Senator Moran will discuss the policy challenges startups face and how the startup community can engage with policy makers to enable innovation and help economic growth.……

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Greg Ferenstein, Jerry Moran

Hackers are changing the world. Civic hackers are changing our government. They use open data and civic apps to create new ways to engage our government. Come meet with civic hackers from around the country, to discuss t…

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Chip Rosenthal

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

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…

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Abhi Nemani, Bryan Walsh, Erika Diamond, Rachel Haot

Knight Foundation and the MIT Media Lab are sponsoring a gathering that includes a demo fair and live music!…

Every year, millions of citizens around the world are involved in a crowdsourcing effort in which they tell their governments where public money should be spent. Known as Participatory Budgeting (PB), this practice is mo…

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Marti Brown, Tiago Peixoto, Tim Bonnemann

The internet has transformed industries ranging widely from music to travel to retail, but in 2013 the way we govern ourselves continues to conform to the practices that early citizen farmers would recognize. Technology…

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Betsy Hoover, Ginny Hunt, Jennifer Pahlka, Nick Grossman

Follow Doc’s DeLorean to National Geographic Channel’s party to celebrate the 80s and today, featuring Girl Talk. In advance of its upcoming series, the party pays homage to the decade that made us. How did Jane Fonda pa…

Chris Hayes will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy”. Christopher Hayes is editor at large of The Nation and host of Up w/ Chris Hayes on MSNBC. From 2…

The opening of government has already yielded new tools that can help citizens to start their own businesses and engage in successful projects, while helping the government and the market operate more efficiently. This …

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Amanda Eamich, Gadi Ben-Yehuda, Karen Trebon, Mary Krakowiak

Building new movements is a challenge common to the arts, social change and startup worlds. In each case, barriers to entrepreneurship have fallen dramatically, and as a result, the scarcest commodity has become commitme…

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Andy Ross, Eli Pariser, Eytan Oren, Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky), James Slezak