le, Earnest Mazique, Jennifer Battle
Social media has had a dramatic impact on how we watch television, with Twitter leading the way for a social TV revolution. Social television - the term used to describe the symbiotic relationship between social media an…
IrelandatSXSW will demo the technologies of our newest and most exciting interactive companies and highlight why Ireland is home to many of the world’s best emerging technology companies in enterprise web solutions, hype…
How apps are driving the re-imagination of everything:
Consumers love apps more than almost any other digital experience today. Time spent in apps is the number one mobile activity and close to rivaling time watching t…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brandon Lucas, Mark Shaffer, Scott Michaels, Scott Kveton
RSVP Required - Why doesn’t your software look and work right? Early designs painted an interface paradise filled with exotic features, but something went terribly awry and nothing quite works the way you thought it woul…
Intermediate
Presenters
Hendrik Mueller, Ian Gunn, Jonathan Yu, Vance Vagell
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Horia Ciurdar, Jarek Wilkiewicz, Les Vogel, Ossama Alami
As social media destroys previous conceptions of reporters, their sources and the "audience," journalism is being re-defined by the minute. It's also letting people on all sides of the equation get away with things they …
From the creation of the first computer mouse to the development of Siri, SRI International has been propelling tech innovation for over half a century. The nonprofit research institute is responsible for advancements ac…
Four different views of the Austin Startup Ecosystem share their perspective of the Austin Startup Scene. Successful entrepreneurs, the City of Austin, the Austin Chamber of Commerce and Startup Accelerators will each h…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bijoy Goswami, Jim Butler, Kevin Koym, Susan Davenport
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
Providing wireless network connectivity at large gatherings such as SXSW is never an easy endeavor. Attend this session to learn tips for success from the SXSW technical crew. This panel will cover the interesting networ…
RSVP Required - Getting accepted to present at South by Southwest means nothing if you do a crap job of it once you get here. Cranky Talk Workshops are dedicated to eradicating mediocre conference presentations and we’re…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Polansky, Dan Willis, David Panarelli, Laura Creekmore
Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Bethany McLean interviews entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner. Milner, founder of Digital Sky Technologies (now separate entities Mail.ru and DST Global) is known for his savv…
An improvisational mindset is important to a musician. If they listen carefully they can change their notes, invent something new, and adapt to changing rhythms and melodies. That same mindset is important in business. …
RSVP Required - This workshop is now FULL. If you did not RSVP, you will NOT have a seat. We teach design thinking at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, aka “the d.school.” Our process is user-centered a…
Intermediate
Presenters
Aaron Huey, Justin Ferrell, Sarah Stein Greenberg, Susie Wise
Cleantech is dead. Investors have dropped out and entrepreneurs are more interested in making apps. What happened? Why didn't the same spirit and capital that created the internet grow renewable energy and other "clean t…
We know that it takes hard work, talent and the occasional dose of luck for someone to make it to the top of their chosen field...but is that all? To find out we asked dozens of extraordinary people including celebrities…
AT&T and American Airlines Travel Hack: Event Kick Off, Team Registration and Presentation of Technology.
AT&T and American Airlines are co-hosting a travel/location challenge. Be the first to program with these unrel…
Frank J. Barrett will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz” following his Book Reading session.
Barrett is an associate professor at the U.S. Navy'…
Mike Bruny will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Move the Crowd: 30 Days of Hip Hop Affirmations to Change Your Life” following his Blacks in Technology session.……
This book examines the user-centered design process from the perspective of the design student and design professional. It introduces the different UX players, outlines the user-centered design process from user research…
Jaime Woo will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Meet Grindr: How One App Changed How We Connect”.
Jaime Woo is a Canadian writer, filmmaker, game designer, and community organizer.
He is the co-founder and…
Do app and mobile game developers from the West stand a chance in China? The country now leads the world in new iOS/Android phone activations, with a market forecast to have over 200 million smartphone owners this year. …
Intermediate
Presenters
Andy Lee, Henry Fong, Lisa Cosmas Hanson, Patrick Hudson
What happens when accidents become the building blocks of the art-making process?
Glitches point toward new ways of seeing the world, an echo or document of the technology, politics and humans that co-produce them. Both …
Beginner
Presenters
Alan Sondheim, Bishop Zareh, Jon Satrom, Jon Cates
A meet-up to talk about SXSW. Discuss how to get through a day of panels and parties and still keeping your particulars. Tips on how to make the most of SXSW during one of the busiest panel sessions offered at a conferen…
What you will Learn:
Whether you're a top-tier chef or "that guy" who couldn't boil water if he tried, Tim Ferriss's radically counterintuitive advice will help you get the most out of your meals – and your life. Desig…
Your ISP is spying on your network traffic, Zuck pwn'd your social graph. Even darling Twitter has thrown indie developers under the bus for the sake of "consistency." You probably know all this, and you still go on usin…
The next generation of technology is here: mobile, powerful, versatile, and ubiquitous. User experience has never mattered more.
Android has done extensive research and thinking into what good design means in the 21st …
Everyday technology is hurtling at warp speed into science fiction. Mobile's at the forefront, but what's next? At the hazy edges of the tech universe, emerging trends hint at the future of connected devices and even a r…
Anne-Marie Slaughter will discuss her article in the Atlantic Magazine, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All", the replies to it, and the expansions on the topic that she is considering in her book on the same topic. She w…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
Before Time’s Person of the Year was “You” – a corporate powerhouse was already putting “You” in control. Since 2006, PepsiCo has been at the forefront of crowdsourcing – letting fans produce the Doritos brand’s Super Bo…
There was once a widespread fear of hackers due to their deep understanding of digital and technology, and their power to evoke chaos. In a twist of events, some of the world’s most notable brands, businesses and causes…
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Anousheh Ansari, Christopher Gerty, Darlene Damm, Edward Wright
THE CULTURE GAME book is your culture hacking tutorial and reference guide.
Culture hacking modifies culture, instead of modifying software. Software hackers in the 1970 s created code for personal use and for others to…
I was tired of terrible first dates. When I decided to try online dating, I wasn’t going to let my profile mugshot and a few lines about me decide my fate. Instead, I did what any enterprising young woman in my position …
Syfy offers a look into the world of 2046 at the Defiance Container Village at San Jacinto and 4th St. Recharge your tech, enjoy local food, watch a sneak peek of the show & enter to win exclusive swag!……
From the beginning, the Internet has allowed patients and caregivers to create online communities that provide something offline communities cannot. In the case of rare genetic disorders, it is a chance to connect with o…
Political parties are analyzing the last election because its lessons are critical to future success. But what worked and didn’t is valuable not only to politicians, but to nonprofit organizations that lead very differen…
Got a question for Gary V? Then stop by for a few minutes of personal, one-on-one advice from this master motivator, best-selling author and savvy investor. His office hours location is conveniently-located and easy-to-f…
Storytellers! Underestimate the power of fandom at your peril. If a storyteller has done his or her job right, they have created a rich story world complete with canons, tropes and multiple layers of mythology- a world t…
Intermediate
Presenters
Andrew Slack, Brian Seth HURST, Michael Monello, Sabrina Caluori
Vinyasa yoga helps focus the mind and awaken the body through a series of yoga postures and movements linked by the breath.
It’s a slightly more active class for those looking for a quicker pace. The class is a gentle on…
With more than 123 million fans/followers on Facebook and Twitter, WWE ranks among the sports world’s digital leaders. Wrestlemania XXVIII alone generated 110 worldwide trends over the show's five-hour period and the has…
Advanced
Presenters
John Cena, Khris Loux, Perkins Miller, Stephanie McMahon
Tech companies spent more than $100 billion on acquisitions in 2010, often to create a bottle-rocket effect of fast growth, yet industry leaders estimate 70-90 percent of tech acquisitions fail. A “techquisition” lives o…
With high quality internet access rising, cell phones and tablets more ubiquitous than ever and heightened multitasking among “millenials,” grocery shopping is not what it used to be. Only 41% of millenials buy food at t…
Intermediate
Presenters
Kent Novak, Marshall Capps, Paul Salvini, William Hurley
Don't panic: the next big science revolution isn't just for asteroid miners or CERN scientists. Just as science fiction has often shown the way to future inventions, the act of hacking is now generating prototypes that a…
For the first time since the Model T, peråsonal transportation is undergoing a huge disruption. From shared cars and rides, to electric scooters, to computer driven cars, people are beginning to move around in new and di…
Social media and the 24-hour news cycle have pushed the water cooler conversation into hyper-drive. It’s happening around the clock with instantaneous reactions from professional critics and their armchair counterparts a…
Austin is a town of contradiction and transition. The juxtaposition of a fiercely liberal town set on a conservative backdrop creates the friction that much of the town's creative fire sparks from, and much of its charm.…
Intermediate
Presenters
Garann Means, Gerardo Treviño, Mark Phillip, Natalie Cofield
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Kara Andrade, Kevin Scannell, Maite Goñi, Peter Rohloff
Panera Bread visionary Ron Shaich has spent his career trying to change the way America eats by focusing on choice and an affordable, high quality experience. Since its founding, Panera has grown to over 1,600 bakery-caf…
Believe it or not, the US Government has been leading innovation efforts at the intersection of health and information technology. Bryan Sivak, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Chief Technology Off…
IrelandatSXSW will demo the technologies of our newest and most exciting interactive companies and highlight why Ireland is home to many of the world’s best emerging technology companies in enterprise web solutions, hype…
In the next few days, you'll hear a lot about startups and startup culture, but what about the rest of us? If you're working on social media for a company of 1,000 employees or more, this is your chance to find answers …
Forget the enterprise vs. consumer debate: The not-so-tech-savvy markets are the biggest opportunities in tech.
Consider dotloop, a company on a mission to eliminate paperwork in real estate, an industry with a median a…
Marsha Collier will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “The Ultimate Online Customer Service Guide: How to Connect with your Customers to Sell More!” .
Marsha Collier is a best-selling author, speaker and rad…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Loyalty in the pocket - Why winning the hearts and minds of your customers matters more than ever in a connected consumer world:
The Social, Local, Mobile revolution has changed the expectations of your customers. Earn…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brent Hieggelke, Dana Kruse, Michael Griffith, Tina Prause
Session includes ETSY, MODCLOTH + MEEBO: THE ANATOMY OF A ROCKSTAR PRODUCT CYCLE. Come hang with Dave McClure, Eric Ries, & 1,000 tech startups + influencers for a day of tactical case studies & inspiring keynotes about …
Google Glasses, Apple iPods on our wrist, the smartphone as your fitness coach – wearable technology is on the verge of becoming mainstream. It also has the potential to change our relationship to technology altogether b…
By the time you read this, Minecraft will have surpassed 33 million registered users, and with ports to Xbox and iPad, it’s poised to hit the mainstream big this year. Combining elements of sandbox games, MMOs and First…
What do movies like 300 or Zombieland have to do with the writing life or the creative process? According to Erin Feldman of Write Right, everything. Sometimes, a writer has to kick the muse, the angel, inspiration - wha…
Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1989, will discuss: "Open Web Platform: Hopes and Fears". Berners-Lee is the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the web standards consortium. He is an ad…
The promise of the cloud is that our environmental impact is lighter as we move from physical to digital products and documents. However, our production of digital content is increasing exponentially. For example, Facebo…
Patrick Vlaskovits will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets” .……
In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg said: “There is going to be an opportunity over the next five years or so to pick any industry and rethink it in a social way.” His prediction has come true.
New profession-based social network…
Intermediate
Presenters
Calen Holbrooks, Jay Hallberg, Kirk Simpson, Rebecca Lieb
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…
Come talk about the latest in the remote control aircraft technology and the different ways it can be used. From stabilized gimbals for film to aerial pictures to automated crop management, come talk about how technolog…
Back by popular demand! Building on last year’s packed Show & Smell showcase combining inspiring emerging technologies and sensory marketing, this hands-on crowd experience of leading edge technologies, continues to defi…
Intermediate
Presenters
David Polinchock, Kurt Karlenzig, Warren Kronberger
Get together with other social storytelling experts for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry.…
Glue. That’s what we are. The glue that holds it all together.
Not to be overzealous, but we’re becoming more and more aware of our worth. And other UXers should, too. Back in the days of yesteryear, who knew what UX wa…
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
The second annual SXSW Create brings together local and international members of the SXSW community to share disruptive creations, innovative tools and unique fabrication methods.
This free-to-the-public event occurs in…
Returning to Austin for its second year in 2013, Formula One racing represents the pinnacle of motorsport where every intricate detail contributes to the overall success of the team. It is the most expensive sport and th…
Like it or not, we live in the age of annoyance. Technology, electronic communications, gadgets, airline travel—as it all gets “easier,” it also seems to get exponentially more annoying. Annoyance is described as an unpl…
As digital devices and streaming make appointment based viewing less important, live sports appears to be one of the last categories that can consistently draw massive viewership numbers. How are media companies and righ…
With the rise of listicles, photo slideshows, and content farms, the survival of long-form writing on the web seemed bleak. But in fact, there has instead been a renaissance of long-form writing. While traditional outlet…
Over the last year, I've coached thousands of people in creating new habits.
Human behavior is not as complicated as most believe. And the received wisdom about habits is often wrong.
From my research and my hands-on p…
The odometer on your startup is turning over 1095 days - your third year building your passion into a business. You've raised your seed and Series A, recruited the first twenty employees, snagged the first thousand cust…
Writers are notorious procrastinators, but as you can imagine, we're also creative at finding ways of delaying sitting down in front of a blank or partially completed page. One of my recent dilatory tactics turned into s…
No, it’s not college. But these days, everyone from multinational corporations to renowned medical institutions is getting into bed with unexpected partners. The results are spectacular and surprising: an IT company is h…
Dan Mezick will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Culture Game: Tools for the Agile Manager” following his Book Reading session.
Dan Mezick advises leaders, teams and organizations. An expert on cu…
As our online actions and behaviors become more and more integrated through the social graph and interest graph, there are opportunities for the nonprofit sector to mine that data and connect people and organizations for…
The world of business and commerce has never been more complex. We live in a constant state of stimulation and distraction. The choices and features we face daily are overwhelming. Living a “simple life” is no longer an …
Story is the hot new buzz but it's more than just a word, just a hip term. It's something at the core of our being. Authentic. It's people craving connection. Story. Not just technologically.. not just physically .. aut…
It takes more than a fancy tuxedo and a social media presence to create a social organization. In addition to building social profiles, businesses must invite the entire company to the online dance and coax people to do …
Political cartooning has been around since ancient Rome and is more popular with readers than ever before. Now that print media is being replaced with online distribution channels, however, they're being left behind—and …
William Hertling, author of Avogadro Corp: The Singularity is Closer than it Appears, will read from his new novel, A.I. Apocalypse.
Nominated for the Prometheus Award for Best Novel, and recommended by luminaries such…
Front Lawn - NASA’s successor to Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, will be 100 times more powerful. The Webb Telescope will orbit far beyond Earth’s Moon where the cold vastness of space will allow it to study the …
LANFest is a nationwide, all volunteer charity gaming organization whose mission is to have fun, raise money for charity, and promote our sponsors in a series of fun family supportive, community-involved events.…
Learn to play Magic: The Gathering FREE. Our staff will teach you how to play this amazing game and give you a FREE deck. Already know how to play? Come enjoy a free Mini Master round or play in the SXSW Convention Leagu…
Matthew E. May will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything” following his Book Reading session.
Matthew E. May is the auth…
SXSW GEEK Stage - NASA has landed at SXSW with video games, Martian mega-rovers, and giant spider robots.
Packed with live demos and cool gear, this talk will challenge the way you think about the future of space explo…
The SXSW Gaming Expo is the place to be for hands-on product demos and networking opportunities. Because Austin is a hotbed for video game talent and development studios, popular demand prompted the evolution of SXSW’s n…
GEEK Magazine will take you on a journey of discovery into every facet of geekdom including video games, comics, collectibles, technology, gadgets, movies, television, music, and much more.
*See Sessions at the Gaming E…
The IGN Pro League comes to SXSW Gaming with your favorite professional gamers competing for thousands of dollars in prizes at the hottest eSports titles! Come watch the action and try out the latest games at the SXSW Ga…
Josh Clark will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Tapworthy” following his speaking session “Beyond Mobile: Where No Geek Has Gone Before”.
Josh Clark is the founder of Global Moxie and a designer spec…
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 …
3D technologies of all forms are evolving at a rapid pace and quickly expanding its uses in the Fashion industry. This panel will show, not just discuss, how constant advancements in 3D is revamping the world of Fashion …
Advanced
Presenters
Daniel Stillman, Kimberly Ovitz, Liz Bacelar, Mary Huang
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 …
This session is presented by SXSW Film and is open to Interactive, Film, Gold and Platinum badges.
Armed Response is an action series about a SWAT team battling a Mexican cartel at the Port of Long Beach. The series is …
Presenters
Greg Siegel, Justin Lutsky, Matt Michnovetz, Thomas Bannister
Presented by the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) & the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), Austin Startup Fast Pitch (ASFP) is a fast pitch competition for Austin-based startups with revolutionary ideas looking for fun…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
This talk will show you how to brainstorm new ideas, products, campaigns, and services using a technology-first approach.
In the past, you might have brainstormed using a blank canvas approach. While this can lead to g…
Communities like Anonymous and 4chan's /b/ create Internet culture, change politics and make news. But how do they build trust, share work and intervene in the world? How can new groups and movements use anonymity and ps…
The sharing economy. Collaborative consumption. Call it what you will, it is clear that these new social and commercial technologies have collided with macroeconomic forces like the recession and the failure of big hiera…
Intermediate
Presenters
Juliet Gorman, Nate Blecharczyk, Shelby Clark, Tim O'Reilly
Social media is a pervasive part of our lives – from how we connect with our family & friends to how we consume media. But is it for everyone? How about the macho, foul-mouthed crab fisherman who spend months in the frig…
Intermediate
Presenters
Johnathan Hillstrand, Josh Weinberg, Keith Colburn, Sig Hansen
We have become a job-hopping culture. Company ‘lifers’ that maintain a career and knowledge in just one company for most of their working lives are essentially extinct. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, worker…
At last year's SXSW, a starved crowd of B2B marketers shuffled into a standing-room-only session track to hear more about this often-neglected topic. Meanwhile, the volume of B2B transactions is 20 times higher than B2C …
We have spent the last two decades capturing the real world, turning it into ones and zeros. Bits replacing atoms, where digital was cool and physical was the forgotten relative. This will reverse in the next decade – ph…
Once upon a time, our phone, the fridge and TV were distinct devices, manufactured in distinctly different environments. Not anymore. Today, our devices share technologies in an unprecedented manner. We can use our phone…
Intermediate
Presenters
Joe Weinman, Karen Bartleson
, Oleg Logvinov, Wael Diab
This meet up will engage the attendees in tackling the tough issues often over looked or minimized by business schools and entreprenuers alike when in start-up mode. This session will look at arguably one of the most im…
We have greater capacity to change the world today than kings and presidents of 50 years ago. Technologists have astonishing leverage to tackle the biggest problems and take on bold missions. And, facing severe threats t…
The rise of content- and social-driven businesses such as Facebook, Google, Baidu and others is causing a shift in data center design. Using more open source and user-developed software, these data centers don’t just sup…
Style mavens, unite! If you're a current / aspiring blogger or keep a list of fashion blogs on your daily rotation, this Meet Up is for you. Mix & mingle with other fashion bloggers, discuss current trends in the industr…
Thomas Phinney presents his clues and conclusions from several cases he has been called into as a font detective, including a forged will, a seemingly fake rabbi, and documents about President Bush’s National Guard servi…
Over the last 15 years, J Todd Coleman has been a successful entrepreneur and game developer, acting as the creative lead and product head of three large-scale MMOs (Shadowbane, Wizard101 and Pirate101) and founding nume…
When Matt Mullenweg started blogging 10 years ago, he was looking for a permanent home on the Web. His passion for blogging led him to develop WordPress, the most popular publishing platform on the Web, and then found Au…
In his book 'The Peep Diaries' & doc 'Peep Culture,' Hal Niedzviecki notes our willingness to bare everything for entertainment, profit & reputation. Even if we don't aspire to fame, with every status update, video uploa…
What does a major Hollywood studio look for in a technology provider?As senior digital executives at Warner Bros. Entertainment, Hiram Norman and Bob Mohler get hundreds of queries per year from technology providers. In…
There's a mobile browser war going on, and HTML5, despite being years away from full implementation, is playing an increasingly large role in mobile browsing and its future. But how? What role does it play? Which browser…
Intermediate
Presenters
David Dehghan, Jay Sullivan, Mike Taylor, Seth Rosenblatt
As president of The University of Texas at Austin, Bill Powers has become a thought leader on the role of the research institution in our rapidly transitioning economy. He rejects the notion that large institutions stifl…
Building a successful startup and taking it through a successful exit is not easy. Yet David Sacks has done it twice – as the COO of PayPal, he took the company from product launch to IPO and $1.5 billion acquisition by …
IrelandatSXSW will demo the technologies of our newest and most exciting interactive companies and highlight why Ireland is home to many of the world’s best emerging technology companies in enterprise web solutions, hype…
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Rogers, Dylan Byers, Maria Streshinsky, Nicole Allan, Scott Stossel
Computing has made tremendous progress over the past two decades. However, to this day, users are presented a series of elements and choices for how to navigate a digital environment. This is predominantly driven by the …
Moving hearts and minds, changing attitudes and behavior, takes more than SEO. This session’s speakers and case studies explore how to affect change by evolving the art of digital storytelling.
NPR's Michele Norris crea…
Beginner
Presenters
David Modigliani, Joel Johnson, Michele Norris, Susan Feeney
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Location. Location. Location - Leveraging Geolocation & Geofences to learn from your customers and inspire engagement:
The traditional tonnage approach to advertising won’t work with the world’s 1 billion smartphone use…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ben West, Coleen Carey, Peter Roybal, Roe McFarlane
There are dozens of great hardware talks and panels on the SXSW agenda meaning a lot of folks interested in hardware will be in Austin, including members and organizers of Hardware Startup groups from around the world.
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Future healthcare innovation success will be defined by the experience delivered to patients, caregivers, and physicians in hospitals, homes and at retail. New technologies such as mobile apps, wearable sensors, and soci…
Fact: There is $7,000 worth of unused stuff in your home. But turning that stuff into cash isn't easy, and most consumers don't even know where to start. Despite a decade of web innovation, services that help you sell or…
Beginner
Presenters
Christina Chaey, Israel Ganot, James Reinhart, Ross Lohr
Tomb Raider is being rebooted for a modern audience and, as such, requires a modern soundtrack.
This talk will focus on the score for Tomb Raider. Every aspect will be covered from the music’s creative direction, compos…
Why try to replicate the success, scale or legacy of Silicon Valley in any meaningful way? Why compete with New York, London or Berlin, when talent will always be attracted to capitals of commerce and culture?
Martin Br…
Technologies enrich and amplify the cognitive characteristics of our human skin and stimuli of our senses. The skin manages temperature fluctuations, transforms into shapes, interfaces with the environment, changes color…
Get together with other small business experts for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry.……
The social business era is here. Companies are increasingly seeing the benefit and need to approach social media activities with integrated external and internal efforts. Professionals can no longer rely on point solutio…
Session includes STEVE BLANK'S Startup Lessons, plus KEVIN HALE (WUFOO) on Romancing your users. Come hang with Dave McClure, Eric Ries, & 1,000 tech startups + influencers for a day of tactical case studies & inspiring …
Intermediate
Presenters
Kevin Hale, Scott Chacon, Steve Blank, Steven VanRoekel
The single life is crazy enough on it’s own, but what happens when you add something like cancer to the mix? Dating coach and single girl Charlie Nox is about to find out.
On May 25, 2012, Charlie was diagnosed with pap…
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
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…
From the Vatican Secret Archives and Nevada’s Area 51 to the Google server warehouse and the giant floating plastic garbage island in the middle of the ocean and a myriad of former insane asylums, hidden metro stations a…
Tim Ferriss will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life” following his featured session.……
Social media has transformed culture, communication, creativity and journalism in every nation on Earth — other than North Korea, of course.
Wait — not so fast. What do we really know about social media’s role in the my…
Currently a self-titled "Government Legislation Analyst," Adam Curry reads legislation, watches C-SPAN, deconstructs the media and reports his findings twice weekly on his listener-supported "No Agenda" podcast. Last sum…
You've seen the extravagant sponsorship deals with athletes in the NBA, NFL, and NASCAR. But how often how do you hear about US athletes—the best in the world in a given sport—struggling to get by without a second job as…
Privacy regulations were created with consumer protection in mind, but today consumers often feel as though their own health data is on lockdown. While the healthcare system is in the midst of reform, what must we do to …
What is happening inside our craniums, amongst the cortex, hemispheres, neuroglia, and brainwaves when we feel on fire with creativity and when we don't? To find out, let’s embark upon a fantastic journey to learn in whi…
In the march to a more connected world, technology increasingly helps us to manage our day-to-day lives in more ways. Our behavior is tracked with sensors on smart devices; our social posts and tweets are mined for insi…
As we’re in touch with more people, the meaning of those connections is often diluted. This panel addresses how we can leverage and embrace new technologies to maintain strong personal connections with our ever-growing …
Since the dawn of music, technology has paved the way for musicians to exercise their creative impulses. From the humble pan pipes to the EWI, the harpsichord to the Kurzweil, the taiko to V-Drums - musicians have found…
SXSW GEEK Stage - Get the an inside look at all things Minecraft. It has been used to change many different things, from education to public space building projects in third world countries.
The community has taken You…
Applying Scrum changes the day-to-day reality of agencies dramatically. If done well, it improves output and profitability like crazy.
However, for agencies, Scrum dynamics are radically different from in-house design a…
Social is not about eyeballs. Or shouting at the crowd. Or increasing followers and fans. The real currency of social is conversation, storytelling and 1-to-1 style engagement. Brands and causes alike are beginning to re…
Peter Kim will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Social Business By Design: Transformative Social Media Strategies for the Connected Company” following his Book Reading session.
Peter Kim is Chief Stra…
In business and in life, we pursue the good stuff and champion people who are known for their good ideas. But when we place too strong an emphasis on just the good, we may neglect to consider the bad ones. In design and …
Creativity is often seen as a light bulb, either on or off, I have it or I don't. When it's off and your job is to apply it, panic strikes and the focuses becomes less on the problem to solve and more on how to get creat…
Thanks to eons of pre-language evolution, we're hard-wired to intuit what's in other people's minds and harmonize our thoughts and emotions. But too often our mind-reading instincts get overridden by a drive to win argum…
Pieter Jongerius will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Get Agile!: Scrum for UX, Design & Development” following his Book Reading session.
Pieter Jongerius is a partner at the Dutch design agency Fabr…
Andrew Hyde spent the last two years on the road traveling to 15 countries with only a backpack of 15 things, his book is a collection of stories as a critique of the world of modern travel. Andrew will talk about his tr…
Ping Fu will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds” following her featured session.
Honored in 2005 by Inc. Magazine as “The Entrepreneur of the Year”, Ping Fu describ…
The Chevy Tweethouse is a confluence of hundreds of key players in the entertainment and tech industries, showcasing collaboration, creativity, and technology in an informal and festive environment.…
SXSW GEEK Stage - The future of television and film is uncertain. That’s where Sam and Niko step in.
Their YouTube channel, CorridorDigital, gets millions of views releasing videogame inspired videos. Unlike other chann…
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…
How do you tell the story of a PLACE? New technologies like geo-tagging, location-aware devices, interactive video and augmented reality are being combined with traditional storytelling methods like documentary film and …
Presenters
Danny Harris, Liz Nord, Michel Reilhac, Mike Knowlton
Amy Webb will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Data, A Love Story: How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Mate” following her Book Reading session.
Amy Webb is the CEO of Webbmedia Group, which studies …
SXSW GEEK Stage - Join Epic Games producer Chris Wynn and designer Peter Knepley to get the inside scoop on the most intense Gears experience to join the storied franchise. Epic will discuss key game modes, talk tips & t…
Dr. Sabine Seymour will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology” following her solo session.
Dr. Sabine Seymour is describ…
At your first job, you filled your shelves with obscure books to impress your colleagues. As a first-time manager, you probably tried to be a super hero to save a project but were confused when your team seemed unhappy a…
From the former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes An Inconvenient Truth for everything—a frank and clear-eyed assessment of the emerging forces that are reshaping our world and will continue t…
Andrew Hyde will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “This Book is About Travel: A Modern Manual - 15 Countries With 15 Things” following his Book Reading session.
Andrew Hyde has a passion for community,…
RSVP Required - Calling all hackers: Join the Amazon Web Services developer team for a deep dive into building sophisticated web and mobile apps on Amazon Web Services. We’ll discuss best practices for availability, scal…
Responsive web design has hit the scene like a bomb, and now designers everywhere are showing off to their bosses and peers by resizing their browser windows. "Look! The site is squishy!"
While creating flexible layout…
Everybody is talking about user experience design, but what does experience actually mean? And how can we work with experience in design?
Experience is what we do and what we feel, together in a flow. It corresponds to …
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
In a bootstrapped company, the entrepreneurial decision-making process is decidedly different because the company must balance the need to make money while growing the business. This session will examine the pros and con…
Top TV comedy hitmaker Chuck Lorre ("The Big Bang Theory," “Two and a Half Men,” "Mike & Molly") makes his SXSW debut in a wide-ranging discussion with author Neil Gaiman ("Stardust," "Coraline," and the acclaimed comic …
We know that Comedy and the internet go hand in hand but is there more to this marriage than meets the eye?
What's really behind the success of Funny or Die? , College Humor, and Cracked?
Do Reddit, Tumblr, Facebook an…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alf LaMont, Heather Knight, Joel Warner, Peter McGraw
Health today is everyone’s business. Industries, companies and individuals are shifting their perception of health from something to fix to something to encourage. Digital storytelling and content are uniquely positioned…
Beginner
Presenters
Christie Hefner, Jennifer Pfahler, Quincy Delight Jones III, Susie Ellis
The availability of open source libraries and frameworks has spawned rapid explorations in new expressional forms and has provided a common environment for collaboration between artists and creators. Further the wide ac…
Peter Sagal of NPR’s "Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!" and host of new PBS series, Constitution USA, leads a “Wait Wait” style conversation on reinvigorating dreaded civics lessons through gaming. More Americans can name the…
Many people think of science as abstract and numerical. But most of science is remarkably visual. Design plays an important role in science communication, but it’s more than just creating pretty pictures. Joe Hanson (bio…
RSVP Required - I have used Apple's Keynote for mocking up UI while working at Apple and at Netflix. I use Keynote 95% percent of the time and use Photoshop and Illustrator on occasion but only for specific tasks. Keynot…
Scientists are predicting that climate change will increase the severity and frequency of natural disasters occurring on our planet, making the need for quick, easy, and smart resources to aid in disaster recovery more c…
Venture capital firms have utilized the services of ‘Entrepreneurs-in-Residence’ (EIRs), seasoned innovators with functional expertise to help spur entrepreneurship and fill gaps in expertise. Now, imagine combining the…
Advanced
Presenters
Arnaub Chatterjee, John Paul Farmer, Kara DeFrias, Richard Bendis, Zac Jiwa
Events have changed. The challenges involved with marketing them, sponsoring them, or simply figuring out which to attend, have been transformed. New technologies are rewriting the rules and we are all playing catch up.
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RSVP Required - The user interface is changing. So, lets adapt to those changes. HTML5 makes new and exciting web interfaces possible. We'll look at some examples and do a step-by-step code walkthrough of some of the mos…
Cindy Gallop's initiative http://makelovenotporn.com received an extraordinary response when she launched it at TED 2009 - including support from many members of the porn industry. Cindy shares the experience of subseque…
Love wine? Hate Snobs? This is the Meet Up for you. Come to where old & new world wines and tech collide. Time to Geek Up and Drink Up!
Ask the experts, share your knowledge, and enjoy the Wine Meet Up at SXSW!……
Hal Niedzviecki will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors” following his panel session.
Hal Niedzviecki is a writer, speak…
This panel will address new types of emerging wearable technologies that control the human body or augment it with new capabilities by building upon our body's electrical properties. Such devices use electrical signals r…
RSVP Required - Models mean different things to different people, but they are basically a simplified representation of a system built to support predictions and/or decision making. In this class, we’ll talk about first …
Make no mistake, privacy is not dead. If it was, privacy snafus wouldn’t still be making headlines. Failing to build in privacy protections is the quickest way to put your company smack in the middle of a PR disaster. Gi…
You’re invited to join the IEEE and W3C Open Future Series speakers along with special guest, Tim Berners-Lee. Enjoy the ambience at the Driskill Hotel as you learn more about ways to get involved on the bleeding edge o…
What happens when big ambition meets limited budgets? A lot, as it turns out. Listen in as Josh Ruben and Vincent Peone (CollegeHumor's resident director/DP team) take us through their experiences as professional filmmak…
There has to be another way to run a social network. Instead of trapping users inside a walled-garden, could you let users choose how to interact with the network and with each other? This is the App.net experiment. App.…
In May 2012 the US Census Bureau reported that for the first time in history minority newborn children outpaced whites, ushering in the new American reality known as "The Minority Majority". For many, the Bureau’s observ…
Tech and interactive design is one of the most forward thinking industries, by design, and there are tons of LGBTQ who work in this industry.
Only recently have the LGBTQ in these industries begun to band together, whe…
In the last decade, news reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border has been decimated by the closing and downsizing of U.S. media organizations, censorship of Mexican media and the explosion of drug violence on the Mexican sid…
Intermediate
Presenters
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Melissa Del Bosque, Sergio Chapa
Of all media companies, consumers use The Weather Channel the most across all platforms - television, online and mobile. Most content producers and advertisers are begging for customer information, but TWC users automat…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
The Sketchnote Mentoring session will provide one-on-one time with Mike Rohde, author of The Sketchnote Handbook. In these sessions, Mike will listen and share techniques with mentoring students, providing customized tea…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
You are on the verge of an entertainment revolution in your own living room. Convergence of mobile and tethered devices will continue to play a fascinating role in the growth of the entertainment industry. This session…
From e-commerce to bricks & mortar retail is going mobile - How to drive revenue with the latest mobile commerce innovations:
Consumers are starting to manage every aspect of their lives from their mobile devices. All …
Intermediate
Presenters
Aaron Emigh, Christopher Mason, Joe Beninato, Wendy Bergh
Jim Henson started working as a puppeteer in 1954, a fair 40-50 years before many of us even considered User Experience as a career. He did, however, take it upon himself to apply many of the core principals that UX Desi…
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…
Advanced
Presenters
Aaron Thibault, Chris Avellone, Gary Brubaker, Harter Ryan
As for-profit news organizations struggle to maintain previous levels of reporting, nonprofit news organizations are proliferating to fill the gap in coverage. These new nonprofit media outlets are experiencing the same …
Advanced
Presenters
Cherilyn Parsons, Jonathan McNamara, Meghann Farnsworth, Tanya Erlach
Our leading scientific institutions are failing to address sexuality with candor or rigor due to pressure from funding sources, journals, and cultural stigma. The resulting gaps in our collective understanding of human s…
Deliberately temporary, often housed in once-blighted spaces, and enabled by social and mobile technologies, pop ups are disrupting the retail experience and revitalizing our neighborhoods.
In the last year, the vacancy …
Intermediate
Presenters
Annika Dubrall, Brian De Lowe, Patrick Keenan, Tina Santiago
RSVP Required - If you're running a tech start-up, it's essential that you familiarize yourself with the fundamentals of web development. Ultimately knowing how to "talk to the talk" will help you communicate better with…
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 …
Social networks rise and fall as people try to find a site that satisfies their social needs, and the “one-size fits all” networks may no longer hold the value that they did when you first signed up. Are hourly updates f…
Intermediate
Presenters
Colleen Taylor, Francesca Levy, Nate Johnson, Sarah Leary
RSVP Required - Extraterrestrial travel is within our (civilian) grasp and it’s time for designers, dreamers, and wannabe astronauts to come together to imagine the future. Using pen and paper, we’ll sketch our ultimate …
Familiar with SXSWedu? SXSW extends its support for the art of engagement beyond musicians, actors, and technologists, to include society’s true stars...educators. One of the newest components of the SXSW Family of Conf…
Dr. Bassem Youssef is an Egyptian cardiothoracic surgeon turned political satirist who launched a wildly popular political talk show on YouTube from his apartment in the wake of the Egyptian revolution in 2011. Youssef,…
Looking for collaborators, mentors, co-founders or want to learn more about women in Tech? Come to the Tech Superwomen meet-up and connect!
Join us for a fun-filled an hour of intentional networking.
Be sure to visit t…
You’ve created a disruptive new technology that’s going to revolutionize an industry – at least until you can figure out how to explain it to someone. Kira Wampler, VP of Marketing for Lytro, will discuss how to craft a …
Millennials are allegedly the prototype of the new consumer. They’re hyper-connected, tech-aware,
and uber-social. They blend channels constantly: Surfing on their tablets while watching TV and texting
their friends – co…
Be the first to know about the best technology coming from the other side of the pond at the Start-Up Village’s UK Demo Day. Come mix, mingle, and meet those that lead the largest entrepreneurial community in Europe – UK…
In early 2012, then-U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra challenged utilities across the country to develop a “Green Button,” that provides detailed customer usage information available for download in a simple, standard format. Utili…
First ever multi-VC mentoring and fast pitch session as part of Startup Village. Venture capitalists focused on mobile, consumer web, software, commerce, enterprise, and big data will meet with entrepreneurs to discuss …
Session includes VINOD KHOSLA, DAVE MCCLURE, ERIC RIES, & TODD PARK (THE CTO OF THE USA)! Come hang with Dave McClure, Eric Ries, & 1,000 tech startups + influencers for a day of tactical case studies & inspiring keynote…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dave McClure, Ross Snyder, Todd Park, Vinod Khosla
Austin and Central Texas are exploding with startups and startup events like Startup Week, pitch competitions and demo days, building an identity as a hub for tech entrepreneurship. What gets covered impacts what succeed…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bryan Menell, Colin Pope, Kirk Ladendorf, Susan Lahey
There is beauty in the brain's electric, neural storm when it knows what you’re doing just isn’t good enough. Yet many people abhor criticism, direct conflict resolution, or a task that truly challenges their brains. Gen…
Wireless networking is at the heart of everything to do with Internet going forward. Smartphones, tablets, computers, e-books, machines, appliances - all rely on the abundant availability of low-cost wireless connectivit…
With the technology to support mobile workstyles and a remote workforce, why are any of us still caught in the quagmire of the daily commute to our deadly desks, and will we ever see the day where big business decides to…
Beginner
Presenters
Cali Williams Yost, Jon Froda, Kate Lister, Richard Leyland
With the next generation of warfighters taking on the face of a video gamer in the States vs. a camouflaged soldier in the battlefield, STEM skills are increasingly important to today's military in order to continue prot…
In many ways, data science is a natural extension of journalism. Traditionally, reporters would conduct a number of interviews and use a qualitative approach to craft a story. Similarly, data scientists look at a set of …
China is on track to become the world’s largest economy – and a huge driver of that growth comes from innovative new companies. Technology startups aren’t just “copying” US companies anymore, but coming up with China-spe…
One of the greatest lessons we can teach people as experience designers is that everything is not important. It seems an easy lesson to learn, since after all, it’s our job to sort through huge amounts of information in …
Gabriella Coleman will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking” following her Book Reading session.
Gabriella Coleman is the Wolfe Chair in Scientific & T…
Kaneisha Grayson will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Be Your Own Boyfriend: Decide to Be Happy, Unleash Your Sexy, and Change Your Life” following her Blacks in Technology session.……
A few years ago, I become a mother and an orphan, almost overnight. Sitting in my house in the woods, grieving with young children, I knew my road to happiness lay in creating and building with technology. But the indust…
The copyright laws weren’t written with the internet in mind. As an IP attorney, I often meet people who’ve had their content illegally reproduced on other websites & in print. This presentation will explain your copyrig…
Al Gore will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change” following his Featured session.
Purchase a copy of The Future at the SX Bookstore beginning March 8 to reserve your sp…
Chuck Lorre will signcopies of "What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter," at the Long Center following his featured session “Chuck Lorre: In Conversation with Neil Gaiman”.
One of the most accomplished television comedy wr…
Eric Ries will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses” following his Startup Village session.……
Amazing Things Will Happen is the new book from C.C. Chapman. It is a no nonsense guide to living a happier and more successful life.
This book reading will give an overview of the philosophy of the book as well as answ…
Nathan Martin is the CEO of innovation studio Deeplocal, best known for the creation of the Nike Chalkbot street painting robot seen at the Tour de France. Before working for brands, Nathan screamed in a touring metal ba…
The Austin tech scene is booming, more and more companies are considering laying down their roots in the capital city. With a top research university, business-friendly tax incentives, and an awesome startup-friendly cul…
Intermediate
Presenters
Caroline Valentine, Kevin LaHaise, Paul Huggins, Steve Burt
Session includes lessons from startup founders of HOTEL TONIGHT, HUBSPOT, THE MUSE + SHARETHROUGH. Come hang with Dave McClure, Eric Ries, & 1,000 tech startups + influencers for a day of tactical case studies & inspirin…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dan Greenberg, Dharmesh Shah, Kathryn Minshew, Sam Shank
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
A new addition for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, BIT programming focuses on the experience of digital designers, developers, entrepreneurs, trend-setters and visionaries from the black community. For session-by-ses…
While traditional prisons have served a vital role in our criminal justice system, they have become overcrowded, costly, and often ineffective at meeting their goals.
But what if an alternative was possible? Imagine a…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alan Holden, Carmen Medina, John Vanyur, Kara Shuler
Burning Man loves tech geeks! Meet up with Burning Man's San Francisco HQ leadership & tech teams, and chat about the future landscape of technology and civic engagement related to Burning Man. Discover where and how the…
Cali Yost will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “TWEAK IT: Make What Matters to You Happen Every Day” following her panel session.
Called "one of the smartest" and "sophisticated thinkers" by The New Y…
SXSW GEEK Stage - Experience the future of digital comics as iTune’s #3 top grossing iPad app of 2012 and revolutionary digital comics platform comiXology electrifies the SXSW GEEK Stage in this not-to-be-missed event!
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Human activity – good and bad, legal and criminal, ethical and unethical – has become increasingly bound up in data-driven systems. For organizations of all kinds – government, non-profit, businesses – discovering bad be…
Yeah, there's Match and OkCupid and HowAboutWe. But the real matches are happening on everyday social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook and Instagram. Set aside all the hype about Manti Te'o and "Catfishing" for…
Chaos is inevitable in any badly designed system. With an increasing number of websites building on real world communities and user generated contributions, the importance of good layout design and quality control cannot…
Intermediate
Presenters
Henrik Berggren, Jan Senderek, Natalie Downe, Nico Perez
Let's get out of the echo chamber of everyone telling each other how important social media is for a little bit and talk about the problems with social. If we're honest, it's hard to tell what actually works and what doe…
Studies have already proven the link between the body and mind. What is surprising is how powerful that link is. Embodied cognition, or how the body affects our brain, has gained more recognition in science in the last f…
Flash demand -- a catchy term synonymous with “Be careful what you wish for.” It is a new reality in an instant-gratification world, a blindside hit to retailers who have no idea a product has suddenly become the latest…
Intermediate
Presenters
Aarthi Ramamurthy, Cathy Choi, Mike Dauber, Tracy Chu
Americans have never been more interested in where their food is coming from, but how is this impacting the economy, our environment and public health?
Industrial Agriculture has driven much of the U.S. economy for the …
For this session, Digg founder and Google Ventures partner Kevin Rose will interview YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley. The format will be a fireside chat, in the style of Kevin Rose's Foundation video series (http://found…
A global fight is currently underway to democratize access to capital for entrepreneurs. With over half of the world population engaged in self-generated work, the outcome of this is critical.
With the passage of the JO…
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Democracy in "Two Mexicos": Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León” following her Book Reading session.
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera…
U.S. cities, often resource-strapped and perceived as slow to adapt, are not known as havens for digital innovation. However, leaders are emerging in and outside government institutions that are passionate about applying…
Grindr, the popular location-based app for men seeking men, started four years ago and now has a user base of five million. The service continues to grow at a rapid pace—in spite of new direct competitors like Scruff and…
The first time Buddy Media founder and CEO Michael Lazerow cheated death, he was 18 months old. The second time, he was 19, and was given three hours to live. An emergency heart valve replacement saved his life. This pas…
Cloud computing is becoming the go-to delivery model for games and media. Hear how three companies are using Infrastructure-as-a-Service to speed up development, lower costs, and deliver successful applications. We will …
I would like to talk about how to program for the convergence of the Internet and television. In 5 years both mediums will be obsolete. The box we have at home -- call it Intervision -- will service our appetite for en…
The video game business is currently undergoing an upheaval similar to the one that shook the movie business in the 1970s. Enabled by new technologies and new platforms, independently produced and distributed games are …
The industrialization of food brought upon mass obesity. The industrialization of media brings about a new kind of mass-ignorance that comes not from the lack of information but from the consumption of it. Create more ti…
Get together with other LGBT professionals in the new media sphere for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement.……
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 …
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Executive Creative Director, R/GA Austin.
Since arriving in America and R/GA four years ago, Paul has played a key role in marrying the various agency offerings with compelling storytelling. Crafting successful campaign…
It says a lot about your company when your CEO is also your Creative Director. Q draws from his expertise in design, film making, and management, honed after 15 years as a leader in the technology industry. His purpose i…
Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities and Pach Attack, will discuss the state of the game industry, including the emergence of mobile and social games, the rise of online multiplayer, what to expect from the next generat…
Satisfy the connected consumer's multi-screen way of life: Create a seamless customer experience across the device spectrum:
Today's consumers are constantly connected, moving from smartphone, to computer, to TV, to tab…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jeremy Black, Kevin Murphy, RJ Taylor, Verity Crush
A 2011 Healthline study uncovered compelling information on internet health searches. Desktop searches covered popular health topics: cancer, weight loss, or sleep. Mobile searches were more private, often related to sex…
Enough of the pontificating panel! In a rapid and fast paced (gameshow-like) session, we put the audience (that means YOU) in the hot seat as the expert on the future of social.
How will social integrate into functional…
We are aging but are we aging well? There are currently 17,000 nursing homes in America, and the same number of reasons not to move into them. These facilities could be construed as little more than warehouses for the el…
Intermediate
Presenters
Hunter Tura, José Colucci, Matthias Hollwich, Sari Gilman
In a world where VCs often shy away from funding hardware inventions, entrepreneurs are finding new ways to ensure hardware innovation makes a comeback. Start-ups were afforded new flexibility in how they raise funds whe…
Advanced
Presenters
Adam Ellsworth, Jesse Harrington Au, Mark Hatch, Mitzi Montoya
As maker culture and hardware hackers merge the physical and the digital in new ways, this panel explores the potential for Internet-enabled things to help humans to gather, distribute, and understand news Sponsored by t…
Beginner
Presenters
Colleen Macklin, Dan Sinker, Jeffrey Warren, Sean Bonner
The relationship between death and technology is as old as human civilisation; from cenotaph to facebook memorial, industries have been built on our desire to remember and be remembered. Technology now enables us to crea…
Life today is live, real-time, and always on. It's not a mere speeding up, however much technology accelerated the rate at which we attempt to do things. It’s the shift to a persistent, perpetual presentism: everything p…
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…
Here comes another problem
All wrapped up in solution
It's ugly as it's strapped on
And twice as hard to get behind
Another sieve-fisted find
~ Fugazi
Once companies to get to a size where you can't all have lunch toge…
Let's face it, you spend most of your day scouring the "front page of the Internet" like the rest of us. Now is your chance to hang out with your fellow redditors in a casual and fun setting. The people that make up the …
Customer service has become one of the most dynamic areas in social media. The social revolution has completely transformed a back-office function and put it square in the limelight, allowing both large and small compani…
Friends are more likely to hit the Like Button if status updates include a photo; Tweets with pictures have a longer shelf life than those with text or links alone. Even news publishers report that the majority of page v…
#SXsingle, it's not just a hashtag, it's a lifestyle.
Over the years, the term "what happens at South By, stays at South By" has become part of the vernacular for veteran attendees. In some instances, this means exactly…
The storytelling tradition is strong within Native cultures, however, traditions and languages are still being lost with every generation. Over half of the Native American population is under the age of 25 and almost 80%…
Beginner
Presenters
Eric Martin, Missy Whiteman, Tom Fields, Tracy Rector
Be the first to know about the best technology coming from the other side of the pond at the Start-Up Village’s UK Demo Day. Come mix, mingle, and meet those that lead the largest entrepreneurial community in Europe – …
First ever multi-VC mentoring and fast pitch session as part of Startup Village. Venture capitalists focused on mobile, consumer web, software, commerce, enterprise, and big data will meet with entrepreneurs to discuss t…
Intermediate
Presenters
Balaji Gopinath, Ben Narasin, Harshul Sanghi, Jay Jamison
Anything compelling has to have a human element to it, but humans are inherently complex, and therefore unpredictable. The most successful innovations often seem counter-intuitive when they are introduced, but that's wha…
Dell and American Red Cross will present a case study about their collaboration to create a social engagement center dedicated to humanitarian relief. Panelists from both Red Cross and Dell will share the strategies, bes…
Lobby - Take a break from the show floor madness. Stop by our lounge to recharge, snap a pic at our photobooth, and enter to win a Kindle Fire HD or gaming headset. Then from 5:10-7:10pm daily, kick back at our happy hou…
Landing in The Middle East is the natural progression for brands as they seek to take advantage of this increasingly consumerist society. But this melting pot of cultural contradiction – that just 30 years ago was little…
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…
C.C. Chapman will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness” following his Book Reading session.
C.C. Chapman is a leader in the…
Take a break from the SXSW rush with a booze cruise and celebrate the winners of HACKATX. RSVP: Natalie.reichstein@t-3.com, we’ll pick you up at the Convention Center.……
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…
Felice C. Frankel is a research scientist in the Center of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and a noted science photographer and expert in visual expression of scientific and technical information. She has receiv…
Marketers are excited about the growing purchasing power and cultural influence of Hispanics, but still rely on traditional user experience and assumptions to inform how they design and market to this key segment. So wha…
Social media has increased the speed with which we communicate. We’re constantly Tweeting, Posting, Liking, Pinning, Instagramming, and checking in. This fire hose of information combined with the 24/7 news cycle has lea…
The Greek economy was one of the hottest global news topics of the past year. While international media sparked constant fears of the Euro fallout, local residents faced the instability of transitioning governments and u…
A reception for the Cornell University Community. Network with Cornellians who are attending and speaking at SXSW Interactive.
To pre-register, see who is attending and see a list of Cornellians that are presenting at SX…
SXSW GEEK Stage - Telltale Games, developers of multiple critically-acclaimed episodic game series including 2012 Game of the Year winner, ‘The Walking Dead,’ will sit down with creators from the world of comics, film an…
Presenters
Anthony Burch, Dan Connors, Gary Whitta, Jamin Warren, Sean Mackiewicz
MIKE ROHDE will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Sketchnote Handbook” following his Book Reading session.
MIKE ROHDE has a passion for simple and usable design solutions. That passion, along with …
The Mix at Six is the first happy hour of the Interactive Festival and is the definitive place to re-connect, break the ice and just have a great time. Food, drinks and networking galore.…
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…
Join SXSW Eco and Geostellar to celebrate the launch of two forward thinking enterprises!
SXSW Eco is excited to launch our 2013 season and envision the future: moving beyond sustainability and pioneering deliberate, p…
Share some drinks and conversation with David Steinberger, CEO and co-founder of comiXology – the revolutionary digital comics platform recently announced by iTunes as their top grossing iPad app of 2012!…
Clay Johnson will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Information Diet” following his Book Reading session.
Clay Johnson is best known as the co-founder of Blue State Digital, the firm that built and…
Douglas Rushkoff will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now” following his panel session.
Douglas Rushkoff is a world-renowned media theorist and the author of a …
The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…
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…
Presenters
Adam Cayton-Holland, Brian Gaar, James Adomian, Janine Brito, Nate Bargatze, Seth Herzog
West Canopy - Join the Video Game Voters Network in the “Bonus Round,” a celebration of video games and SXSW featuring live music from Driver Friendly and Frank Turner courtesy of Alternative Press. All SXSW pass-holding…
Come party with us (free drinks involved) on Saturday, March 9th, 7:00 – 11:30pm at ACL Live at the Moody Theatre. Admission is free for all SXSWi badge holders. RSVP here. What better way to celebrate startup pioneers a…
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…
Presenters
Andrew Short, Eddie Pepitone, Emily Heller, Nate Bargatze, Nick Turner
SXSW GEEK Stage - See the first public demonstrations of Xi3 Corporation’s PISTON® gaming system at the 2013 SXSW Gaming Expo, March 8—10 in Austin, TX. Unveiled earlier this year, PISTON is a grapefruit-sized developmen…
There’s something beautiful, something altogether intimate, about a woman reading pretty much anything in her, well, altogether. It’s just that simple. Girls reading. Naked.…
Photiq invites you to drink our drinks and rock out to live music at our Shop, Rock and Roll event at the 512.
8pm Hello Wheels
9pm The Preservation
10pm What Made Milwaukee Famous
11pm DJ Mel to close…
Web series Burning Love skewers reality TV rejects, blending pitch perfect parody with an amazing cast of comic actors and standups. Get a look behind the scenes with some of the show’s stars.
With Ken Marino, Natasha L…
Presenters
Ken Marino, Kumail Nanjiani, Natasha Leggero, Rob Huebel
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…
Experience the future and also FREE DRINKS with the Pittsburgh Technology Council and Carnegie Mellon University! RSVP
http://innovationcityopen.eventbrite.com…
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, …
Presenters
Aparna Nancherla, Dwayne Kennedy, Guy Branum, Hari Kondabolu, Janine Brito, Kamau Bell, Kevin Avery
Web series Burning Love skewers reality TV rejects, blending pitch perfect parody with an amazing cast of comic actors and standups. Get a look behind the scenes with some of the show’s stars.
With Ken Marino, Natasha L…
Presenters
Ken Marino, Kumail Nanjiani, Natasha Leggero, Rob Huebel
The opening night celebration that kicks off SXSW Comedy 2013. Featuring a JASH standup showcase with Sarah Silverman and Reggie Watts, with a party to follow!…
Presenters
Eric Wareheim, Reggie Watts, Sarah Silverman, Tim Heidecker
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…
Presenters
Andrew Short, Eddie Pepitone, Emily Heller, James Adomian, Nate Bargatze, Nick Turner
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