This session will cover the role and impact of data science in music discovery for both independent and major labels. Hear how algorithms are predicting the success of an artist, what metrics are most effective at this, …
A basic foundation of animation is story but in an industry where the technology is constantly evolving, how are animation professionals bringing characters and story worlds to life? Join the discussion with those workin…
Intermediate
Presenters
Darcy Prendergast, Ryan Quincy, Saschka Unseld, John Bernstein
You have an idea for a music app, and now all you need to do is talk to the labels about licensing their songs, build a back-end platform to host them, figure out how to make money, and avoid a lawsuit from the RIAA. Is …
Presenters
Cheryl Lucanegro, Cindy Charles, Eric Davich, Frank Johnson, Brian Hirsh
The music business has changed...and keeps changing. Some of the most successful folks building, investing in, and using the tools that are making a real impact in the day to day lives of musicians will discuss what it t…
Presenters
Brian Zisk, Genevieve Jewell, Josh Deutsch, Katie McMahon, Chris Wiltsee
As more and more music fans are turning to their mobile devices to listen to music, learn about their favorite artists and share their experiences, it has become increasingly important for app builders and developers to…
Come meet and hang out with musicians and artists involved in making Chiptune, music made using video game systems and vintage computers. Hosted by Austin's own chiptune artist Sievert.…
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…
Combining fresh and pithy life lessons, often just a sentence or two, with deceptively simple diagrams and graphs, HOW TO BE INTERESTING is an inspiring guide that shows you how to lead a richer life.
Passionate, positi…
Combining fresh and pithy life lessons, often just a sentence or two, with deceptively simple diagrams and graphs, HOW TO BE INTERESTING is an inspiring guide that shows you how to lead a richer life.
Passionate, positi…
As an exploration of the intersection of art and technology, the panel will present and discuss several large-scale sculptures that strongly leverage various forms of engineering. Consisting of a mix of artists and engin…
Intermediate
Presenters
Heather Shaw, Jen Lewin, John Taylor, Maurice Conti
Today we live in a world where the exponential progression of technology is increasingly shrinking the lag time between what we can imagine and what we can create. We are rapidly converging to become a civilization of n…
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…
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
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. Design…
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…
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
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 pra…
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…
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…
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 …
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 go…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Enough of caped crusaders, crazed criminals and post-apocalyptic kooks! Despite talk of graphic novels as a maturing, alternative art form, most of the genre is still dedicated to elementary entertainment...but that is c…
Poetry, stories, and speeches aren’t just what we read or what we hear - they're how we make meaning and celebrate history. Hundreds of thousands of spoken text audio files - including poetry readings, American Indian s…
People spend a lot of time thinking about their ideas. It’s impossible not to. Because ideas live in the same place they are born: inside our heads.
In fact, the inside of the creative mind can feel like a sort of or…
Join Nora Herting and Kelly Kingman of ImageThink, the driving force behind OgilvyNotes in SXs past, for an informal mixer of visual thinkers and sketchnoters. Grab a free sketchbook, geek out over your favorite pens and…
If technology is a pimp, our language is its favorite bitch. The tricks that our words are asked to turn on the streets of social media and online publishing are lauded in our dictionaries and style guides. Googling and …
Advanced
Presenters
Gail Marie, Kristina Eastham, Neal Ungerleider, Sean Carton
We are fortunate to live in a time where there is a delicious wealth of scientific information available to us online. People now "like" scientists on Facebook, along with the expected rock stars and actors. Unfortunatel…
One of the latest genres in New Media art is that of Augmented Reality, or the overlay of digital content onto physical reality through the use of smart phones and computer vision. Marshall McLuhan heralded artists as e…
With over 8 million social media followers (G+, FB, Pinterest, Twitter), Trey Ratcliff has been doing something different with photography and sharing over the past six years. He publishes StuckInCustoms.com, which is t…
ConnectiCity aims at gaining deeper understandings about the near future scenarios of cities and citizens. A vision on human-centered smart cities.
A narrative experience through experiments, prototypes and services whic…
The publishing industry is evolving as authors, indie app and game creators and musicians are empowered to self-publish and distribute real time, on demand content to millions of potential customers. There are more oppor…
Beginner
Presenters
Aaron Rubenson, John Densmore, Libby Johnson Mckee, Steve Carpenter
Are you a poster maker, screen printer, designer, or fan of all things print? Meet up and chat with some of Austin's current poster artists and designers. FREE screen printed poster to the first 50 attendees.…
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…
Margarita Benitez and Markus Vogl work within a collaborative art praxis called //benitez_vogl. //benitez_vogl concentrates on open source projects such as the development of the open source loom, interactive installatio…
Last year, only 45 African American students took the Computer Science AP exam in California, a state known for being a hub of innovation. Hear from the White House and Level Playing Field Institute about innovative ways…
Photography is the bread and butter of content. Connecting photographers with a community of other photographers has become one of the most valuable and interesting communities on the web over the past 7 years. Sharing m…
The emergence of incredibly strong and meaningful social relationships being formed by a community through a collective elaboration of meaning, especially when it's related to the pop culture arts and creative collaborat…
The way you store, tag and preserve your media is key to the long-term viability of your creative work. And while this is a technical process, it's also intrinsic to the creative process. If it's done well, good media ma…
Complex stories and information can often be difficult to explain. Presented poorly, they can come across as too dense or intimidating to understand. And that can leave you and your audience frustrated.
Join our panelist…
In the era of today's socially-driven Web, being first to discover breaking trends, opinions and news is a major strategic advantage. But search engines can only show us what has happened in the past; they can not see th…
In 2005, Etsy made a splash, allowing anyone with knitting needles to reach an audience, and MySpace helped musicians like Adele get their big breaks. While the internet has long aided creators trying to get the word out…
Beginner
Presenters
Claire Mazur, Danielle Strle, Jamie Beck, Jen Bekman
The Sketchbook Project is a constantly evolving library of handmade artists’ books, contributed by more than 22,000 people from 130+ countries. The Project encourages creative people from diverse backgrounds — working ar…
The online and offline worlds are now melting together, thanks to smartphones and social media. But as our life shifts into the cloud, we’re starting to realize that 0s and 1s lack the tangibility and permanence of paper…
A geek’s breakdown of the history of comic books and the parallels and principles to modern experience design.
From their shared roots in the 1930s and 40s, with Siegel and Shuster’s Superman ushering in a Golden Age an…
Inspiration comes to us free of charge. But that’s just the start of the creative process. Making a work of art, launching a business or even starting a career requires a holistic mental and emotional skill set. Josh Go…
Chris Ruppel demonstrates some bleeding-edge creative concepts you can achieve using CSS3. Examples aren't as practical as they are inspiring, showing off the possibilities of CSS3 and touching on components like animati…
All design requires some speculation—after all, a designer must predict an individual’s uncertain reaction to her work. What of design that teaches by speculating on what our future might look like? Orwell and Huxley hav…
One of the core missions of the SXSW Interactive Festival is to showcase those who use their creativity and artistic talent to make the world a better place. With this ideal in mind, we are excited to have Matthew Inman …
Matthew Inman will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You” and “5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)” following his Ke…
The Smile Epidemic session will teach us how to shift our limited attention, using an innovative, science-based social sharing tool that increases levels of happiness in individuals and organizations. Pro-athlete and Fou…
The last few decades of the American theater have seen a rapid growth in the number of ‘devising ensembles’—playwrights, actors, directors, and designers working together in collaborative groups to develop plays. It's ag…
Music City is developing far beyond the major label country business. Artists are finding creative support and a business infrastructure that is unique. The panel will provide an in-depth discussion of why Nashville is t…
Presenters
Andrew Colvin, John Strohm, Paul Roper, Robert Clement, Howell O'Rear
What role does music play in a successful advertising campaign? What opportunities are there for artists beyond the licensing of their existing tracks? Industry insiders discuss how music in advertising impacts both the …
There was a time when artists working with brands was seen as a sell out. To be fair, many of the early sponsorship deals were badly planned and executed. Promoters too, have not always managed to marry live music with b…
Presenters
Anthony Flores, Doug Palladini, Matt Bennett, Nick Sabine, Joe Edwards
In 2012, Pepsi re-ignited its marketing efforts around the voice of the now generation with Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and others driving significant content and media exposure. How do these powerhouse brands decide what’s …
Presenters
Javier Farfan, Megan Healy, Paul Jankowski, Stalley , Bozoma Saint John
Hear non-traditional advice and first-hand experience on how artists and brands of today are creating merchandise-driven revenue streams. Examine creative ideas for branded merchandising, from 360 major label record deal…
Presenters
Alexandra Starlight, Simi Dube, Vincent Wilburn Jr, Zachary James, Amanda Mcintyre-Chavis
Over the last forty years, headphones have transformed from clunky portable music accessories to a ubiquitous form of branding. Now that tech companies are racing to make the entire entertainment universe fit inside your…
Presenters
Ed Cotton, Keir Dillon, Richard Ngo-Tran, John Verrochi
Academy Award® winning director Danny Boyle has spent the past 20 years pushing the creative boundaries in filmmaking with work as diverse as Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours and most recently as Artistic…
So you went to film school but you're not a filmmaker - now what? Hear from 5 young(ish) film nerds who navigated their way to interesting positions at interesting companies and organizations, working in criticism, progr…
Beginner
Presenters
Dan Schoenbrun, Farihah Zaman, Kate Hurwitz, Nicholas Kemp, Sara Kiener
What's the next step after directing one of the biggest films of the year? Gather some of your favorite actor friends in your home to film a contemporary take on a Shakespeare classic! Directly following the SXSW US Prem…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Clark Gregg, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Adam B Vary
Hear first hand from previous SXSW filmmakers, producers and distributors about their journey with films from festivals and beyond. From fielding offers, to signing and making deals, to getting projects out there for the…
Beginner
Presenters
Mac McLean, Matthew A Cherry, Nicolas Gonda, Aaron Hillis
Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development, The Hangover) returns to SXSW Film 2013, continuing the tradition of his much loved acting and life workshop where he breaks down the performing process and explores the practical an…
Beginner
Presenters
Jeffrey Tambor, Lindsay Burdge, Michael Stahl-David
Matthew McConaughey is one of Hollywood’s most sought after leading men - whose chance meeting in Austin with casting director and producer Don Phillips led him to director Richard Linklater, who launched his career in t…
Films are finding success abroad today - how do you make your film viable abroad, find the right distributor and capitalize on International markets? Find out here.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Pl…
Beginner
Presenters
Andy Whittaker, Christine Davila, Cristina Garza, Danny Rhee, Diego Marambio, Hugues Barbier, Martijn Te Pas, Sheena Morjaria
Catch an exclusive sneak peek of the first episode of Bates Motel, the thrilling new series from A&E starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore. The contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film “Psycho,” promises to g…
In the constantly evolving landscape of independent film, sustaining a career can be a tricky process - from choosing the right projects and the right people to work with to ensuring your voice is heard above an ever inc…
Beginner
Presenters
Alex Karpovsky, Amy Seimetz, Bryan Poyser, Craig Zobel, Kat Candler, Megan Gilbride
From visionary director Harmony Korine, comes a bold new vision of the seasonal American ritual known as spring break. Korine, joined by his cast, will discuss what it was to film amidst real-life revelers and create one…
Beginner
Presenters
Ashley Benson, Harmony Korine, Rachel Korine, Selena Gomez, Eric Kohn
For 48 hours, a fan video for the Miami band Jacuzzi Boys took the internet by storm. The video featuring singing vaginas, used as puppets and dressed like various pop icons, amassed almost 700,000 views on YouTube while…
Every filmmaker has a story to tell. Get advice, or share those stories with experienced filmmakers in our Narrative Filmmaker Mentor category.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge holders …
Beginner
Presenters
Cherie Saulter, David Lowery, Jennifer Cochis, Kelly Broad, Kristoffer Aaron Morgan, Kyle Henry, Robert Byington, Todd Rohal
It's never been easier for people to independently make and share their creative work. With the rise of Kickstarter and other methods, the financing of creative works is now in the hands of creators too. Kickstarter cofo…
SXSW Film and Music are excited to present Nick Cave in Conversation with New York based author Larry Ratso Sloman.
Nick Cave is an internationally acclaimed author, composer, screenwriter and actor. In recent years, C…
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Spend 90 amazing minutes in the company of Academy Award-nominated animator and self-distribution pioneer Don Hertzfeldt, who has seamlessly combined his three renowned shorts — Everything Will Be OK (2006), I Am So Prou…
Have a question about beginning a project? In the middle and stuck? Meet with industry professionals who have experience aiding artists every step of the way.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum…
Beginner
Presenters
Chris Horton, Cullen Conly, Holly Herrick, Lindsey Ramey, Matt Bolish, Michael A Behrens, Nancy Schafer, Teresa Hollingsworth
An auteur filmmaker with unlimited vision, Rob Zombie’s unique voice has gained him unparalleled recognition across the mediums of film, music and publishing. Zombie’s most recent cinematic feat, The Lords of Salem, is …
Giving the audience the chance to go in-depth and experience the story in a different way alongside the film, join Rob Zombie as he signs copies of his latest book, The Lords of Salem and make sure to catch the film as a…
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Being well-branded and communicating that brand efficiently to the specific buyers of that brand is critically important so that you can relax and concentrate on the craft that inspired you in the first place.
Join Los …
Intermediate
Presenters
Beth Sepko, Bonnie Gillespie, Caroline O'Connor, Rochelle Rose
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Capital Ballroom
Saturday, March 9
11:00AM -12:00PM
With the increase and development of mobile technology and digital platforms allowing anyone with a smart phone the ability to point, shoot and share - filmmaking is at the most accessible point it's ever been. Content c…
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Capital Ballroom
Saturday, March 9
12:30PM - 1:30PM
The production landscape is changing yet again. With so many format and quality options, and now the new 4K resolution option…how do you know what the best path will be for your project? In addition to a clear overview o…
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Capital Ballroom
Sunday, March 10
11:00AM -12:00PM
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a video worth? With the rise of video-enabled smart phones and social media distribution channels available for sharing with a single click, when do we reach the tipping p…
Beginner
Presenters
Greg Kostello, John Biggs, Jostein Svendsen, Oren Boiman, Alexia Tsotsis
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Capital Ballroom
Sunday, March 10
12:30PM - 1:30PM
From funding to production, distribution to viewing, the opportunities for participating in filmmaking today that allow filmmakers to connect with and relate to their audiences in new and exciting ways are endless.
Join…
Intermediate
Presenters
Blake Whitman, Jamie Wilkinson, Simon Klose, Liz Miller
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Capital Ballroom
Monday, March 11
11:00AM -12:00PM
Video is a powerful way to tell and share stories. Organizations around the globe are finding innovative ways to use collaborative video storytelling to make a difference in the world. With the explosion of online video …
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Capital Ballroom
Monday, March 11
12:30PM - 1:30PM
One of the most accessible pieces of equipment for filmmakers is the DSLR camera. At the right budget range for most independent filmmakers, they offer the ability to not only have professionally looking film, but becaus…
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Capital Ballroom
Tuesday, March 12
11:00AM -12:00PM
What are the biggest changes disrupting filmmaking today? From equipment to accessories to apps, the explosion and subsequent interweaving of film and technology is changing the filmmaking landscape at a frenetic pace. J…
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Capital Ballroom
Tuesday, March 12
12:30PM - 1:30PM
There are over 1 billion people now with HD video phones connected through social networks… Could this make for an explosion of collaborative filmmaking? This session will explore the latest mobile platforms for making c…
RSVP Required - Join web and mobile experts in an all day Hackathon for Social Good, an awesome opportunity for programmers, UX practitioners and designers meet to work collaboratively to build programs and applications.…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brad Smith, Jennifer Jones, Lisa Goddard, Maria Aloy Ciller
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…
In 2008, at least 6 million Americans didn't vote because they missed or didn't know their voter registration deadline.
In 2012, the first-ever National Voter Registration Day set out to fix that, and in the process wou…
Enjoy some time with other mindful health practitioners, and get the details on what other wellness panels, presentations, and resources are available during SXSW. Bring your ideas for healthy living during the conferenc…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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
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,…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
Being able to visualize large collections of data is absolutely vital in the domain of cultural heritage—both for scholarly work and public consumption. Recent work explores novel and engaging ways to visualize and explo…
Beginner
Presenters
Andy van Dam, Anne Balsamo, Donald Brinkman, Ethan Watrall
The annual Allied Media Conference in Detroit, MI convenes 2,000 artists, activists, educators, and technologists, all sharing media strategies for a more justice, creative, and collaborative world. The Allied Media Conf…
Are you ready to have your mind, body and soul transformed, to find transcendence, enlightenment, and inner peace? Well, good for you! This lecture, reading, and discussion, on the other hand, will be about 40 percent fa…
Three million girls a year in Africa alone are at risk of female genital cutting (FGC) and 140 million women worldwide live with the harmful consequences of this human rights violation. FGC is a social norm, and it is ch…
Citizen journalism through social media platforms helps deliver truth into mainstream reporting and ensure community safety in places with oppressive regimes. But what happens when, as in Mexico today, truth in reporting…
Information Literacy is the ability identify an information need and to locate and evaluate appropriate resources to satisfy this need. As more and more information and communication has moved online information literacy…
I’m an engineer. That doesn’t just describe my training or my job description, it’s who I am. I look at the world through a scientific, analytical lens, and when I identify problems, I prototype ways to solve them. Engin…
Kristin and Dannielle, founders of the advice website and youth outreach organization Everyone Is Gay, will discuss the role of cyber bullying in our online communities and share stories from several youth who have expe…
If there's one piece of advice to keep as much personal data to yourself as possible, it's this: FAKE IT and don't become a datasexual! Separate the professional You from the private You, use pseudonyms, aliases and fict…
If there's one piece of advice to keep as much personal data to yourself as possible, it's this: FAKE IT and don't become a datasexual! Separate the professional You from the private You, use pseudonyms, aliases and fict…
Human beings are advanced dynamic systems. Each of us interfaces with our emotions differently. Consequently, we interface with each other in desirable and undesirable ways through various access points. My process throu…
We are seeing a paradigm shift in the way users are spending their time online and especially in their online purchases. Consumers are buying and advocating for purposeful brands and not letting their Internet behavior g…
Like any other large-scale project, Breaking the Guinness World Record for the Longest Barrel of Monkeys chain was not easy. At various points every element broke down: the venue backed out, we didn't raise enough money,…
On December 10th, 2011, after a week of small-scale demonstrations, Russia saw some of the largest protests in Moscow since the 1990s.
Participate in the insight into the role that social media played in the Russian prot…
Have we all lost our perspective with modern life? The water in our toilets is cleaner than nearly a billion have to drink and we need to do something about it. Sorry it's not about drilling more holes in the ground. It'…
Non-profits are in a constant state of fundraising to keep afloat and to fund valuable programs that benefit the community. Marketing is key to building a successful enterprise whether the enterprise is a for profit or a…
OUR STORY. Two years ago at the 1st edition of the Storyworld conference&expo, the world’s first Transmedia Meetup of Meetups was quickly thrown together by members of the forming international Transmedia community.
OBJ…
Anne Balsamo will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Designing Culture: The Technological Imagination at Work”.
Anne Balsamo's work focuses on the relationship between the culture and technology. This focus i…
Should the news be more like "The Newsroom?" Join this CNN-led discussion on the intersection of news and advocacy. We'll look at ways both news orgs and non-profits are working to engage their digital audiences with sma…
Intermediate
Presenters
Amanda Kloer, Ben Montgomery, John Sutter, Jonathan Hutson
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 …
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…
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…
As social media platforms evolve and multiply, so too do the instances of online bullying. The epidemic has reached a crisis point in American culture, with nearly one in three kids reporting instances of bullying. The p…
3D experiences are pushing their way into the classroom as media-savvy students move from textbooks to digital experiences and the technologies they’ve grown up with. As the ultimate time machine, 3D environments can lit…
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…
RSVP Required - This workshop will dramatically demonstrate how the practice of measurement, social media, social change, and networks have evolved over the past 5 years. In 2009, the "Social Media ROI Poetry Slam" SXS…
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…
Let's deconstruct & design actionable ideas about why Libraries, Archives, and Museums within the SXSW conversation is important -- beyond rubbing shoulders with meme-enablers and tool creators. You'll leave with new par…
Jon’s part of London was ransacked in 2011’s riots, so what did he do on the event’s anniversary? First thought: How do we teach the rioters a lesson? Instead, he answered a less obvious question: What lessons can market…
Peer-to-peer marketplaces for offline services face a big UX challenge: users' experiences depend on other users, not just the company. But these platforms still live or die on the quality of the experiences they deliver…
Technology is changing the world and enabling people from anywhere to connect and share experiences that create wonder and inspire. Skype’s social good initiative, Skype in the classroom (SITC), is an example of how tech…
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” That sentiment has always applied to the LIVESTRONG Foundation, a cancer non-profit known for its entre…
Get together with sustainability professionals and other like-minded individuals to discuss solutions to the issues facing our economy, the environment, and civil society. Network, brainstorm, and discover how SXSW Eco …
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 …
Sexual commerce has a history of driving technological innovation: porn and early camera adoption, porn and VHS, porn and high-speed internet demand... While sexual media often fuels technological growth, the "oldest pro…
In 2011, Sam Fox, then 24, ran 2,650 miles from Canada to Mexico in 61 days -- the equivalent of 1.5 marathons a day for two months. Inspired by his mother Lucy, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2000, his jo…
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…
We now know that technology plays an important role in activism, allowing for ease of communication and the rallying of support, among other things. In the 2009 Iran protests and the current conflicts in Syria and Sudan…
Advanced
Presenters
Ahmed Ghappour, Jillian York, Sahar Sabet, Trevor Timm
Artists, designers, developers, investors, entrepreneurs, and academics throw around the term “remix,” rarely considering what this indicates about changes in our epistemologies. Although originating with the rise of dig…
Group Yoga Practice gives everyone a chance to learn from each other! Jennilyn Carson, of YogaDork fame, will lead the group in a series of poses and help out the beginners in the class. This class structure assumes a ba…
Low-resolution displays. Limited input capabilities. Frustrating voice interaction. Distracted users. A neverending array of devices. The mobile environment in 2012? Or is it how users with disabilities have dealt with t…
In conversation with Leslie Wolke, Jake Barton, founder and principal of Local Projects will walk through the case study of "Change by Us," an open source application with its first project up and running for New York Ci…
Writer and disrupter Rachel Sklar talks to assorted high-profile leaders in media, tech & entrepreneurship about the interplay between diversity, meritocracy, privilege and innovation, and how the tech industry is transf…
The term “outcast” covers numerous demographic categories. It can represent the 54 million Americans currently living with a disability. It can refer to patients who live in isolation during long-term rehabilitation. It …
To the millions of travelers with special needs getting from one place to another has been an issue due to inaccessible routes or lack of information about the routes they intend to take. Research in accessible transport…
For decades, conflict prevention practitioners have searched for creative ways to bring about human connections that bridge opposed positions. Public information campaigns, reconciliation conferences and exchanges betwee…
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Presenters
Anne Kahl, Helena Puig Larrauri, Margarita Quihuis, Patrick Meier
This latest TV season brought us one woman impersonating an underage hooker in bed (Girls) and another woman smashing her date's head into a car window (Louis C.K.). These were not trashy housewives or the recently arres…
Intermediate
Presenters
Anna Camp, David Haglund, Noreen Malone, Sarah Shapiro, Alyssa Rosenberg
Once upon a time -- 2010, say -- building a TV section was easy. Figure out the 10 TV shows your readers like the best; hire a bunch of kids and pay them a hundred bucks to write recaps of those shows; watch the traffic …
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Presenters
Chris Rovzar, Jason Forbes, Stephanie Goodman, Willa Paskin, Dan Kois
Festivals and markets are as vital as ever in today's filmmaking scene. Learn what to do - and more importantly, what not to do - when it comes to festival submissions, festival attendance, and beyond for narrative films…
Beginner
Presenters
Anderson Le, David Nugent, Dosin Pak, Karen Arikian, Lane Kneedler, Michael Hayden, Stephanie Trepanier, Wim De Witte
There is a national conversation happening around movie violence -- from parents groups to politicians, everyone has a view about appropriate content in film. SXSW presents a discussion for filmmakers about the ratings …
Intermediate
Presenters
Joan Graves, Scott Weinberg, Travis Stevens, Vincenzo Natali, Alyssa Rosenberg
Bringing audiences inside the literal arena, sports filmmaking offers a unique inside look at the inherently relatable themes of triumph, tragedy, adversity and glory that go hand in hand with sports, where opponents are…
Intermediate
Presenters
Connor Schell, Ken Rodgers, Ross Greenburg, Michael Hogan
More and more films, whether documentary or narrative, are turning to found and archival footage to clarify a point, heighten a storyline and more. Out of the gate when considering using archival footage, the first quest…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Frye, Eva Orner, Josh Johnson, Rick Prelinger, Elizabeth Hansen
The long- running debate about the power of film to effect real change in the world has 'jumped the shark' through the commercial and results-oriented success of numerous documentary and narrative films. From the widespr…
Join Turk Pipkin, founder of the Nobelity Project and director of feature docs Nobelity, One Peace at a Time and Building Hope directly after his panel "The Power of Film (To Change the World)" at the South by Bookstore …
When Intellectual Property (IP) and Copyright laws were created, content was static – the idea of a world filled with shares, posts, pins and tweets was inconceivable. Today, anyone can be a content creator, making the w…
Intermediate
Presenters
Christian Castle, Jeff Roberts, Josh Wattles, Offir Gutelzon, Bill Rosenblatt
On August 30th, 2012 over 10,000 people gathered at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis for the first Internet Cat Video Festival (#catvidfest). What began as a social experiment testing the boundaries of online communi…
On August 30th, 2012 over 10,000 people gathered at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis for the first Internet Cat Video Festival (#catvidfest). What began as a social experiment testing the boundaries of online communi…
KUT-FM’s Austin Music Map (AMM) is a year-long exploration of the city's abundant and diverse musical subcultures. Blending on-line, broadcast, and street media, it’s one of 10 public media innovation projects that AIR i…
Get together with other travel writers and bloggers for an hour of brainstorming, networking and storytelling. Coolest passport stamp smackdown is optional. Travel and tourism industry reps also welcome.…
Building a web site doesn't guarantee that it will automatically be loved by search engines. Having some SEO (search engine optimization) savvy can be a big help. But SEO doesn't mean terrible design or black-magic trick…
Building a web site doesn't guarantee that it will automatically be loved by search engines. Having some SEO (search engine optimization) savvy can be a big help. But SEO doesn't mean terrible design or black-magic trick…
Can great technology and elegant UX solve the problem of how to fully engage audiences with online video while still providing a “lean back” viewing experience? Or are these two modes of experiencing media forever incomp…
How can we better understand how content circulates within contemporary networked culture? The collective decisions people make about whether to pass along content are profoundly reshaping the media landscape. Many conte…
Henry Jenkins will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture” and other titles he has authored following his panel “Spreadable Media: Value, M…
Joshua Green will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture” following his panel “Spreadable Media: Value, Meaning & Network Culture”.
Joshua…
Sam Ford will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture” following his panel “Spreadable Media: Value, Meaning & Network Culture”.
Sam Ford i…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 B2B technology providers…
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…
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
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…
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 mys…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Every minute, three days worth of content is uploaded to YouTube. Every four seconds, a New York Times story is tweeted or shared. With information overload, how does your brand break through the noise? How do you earn t…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ashley Brown, Dustee Jenkins, Gary Goldhammer, Jon Steinberg
Dharmesh Shah will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs (New Rules Social Media Series)” .…
Amit Singhal is SVP and Google Fellow overseeing Google Search. He’s currently leading Google's efforts to build more natural, conversational search that understands exactly what you mean and gives you back exactly what …
The advent of the Web marked the best and worst of times for journalism: Hyper-local and citizen news, the decline of print and rise of pay walls, reporters learning new skills as well as learning how to be "brands." The…
Advanced
Presenters
James Grimaldi, Kevin Helliker, Laura Sturaitis, Liv Buli
Print is dead. Long live print. Tom Pain's 21st century pamphlet connects to the internet to showcase user generated content from activists in Syria and bloggers in Preston (UK). The web gets physical with Interactive Ne…
The first wave of web was text. Remember Julie Powell's famous food blog -- and how it had no pictures? Along came a more visual web soon after, and now, anyone can be a visual curator with the help of Pinterest. But the…
Beginner
Presenters
Camille Styles, Christian Remde, Jillian St Charles
The first wave of web was text. Remember Julie Powell's famous food blog -- and how it had no pictures? Along came a more visual web soon after, and now, anyone can be a visual curator with the help of Pinterest. But the…
Beginner
Presenters
Camille Styles, Christian Remde, Jillian St Charles, Tolly Moseley
Why do Cheerios generate more word of mouth than Disney World? Which emotional responses prompt a person to share a link to an article? Jonah Berger, a Wharton marketing professor and author of CONTAGIOUS: WHY THINGS CAT…
Why do Cheerios generate more word of mouth than Disney World? Which emotional responses prompt a person to share a link to an article? Jonah Berger, a Wharton marketing professor and author of CONTAGIOUS: WHY THINGS CAT…
eatPGH is a blog about Pittsburgh food started by four ladies in 2009. Delicious food and fresh, fun perspective was the name of the game for three years. The gals blogged with the burgeoning Pittsburgh food community an…
Intermediate
Presenters
Julia Gongaware, Laura Zorch, Mandy McFadden, Sarah Sudar
Jonah Berger will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Contagious: Why Things Catch On” following his book reading session.
Professor Jonah Berger, of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania,…
No matter how you do the math, there’s no ROI on a video that doesn’t get any views. So you just have to make your video go ‘viral’, right? But counting on a video to go viral effortlessly is not so different from planni…
Advanced
Presenters
Bettina Hein, Eduardo Tobon, Kevin Doohan, Rob Ciampa
No matter how you do the math, there’s no ROI on a video that doesn’t get any views. So you just have to make your video go ‘viral’, right? But counting on a video to go viral effortlessly is not so different from planni…
Advanced
Presenters
Bettina Hein, Eduardo Tobon, Kevin Doohan, Rob Ciampa
The old model of brand building and product distribution of physical goods has changed. No longer do you need to introduce via traditional media channels (commercials, trade press, long lead placements in magazines) or p…
Advanced
Presenters
Abe Burmeister, Colin Nagy, David Lange, Erica Cerulo
Guy Kawasaki will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book” following his Featured session.
Guy Kawasaki is the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchan…
This panel will discuss copyright in the wake of SOPA/PIPA: how law gets made, how it impacts innovation, and how it interacts with civil liberties, particularly free speech & privacy. It consists of Andrew Bridges, Marg…
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Presenters
Andrew Bridges, Derek Khanna, Margot Kaminski, Wendy Seltzer
As newspapers bolt meters onto their sites and juicy narratives end up locked inside apps, will the village common become segregated into info have-and-have-nots. Will certain kinds of content become a luxury good?
The …
In the 1960's, advertising went through a creative revolution that changed how brand stories were told.
Today, it's happening again. We're in the midst of a second creative revolution, this time driven by art, copy and …
Beginner
Presenters
Aman Govil, Ben Malbon, Kevin Mayer, Winston Binch
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…
For web series professionals, this Meet Up is the opportunity to mingle and network with your peers from across the country. This can be especially helpful for web series creators who would like to establish professional…
Many comedians and fans alike consider the comedy stage a sacred
place, where the dark, offensive, sacrilegious and even stupid can and
should remain uncensored. But what does free speech mean in the age of
iPhones, Face…
Intermediate
Presenters
Eddie Pepitone, Janine Brito, Joe Garden, W Kamau Bell
Steve Jobs was famously quoted as saying “You watch television to turn your brain off and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.” The rapidly evolving field of Social TV is turning the belief that…
Advanced
Presenters
David Beck, Hermione Way, Jason Hoch, Jesse Redniss
Steve Jobs was famously quoted as saying “You watch television to turn your brain off and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.” The rapidly evolving field of Social TV is turning the belief that…
Advanced
Presenters
David Beck, Hermione Way, Jason Hoch, Jesse Redniss
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…
Advanced
Presenters
Andy Carvin, Ayman Mohyeldin, Jim Frederick, Meredith Artley
Talk one-on-one with Steve Peters about any topic you choose! Second-screen applications, transmedia storytelling, monetization, ARGs, cigars, anything! Questions, suggestions, pitches, advice or just a chat.…
Trust in traditional news sources is at an all-time low. Trust in new start-up newsrooms is even lower. Why is this? Craig Newmark (yes, that Craig Newmark) and Kelly McBride of The Poynter Institute last year gathered s…
Throughout its 40-year history, PBS has been a pioneer- taking television content to new heights, bringing audiences to the edge of the universe and back, and encouraging generations of children to imagine the vast vist…
Julia Gongaware will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Selling Food Lovers' Guide to Pittsburgh” following her Panel session.
Julia Gongaware is an accomplished eater and holds a master’s degree in Jou…
Laura Zorch will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Selling Food Lovers' Guide to Pittsburgh” following her Panel session.
Laura Zorch has never met a sugary treat she didn’t like. Fact: Her body is com…
Amanda McFadden will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Selling Food Lovers' Guide to Pittsburgh” following her Panel session.
Amanda McFadden has a lifelong goal to eat her way across the continental U…
Sarah Sudar will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Selling Food Lovers' Guide to Pittsburgh” following her Panel session.
Sarah Sudar is passionate about two food groups: cupcakes and french fries, and…
George W. Bush & Steven Tyler. Honey Boo Boo & Suri Cruise. What do these pairs of people have in common? Absolutely nothing. But for some reason, marketers continue to aim cookie-cutter marketing at them based on the ou…
Advanced
Presenters
Ann Zimmerman, Bonin Bough, Joe Magnacca, Todd Morris
RSVP Required - Organizing digital content not only makes it easier to find and use — it creates new opportunities. Our thriving media environment would not be feasible without standardized formats such as MP3, CD Audio,…
Intermediate
Presenters
Andrew Kuklewicz, Anne Wootton, Bailey Smith, Dave Rice
Official websites are now a major player in the sporting landscape. Sports teams now see themselves as media organizations – offering news that competes with more traditional outlets such as print and television. (And th…
Official websites are now a major player in the sporting landscape. Sports teams now see themselves as media organizations – offering news that competes with more traditional outlets such as print and television. (And th…
Director of post production at CollegeHumor.com Michael Schaubach and composer Cheryl B. Engelhardt will examine the process of creating online hits like "The Fresh Prince of Downton Abbey" and "Katy Perry Puppet Sex" as…
Director of post production at CollegeHumor.com Michael Schaubach and composer Cheryl B. Engelhardt will examine the process of creating online hits like "The Fresh Prince of Downton Abbey" and "Katy Perry Puppet Sex" as…
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
David Weinberger, Jason Priem, Lissa Harris, Marguerite Avery
A quick summary of (1) the current Internet standards for identity from the IETF and other relevant organizations, including OAuth2 and OpenID Connect; and (2) adoption trends and market predictions for both consumer and…
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…
Through advances in artificial intelligence and data science, Web sites and apps are evolving. There is a new breed of “robot” applications focused entirely on working on our behalf. Search robots like Siri turn mobile d…
Through advances in artificial intelligence and data science, Web sites and apps are evolving. There is a new breed of “robot” applications focused entirely on working on our behalf. Search robots like Siri turn mobile d…
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Colin Anderson, Helen Zaltzman, Jesse Thorn, Roman Mars
You produce data that can help influence positive social change, but you don’t necessarily have personal stories that can illustrate those data in an easy-to-understand way. So how do you get people to care about your da…
Kim Dotcom, the Megaupload founder busted by New Zealand police under FBI and US DOJ supervision and awaiting extradition to the United States and a potential 55 years in jail for copyright violation, piracy, conspiracy …
Kim Dotcom, the Megaupload founder busted by New Zealand police under FBI and US DOJ supervision and awaiting extradition to the United States and a potential 55 years in jail for copyright violation, piracy, conspiracy …
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…
Have you ever thought about how that double play gets blasted to MLB headquarters in NYC, edited and buzzed back for instant replay on your TV and mobile device? MLB has worked for years to perfect the art of getting cli…
RSVP Required - Social Media is evolving and storytelling is going to be next great tool to engage customers. Not sure you know what we mean?
Most of today’s content strategies involve publishing hundred of bits of cont…
In the age of constantly evolving news, newsrooms are confronted by the dilemma of how to archive their content for posterity. This is especially true in the case of breaking news as the stories change rapidly — both whe…
In the age of constantly evolving news, newsrooms are confronted by the dilemma of how to archive their content for posterity. This is especially true in the case of breaking news as the stories change rapidly — both whe…
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 …
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 …
Can a spoonful of sugar really help the medicine go down? How successful is issue-based “product placement” at motivating consumers to think differently about a social issue or inspire change? In this panel, senior level…
Beginner
Presenters
, Anastasia Goodstein, Lindsay Guetschow, Rick Rey
Today, more than 80 percent of time spent with mobile media happens via apps. How do you design a best in class mobile experience when the primary use case is for the ears?
This interactive session will put top app deve…
Pandora’s CTO, Tom Conrad, will sit down with MG Siegler from TechCrunch for a no-holds-barred Q&A session focusing on all things music and tech. Nothing will be off limits, and hot topics will include what Pandora is re…
Get together with other Big Data professionals 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 -- or…
CLE. As technology companies develop new products and services that enable consumers to access and consume music and movies in new ways and places, at the time and choosing of the user, are copyright owners being cheated…
When Louis C.K. released his comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater" by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than a cautiously optimistic experiment. In just 12 days, it reaped more than $1 million. Alre…
When Louis C.K. released his comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater" by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than a cautiously optimistic experiment. In just 12 days, it reaped more than $1 million. Alre…
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…
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…
When SXSW Interactive began, blogging was new, people still sent email
forwards, and print media stocks were at record highs. The South By
crowd knew a big change was coming but the rest of the world didn't.
Now the cha…
CLE. This presentation will focus on cutting edge developments in the digital music licensing arena, including a deep dive into trends related to licenses with record companies for digital services, recent changes in U.S…
Now more than ever the power of independent publishing through e-books is advancing! Austin author/musician Jesse Sublett and digital/publishing advisor Nettie Reynolds host this networking session with eBook authors, pu…
Eric Cheng has been exploring the limits of photography as a world-renowned underwater photographer and founder of WetPixel.com, traveling hundreds of feet underwater to capture rare and beautiful creatures. As the Dire…
Eric Cheng has been exploring the limits of photography as a world-renowned underwater photographer and founder of WetPixel.com, traveling hundreds of feet underwater to capture rare and beautiful creatures. As the Dire…
Historically, innovation in sex-related technology has spurred innovation in mainstream technology. In 2013, is this still the case? If so, what are the trends, memes, patterns and shifts in the adult world that we will …
A year ago, Forbes introduced Daniel Ek to the world by putting him on the cover of its inaugural "30 Under 30" issue. Now the story's author interviews Ek, perhaps the most disruptive force in music right now, about the…
A year ago, Forbes introduced Daniel Ek to the world by putting on the cover of its inaugural "30 Under 30" issue. Now the story's author interviews Ek, perhaps the most disruptive force in music right now, about the fut…
Get together with other folks in the SEO industry for an hour of brainstorming, idea-building, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry.…
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
Learn about the nuts and bolts of the all-important packaging, marketing and selling of your film. Who you are selling to? How do you land that buyer? Who picks up the tab? Find out here.
Mentor session signup is ope…
Beginner
Presenters
Hailey Wierengo, Jeff Deutchman, Keri Safran, Nicholas Ogiony, Peter Jarowey, Peter Trinh, Peter Van Steemburg, Ryan Kampe
There are countless legal pitfalls inherent in the world of film and video. Meet one on one with legal specialists for invaluable information to save you from costly problems in the future.
Mentor session signup is open…
Beginner
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Anne Moebes, Annie Lin, Charles Prince, Dan Satorius, Deena Kalai, Emilio Nicolas, George Rush, Michael Saleman
Working in the film industry means you are a part of the stream of writers, directors, actors, cinematographers, etc. trying to ensure their current or next project is seen and heard. At what point should you seriously c…
Fair Use is an important doctrine allowing use of copyrighted works without the owner’s consent in certain situations. But documentary filmmakers and producers of online content under utilize the fair use doctrine in the…
Executive producer and host of Bravo Media’s “Watch What Happens Live,” Andy Cohen, along with executive producer Michael Davies discuss the evolution of the show from a web series to a five night a-week, on-air success.…
Executive producer and host of Bravo Media’s “Watch What Happens Live,” Andy Cohen, along with executive producer Michael Davies discuss the evolution of the show from a web series to a five night a-week, on-air success.…
Smart people need smart toys, and SXSW is full of tech experts who know how to have fun!
Toys for Techies is a meet up for folks that share a fondness for all things plastic and interactive.
Mixing work and play is w…
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
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…
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Kent Novak, Marshall Capps, Paul Salvini, William Hurley
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 p…
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…
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
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 …
Bike Hugger is bike culture blogged and we're in town to meet with you about the bike. We'll talk tech, geekery, and the rides we're doing here in Austin. You're welcome to join us on those too.…
Molly Crabapple - visual artist, and Kim Boekbinder - musician, are both champions of the crowd funding age. Both have received international praise and recognition for their groundbreaking work in their respective mediu…
Over the past year and a half, media (websites, TV, books) created by women has often been accused of being too girly. When women's sites XOJane.com and Hello Giggles launched in May of 2011, journalist Tricia Romano wro…
Beginner
Presenters
Anna Holmes, Deborah Schoeneman, Margaret Johnson, Rebecca Fernandez
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…
We live in an increasingly connected world. Constant streams of tweets, status-updates and check-ins have brought humanity closer together than ever.
We've entered an era with an emphasis on creating and unifying - wher…
The critically acclaimed host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” and one of America’s leading progressive voices makes her SXSW debut. The cable news star brings her signature wit and intelligence to this wide-ranging d…
To bring about a more social experience in the workplace, we created Arnie - the world's first talking beer vending machine. Arnie is fully automated, intelligent and works on the seventeenth floor at Arnold Worldwide. …
Sponsored by Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Imagine a world in which everything you say and do, and how your body responds, is tracked and analyzed.
Our panel features speakers who have imagined that world and worked to cr…
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…
"Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give him a bank and he can rob the world."
Cronyism and dishonesty are rampant, from phonying up the Libor rate to profiting from insider trading. New and complicated regulations…
Never before in the history of humanity have so many people been lied to or manipulated on a daily basis. During the recent election, we saw billions of dollars of engineered bullsh*t in the form of political advertising…
Never before in the history of humanity have so many people been lied to or manipulated on a daily basis. During the recent election, we saw billions of dollars of engineered bullsh*t in the form of political advertising…
Rohit Bhargava will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Likeonomics: The Unexpected Truth Behind Earning Trust, Influencing Behavior, and Inspiring Action” following his book reading session.
Rohit Bharg…
This core conversation will address the ways in which those who have sexual interests outside the mainstream form and find community as well as a safe place to gather on the internet. How groups are formed, where and ho…
The talented comedians behind the JASH collective, Sarah Silverman, Tim & Eric, Michael Cera, and Reggie Watts, take us on a tour through their collaborative innovations in the digital space, highlighting their experienc…
Intermediate
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Daniel Kellison, Eric Wareheim, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts, Sarah Silverman, Tim Heidecker, Ross Luippold
The talented comedians behind the JASH collective, Sarah Silverman, Tim & Eric, Michael Cera, and Reggie Watts, take us on a tour through their collaborative innovations in the digital space, highlighting their experienc…
Intermediate
Presenters
Daniel Kellison, Eric Wareheim, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts, Sarah Silverman, Tim Heidecker
Today's retail space has an expiration date, and it's up to digital marketing experts as well as retail space planners to help brands prepare for the future. We call it retail rewired. Time-tested concepts such as cash w…
As today’s children are practically born digital, it comes as no surprise that this generation is the most tech-savvy yet. Now, with more than half of all US children having access to a mobile device- such as a smartphon…
Beginner
Presenters
Lori Leibovich, Maryam Scoble, Sarah Evans, Tony Favorito
Every day, sensors around the world record more data. Increasingly, citizens are becoming sensors, carrying mobile devices that enable them to collect and share observations from their environments. From governments to u…
Don Peppers will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Extreme Trust: Honesty as a Competitive Advantage ” following his Core Conversation session.
Recognized for almost 20 years as one of the leading auth…
Martha Rogers will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Extreme Trust: Honesty as a Competitive Advantage ” following her Core Conversation session.
Business 2.0 magazine named Martha Rogers one of the ni…
This session will focus on the evolution of the online adult entertainment industry, but the lessons it imparts will serve to guide digital media publishers through today’s changing marketplace. The confluence of events …
Digital maps dot the landscape of the Internet and our mobile devices. And for the most part, these maps live in a perpetual NOW. But one thing often overlooked in the rush for geo-currency is the amazing ability of maps…
Intermediate
Presenters
Butch Lazorchak, David McClure, Deborah Boyer, Matthew Knutzen
As we spend ever more time in the digital world, what's becoming increasingly valued is the time we do NOT spend online or in front of a screen—the time we spend with real people and real things. As JWT observed in its T…
Fashion and beauty bloggers have garnered much attention in the media. They have the ability to influence consumer perception and purchasing, like celebrities and models before them. How long will they hold onto this man…
When was the last time you got to sit down and discuss some really big ideas? And not scale big, like Facebook and Twitter. And not even industry-shifting big, like Kickstarter and Simple. No, let's talk even bigger. Ast…
Well, not yet. While digital personalization has touched most of the marketing mix, the TV spot has continued to hold strong. Interactivity has flirted with those :30s and :60s, but limitations in hardware and software o…
The world of blogging as we once knew it is dead and gone. Independent websites run by single, mostly amateur individuals have given way to large internet media houses featuring re-blogged and syndicated content.
Where …
While some might consider billboards, bus kiosks and other “signage” to be outmoded or quaint media channels, the fact is outdoor advertising is being driven as hard as any other medium. And it’s never been more relevan…
Do you have thousands of rich media files that you can’t make sense of? Do you find yourself breaking into a sweat when you try to find a file? Are you frequently unsure which file is the latest version? Are you secretly…
Whips, chains, & floggers, oh my! Fifty Shades might not make good literature, but it is one hell of a catalyst for conversation. The astounding popularity of the Fifty Shades trilogy has brought kink out into the sunli…
Five years. A dozen social media platforms. Hundreds of producers and artists. Thousands of songs and videos. Millions of fans and billions of views. This is the ecosystem that gave rise to Hatsune Miku, the global singi…
Eddie Huang is one of the food world's brightest young stars, boldly redefining American identity for the 21st century as a writer, chef, entrepreneur and TV personality. Huang was born in the American South to FOB ("fre…
The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger is pretty badass, as evidenced by 50 million YouTube views, a book, a commercial for nuts and a merchandise line exploding in popularity. During this panel, Tony Mennuto, Creative Director…
It’s no secret that consumers are taking back control of their viewing habits, watching only the content that interests them, whenever and wherever they want. Widespread adoption of connected devices and the emergence of…
Rose will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation is Remaking Hollywood” following his Panel session.
Frank Rose's most recent book is The Art of Immersion: H…
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 …
We’re more open than ever before to embracing the latest technologies and content consumption forms. At-home entertainment options can provide a more attractive and economical experience than leaving the couch.
The cine…
Caroline Waxler will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Stocking Up on Sin: How to Crush the Market with Vice-Based Investing”
Caroline is launching Harkness Hall, a digital marketing strategy and conference …
Randall will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Honey Badger Don't Care: Randall's Guide to Crazy, Nastyass Animals” following his Core Conversation session.…
Sarah Reinertsen was the first woman on a prosthetic leg to complete the grueling Hawaii Ironman Triathlon. Since losing her leg because of a bone-growth disorder, she has gone on to set world records in track and compet…
From Instagram to LOL Cats to Tumblr, few things on the Internet are more tempting than a picture with a sense of humor or a vintage filter. With more content sharing platforms available than ever before, the ability to …
Eddie Huang will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Fresh Off the Boat” following his Solo session.
Eddie Huang chef/owner of the award-winning Taiwanese restaurant, Baohaus, in New York City, writer of…
In many ways, mobile is the new cigarette. Like a pack of Marlboro Reds, this powerful machine of cool fits in our pocket so it can always be activated. Just as smokers have no compunction about going up to someone with …
In this session, attendees will learn how brand marketers must adapt their techniques to a tech-savvy, rewards-oriented youth audience, otherwise known as “Generation Play.” The youth market craves entertainment experien…
Fashion and lifestyle brands have quickly assimilated social media's online culture by listening to and leveraging audience behavior to create environments that feel quintessentially branded yet personable and fresh.
Mod…
Sarah will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “In a Single Bound: Losing My Leg, Finding Myself, and Training for Life ” following her Core Conversation session.
Sarah is the first woman on a prosthetic …
Comedy superstar Eugene Mirman has a thoughtful conversation and leads a Q&A with Brooklyn alternative rockers John Flansburgh and John Linnell, better known as They Might Be Giants.…
Comedy superstar Eugene Mirman has a thoughtful conversation and leads a Q&A with Brooklyn alternative rockers John Flansburgh and John Linnell, better known as They Might Be Giants.…
True Ailey is a journalist in a strange land, exiled by his network to a damp Southeast Asian republic gouged out a war-ravaged peninsula weeping monsoon tears. When his friend is murdered, True sets out to find the kill…
Join Mando Rayo, a self-appointed Taco Journalist as he shares his unique perspective on the niche food blog, TacoJournalism.com. Mando and the Taco Mafia canvas Austin and beyond to explore all things tacos. From al pas…
"What are you, crazy?"
We've heard this often over the last 18 months in our execution of a strategy that we call "blog to brick." This strategy is leading us from building one of the most popular LGBT media sites in No…
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…
After the record industry and the live music industry, it’s time for innovation and constructively disrupting how the music industry operates. It's time to open up the shop and see what outside influences can bring to th…
SXSW Film and Music are excited to present Nick Cave in Conversation with New York based author Larry Ratso Sloman.
Nick Cave is an internationally acclaimed author, composer, screenwriter and actor. In recent years, C…
Join a round table discussion of the Digital Revolution; how we got here, how the world has changed and what are the best ways forward in these contentious times. With Napster founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, musi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alex Winter, John Perry Barlow, Sean Parker, Shawn Fanning, Eugene Hernandez
Graduates into the rapidly changing media environment have to learn current concepts, but must also be prepared to grasp new ideas and quickly apply them to their careers. Like the ironic, hipster T-shirt that declares "…
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
Presenters
Jayne Bussman-Wise, Marc Jenkins, Michael Cole, Michael Allen
Jane Pratt, founder of Jane and Sassy magazines, reveals what went on behind the scenes as she burnt bridges, said things she shouldn’t say out loud, and built a platform for women to express themselves honestly. Now, wi…
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes an engaging talk on the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how compani…
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes an engaging talk on the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how compani…
Michael Moss will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us” following his Book Reading session.
Michael Moss has been a reporter with the investigations group sin…
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…
Presenters
Barbara Zack, Benji Rogers, David Bakula, Howard Applebaum, Shawn O'Keefe
Mobile is revolutionizing food culture, from soup to Korean Tacos. And we’re not just talking about tweeted photos of pork flavored ice cream.
Mobile is the social location-based foundation of the “food truck economy;…
From the shopping mall to the corner bistro, knockoffs are everywhere in today's marketplace. Conventional wisdom holds that copying kills creativity, and that laws that protect against copies are essential to innovation…
From the shopping mall to the corner bistro, knockoffs are everywhere in today's marketplace. Conventional wisdom holds that copying kills creativity, and that laws that protect against copies are essential to innovation…
I have some valuable info on how emerging technology has helped me launch my career. What is it that an artist needs to get off the ground, and how do they do that and write songs, perform, book, manage and keep it all t…
Football can be traced back to the English public schools in the 18th century. The British Empire enabled its spread worldwide and by the 19th century, Americans were playing their own distinct regional version. Today we…
Kal Raustiala will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation” following his Book Reading session.
Kal Raustiala holds a joint appointment between the UCLA …
A reading from "Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, & Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free" -- as seen on the blog of the same name -- will include a hilarious romp through digestive maladies and plenty of opportunities f…
A reading from "Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, & Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free" -- as seen on the blog of the same name -- will include a hilarious romp through digestive maladies and plenty of opportunities f…
April Peveteaux will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, and Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free” following her Book Reading session.
April Peveteaux is the creator and…
Our business model is adapting to change. We thrive on disruption. We don't play by the rules. Our clients love us. Our competition doesn't truly understand us. This is a group discussion for entrepreneurs who have built…
From more games being televised on sports cable networks to in-depth analysis by Internet recruiting services and on social media platforms, high school athletes have never been more visible or scrutinized. This exposure…
Came for SXSW Interactive but staying for SXSW Music?
Going to SXSW Music but are trying to step up your tech game?
Want to check in on the future of music technology?
Come drink, dream, and develop with the artists, fo…
This session presented by SXSW Music.
Techno and technology adventurer and world-leading DJ Richie Hawtin engages on-stage with deadmau5 – one of the most globally-renowned electronic artists period. Each are innovators…
In an increasingly fragmented landscape, how do you navigate through all of the new technology and keep your message from getting lost in a sea of communication? This discussion focuses on ways to utilize emerging techno…
Intermediate
Presenters
Aaron Smith, Glenn Stansbury, Maani Safa, Thomas Fellger
Disasters do not discriminate. In 2010 a massive earthquake ravaged the urban fabric of Port au Prince; in 2011 rural fishing villages were flattened by a tsunami in Northern Japan and in 2012 one of the greatest cities …
Insights from the Poynter Institute's major study of news and storytelling on tablets. The study explores the way that elements of touch, gesture, interactivity and position come together to create engaging, satisfying j…
The web world is agog over game design as the next silver bullet, slapping badges and progress bars over every annoying thing they wish users to do. As users tire of everything looking like a game, "gamification" has com…
The Appys honor extraordinary Applications on all platforms: mobile, social and web-based. The Appy Awards are unbiased to App's format, platform or device; instead we focus on the best apps in a diverse range of categor…
Typography on the web is going from strength to strength. All web browsers proudly boast their typographic capabilities as CSS 3 continues to evolve & stabilise. We’ve seen the arrival of some fantastic fonts specificall…
As the number of companies utilizing the cloud, smartphones and API's grow, the demand for skilled programmers is increasing but there is a problem. There aren't enough developers to go around. By 2018, there will be m…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 was…
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…
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
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 layouts…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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
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…
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…
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 next generation of HTML and CSS offer powerful new features for creating content that is graphically rich. It's never been easier to leverage animation, motion graphics, and sophisticated graphical techniques when bu…
Brad Nunnally will appear at the SX Bookstore with his co-authors to sign copies of “Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation”.…
Dan Willis will appear at the SX Bookstore with his co-authors to sign copies of “Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation”.…
Russ Unger will appear at the SX Bookstore with his co-authors to sign copies of “Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation”.
Russ Unger is a User Experience professional in the Chicago area. He…
Many believe the future of design is in screens. They're wrong. It's time to kill the interface. Because when we think only in screens, we design based upon a model that is inherently unnatural, inhumane, and has diminis…
Responsive design is a rapidly evolving concept, covering a wide range of design and development techniques that vary depending on who you ask and when. In this session we will examine Adobe Edge Reflow, the first compr…
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,…
RSVP Required - General purpose web frameworks don’t usually make for great tools when trying to build fast and scalable Hypermedia APIs. What we need is a dedicated API framework -- one that natively speaks HTTP, suppor…
RSVP Required - You want to write a bunch of mobile applications, but you dread learning the Objective-C of iOS, the flavors of "bastardized Java" for Android and BlackBerry, or the C#/Visual Basic of Windows Phone. Neve…
Mastering RWD is difficult enough, doing it with a WordPress theme and no knowledge its intended use or future content is even harder. In this talk you’ll learn how to create WordPress themes that will maintain their res…
RSVP Required - Bill will help attendees develop an HTML5 app optimized for mobile devices. HTML5 apps are web apps on steroids, providing awesome touch interactions, hardware-accelerated graphics, and the ability to wo…
RSVP Required - Learn the essential Ruby and Rails needed to transform your designs into working web applications.
Doing so will inform your design decisions, improve your ability to collaborate with back-end developers,…
Design to support behavior change is getting increased exposure as technology has allowed products and services to have a more pervasive role in people's lives. What impact does the ability to passively collect data and …
Doug Schepers (@shepazu) is a developer and standards expert at W3C, and the W3C Developer Relations Lead. He's particularly interested in webapps, SVG, and education. He has spoken at well-known international conference…
Get together with other typography experts / lovers 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 web is not a fixed width. So if the medium is fluid, should the process be fixed? Fireworks and Photoshop are not flexible enough to demonstrate media queries, button and menu states, HTML5 and JavaScript behaviors, …
Intermediate
Presenters
Aaron Gustafson, Samantha Warren, Steve Fisher, Yesenia Perez-Cruz
Adobe Creative Cloud has been an exceptional way to deliver the latest in innovation to members as soon as it's developed. And Adobe hasn't slowed down in delivering this innovation. In this session see the latest exclus…
Our daily lives are peppered with annoyance - someone, somewhere was responsible for designing that annoyance and sending off into the world to flourish and vex. It seems preposterous that so many products and services e…
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…
RSVP Required - By now you know that Node.js is the most downloaded repository on GitHub, but you are not sure how to get started. How do you set up the servers, what's an optimal development environment, and...what exac…
RSVP Required - The wireframing and prototyping techniques, tools and software we use have a legacy problem. Much of it is very button-centric. And many of the great apps, games and experiences we create live on touch de…
RSVP Required - Experience design is hard. Design compositions are inconsistent with the final rendered product and interactions are complicated to communicate. As an experience design lead on an HTML/CSS/JS based applic…
This panel of designers, consultants and product owners will discuss the challenges they've faced as more of more projects begin incorporating responsive design. These industry leaders will share their perspective on ho…
Beginner
Presenters
Emily Wengert, Jacob Surber, Sophie Shepherd, Trent Walton
Setting up the dev shop at a startup is really hard. As the technical leader of the shop, it feels overwhelming. As the non-technical leader, it's scary because you have no idea if things are being done "right".
I will…
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
Presenters
Ben Alman, Jacob Thornton, Paul Irish, Ryan Stevens
Many product ideas require hardware for sensing, user interaction, etc. Until recently, it has been difficult & expensive to bring the hardware component of a product to market. Developments such as low cost rapid prot…
Storytelling. Creativity. Emotion. These elements have forever been the backbone of marketing.
But now, thanks to the digital revolution, the creative industry finds itself balancing two very different approaches. While …
The internet of things (IoT) started off as a crazy scifi dream but its basic building blocks: ultra cheap computing and swarm computation are slowly working their way into existing product categories. This tends to conf…
Content first is fast becoming the favoured mantra of the smart web designer, but yet the industry is struggling to keep up. How do you define, gather and manage real content so your designs better reflect the intent of …
Leonardo Da Vinci is the archetype of a Rennaisance man--artist, mathematician, sculptor, scientist, writer, and more. As an artist, Leonardo produced a very small sample of great work that included the Mona Lisa and th…
Imagine a developing country where a bandage not only heals a patient’s wound, but also tracks data like bacteria levels and blood pressure with a built-in sensor that can be monitored real-time by a doctor. Visits to th…
Why are maps engaging, emotional? If you think about a significant moment in your life (your first day of school, your wedding day, or your first broken heart), wherever that special moment happened, digital maps can acc…
In an increasingly fragmented landscape, how do you navigate through all of the new technology and keep your message from getting lost in a sea of communication? This discussion focuses on ways to utilize emerging techno…
Intermediate
Presenters
Glenn Stansbury, Maani Safa, Nicholas Oliver, Thomas Fellger
Doing great design is not enough; we need to *lead* our design efforts. We need to negotiate tradeoffs with business partners, design in the context of other product development processes, and work with business partners…
As User Experience professionals continue to tackle the challenges of designing for mobile solutions, the environment of use becomes increasingly important.
What do you do when you encounter obstacles to designing an eff…
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 …
RSVP Required - Building fast, scalable systems is about more than just the speed at which a request can be serviced. We must take into account how we scale a system’s throughput, persisted data size, hardware, contribut…
RSVP Required - User-centered design can be characterized as a multi-stage problem solving process that not only requires designers to analyze and foresee how users are likely to use a product, but also to test the valid…
RSVP Required - The strategy of responsive design has long since been accepted as the way to deal with creating web sites that appear custom-tailored to any and every device. Media queries, responsive image strategies an…
Responsive Design has been much vaunted as the way forward for web and mobile publishing design, flexible and affordable. Whilst a few major brands, Boston Globe, Grey Goose, Barak Obama have begun to explore the possibi…
Interface transitions are the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) transitions that take place between different points in a user experience. From the subtle effect of a pin dropping onto a map to the infamous Flash-bas…
Infographics are timeless, but much like web design and development, practitioners must evolve to remain effective. When infographics were first added to the web-based content marketing arsenal, the novelty factor alone …
Infographics are timeless, but much like web design and development, practitioners must evolve to remain effective. When infographics were first added to the web-based content marketing arsenal, the novelty factor alone …
Hello Design has been in the digital trenches for over a decade, and from there we've grown to admire great design and how it impacts the world we live in. We'll take designers' questions and challenges, and pair them w…
Everyone should be drawing! This session will show why creatives of all types should make drawing a regular part of their daily routine. How the power of the visual image resonates with your audience, and can be leverage…
The map as we know it is on its last legs. People are no longer satisfied with a static map that simply tells them what’s nearby. They want a personalized experience -- one that tells them not just what’s around them, bu…
Jason Lankow will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Infographics: The Power of Visual Storytelling” following his Book Reading session.
Jason Lankow is the CEO/Cofounder of Column Five. He is the co-au…
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…
OAuth 2 is the latest version of the OAuth standard-- unlocking authorized access to user data from dozens of different APIs like YouTube, Google Apps and Facebook in a way that's easier than ever for developers. OAuth 2…
We know people gather around interests, circumstances and goals they share. But what role does ‘trust’ play in making an online or mobile community 'sticky'? For user experience mavens, engineers, social media innovators…
Today’s applications have the opportunity to reach a global audience, upset the status quo and transform entire industries. With the arrival of Amazon Web Services, on-demand access to compute, storage and database resou…
Wear a watch, or glasses? Perhaps you run with a pedometer in your shoe, or a heart rate monitor on your chest? These are all ways we humans have started to augment our senses with wearable technology.
These technologi…
RSVP Required - Using an API doesn't begin and end with a request and a response. Before third-party developers write a line of code, there's a desire to leverage your product and connect with your users. How you enable …
Advanced
Presenters
Brian Smith, Jeremiah Cohick, Neil Mansilla, R. Kevin Nelson
Artificial intelligence has been around for ages, but with the launch of widely dispersed AI technologies like Siri, AI is now fully a part of mainstream technology and for the first time, being used to improve how we in…
Someone recently said, "All good design is moral design, and only moral design can ever be good."
As designers we spend our time thinking about things like usefulness, desirability, learnability, or gamification, and a…
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…
RSVP Required - Ambitious web applications are about more than your favorite JavaScript framework. You'll need a system of responsive, reliable and malleable components that can scale independently as your user base grow…
Online experiences can be fast, efficient, easy, orderly—and sometimes, that's a recipe for disaster. We click confirm too soon, confuse important details, or miss a key feature in a product description. Efficient isn't …
Margot Bloomstein will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Content Strategy at Work: Real-world Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project” following her Featured session.
Margot Bloomstein (@mbloom…
By bringing technology closer, we can get it out of the way. This is what Glass does. It provides an experience to the user that's there when they want it, and unobtrusive when they don't. In doing so, Glass creates a…
The open source movement has turned the software development landscape on its head by creating tools that enable the inmates to start running the software asylum. Just as the world changed when social networking tools ma…
RSVP Required - Configuring, deploying, and managing Big Data infrastructure, Hadoop in particular, is time consuming and expensive. Infochimps’ Ironfan is an open source systems configuration suite for the cloud, quick…
Advanced
Presenters
Amanda McGuckin Hager, Nathaniel Eliot, Ryan Miller, Tim Gasper
RSVP Required - BAM! POW! Beloved superhero Daredevil squelches his enemies with speed and precision, completely uninhibited by his blindness. Overcoming adversity, discovering superpowers, and saving the world are commo…
RSVP Required - Effective mobile design patterns, Agile design principles and practical expert advice: "start with questions and walk away with wireframes":
* Create and test paper wireframes for the core pages of your a…
RSVP Required - The current patchwork of international, national, and state privacy laws is a mystery to developers, especially those at startups with just a few employees. Most simply do what they think makes sense, bu…
Beginner
Presenters
Laura Berger, Mark Blafkin, Morgan Reed, Richard Qiu
Connect with a local Austinite to indulge your deepest curiosities about what it means to practice design in the capital city of Texas at frog–one of the world's top design firms. As a ten-year veteran and Senior Interac…
"How do you know this design is better?"
This question stumbles even the most seasoned designers. Businesses are recognizing the importance of design and the competitive advantage that taking a design-led approach offers…
Imagine you want to buy a car. A good car that will be fast, reliable and will last a while. So you ask several car shops to send you a 20 page document describing the car and its many benefits, then you base your car pu…
Is there something unique about the social sector that leads to an unwillingness to learn from failure?
It's well known that failure is sticky; people learn better from stories of failure than they do from success stori…
Beginner
Presenters
Ashley Good, Ela Ben-Ur, Jaspal Sandhu, Sean Hewens
Moonshots are seemingly impossible and yet impossibly-important ideas that through science and technology can be brought to reality. Google[x] is a moonshot factory full of optimists who are focused on changing the world…
Graphics are key to the user experience of online content, especially now that users are accessing that content on a multitude of devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.
During this quick session, Christo…
Graphics are key to the user experience of online content, especially now that users are accessing that content on a multitude of devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.
During this quick session, Christo…
Christopher Schmitt will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Designing Web and Mobile Graphics: Fundamental concepts for web and interactive projects” following his Book Reading session.…
Anyone can design a gadget that looks pretty, but when it comes down to building a successful product, it’s about so much more than just looks. Companies like Jawbone and Nest are disrupting categories by putting purpose…
Augmentation. It’s not just for plastic surgery anymore. Today, companies are exploring the world of augmented reality for customer support, partnering with mobile devices to give computers, printers and other devices mu…
Advanced
Presenters
Ben Johnson, Fulvio Marfoni, John Havens, Wendy Farrell
RSVP Required - Standard ebook publishing requires ramping up on knowledge about various ebook formats, and then becoming familiar with proprietary ebook publishing channels like Kindle, iBooks, etc. Wouldn't it be easie…
RSVP Required - Innovation continues to skyrocket in the mobile space, but many developers don't realize that they're creating apps against a complex -- and often murky -- legal backdrop. This presentation will identify …
RSVP Required - Mobile devices have changed the way we design and develop products. Every touch and interface design decision has an impact, especially on users with disabilities. We'll talk about how these users interac…
The UX Awards UX Meetup is an opportunity for User Experience professionals at SXSW Interactive to get together for an informal, relaxing meet -and- greet before ending their SXSW experience! Come meet like-minded UX pra…
MIT has launched a documentary lab. Why? Because at this moment of media change, the opportunities for documentarians have never been greater. Yet it is also a time of confusion, with narrative structures, technologies, …
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Boebel, Jesse Shapins, Katie Edgerton, Sarah Wolozin
Armed Response is an action series about a SWAT team battling a Mexican cartel at the Port of Long Beach. The series is told from the POV of helmet and security cameras. The idea is to combine a video game aesthetic with…
Advanced
Presenters
, Justin Lutsky, Matt Michnovetz, Thomas Bannister
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
, Justin Lutsky, Matt Michnovetz, Thomas Bannister
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 …
Intermediate
Presenters
Danny Harris, Liz Nord, Michel Reilhac, Mike Knowlton
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
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…
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…
Explore what the future holds for content creators and the distribution of video with leaders and talent at the forefront of the digital revolution. Investigate how you create a model that thrives and what advice can be …
Explore what the future holds for content creators and the distribution of video with leaders and talent at the forefront of the digital revolution. Investigate how you create a model that thrives and what advice can be …
This presentation by BBC reporter and video jouranlist Matt Danzico will discuss the neurological and evolutionary underpinnings of storytelling, i.e. what parts of the brain are affected when a narrative is told and why…
This presentation by BBC reporter and video jouranlist Matt Danzico will discuss the neurological and evolutionary underpinnings of storytelling, i.e. what parts of the brain are affected when a narrative is told and why…
I describe myself as a web-friendly director. I studied filmmaking and self-taught myself programming. In the last years, I directed traditional films (INNI and MIROIR NOIR), developed web sites and created projects that…
I describe myself as a web-friendly director. I studied filmmaking and self-taught myself programming. In the last years, I directed traditional films (INNI and MIROIR NOIR), developed web sites and created projects that…
As Ben Decker once said, "The Internet is not just another TV pipe." And that is why, particularly in the documentary genre, we've seen innovative filmmakers, journalists and other digital pioneers exploring the web and …
As Ben Decker once said, "The Internet is not just another TV pipe." And that is why, particularly in the documentary genre, we've seen innovative filmmakers, journalists and other digital pioneers exploring the web and …
You’re a group of filmmakers in your 20s and want to make a live-action series about the last panda in a post-apocalyptic Wasteland. In your small Australian city, there’s no way this will be funded, but you know your au…
You’re a group of filmmakers in your 20s and want to make a live-action series about the last panda in a post-apocalyptic Wasteland. In your small Australian city, there’s no way this will be funded, but you know your au…
Cloud Chamber is a premium online mystery launching this spring. It aims to raise the bar of online fiction with international stars, feature film production values and a deep understanding of social media and gaming. Bu…
When Danish Film Producer Vibeke Windelov (Lars von Trier, Susanne Bier) and producing partner Stinna Lassen joined Cloud Chamber, an online fiction mystery, they had no idea of the journey they were embarking on.
The p…
At a time when many are pursuing new approaches to storytelling that involve non-linear narratives, interactivity, and the influences of gaming, an unlikely but exciting format is attracting viewers and filmmakers alike:…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jeremy Boxer, Nirvan Mullick, Ted Hope, Beth Levison
At a time when many are pursuing new approaches to storytelling that involve non-linear narratives, interactivity, and the influences of gaming, an unlikely but exciting format is attracting viewers and filmmakers alike:…
Presenters
Beth Levison, Jeremy Boxer, Nirvan Mullick, Ted Hope
There are 94 naturally occurring elements, from hydrogen to plutonium. Their stories reveal the intimate details of our lives, our relationships with our natural resources, and the patterns of our economies.
94 Element…
Intermediate
Presenters
Angus Keith, Graham Holt, Mike Paterson, Sarah George
There are 94 naturally occurring elements, from hydrogen to plutonium. Their stories reveal the intimate details of our lives, our relationships with our natural resources, and the patterns of our economies.
94 Element…
Presenters
Angus Keith, Graham Holt, Mike Paterson, Sarah George
Using real world examples from a sampling of interactive web-based documentaries, the panel will discuss the specific “Cinematic” and ”Digimatic” devices that makers of interactive documentary are employing to engage the…
Advanced
Presenters
Bart Marable, Florian Thalhofer, Karen Kocher, Laura Dixon
Using real world examples from a sampling of interactive web-based documentaries, the panel will discuss the specific “Cinematic” and ”Digimatic” devices that makers of interactive documentary are employing to engage the…
Presenters
Bart Marable, Florian Thalhofer, Karen Kocher, Laura Dixon
Food-related filmmaking on the web is exploding and never has the phrase, "You eat first with your eyes" been more relevant. As people are more and more conscious about what they are putting into their bodies - restauran…
Beginner
Presenters
Aaron Franklin, Alex Kakoyiannis, Christian Remde, Sara Robertson
Food-related filmmaking on the web is exploding and never has the phrase, "You eat first with your eyes" been more relevant. As people are more and more conscious about what they are putting into their bodies - restauran…
Presenters
Aaron Franklin, Alex Kakoyiannis, Christian Remde, Sara Robertson
10 important tips you need to know when making a web doc, by award-winning agency Jam3 and Fathom Film Group (and of course Kim Jong-il). We give the inside scoop on how to get funding, how to leverage assets in a transm…
Advanced
Presenters
Adrian Belina, Ann Shin, Hannah Donegan, Media Ridha
1) Good Art = Good Propaganda
· The Defector and some of the best web docs out there today
2) What means ‘Interactive?’
· essential attributes of an interactive website
3) American $, Canadian $, I take any $
· lini…
Presenters
Adrian Belina, Hannah Donegan, Jean Lange, Media Ridha
This panel discussion springs from the newly released interactive documentary 48 Hour Games which takes place during the Nordic Game Jam, where teams are followed through their creative process, as they struggle to creat…
This panel discussion springs from the newly released interactive documentary 48 Hour Games which takes place during the Nordic Game Jam, where teams are followed through their creative process, as they struggle to creat…
The current studio and independent film distribution systems don't serve the evolving desires of a modern audience. This panel will discuss current and proposed alternatives that solve the gap between what audiences want…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Klaff, David Hayes, Josh Braun, Paul Levering, Keith Calder
In the age of digital distribution and new marketplaces, we’ll discuss what filmmakers can learn from retail best practices. From building sales relationships, considering shelf space positioning, planning release window…
You have just wrapped your small budget film, and you are ready to show it to the world but where do you start? What exactly do you need to know about the international film industry to distribute and make deals for your…
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Moderated by Richard Lorber, CEO & President of Kino Lorber, he will explain the fragmented digital landscape and talk about the platforms that deliver audiences and money. He will outline the challenges to entry, the ch…
Intermediate
Presenters
, Eric Stein, Melanie Miller, Nick Savva, Richard Lorber
Meet with industry professionals who can give advice and answer questions about distribution, distribution options, and more for Documentary Films.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge hold…
Beginner
Presenters
Amy Letourneau, Christine D'Souza, Greg Rubidge, Jill Burkhart, Josh Braun, Katie Ellen, Molly Thompson, Robert Rock
Meet with industry professionals who can give advice and answer questions about distribution, distribution options, and more for narrative films.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge holder…
Beginner
Presenters
, Dylan Marchetti, Jerome Rougier, Keith Leopard, Matt Grady, Meghan Wurtz, Richard Abramowitz
It's every filmmakers end goal to get their project out in front of as many eyes as possible and in an age where distribution is more DIY and in their hands than ever, how are studios and film distributors evolving along…
Intermediate
Presenters
Arianna Bocco, Dan Guando, James Shapiro, Peter Van Steemburg, Bret Berg
Modern exhibition for low-budget, independent artists is returning to the “roadshow” model-- with artists like Don Hertzfeldt and film's like Everything is Terrible touring almost the way a band would for a new album: bo…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dimitri Simakis, Don Hertzfeldt, Lars Nilsen, Hadrian Belove
Higher Ed attendance at SXSW continues to grow each year, and we're excited you're here. At this meet up sponsored by The Pennsylvania State University, edutech technologists from Penn State invite you to network, share …
Latin America is among the most dynamic emerging markets in the world, resulting in a tremendous amount of opportunity for startup success.
Building teams in Latin America presents a unique set of challenges, from iden…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bedy Yang, Diego Saez-Gil, Pedro Torres Picón, Sebastián Valin
Whether companies like it or not, China is the new battleground for brands that want to succeed on the global stage. Foreign brands are increasingly challenged to expand their presence in the East and create competitive…
From watches, bags and shoes to touchscreen tablets, fast food and electric cars -- you can find thousands of knockoff brands in China. Large, highly coordinated networks of innovative companies take the products and ser…
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 …
The discussion will focus on bringing to light some of the innovative ideas being put into practice on the African continent to build leadership and management capacity thus enabling African to fully take advantage of it…
Beginner
Presenters
Christy Pipkin, John Kidenda, Nivi Mukherjee, Rick Reeder
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Racism on YouTube panel will take a hard look at the various struggles that black members of the YouTube community face each day. YouTube is an expansive, diverse community, but its foremost personalities largely fal…
Black artists have to both find and fix the color line, no matter how ambiguous its parameters seem. Does new media provide more opportunities for Black artists than conventional modes of distribution? By examining verna…
Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder typically characterized by communication, social, and behavioral delays. The market for assistive technology that posits solutions for these challenges burgeons. With current …
The Athena Doctrine: How Women (and Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule the Future.
Japanese startups talk of combining “chikara” (power) and “ai,” (love), to succeed in a time when co-operation is as important as ambiti…
Right under our noses a new generation of minority entrepreneurs are crafting business ideas and refining their hustles. Comprising roughly 40% of Gen Y, the next generation up-and-comers, Blacks and Latinos have a disp…
Advanced
Presenters
, John Butler, Laura Weidman Powers, Natalia Oberti Noguera
Martine Syms will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Implications and Distinctions: Format, Content and Context in Contemporary Race Film” following her Solo session.
Martine Syms is a writer and curato…
In the words of acclaimed journalist Robert C. Maynard, the fault lines of race, class, gender, generation and geography are the most enduring forces shaping lives, experiences and social tension. For entrepreneurs, cont…
Here are the problems with how closing the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) is often approached:
We tell girls to simply be more ambitious. But from all of the girls and women I interact wi…
To many young Asian entrepreneurs, starting a company is an act of rebellion. It means defying the lessons of parents, teachers, and culture, who say: Be proper. Find a stable job. Don’t take risks. It means - in many ca…
Intermediate
Presenters
Gwendolyn Regina T, Kira Newman, Richard Min, Richard Robinson
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…
Beginner
Presenters
Alec Andronikov, Bogdan Iordache, Maria Constantinescu, Mike Butcher
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…
Advanced
Presenters
Mark Anthony Neal, Meredith Clark, Stacie Williams
A huge opportunity exists for content creators, service providers, brands, and media companies on the continent. In Africa, more people than ever have access to the internet, to the tune of 140 million, but this only rep…
Intermediate
Presenters
Fadzai Makanda, Matthew Dawes, Nadeem Juma, Ngozi Odita
Four and a half years after the infamous banking crisis, Iceland's women entrepreneurs are thriving and creating new, globally facing companies. Many credit the crash for helping the Icelandic business community develop …
Intermediate
Presenters
Helga Waage, Ingibjorg Greta Gisladottir, Magga Dora Ragnarsdottir, Rakel Sölvadóttir
GPS has its limits. My students and I at the University of Texas Radionavigation Lab work to find them. For 20 years, GPS was so reliable it became navigation and timing crack for engineers. We all got addicted. We p…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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Daniel Stillman, Kimberly Ovitz, Liz Bacelar, Mary Huang
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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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…
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…
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…
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Adam Ellsworth, Jesse Harrington Au, Mark Hatch, Mitzi Montoya
Local Motors has pioneered how to achieve crowd-powered design and development of complex cyber-mechanical devices. In short, we have crowd-sourced the first production cars in the world. Further, we have pioneered new w…
In this session, 19 year old Thiel Fellow Connor Zwick talks about the democratization of hardware over the next decade and what it means for the next generation of Silicon Valley innovators from the perspective of his o…
Do IP patents hinder innovation in design + fashion? I’ll show you why my co-founder and I decided to quit our jobs designing for fashion houses to create For the Makers, where anyone can learn a new technique, read up o…
Discussing the process I went through after discovering 3d printing technolgy (at SXSW in 2009) and how it allows me to express and explore many maker, DIY and geek pursuits all in one place while at the same time solvin…
Hacking household devices and inventing new products is now within the reach of the everyday tinkerer. Arduino, Raspberry Pi and 3D printing are just some of the tech capturing the imagination of a new generation of inno…
People with disabilities are often confined to using assistive equipment that is ugly and badly designed for their needs. Wheelchairs, crutches, handrails, vehicles, cutlery - most things in life - are given no aestheti…
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…
When most people think of "big data" they think of large companies with terabytes of data generated by users and machines. They also think dealing with big data is incredibly expensive and something only of use to compan…
From Will Eisner’s PS Preventive Maintenance Monthly magazine created in the 50's for the US Army, to Scott McCloud’s cartoon introduction to Google Chrome, comics have often been used to describe technical material. Com…
Humans have always been makers and inventors. It’s what sets us apart from other animals — we don’t just use tools, we make them. Somewhere along the line, though, we stopped making “things.” What we create now lives in …
The simultaneous rise of social media and open source Maker culture is an unprecedented opportunity for businesses, brands and agencies. However, most of the magic is still found in the basement or the backyard. Figuring…
RSVP Required - Want to learn how to build your own robot or real-life superhero costume that works? What about a camera that superimposes a mustache on your face?
The co-founders of BeagleBone, a credit-card sized Lin…
What is the future of manufacturing, design, and creativity? How are 3D printing and the maker movement shifting the global economy?
Mike Senese, Senior Editor at Wired, and Peter Weijmarshausen, CEO and Co-Founder of …
Get together with other open source hardware makers 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.…
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…
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Chris Anderson, Erin Rapacki, Nabiha Syed, Ryan Calo
Around the world, libraries, archives and museums are opening their doors to hackers, makers, enthusiasts and creatives of all kinds. By publishing Open Data, cultural heritage institutions are finding new ways to open …
Natural language processing enables new ways for people to interact with computers. Widely-available open source tools are making NLP more powerful and easier to incorporate into your application. This panel will introdu…
This meetup will focus on how connected devices from our smartphones to our cars and even medical devices are transforming the way we live and work. Whether it’s for personal devices, a social network, a humanitarian eff…
Like artists in other fields, the creators of today’s comics and graphic novels face a lively new landscape of publishing and distribution. The internet, new software tools and an array of social media now equip maverick…
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
John Keefe, Matt Waite, Nadav Aharony, Sarah Williams
No longer is it necessary to create a mold and make 10,000 of an item in order to get it produced. Today, 3D printing allows almost anyone to create just about design they can imagine. The technology is being used to mak…
Cody Wilson presents the work and vision of the 3D gun printing collective Defense Distributed. Wilson will cover how Defense Distributed began, as well as the current state of gun printing. He will also address the ques…
With 90 detailed hacks, expert web developers Jesse Cravens and Jeff Burtoft demonstrate intriguing uses of HTML5-related technologies. Each recipe provides a clear explanation, screenshots, and complete code examples fo…
With 90 detailed hacks, expert web developers Jesse Cravens and Jeff Burtoft demonstrate intriguing uses of HTML5-related technologies. Each recipe provides a clear explanation, screenshots, and complete code examples fo…
Jeffrey Burtoft will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “HTML5 Hacks” following his Book Reading session.
Jeff Burtoft, HTML5 Evangelist for Microsoft Corporation, has built a reputation of pushing the b…
Jesse Cravens will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “HTML5 Hacks” following his Book Reading session.
Jesse is a Sr. Engineer at Frog where he works with the world’s leading companies, helping them to …
Over the past three years, hackathons have spun up into a hurricane gale of headline and hype for the hacker culture we all know and love.
Builders of every stripe flock to these events held on themes ranging from music…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dave Haynes, Jarod Reyes, Joel Franusic, Kara Silverman
Festivals and markets are as vital as ever in today's filmmaking scene. Learn what to do - and more importantly, what not to do - when it comes to festival submissions, festival attendance, and beyond for Documentary Fil…
Beginner
Presenters
Basil Tsiokos, Charlie Phillips, Eric Hatch, Erik Jambor, Greg Rhem, Michael Lerman, Nancy Campbell
In this special event, Op-Docs series producer and curator Jason Spingarn-Koff presents a selection of recent works and a conversation with contributing filmmakers, including SXSW directors Penny Lane and Brian Frye. Lau…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Frye, Katerina Cizek, Penny Lane, Simon Ennis, Jason Spingarn-Koff
Join Dushan Zaric and Jason Kosmas, whose work is featured in Douglas Tirola's documentary "Hey Bartender" premiering Saturday March 9 in a book signing of SPEAKEASY - The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails at th…
Every filmmaker has a story to tell. Get advice, or share those stories with experienced filmmakers in our Documentary Filmmaker Mentor category.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge holder…
Documentaries have never been more influential. So no surprise that they are increasingly targeted-- both before and after their making-- by subjects who don't like their revelations.
Whether you’re facing big corpora…
Intermediate
Presenters
Michael Donaldson, Nonso Christian Ugbode, Parker Higgins, Suzan Beraza, Patricia Aufderheide
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
We live in a constantly connected world, where people move seamlessly between multiple devices, and the definition of mobile is evolving beyond a set of devices. This always-on lifestyle provides an additional set of sig…
Take your eyes off the bright shiny CE objects for a second and you will see that mobility is about changing consumer behaviors, not the technology. At every stage, from mobile shopping to at-home use to tweeting snarky …
Intermediate
Presenters
Mike Proulx, Rob Griffin, Thom Kennon, Tina Unterlaender
Brand marketers are currently in the midst of dealing with the implications of the most revolutionary shift in the history of communication. Social media has upended the entire landscape, shifting the balance of power fr…
Makerbot co founder and CEO Bre Pettis talks about the present and the future of the ongoing 3D printing revolution. Pettis will also cover one of the lessons he has learned via many years of attendance at SXSW Interacti…
Mike Proulx will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Social TV: How Marketers Can Reach and Engage Audiences by Connecting Television to the Web, Social Media, and Mobile”.…
David Jones is CEO of Havas, co-founder of One Young World—a non-profit organization described by CNN as the "young Davos"—and author of Who Cares Wins: Why Good Business is Better Business. Over the past decade he’s bee…
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…
In the "old days", most people lived a more predictable, structured life. Most consumers aspired to own a home, and a car or two. There were certain days for work and days for play, clothes for work and other clothes for…
Last year's Mobile Meet Up was a huge success and spilled out into the hallway. This year, I suspect, will be no different!
The dust from the great Mobile Rush has settled. It's time to look around and see what is rela…
One of the latest innovations coming out of Facebook is its search graph, which allows users to overlay their Facebook friends with other data, such as interests and location. This union of the social graph and the inter…
Erik Martin (GM, reddit) and Alexis Ohanian (cofounder, reddit) crowdfunded a bus, the Internet 2012 Campaign Tour bus, to collect, document and share stories throughout the American heartland. I'm going to share the sto…
The combined impact of social technologies, the mobile Internet, and cloud computing are creating incredible new business opportunities. They are also destroying unprepared companies, transforming industries, and leaving…
Ted Shelton will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Business Models for the Social Mobile Cloud: Transform Your Business Using Social Media, Mobile Internet, and Cloud Computing”.
Ted leads a strategy transfo…
You’re powering a revolution, but you don’t even know it.
Because while you’re heads-down in Angry Birds (Mighty Eagle FTW), entire industries are falling down under the weight of your casual needs. Indeed, the world ha…
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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Presenters
Brendan Wallace, Jeremiah Owyang, Michelle Accardi, Tim Piatenko
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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Presenters
Gaidar Magdanurov, Matthaus Krzykowski, Olga Steidl, Renata Akhunova
Catching consumers when they have time for us is becoming more complex. Now have to chase them around on their laptops, tablets and increasingly, their smart phones. As the screens have evolved, so has the message itsel…
Beginner
Presenters
Douglas Stovall, Jim McArthur, Michele Silvestri, Stuart O'Neil
Today's Internet startup founder is yesterday's rockstar, and with so much media coverage and movies being made about overnight tech billionaires, it should come as no surprise. But while legions of aspiring entrepreneu…
Today's Internet startup founder is yesterday's rockstar, and with so much media coverage and movies being made about overnight tech billionaires, it should come as no surprise. But while legions of aspiring entrepreneu…
Neal Cabage will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “A Smarter Startup: A Better Approach to Online Business for Entrepreneurs (Voices That Matter)” following his Book Reading session.
Neal Cabage is a t…
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
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 te…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brandon Lucas, Mark Shaffer, Scott Michaels, Scott Kveton
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…
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. …
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
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'…
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…
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 ag…
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…
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. Earni…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brent Hieggelke, Dana Kruse, Michael Griffith, Tina Prause
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” .…
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 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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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 user…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 …
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…
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 o…
Intermediate
Presenters
Aaron Emigh, Christopher Mason, Joe Beninato, Wendy Bergh
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 JOB…
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…
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 tabl…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jeremy Black, Kevin Murphy, RJ Taylor, Verity Crush
Sherwood Neiss will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Crowdfund Investing for Dummies”.
As a serial entrepreneur and investor during the credit crunch, Sherwood Neiss saw a need for a change in outdated secu…
Tony Hsieh, SXSW V2V Keynote, will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose”.…
There's a new business revolution brewing—& it’s happening where we shop. John Mackey, co-CEO & co-founder of Whole Foods Market & a pioneer of the Conscious Capitalism movement, will go over points from his new book & d…
Since the dawn of spam and server hacks, there has been trepidation on the part of the consumer in sharing their personal data with the companies they interact with, and with good reason. But, there is a way for consumer…
Thanks to growing accessibility to information and the ability to connect through technology, entrepreneurs have more access to reporters and media influencers than ever. And while this is great news for start-ups and sm…
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…
We’ve entered the age of the customer — an era where a focus on customers matters more than any other strategic imperative. Companies are waking up to the fact that customers’ perceptions have a profound impact on busine…
The velocity of change in our business world-and our culture-has reached unprecedented levels. This is a historic era that transcends industries and national borders, and it presents new challenges to all of us, as indiv…
RSVP Required - I-9. W-4. IRA. Budget. Policy. Reimbursement. Invoice. Payroll . . . These are not exactly the words that inspire entrepreneurs. Yet the Startup Genome Project reported that most companies fail because of…
Kerry will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Outside In: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business” following his book reading session.
Kerry is a vice president, principal analyst in Forrester’…
John Mackey, co-CEO & co-founder of Whole Foods Market & a pioneer of the Conscius Capitalism movement will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Conscious Capitalism”.…
While in the “weird” city, we take a look at the Breakout Brand phenomenon where companies focus more on the customer not the competition to inspire emotional attachments that can be measured at the cash register. rbb Pu…
Stop asking the question: “What are the chances my crowdfunding campaign will be successful?” You are not at the Kentucky Derby or Las Vegas. Crowdfunding is not a lottery — it’s a platform for anyone, anywhere, to raise…
The path to game changing innovation will be realized by radically changing an organization’s approach to leadership and decision making. Moving from politics and PowerPoint to decision making by hypothesis and leadersh…
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…
Outsourcing allows a startup to focus on its core competency, maintain an engineering culture and add leverage to every member of its team. This session will cover how an early-stage startup can effectively outsource its…
Are marketers wasting time and money with today’s influence measurement tools? This all-star panel of social media thought leaders exposes the pitfalls of finding social media influencers, and reveals why many marketers …
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Debra Kaye, Ekaterina Walter, Jure Klepic, Matt Hixson
Tina Roth Eisenberg grew up in mountainous Switzerland, influenced by renowned Swiss design and a lot of fresh air. She is often referred to as "swissmiss," her popular design blog, which she runs out of Brooklyn, broadc…
Debra Kaye will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation” following her Panel session.
An award-winning innovati…
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…
Open source has been an incredibly successful way to create and share software that has become ubiquitous, from Android to Firefox to the many unseen places we use Linux in daily life. For many companies, open source has…
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…
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger—all by the time he was thirty. The New York Ti…
Shelby Clark andJames Reinhart will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders”.…
Every day people conduct billions of searches on Google, and in the process they create what John Battelle famously called a ‘database of intentions:’ A massive record of the world’s desires that helps the company genera…
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…
API as a term is moving beyond technical insiders. That's because APIs themselves are more than just the nice-to-have feature they once were. It stands for Application Programmer Interface, but that tends to get an eyes-…
Etsy. Pose. The Sartorialist. The traditional fashion industry has been completely upended by social media and the explosion of self-styled tastemakers. This panel will explore these democratization of high fashion and h…
Etsy. Pose. The Sartorialist. The traditional fashion industry has been completely upended by social media and the explosion of self-styled tastemakers. This panel will explore these democratization of high fashion and h…
If you produce events, sponsor events or provide new tools or technologies to make events better, join us! SXSW is more than a great event---it’s a proving ground for what is coming next in the event space. Let’s come t…
Social networks have phenomenal growth characteristics. Though the barrier to entry is high (convincing a group of people to simultaneously believe it’s a good idea), once you’ve on-boarded enough adopters (e.g."tipped" …
This talk from his new book covers key business concepts related to marketing, branding, public relations, social media, human resources and customer service. It’s about the authentic touch, and the ability to connect te…
During this session authors Scott Stratten and John Morgan will reveal the 10 biggest marketing mistakes businesses make and show you how to avoid them. They'll cover actionable strategies that you can implement in your …
For whatever reason, you've decided that the time is right for your startup company to exit. You're looking to be acquired, but you have no idea where to start. After all, there's hardly any material online for how to su…
Get together with other bootstrap 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 -- or if y…
The Internet has grown exponentially throughout the years. It has gone from a place that no one understood to a world that no one can take their eyes off of. The Internet has evolved from a place to get your news, pay yo…
The Internet has grown exponentially throughout the years. It has gone from a place that no one understood to a world that no one can take their eyes off of. The Internet has evolved from a place to get your news, pay yo…
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…
In an attention economy where more and more options compete for scarce attention, the ability to attract and retain attention will increasingly determine who creates and captures value. Stories are a powerful way to enga…
As the market for open source products expands beyond enthusiasts, it’s increasingly being adopted by companies and organizations unfamiliar or even uncomfortable with the GPL and other free and open source (FOSS) licens…
Every startup founder has had an advisor say "read this!" and hand them a book. But how many founders have time to read? Why this book and not hundreds of others with conflicting notions of success? Why read about buildi…
Every startup founder has had an advisor say "read this!" and hand them a book. But how many founders have time to read? Why this book and not hundreds of others with conflicting notions of success? Why read about buildi…
Scott Stratten will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Book of Business Awesome / UnAwesome ” following his Book Reading session.…
Kevin Smokler will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School” following his Book Reading session.
Kevin Smokler (@weegee)…
By some estimates, up to half of all entrepreneurs have ADD. I'm one of them. And I'm definitely not alone at SXSW. We haven't all been formally diagnosed, but the patterns among us are clear: super intense energy combin…
As if building a successful company from scratch wasn't hard enough, tech startups in certain industries are facing an additional hurdle: government regulation. From product design to launch strategy, pricing to fundrais…
Beginner
Presenters
Dana Rosenberg, Joshua Reich, Ryan Graves, Stephanie Tilenius
Everyone talks about software, so this panel will look at how to launch a HARDWARE company. Conventional wisdom is that hardware is hard, but there's a growing community of makers turning their ideas into businesses, an…
Advanced
Presenters
David Lang, Nick Pinkston, Rachel Kalmar, Renee DiResta
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…
What leads to success? Why do some companies thrive while others fail? For 30 years, Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and host of the world’s largest annual innovation event CES, has worked…
What leads to success? Why do some companies thrive while others fail? For 30 years, Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and host of the world’s largest annual innovation event CES, has worked…
Gary Shapiro will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses” following his Book Reading session.
Gary Shapiro is president …
Indie developers and open source principles provide the power and the passion for the SXSW Interactive Festival. With this core value of community collaboration in mind, we are very pleased to announce that game industry…
Brian Solis will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “What's the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences” following his Featured session.…
Can a sense of humor be strategic? In the age of hashtag fails and campaign flops, it's crucial to use a dash of humor in your social recipe. How do you incorporate humor from the beginning of a process and not as an aft…
To keep America's economic and innovation engine running, we must tap into the "secret sauce" that made the United States what it is today... our entrepreneurs. Reflecting on his experience building AOL into an online p…
Does the pace of innovation on the web seem daunting? So many great new capabilities, tools and communities, but no way to keep up and reach your core audience? Drupal, an open source solution, offers a way to stop the m…
“Marketing is BS”. "Social Marketing is Worthless". They’ve been saying it for years. But why? Sure, marketing faces its fair share of skeptics and challenges. But today’s digital and social campaigns are rooted in hard…
Beginner
Presenters
BJ Mendelson, Jeff Feldman, Thor Muller, Todd Wasserman
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…
Tech writer Leena Rao in 2012 observed the trend of venture capitalists getting into public relations by providing PR as another service the VC can offer, crediting the increase in seed stage investing by VC firms as one…
Come hear from the intrapreneurs with a web-startup mindset who opened the LEGO Group to solicit and deliver crowdsourced products. In 2011, LEGO opened its factory doors with LEGO CUUSOO, allowing fans to propose design…
Dropped vowels. Extra Zs. Domains du jour. These common namehacks may seem unique to digital startups. But the challenge their owners face is one that’s been around since the days of Scotch-guzzling ad execs: Naming is h…
When Ted Murphy introduced paid blogging in 2006, it was so contentious it garnered headlines like "PayPerPost.com offers to buy your soul.” At one industry event, Ted was even called the ‘evilest man' in the room by the…
You’ve done the hard work. Your product or service works beautifully - but something is missing. Potential customers just don’t see the big idea - and it’s keeping them from becoming customers. Your big idea has an expla…
Three years after the SEC mandate that registrants file interactive data, we are beginning to see several trends emerging; data quality, increased control over XBRL and data consumption. The XBRL industry is undergoing a…
Join Adobe and a special guest for a live perfomance that uniquely re-caps the days disucssions on the themes of "Marketing is BS" and "Social Media is Worthless". Then join us for a round cocktails (or two), and network…
The future of creative careers will transform the creative industry as we know it. From the content we consume to the marketing that surrounds us, our world is made interesting by creative people and teams with ideas and…
At a time when funding from local, state, and federal governments is spread thin and credit is increasingly harder to come by, crowdfunding has demonstrated that collective and collaborative efforts of individuals can fu…
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…
Move over tech portals — if you want rapid adoption for your startup, it's all about lifestyle magazines and daytime talk shows. In case you haven't heard, women make or influence over 85% of the household purchases, an…
A “DEO, or the “Design Executive Officer”, is a hybrid of a strategic business executive and a creative, problem solver who places design and creativity at the center of their organization. They are the catalysts for tra…
A company's first day as a publicly traded entity on a stock exchange is a huge deal. Social companies, like Facebook, Xynga and Jive, have the added the pressure of socializing this corporate milestone. This session w…
Investment firm Y Combinator is the most sought-after home for startups in Silicon Valley. Twice a year, it funds dozens of just-founded startups and provides three months of guidance from Paul Graham, YC’s impresario, …
Investment firm Y Combinator is the most sought-after home for startups in Silicon Valley. Twice a year, it funds dozens of just-founded startups and provides three months of guidance from Paul Graham, YC’s impresario, …
Hundreds, maybe up to a thousand, new domain endings will soon join the ones we’re accustomed to like .com, .net and .org. Last summer we learned which companies were seeking which new extensions as this massive change c…
What if each email you sent earned you $28?
Email marketing (yes, STILL) rocks the highest return on investment of any medium. That is, if you do it right. Are you getting your $28 ROI?
Ok, do you even *know* your email …
Randall Stross will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups” following his Book Reading session.…
Scott Belsky will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality” following his Featured session.
Scott is the co-founder and CEO of Behance,…
RSVP Required - Apps are king. Or, for some, god. Either way, they are the future of not only how we play, but how we work and therein lies opportunity. In order to take advantage of this, there are several strategic ste…
We all love sharing photos online, but isn't there more we can do with technology? Hopefully yes, given our nation's problems like health care costs outstripping growth of GDP, reliance on fossil fuels & climate change …
Beginner
Presenters
Ariel Schwartz, Halle Tecco, John Lilly, Rachel Barge
"A Chaotic Good character favors change for a greater good, disdains bureaucratic organizations that get in the way of social improvement, and places a high value on personal freedom, not only for oneself, but for others…
Entrepreneurs want to focus on their business, not spend time worrying about legal issues. However, taking a little time early on to think about intellectual property strategy can save money and potentially much heartach…
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…
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bryan Person, Chris Abraham, Michelle Kostya, Rohit Kapoor
Everyone who has ever succeeded has failed; designed for the SXSW interactive guests to meetup and share with others of their failures while promoting their success stories. This will also be a platform for others to net…
Billions of pieces of data, five years of research, and tens of thousands of readers and attendees in the making, The Science of Marketing will be the paramount presentation of inbound marketing data, statistics and scie…
Billions of pieces of data, five years of research, and tens of thousands of readers and attendees in the making, The Science of Marketing will be the paramount presentation of inbound marketing data, statistics and scie…
Esther Dyson always seems to get interested in things before they become popular. Join us for an interactive discussion on what's intriguing right now to this always-curious, always-challenging, angel investor Her enth…
HousingMaps.com, the prototypical mashup, shows that awesome things can happen when data is freely used to create something bigger than the sum of its parts. Many business have tried bootstrapping by "borrowing" other co…
Advanced
Presenters
Carter Rabasa, Chris Treadaway, Hung Truong, Sunil Kanderi
Lee Lefever will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “The Art of Explanation: Making your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand”
Lee LeFever is the Chief Explainer, illustrator and voice of Common …
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…
Get together with other 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.…
It’s no secret that mobile is revolutionizing how people shop and pay, becoming the digital nexus of consumers’ lives. They want what they want … when they want it – anytime, anywhere. It’s a new world for retailers of a…
RSVP Required - The advanced social media monitoring workshop will exist in two parts. The first half will assess the state of the social media monitoring industry from bottom to top.
Examples will be given on the holis…
Advanced
Presenters
Alistair Croll, Blake Robinson, Margaret Francis, Susan Etlinger
Drawing on the leadership he learned on the front lines, decorated military officer and Fortune 500 executive Donovan Campbell moderates a panel on how the training model of the United States military can serve as a foun…
Every business claims to be disruptive. Most startup founders want to innovate the next app or feature to attract more dollars or clicks than the industry standard. Now there’s a new class of rising entrepreneurs inventi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Hayley Barna, Lynn Jurich, Narges Bani Asadi, Tara-Nicholle Nelson
RSVP Required - Brand Amplification Programs drive engagement, awareness and revenue for brands and affect purchasing behavior of customers. Large scale influencer relationships can boost ROI and provide cost savings as …
Discourse and action in our society are increasingly dominated by the idea that the world cannot be known. But to what degree issuccess in this world dominated by luck? How much of our lives can be planned for, and can t…
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
In the media age, the intersection between film critics and the film industry has never been more vocal. Opinions are given, read at a heightened rate and can have a hand in making or breaking the success of a project. J…
Intermediate
Presenters
Marian Koltai-Levine, Melissa Hanson, Scott Weinberg, Simon Barrett, Matt Singer
As a filmmaker, the press can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. Learn how to make nice. Or, if you're an aspiring journalist, learn how to make a living.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Pl…
Beginner
Presenters
, Brandon Harris, Dan Kois, Farihah Zaman, John Gholson, Roger Erik Tinch, Scott Foundas
A nexus of discovery and collaborative energy, SXSW Film kicks off in high gear with their annual Beginner's Guide. Answering questions like how do I get around Austin during the fest? When should I arrive to get into my…
Beginner
Presenters
David Modigliani, Jette Kernion, Kimberley Jones, Yen Tan, Agnes Varnum
Kick off SXSW Film right on day one by getting insider tips, strategies and advice you can use to maximize your time at the film fest, straight from some of today’s most influential film pundits. Offering up a “sneak pr…
Beginner
Presenters
Brian Salisbury, Dana Harris, Eugene Hernandez, Jen Yamato, Dave Karger
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Beginner
Presenters
Christoph Terhechte, Ula Sniegowska, Scott Macaulay
Ask questions and talk with industry members about financing for film, different funding platforms, opportunities and ways to get your project off the ground.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum…
We’ve lived with the donor form of Crowdfunding via IndieGoGo and Kickstarter for years. Now, thanks to the JOBS Act, there is a new form of Crowdfunding – one in which fans can become investors (not merely donors.) The …
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Game worlds with touch interfaces are everywhere, but is it possible to build a world you can FEEL with your fingertips?
We've built a touchy-feely world out of paper. A digital papercraft adventure that you can hold in …
Raise your hand if you agree with any of these statements:
- Gamers are primarily by young or teen boys.
- Games are usually played alone in the home on game consoles.
You may be surprised at how many people would have…
For the past three years, The Art of Akira Exhibit has travelled the globe educating and entertaining fans with original cels, backgrounds and sketches from the legendary anime Akira. Exhibiting selections from the over …
Linear narratives and static written words no longer dominate communication. New forms of communication are fundamentally changing the way interactive media producers, including game developers, engage audiences. Success…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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 …
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 …
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…
Hold a discussion covering the benefits of using outsourced resources and how to improve going forward
• Cost savings
• Increased quality of next generation titles
• Immediate availability of resource ramp up for full p…
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Amy Adcock, Bob De Schutter, Richard Van Eck, Steven Malliet
Few games can match the ubiquity and legacy of Doom, the seminal first-person shooter that ushered in thousands of mods, clones, and successors. Nearly every significant FPS, from Resistance to Half-Life, Call of Duty to…
What does it mean that kids are requesting iPads over train sets for Christmas? Or that one of the fastest growing segment of iPad users are kids under age 12? Kids today interact with digital devices by 6 months and ca…
Video games are part of pop culture. Millions of people game every day. But the process of making a game remains a mystery to most people. The work often comes down to a clash between two opposing forces: logic and emoti…
This panel will present an incubator program that helped high school students start game companies and prepare for careers in the game industry. During the summer of 2012, twenty Pflugerville ISD high school students wo…
From early on in the careers, three-star Michelin chefs - a rarified 106 in the world at present - have a nearly tyrannical hold on their kitchens. They insist on perfection in every ingredient, in temperature, in presen…
Go behind the scenes with the developers of Shadowrun Returns, the Kickstarter crowdfunding phenomenon. Shadowrun Returns is a story-based tactical role-playing game for PC, Mac, and Android & iOS Tablets.…
Go behind the scenes with Harebrained Schemes, the developers of Shadowrun Returns, the Kickstarter crowdfunding phenomenon. Shadowrun Returns is a story-based tactical role-playing game for PC, Mac, and Android & iOS Ta…
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…
What happens when you combine the visions of advertising agency, W+K and game designer, Graeme Devine.
Advertisers have discovered games: they can be cheaper than TV spots, produce lots of engagement and people play the…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dan Hon, Graeme Devine, Michelle Childs, Mike Giepert
In the 1990s space sims and high end PC games were synonymous with the name, Chris Roberts. Roberts made his mark in the games industry with legendary and groundbreaking computer game series like Wing Commander, Privatee…
In the 1990s space sims and high end PC games were synonymous with the name, Chris Roberts. Roberts made his mark in the games industry with legendary and groundbreaking computer game series like Wing Commander, Privatee…
With the rise of mobile devices, especially tablets, the opportunity in mobile gaming is taking center stage. As mobile continues to heat up in the gaming industry, many believe that mobile will soon bypass the success o…
The indie game developer/designer meetup will be a forum for indie game developers from all over the world to meet and discuss the state of the art in building indie games. It will be a chance to meet other indie game de…
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 combi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adrian Hon, Alex Macmillan, Matt Wieteska, Naomi Alderman
RSVP Required - Epic Games is hosting an all-day workshop to help SXSW Interactive attendees make great mobile games using the award-winning Unreal Engine technology. The Unreal Development Kit (UDK), the free edition of…
RSVP Required - The founders of Modit will discuss their vision for a future in which game development is democratized by turning game players into game creators. Browser-based game development and distribution will emp…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alex Sutherland, Alexander Sheive, Sam Workman, Shantanu Dhaka
Creative media work can be done anywhere, particularly in our internet age. But it is clear that some areas of the world have higher concentrations of talented creative people, which are labeled Creative Clusters. This…
Puzzle Clubhouse is Schell Games' grand experiment in crowdsourced game development. In this talk, Jesse Schell will explain what his team has learned about voting, community management, and how to produce episodic video…
For mobile game developers and publishers, this Meet Up at SXSW Interactive is the perfect opportunity to mix and mingle with like-minded pros and discuss the hottest topics and trends in the mobile gaming industry.
Wh…
10 years ago, voice talent waited by the phone for auditions, drove to cattle calls at recording studios, to be recorded by an engineer, directed by a producer, followed by more waiting for a booking.
Today, casting site…
Jesse Schell will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Art of Game Design” following his Solo session.
Jesse Schell is Professor of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of Sc…
RSVP Required - Unity 4 demonstrates the platform's AAA push that levels the playing field between the largest and the smallest studios. It enables anyone, from the most indie game designer to the biggest multinational …
Today consumers have an unprecedented number of options when it comes to playing games. In addition to home and handheld consoles, people are now always connected to games through common mobile devices like smartphones o…
The gaming console has done more to evolve TV than any other technological innovation in a generation, with Xbox Live, PS3 and Nintendo Wii U providing gateways into the home and a yet unrivalled interactive TV experienc…
General partner at KPCB and former COO of EA Bing Gordon will discuss the evolution of entertainment, the future of TV and lessons learned from the gaming industry. Bing will discuss the development of community, downloa…
Ever since the pioneering Origin Systems germinated in Austin during the mid-1980's, this city has grown to become a recognized global hub of creative, technical and business talent in the games industry. Over the years,…
The largest demographic of online game players are women over 35. And, this demographic is more social than ever; they’re willing to purchase virtual goods and boosters, while spending more time playing across multiple d…
Beginner
Presenters
AJ Glasser, Allison Rynak, Cara Ely, Rachel Bernstein
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dustin Clingman, Margaret Wallace, Michael Agustin
How are artists relying on their cliques to get noticed amongst the the clutter in hip hop culture?Look at past and present influential crews from the perspectives of those who cultivate, manage, brand, and expose these …
Presenters
Jamal Henderson, Jeff Tammes, Karen Civil, Terrance Henderson, Tiffany Hardin
The Gang of Four's song from 1979 dramatized a person's lack of an authentic relationship with his culture. Last year in New Orleans, a second line in memory of "Uncle" Lionel Battiste seemingly included as many photogra…
Beginner
Presenters
Alison Fensterstock, Brian Boyles, Erika Goldring, Louis Michot, Alex Rawls
EDM has exploded in the U.S.. After years of being a huge force in European music, what has made the music so popular here? Is it the fact that the industry has perfected tapping into the underground and bringing it to t…
Presenters
Ken Jordan, Lee Anderson, Michael Cohen, Richard Bishop, Tim Smith, Jeff Pollack
The image of a black woman singing metal rock lyrics or riffing on a lead guitar is rare. The American music world is still at a loss on how to promote these women in a society where the categorization of music is still …
Presenters
Kudisan Kai, Laina Dawes, MilitiA
, Stefaniah McGowan, Sheila Jackson H
New Orleans roots music is one of America’s most enduing regional styles. The city’s brass band, funk and traditional jazz sounds continue to be a wellspring of inspiration and grounding for musicians of many genres, and…
Presenters
Ben Jaffe, Jan Ramsey, Lefty Parker, Truth Universal, Wild Wayne, Scott Billington
EDM is undoubtedly the acronym of the moment, with headlines in every major publication, countless new festivals and events springing up. It has even been said that EDM saved the music industry from rock music's sinking …
Presenters
Adellyn Polomski, Alex Chaykin, Danny Rogers, Marc Nicolas, Trevor Skeet, Sean Glass
Being a young metal band can be a struggle anywhere, but imagine doing it in a country where simply getting guitar strings can take six months, internet access is largely forbidden, the average monthly salary is about $4…
Presenters
Alexander Sanchez Salazar, Michel Sanchez Salazar, Tracy Noelle Luz, David Peisner
The heavy metal boys' club has always made it a bit tougher for the so-called fairer sex to be accepted within the testosterone-fueled world of denim & leather, but women have been swinging guitars and screaming for veng…
Advanced
Presenters
Caryn Havlik, Laina Dawes, Mel Parsonz, Nathan Carson, Zeena Koda, Kim Kelly
An interactive discussion with attendees about how a disaster response works from a communication responder's standpoint. Panelists will share with attendees how to communicate effectively with Joint Information Centers…
Intermediate
Presenters
Anastacia Visneski, Brandon Brewer, Hanson Hosein, John Visneski
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.…
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…
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…
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
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…
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
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…
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…
Few politicians use social media as openly, or prolifically, as Cory Booker. As the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, he has used Twitter to interact with his constituents on a daily basis, responding to questions and complai…
Few politicians use social media as openly, or prolifically, as Cory Booker. As the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, he has used Twitter to interact with his constituents on a daily basis, responding to questions and complai…
We’re bureaucrats-govies-public sector. You’re techies-geeks-start-ups. No matter what camp you’re in, we’re all into creating ideas that change the way we do things for the better. So, if you’re into developing game-cha…
How do we get results from what most consider a broken government? What skills are needed to unpackage the government monolith into specific stacks for specific tasks and duties?
This presentation will use Startup Visa …
You've all heard about the role of "big data" in this year's race to the White House. From Nate Silver's models to Obama's project Narwhal, the 2012 Presidential election abandoned intuition in favor of analytics - deep …
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Andrew Bleeker, Dan Wagner, Tom Serres, Zac Moffatt
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
Social media’s ability to organize & facilitate grassroots activism played a significant role in democratic change throughout the Middle East. But how is social media being used in the aftermath of regime change? How is …
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Christopher Harvin, Elizabeth Breese, Joe Trippi, Nancy Messieh
From SmarterChild to the Low Orbit Ion Cannon to Horse_ebooks, humans have relationships of varying quality with bots. Mostly it’s commercial spam. But sometimes it’s less benign: for instance, the 2012 Mexican elections…
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Alex Leavitt, David Bausola, Erhardt Graeff, Greg Marra
In a data driven world, how do individuals contribute? Do you question where your data comes from and who owns it? This panel will explore the recent surge of grassroots movements empowering communities of citizens to un…
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Christoph Piuggi, Joseph Saavedra, Leif Percifield, Shannon Dosemagen
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 rise of smartphone technology is poised to change the way people get around. With the sharing economy already altering consumers' views on ownership, the demand for safe, convenient, and affordable transportation has…
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
The rise of new media, from Facebook and Twitter to The Huffington Post and The Daily Caller, has allowed consumers of news to ignore anything that challenges their prior beliefs. Purveyors of news and information now we…
The growing problems of the world -- from climate change, conflict, poverty, water scarcity, infectious disease to economic stagnation -- are not too hard to solve. Rather progress is stalled because our model is wrong…
Don Tapscott will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World”, “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything” and “Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generat…
There are countless local government projects that are not completed due to lack of funding. These are projects like building new parks, renovating neighborhood pools and adding bike lanes - projects that governments wan…
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
The privacy debate has become a regulatory battle pitting two federal agencies – the FCC and the FTC – against each other. Privacy is a critical issue in today’s technology integrated world. From personal cell phone data…
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, Catherine McCullough, Christina Gagnier, Sara Kloek
As for-profit news organizations struggle to maintain previous levels of reporting, nonprofit news organizations are working to fill the gap in coverage. These outlets are experiencing the same problems that longtime non…
Health 2.0's SXSW Code-a-thon is a coding competition designed around building new applications and tools to foster health and wellness. Join fellow developers, designers, health care professionals, and entrepreneurs for…
We all know there are vast amounts of data about our lives - our spending, our browsing, our activity - being collected daily. With the recent explosion in inexpensive sensors and self-tracking apps, we can capture new i…
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Jeffrey Holove, Michael V Copeland, Steph Habif, Tim Chang
As our loved ones age, we find ourselves taking on caregiver responsibilities, sometimes way earlier than we expected. Last year I became the sole caregiver for my Aunt Ginny who has Alzheimer’s. Here’s what I learned: C…
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…
365 days. Dozens of digital health devices, apps, blood draws and genetic testing. So why would anyone voluntarily commit to such a high-maintenance, tedious and occasionally painful lifestyle? To understand more about m…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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Christie Hefner, Jennifer Pfahler, Quincy Delight Jones III, Susie Ellis
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…
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…
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…
Illness is complicated. The tsunami of digital information currently available to most patients and caregivers doesn’t always simplify decision making, but can often make it worse. Further, the new role of patients as h…
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…
Does your smart phone keep you on track with a fitness, healthy eating or weight loss program? What apps and social media tools do you love? Come chat with the editors of SELF magazine - including Editor-In-Chief Lucy Da…
The future of telepresence sits at a hybrid intersection of robotics, consumer electronics, medical devices, and even aerospace and housewares -- and the primary driver behind this explosion is design. Unexamined individ…
What if the biologic differences between men and women determined their body weight?
Most of the recent rise in US obesity is in men; women have stayed stable. Men's average weight has risen from 180# in 1990 to 196# in …
Can the small stuff scale in health? When many of our largest health care issues are systemic or policy driven, what’s needed to truly transform our ecosystem and drive lasting change? Do health start-ups have what it ta…
DIY Diets are all the rage in the online space…tips once shared between friends are now broadcast to complete strangers online. From the Cabbage soup diet, to the Grapefruit diet, to Juicing and more, it seems anyone can…
A significant part of the population wants to live and feel better. Unfortunately, most of them don't know what better means and, more importantly, don't want to put too much effort into being better.
higi creates consu…
Part of the problem in changing health and fitness habits comes from a lack of information about where you’re going wrong. Did you burn 800 calories in spin class instead of 1,000? Miss your 10,000-step walking target? H…
There are three main qualities required to create a successful social network in health: trust, transparency, and meritocracy. The first element, trust, can be created by connecting people with trusted health information…
Technology is radically changing our ability to understand food preferences and how what we eat impacts our health. Traditionally, companies have relied on market and clinical research to develop products and come up wit…
The current model of drug discovery is broken. Billions of dollars are wasted and it takes far too long to bring a drug to market. Research and development is dependent on the wrong type of models. We need a new way …
Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s admission that she works a 9-to-5 schedule ignited a firestorm in the tech world over work/life balance. Mashable founder Pete Cashmore nailed it when he said, “It’s up to both employers an…
With over 1.2 billion health-related searches on Google every month, there’s a high demand for open access to trusted medical information online. Most information available lives on static repositories such as websites o…
Patient sharing of photos and documents in health is broken. To get documents, pictures, and files to doctors, patients are forced to send faxes, mail packages, hand-deliver documents, or even write letters / submit for…
CrossFit is the world's fastest growing fitness phenomenon and is well suited for the SXSW festival. This is a great opportunity to meet with crossfitters from all around the world and exchange ideas regarding the busin…
Digital technology is transforming how we connect and self-soothe our body in amazing ways starting first with the core of our system, the brain.
The emergence of brainwave-enabled products that share feedback on your br…
Hybrids of sex and technology are flourishing in contemporary culture, from basement workshops where power tools are repurposed as bedroom aids to media genres devoted to robot-human couplings. The mechanical in service …
The majority of births in many parts of the world occur at home without access to skilled attendants, lifesaving medicines or emergency obstetric care, increasing preventable neonatal and maternal deaths. Nevertheless, m…
We all know there are vast amounts of data about our lives - our spending, our browsing, our activity - being collected daily. With the recent explosion in inexpensive sensors and self-tracking apps, we can capture new i…
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Jeffrey Holove, Michael V Copeland, Steph Habif, Trae Vassallo
Today's breakthroughs in “Bodytech” include a host of incredible innovations that will transform our bodies, communication, society -- even the human psyche. This provocative duo presentation, sponsored by IEEE, will ad…
Last year there were more than 36,000 suicides in the U.S., and 90% of them had a diagnosable and treatable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death. The proposed ObamaCare health plan supports increased mental i…
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 …
Everyone wants to get healthier. New solutions arrive daily. Yet the challenge isn’t getting people to try new things and start new habits but getting them to stick with them. A new generation of hardware and software s…
The year is 2030 and we, the patients of the future, speak to you as parents, children, friends, professionals, and experts in our own care. We have unprecedented access, knowledge, and resources. We will tell you what i…
So many industries have been turned upside-down and inside-out with new technological innovation. From e-commerce to social media, technology has completely changed the way we live our daily lives. Innovation has changed…
STOP THE MADNESS! The Patient Experience is overwhelmed with websites, commercials, brochures, support groups, mobile apps, chachkas, and other information sources - and all with no other point than often just saying... …
The aging population is rapidly increasing and they are the highest consumers of healthcare in the US. The elderly face many obstacles to healthy aging including unacceptably high readmission rates; uncontrolled costs of…
For four decades--as a songwriter, musician and producer (and New Wave flag-bearer)--Nick Lowe has exerted an influence that cuts across generations and genres. His embrace of various strains of roots music, humor, inimi…
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Bill Bentley, Chris Stamey, Kathy Valentine, Ron Sexsmith, Scott McCaughey, Rob Seidenberg
Catch an extended 45 minute Q&A with Arhoolie Records founder and president, Chris Strachwitz moderated by Texas writer, Joe Nick Patoski after the Alamo Ritz Screening of "This Ain't No Mouse Music!" on Wednesday, March…
The Fab Four’s global influence from the 1960s to the present is immeasurable and is felt today as much as it was in 1963. Gain—or regain—an appreciation for the Beatles as musicians, composers and iconic figures of our …
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Bill Flanagan, Robyn Hitchcock, Rodney Crowell, Ron Sexsmith, Bob Santelli
"The close presence of the woman", Leonard Cohen, singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, unflinching sage and celebrated ladies man has said, was always "a very important element. The presence of the female voice allows my …
"Man, I wish this band had been recorded live because it was really a bad motherfucker," said Miles Davis, legendary trumpeter and bandleader, who managed to shift the course of music several times throughout his career.…
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Bootie Brown, Imani , Meghan Stabile, Nell Mulderry, Vincent Wilburn Jr, Ashley Kahn
What’s the secret behind the Muscle Shoals Sound, and what took place in the studios where world-famous artists such as Clarence Carter, The Rolling Stones, Cher and Paul Simon recorded hit records backed by the now lege…
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David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Spooner Oldham, Holly George-Warren
Australia and New Zealand are extremely close geographically, yet their music creations are frequently very different. What is the impact of the comparative geographical isolation from the rest of the world? Examine the …
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David Fricke, Emma Swift, Iain Shedden, Simon Baeyertz, Stuart Coupe
Jim Dickinson, recording artist, producer, raconteur, Memphian and Mississipian, conservator of Southern music and World Boogie, gets the retrospective treatment from those who knew and worked with him in his many guises…
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Cody Dickinson, Jim Lancaster, Jody Stephens, Luther Dickinson, Mary Lindsay Dickinson, Mojo Nixon, Joe Nick Patoski
The documentary Born in Chicago is the story of first generation blues performers who had made their way to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta and their ardent and unexpected followers – young white, middle class kids wh…
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Barry Goldberg, Bill Bentley, Corky Seigel, Harvey Mandel, Nick Gravenites, Sam Lay
Country music had been primarily a boys club until the arrival of a couple of very different superstars. Kitty Wells, who died in 2012 at age 92, and Patsy Cline, who would be 80 if not for her death in a plane crash 50 …
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Kelly Hogan, Kristi Rose, Laura Cantrell, Rosie Flores, Holly George-Warren
Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s, the documentary "Finding the Funk" takes a road trip to the Bay Area to celebrate Sly & the Family Stone, then it's off to Dayton, Ohio, the birt…
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Arthur Baker, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Lumar LeBlanc, Nelson George
Joe Boyd, Nick Drake's discoverer and producer gives a sneak preview of his forthcoming tribute album "Way To Blue". Hear about Nick's life and career through live performances by Robyn Hitchcock, select BBC clips, the K…
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Wednesday, March 13
11:00AM -12:00PM
Bands usually don't form with business in mind, but once a band starts packing rooms, business surely intrudes. The practical aspects of touring, recording and inter-band relationships can destroy the fun and creativity …
Look at the inner workings of a multi-million dollar global recording, touring and merchandise business that is 100% artist controlled. Amanda Palmer raised a record-breaking $1,192,793 on Kickstarter from 24,883 fans --…
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Eric Sussman, Kendel Ratley, Martin Goldschmidt, Nicole St Jean, Vickie Starr, Amanda Palmer
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Wednesday, March 13
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Learn tips and tricks on using Ableton Live and Moog Minitaur while recording audio. Course provided by NYC's electronic music production and DJ school Dubspot.…
In the current climate of the music industry, international acts are finding it increasingly difficult to get signed by a label. Join us on a two day workshop where industry experts will give 30 minute lectures on the va…
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Carlos Alvarez, Claudia Alarcon, Emmanuel Zunz, Humberto Carmona, Michael Gitig, Moj Mahdara, Marissa Lopez
What are the top 'need to know' issues about the US music market from an international perspective? Experts define and discuss cultural and business matters that impact the globe.…
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Adam Lewis, Brooke Just-Olesen, Portia Sabin, Richard Bengloff, Steve Ferguson, Sybil Bell
The internet has had a profound effect on all aspects of the music industry and education is no different. Explore different business models in online learning and evaluate the key components to creating a high value onl…
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David Butler, Matthew Sandler, Mike King, Gregory Gordon
In the current climate of the music industry, international acts are finding it increasingly difficult to get signed by a label. Join us on a two day workshop where industry experts will give 30 minute lectures on the va…
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Thursday, March 14
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Learn tips and tricks for synthesis and sampling techniques using Native Instruments Komplete. Course provided by NYC's electronic music production and DJ school Dubspot.…
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Friday, March 15
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Witness a fast paced, hands-on demonstration of the steps involved in screen printing your own t-shirts. T-shirts have been a mainstay in the merch booth for years and are still as important as ever. Learn what it takes …
YouTube offers anyone the opportunity to show their talent to the world. Artists such as Pomplamoose are using it to continually engage and monetize a fan base. Find out how to successfully build and maintain a music car…
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David Kostiner, Jack Conte, Mike Rosenthal, Sarah Bardeen, Michael Schneider
There are countless cautionary tales of those who don’t last long enough to achieve success and those who do achieve it, but aren’t careful with the money that they earn. There are also equally important success stories …
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Andrew W.K., Bart Dahl, Brian Joseph, Josiah Albertsen
Nev Schulman is the subject of the acclaimed documentary CATFISH and host of MTV’s CATFISH: THE TV SHOW. In a world of constant digital connection, social networks have made communicating easier while complicating the…
The role of the filmmaker has, historically, focused on precision: crafting and controlling the viewer's experience down to the frame. And for good reason — one of the prime pleasures of cinema is surrendering to the vis…
The past decade has experienced the rise of Latino Urban culture into a notable crossover mainstream phenomenon. Key players of this movement will elaborate on what business models effectively set them on center stage. I…
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Angie Martinez, DJ Buddha, Fat Joe, Flavio Morales, Lonnie Limon
Latin artists face cultural barriers in bringing their music to international audiences. How can we build better bridges between cultures? What impact do matters of language have? Which musical genres translate well, and…
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Claudia De Heredia, Gabriela Urquiza, Roger Macin, Valerie Miranda, Ahmed Bautista
In recent years numerous hot, new digital musicians, hip-hop artists, and DJs are emerging from across Africa, making a mark on the global music scene. They blend hip-hop, house, reggae and rock with various local musica…
Asian music companies were the fastest to adapt to the changes in the music business brought about by digital technologies. Broadband speeds are faster and services are more affordable than in most countries and this has…
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Bernie Cho, Carl Choi, Isaac Bess, Orbis Fu Chien Wen, Rob Campanell
Africa’s perceived need for aid and assistance has been a hot topic for decades. Less of a talking point is the wealth of opportunities that exist on the continent. Africa is home to the largest youth population in the w…
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Audu Maikori, Colin Gayle, Michael Ugwu, Ngozi Odita
What happens when a multi-platinum, Grammy winning artist with a 4-decade career and two highly successful Nashville songwriters decide to form a band and put out their record independently? Kenny Loggins, Georgia Middle…
Independent record labels are a volatile proposition, relying on the taste and business prowess of their proprietors, and based on artists who can be fickle if not downright perverse. Add in the recent losses in sales of…
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Chris Swanson, Josh Rosenfeld, Matthew Kaplan , Pat Carr,
How do consumers receive and experience music? The EMI Million Interview Dataset is the richest and largest music appreciation dataset ever released publicly; a massive, unique, rich, high-quality dataset that contains i…
The singles label is a cost-efficient way to get involved in the business of music, and an exciting entrepreneurial venture for everyone from hobbyists to brand marketers to major label imprints. Most agreements are non-…
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Andrew Schulenburg, Nate Nelson, Paul Sommerstein, Tom Clapp,
Trained as an architect and a jazz musician, Christopher Janney has been combining these two disciplines for over 30 years. Sometimes trying to make architecture more like music- more spontaneous, more "alive"- Janney ha…
As the nature of diplomacy has changed since the Cold War, the Department of State has embraced new tools and is reaching out to those behind these new tools. Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms …
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…
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Juliet Gorman, Nate Blecharczyk, Shelby Clark, Tim O'Reilly
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…
With so much going on at SXSW each day, it’s easy to miss some important bit of information that could end up changing the world. Join SXSW senior staff and special press guests to get their take on the important events,…
Commerce is entering an era of democratization, changing the way people purchase and distribute goods and services. At the heart of this shift is the rise of mobile devices, which have helped revolutionize commerce by pr…
With so much going on at SXSW each day, it’s easy to miss some important bit of information that could end up changing the world. Join SXSW senior staff and special press guests to get their take on the important events,…
Beginner
Presenters
Jordan Viator Slabaugh, Meghan Casserly, Shawn O'Keefe
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…
Artists make difficult choices in deciding where they fall in the copyright debates. They must strike their own balance between seeing copyright as a way to make money and not wanting to alienate their fans. What measure…
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Andrew Bridges, Karen Thorland, Kristelia Garcia, Wendy Seltzer, Margot Kaminski
You understand the basics of the music business, but are now faced with deciphering the legal wording of contracts. Go through the ins and outs of recording, publishing, management, and distribution agreements. Understan…
Hear about the trials, tribulations and aftermath of band warfare from defendants and plaintiffs willing to share behind-the-scenes details of their high profile legal battles with former band mates. Discover the ramific…
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, East Bay Ray, Joe Escalante, Neville Johnson, Matthew Belloni
Current judicial law provides precedent which influences future behavior and assists resolution of future disputes. The most influential precedents of the recent past and litigations in process will be reviewed and anal…
An increasing number of up-and-coming and established artists are writing original music for brands and advertisers. Though still suffering from more of a credibility stigma than composing for films, writing for brands i…
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Amos Newman, Gabe McDonough, Michael Fitzpatrick, Stephan Altman, Michael Frick
Creators from Europe do not always have the option to use Creative Commons. Only a few collecting societies do offer that. Actually, CC users are kept out of the market, simply because individual contracts don't allow fo…
Twenty-five years ago, music fans read song lyrics on the back of an album cover, or in the liner notes, while they listened to a new album The tiny size of CD booklets discouraged reading along. In today's digital envir…
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Chuck D, Darryl Ballantyne, Ralph Peer, Will Mills, Deborah Newman
What will a recording contract look like in ten years time? Will artists still need managers? Will we be able to stream music in our cars and on the subway? Will piracy still be throttling the industry? Is a one-stop sho…
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, Ian Moss, Jo Dipple, Keith Harris, Horace Trubridge
The majority of music used on television, in brand commercials and on digital websites comes from music libraries and not artist catalogs. Writing for a music library allows composers and artists to build their compositi…
Beginner
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Adam Taylor, Chris Douridas, Gooding , Joey Peters, Steve Knill
Music in videogames is now more vibrant than ever. As mobile gaming grows and console games diversify, game developers’ musical needs continue to evolve in exciting ways. Hear from artists, music supervisors, and indie a…
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Presenters
Bill Elm, Kristy Gibson, Matt Riley, Raphaella Lima, Kyle Hopkins
The uncertainty and costs of licensing / rights clearance at the intersection of music and tech significantly curtail innovation in the space. Creating a startup license regime where entrepreneurs have access to a pre-ne…
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Bill Wilson, Elliot Resnik, Jedd Katrancha, Stephen Sternschein, William Hart, Yi Ping Ho
An in depth look at the recent trend in the independent world of the joining of forces, and how the independent label or publisher is expanding its reach to include the other. How important is ownership in the digital er…
Presenters
Brigitte Green, Chris Lakey, Jeff Pachman, Paul Hanly, Chrissy Stuart
Learn everything you should know about the UK music market, one of the most influential, creative and fast-changing musical environments in the world. Hear practical ideas for developing your act in the UK. Success in th…
Presenters
Amul Batra, Joanna Ashmore, Matt Wilkinson, Stephen Taverner, Jules Parker
There are two main schools of thought about Big Labels/Big Management. It's either the 'they're corrupt dinosaurs and we don't need them' or 'I need someone to back me and make me a star'. If you believe the latter, how …
Artist managers know all about rabid fans. The good ones find ways to work directly with them that go beyond street team clichés. Fans wear animal costumes onstage, help determine tour routes and album track lists. They …
Intermediate
Presenters
Bob Johnsen, Mike Martinovich, Peter Katsis, Scott Booker
Gone is the golden age of movie trailers and posters. Social media are the new tools for film promotion. Vanity Fair’s Senior West Coast Editor Krista Smith talks with those who have championed Twitter, Tumblr and beyond…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jason Janego, Matt Jacobson, Natalie Bruss, Olivia Wilde, Krista Smith
Filmmakers are increasingly using digital marketing tools to make their films "sticky". Social media, contests and sweepstakes drive traffic to the filmmakers' sites. Solicitation of user-generated content keep fans inte…
Movie trailers remain one of the most potent ways to create interest and market a new film, yet with the evolving needs of today's filmmaker, there are a myriad of iterations a film trailer can go through to target diffe…
A catchy tagline isn’t enough in today’s social media world. With image-driven networks like Tumblr and Instagram taking center stage, collaborative storytelling is more important than ever. In order to leverage your bra…
Intermediate
Presenters
Daniel Bornstein, Eric Korsh, Katrina Craigwell, Peter Orlowsky, Mark Borden
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…
Presenters
Barbara Zack, Benji Rogers, David Bakula, Shawn O'Keefe
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Image-based platforms have exploded in the past 18 months, as tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram change how we view and share items, and dominant services like Twitter and Facebook continue to adjust to meet this shift in …
Presenters
Dorothy Hui, Nate Auerbach, Shannon Schlappi, Vince Bannon, Scott Perry
Your biggest selling point is you! To find success with your fans and target audience, you have to focus on a cohesive story and be able to employ the resources at your disposal to build your online brand – the brand of…
Presenters
Allison Shaw, Gabe Spierer, Jonathan Kalter, Liz Leahy
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Thursday, March 14
12:30PM - 1:30PM
The five goals of digital marketing are; Improving your social reach, increasing your fan engagement, identifying and engaging influencers, increasing lead generation, and applying analytics to know what works. Case stud…
Mobile technologies have enabled music executives to understand as never before how people are consuming music. What people are listening to is just the tip of the iceberg – now, labels can see where they are and even wh…
Presenters
Alex White, Brett Alperowitz, David Lowery, Marie-Alicia Chang, Will Mills
When one takes a close look at the fields of economics and consumer psychology, it becomes clear that nerdy social scientists have plenty to say that is relevant to the music industry. It's entirely possible for musicia…
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Thursday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Kickstarter seems like the EASY button for funding your project. It isn't. Only 50% of Kickstarter projects are funded and there is no margin for error - or a learning curve - the remains of your failed projects will app…
Facebook and Twitter aren’t going to sell out your tour. Fewer stages and higher prices make it hard to get on the road. Since there’s no single solution to your tour marketing strategy, what is the right recipe? With th…
Presenters
, Dawn Gates, Jamie Loeb, Jon Romero, Ashley Capps
With all of the tools that are available via the web, artists and labels are making more mistakes than ever in the planning of their release strategies. Find out about effective, yet affordable, marketing, sales, and dis…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Pollock, Dana Meyerson, Joe Esposito, Sarah Landy, Vinny Rich
In the ever-evolving music landscape, brand/band partnerships have become more important for all members of the value-chain. Find out what constitutes a successful partnership and the recommended best practices for ideal…
Presenters
Afdhel Aziz, Brad Haugen, Daniel Martinez, Scott McCune, Daniel Sena
Over the last few years we've talked incessantly about how musicians can build sustainable careers by catering to diehard superfans. While this may work for cult fans, is the over-emphasis on superfans causing musicians …
In today's music management and marketing environment every single aspect of a career must be incorporated into the digital space. Digital Managers integrate innovative online experiences, unique marketing campaigns, dir…
Presenters
Brian Wilkins, Jessica Meehan, Jon Romero, Mike Rosenthal, Rynda Laurel
This session presented by SXSW Interactive and is open to all badge types.
How is the television industry changing to meet the changing tastes / demands of today's most wired consumers. Acclaimed businesswoman Lauren Za…
At a radio station, the programming staff meets regularly to decide which new songs they're going to add to their playlist. At these "music meetings," songs are presented that many of the participants are hearing for the…
Presenters
Bruce Warren, Jessica Besack, Jim McGuinn, Liz Mozzocco, Norm Winer, Rob Reinhart, Sean Coakley
As was predicted from the earliest days of the internet, curation is becoming a bigger factor in the music marketplace both on and off line. Explore the process in which specific associations and gatekeeper on the landsc…
Presenters
Daniel Seligman, Johanna Rees, Ryan Schreiber, Steve Blatter, Mark Kates
Beatles vs. Stones. Pop vs. art. Indie or mainstream. Rockist or poptimist. For decades, music culture and criticism has been built on such binaries, with artists trapped in the middle. This panel would explore why, in t…
Presenters
Lindsay Zoladz, Simon Vozick-Levinson, David Greenwald
The way music is promoted to radio (both terrestrial and Satellite) has changed. No longer is it about the major labels. Hear from the folks who helped create this tide change.…
Presenters
Bill McGathy, Danny Buch, David Hill, Garrett Capone, Joel Denver, Roxy Myzal, Mike Jacobs
With a growing demand for the latest music and news around the clock, Hip Hop blogs have become the go-to destination for most fans to consume information. Should that level of power and influence also come with great re…
Intermediate
Presenters
Al Lindstrom, Ashley Outrageous, B Dot, Elliott Wilson, Steve Raze, Nick Huff
The string of new Internet radio services appearing over the past few months is no accident. Companies are recognizing that people shouldn’t have to work to enjoy their music. On-demand music services and new entrants ar…
Presenters
Eric Davich, Ezra Kucharz, Funkmaster Flex, Talib Kweli, John Donham
This is a Convergence panel presented by SXSW Film. This session is open to all badges: Interactive, Film, Music, Gold and Platinum.
This panel will discuss the evolution of music into a source of finance for independen…
Presenters
Aleks de Carvalho, David Kaplan, Goetz Grossman, Jennifer Dana, John Sloss, Mike Ventimiglia
Join a round table discussion of the Digital Revolution; how we got here, how the world has changed and what are the best ways forward in these contentious times. With Napster founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, musi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alex Winter, John Perry Barlow, Sean Parker, Shawn Fanning, Eugene Hernandez
This is a Convergence panel presented by SXSW Film. This session is open to all badges: Interactive, Film, Music, Gold and Platinum.
This panel will discuss the evolution of music into a source of finance for independen…
Presenters
Aleks de Carvalho, David Kaplan, Goetz Grossman, Jennifer Dana, John Sloss, Mike Ventimiglia
This panel will discuss the evolution of music into a source of finance for independent film. Filmmakers rarely raise money from one source; debt, equity, grants, tax credits, rebates, and fan funding are well known sou…
Intermediate
Presenters
David Kaplan, Goetz Grossman, Jennifer Dana, Mike Ventimiglia, John Sloss
This session is presented by SXSW Film and is open to all badge types.
Music and song selection can heighten a film's everyday story into something majestic and awe-inspiring. The soundtrack of a film can filter into yo…
Music and song selection can heighten a film's everyday story into something majestic and awe-inspiring. The soundtrack of a film can filter into your subconscious to the point that when you hear a specific song again - …
An auteur filmmaker with unlimited vision, Rob Zombie’s unique voice has gained him unparalleled recognition across the mediums of film, music and publishing. Zombie’s most recent cinematic feat, The Lords of Salem, is …
Today, filmmakers have the unprecedented ability to utilize their greatest resource - their community.
Crowdfunding and community-building platforms like Kickstarter and Seed & Spark are giving filmmakers a unique aven…
From Interactive programs, to digital marketing - the digital age runs the gamut of directions filmmakers can go to bring their films to the masses, take the audience deeper, etc. Talk to those at the forefront of their …
Beginner
Presenters
Aaron Koblin, Elaine McMillion, Ingrid Kopp, Jigar Mehta, John Christiano, Keyvan Peymani, Laure Parsons, Logan Mulvey
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
As new business models of digital music consumption grow and new services keep launching where does the artist fit in? The headlines all scream about what the artist makes on this service or that. But does the artist hav…
Presenters
Eric Garland, Jeff Price, Trevor Skeet, Scott Reilly
Heated discussions in the music business surround the topic of subscription music, and the effect on the bottom line of the rights holder, artist and songwriter. One side of the aisle claim that on-demand streaming serv…
Presenters
Adam Rabinovitz, Brian Slagel, Christina Calio, Dan Kruchkow, Steve Savoca, Antony Bruno
Now that Universal Music Group has bought the storied EMI major record label, the major label market is more consolidated than ever. What does this mean for online music services that depend on sound recording licenses t…
Presenters
Charles Caldas, Lita Rosario, Paul Geller, Vernon Brown, Jodie Griffin
Beyond Spotify and Pandora, a new group of digital music companies are emerging. These companies are bringing together artists, content carriers and labels to create new user experiences, business models and opportunitie…
Presenters
Michael Cerda, Paul Resnikoff, Phil Lang, Tyler Lenane, Mike McGuire
The Direct-To-Fan model can generate revenue, but at the end of the day, many well-intentioned campaigns lose money or barely break even. Explore strategies that artists and managers can use to run more profitable D2F ca…
Presenters
, Jason Feinberg, Nicole Poulos, Parker Todd Brooks, Jason Spitz
The music industry continues to undergo big changes. In 2011, it was the cloud. In 2012, it was streaming. Technology is an enabler, but what really moves the needle is great music. Take an in-depth look at the new techn…
Presenters
Jessica Phelps, Maggie Vail, Richard Bengloff, Richard Laing, Molly Neuman
Is the subscription music business model ultimately a positive or negative for music industry revenues, compared to the purchase model? Whichever side of the argument you land on, it's agreed that maintaining a healthy b…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Tudhope, Amanda Palmer, Darius Zelkha, JT Myers, Thaddeus Rudd
Many artists, managers and labels see streaming as stripping away the already beleaguered retail sales and leaving them with only fractions of pennies for their work. Meanwhile streaming services believe holdout artists …
Presenters
Emily White, Jon Maples, Richard Jones, Simon Wheeler
This session presented by SXSW Interactive and is open to all badge types.
The Internet has grown exponentially throughout the years. It has gone from a place that no one understood to a world that no one can take their…
This session presented by SXSW Interactive and is open to all badge types.
He has retired from pro basketball, but that doesn't mean Shaq has slowed down. Four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal gives his opinions on so…
This session presented by SXSW Interactive and is open to all badge types.
Comedy superstar Eugene Mirman has a thoughtful conversation and leads a Q&A with Brooklyn alternative rockers John Flansburgh and John Linnell,…
After the record industry and the live music industry, it’s time for innovation and constructively disrupting how the music industry operates. It's time to open up the shop and see what outside influences can bring to th…
This session presented by SXSW Film and is open to all badge types.
Join a round table discussion of the Digital Revolution; how we got here, how the world has changed and what are the best ways forward in these content…
Presenters
Alex Winter, Eugene Hernandez, John Perry Barlow, Sean Parker, Shawn Fanning
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…
Presenters
, Eli Pariser, James Slezak, Laura Dawn, Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky)
This session presented by SXSW Interactive and is open to all badge types.
A year ago, Forbes introduced Daniel Ek to the world by putting on the cover of its inaugural "30 Under 30" issue. Now the story's author interv…
Techno and technology adventurer and world-leading DJ Richie Hawtin engages on-stage with deadmau5 – one of the most globally-renowned electronic artists period. Each are innovators in terms of music's interaction with t…
This session presented by SXSW Music.
Techno and technology adventurer and world-leading DJ Richie Hawtin engages on-stage with deadmau5 – one of the most globally-renowned electronic artists period. Each are innovators…
Demo Listening Sessions offer a unique opportunity for selected musicians to get direct feedback from music professionals, those who listen to demos as part of their job.…
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. Sessions are scheduled in ten-minute increments. Online sign-ups for Mentor Sessions will close the day before the…
Presenters
Alexandra Dunne, Amy Rosen, James Evans, Jessica Linker, John Shaw, Mara Schwartz, Russell Baltera, Stuart Sullivan
Actor and 30 Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto discusses ARTIFACT, a film about the making of the band's album This is War and their subsequent battle with label EMI, documented in his directorial debut film showing at…
Jim James has spent the better part of almost two decades as the lead singer and songwriter of My Morning Jacket. Through six studio albums, My Morning Jacket has grown into one of the most acclaimed rock and roll bands …
Depeche Mode's enduring appeal has led to sales of over 100 million records in their career spanning thirty years. From their genre-defining debut to their newest album "Delta Machine," the band pairs forward-looking mus…
Presenters
Andrew Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Jason Bentley, Martin Gore
Dave Grohl's ascension to legendary status as one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music scene goes back to his joining the DC-based punk rock band Scream at the age of 17. Three years and m…
Clive Davis, renowned record producer and music business executive, is currently Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Entertainment. Davis has won five Grammys, and worked with the biggest names imaginable in music from …
Recent years have seen a resurgence of rock poster design. This time around, the poster is both advertisement and artifact, acting as a unique artistic interpretation of a band's music and limited edition merchandise. To…
Presenters
Ahmed Bautista, Geoff Peveto, Luke Drozd, Shepard Fairey, Crispin Parry
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Burdon is one of the most prolific and distinctive voices in rock and roll. Burdon has released nearly 50 records in 50 years, as front man of The Animals and WAR and as a solo act. In…
Hailing from Compton California, Kendrick Lamar has revitalized the West Coast rap scene and the hip-hop game. Making his start in 2003, K.Dot released a string of mixtapes and two acclaimed independent albums, 2010's Ov…
Stevie Nicks is in the middle of a whirlwind of activity this year. She is the subject of the documentary "In Your Dreams" telling the story of her latest album of the same title, including collaborations with Dave Stewa…
In a digital world of instant access, self-curated content and customizable everything, how can radio survive? Learn about the social relevance of radio, its importance to music discovery and how this original social me…
Presenters
Daniel Glass, David Field, Peter Gray, RedOne , Tom Poleman
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Friday, March 15
11:00AM -12:00PM
Richard Thompson broke musical ground as a teenager as guitarist for Fairport Convention, who defined folk-rock with their classic albums such as 'Liege and Lief' and their stunning performances. Dozens of albums have fo…
Bootsy Collins and Chuck D embody the power of African-American music to move audiences and change culture. Bootsy and his teenage band The Pacemakers were hired by James Brown in 1970 where they both enlivened Brown's s…
In 1967, Milton Babbitt wrote a famous article "Who Cares if You Listen?" arguing that modern music had reached such a high level that laypeople were no longer qualified to appreciate it. The ensuing controversy raised …
Presenters
Graham Reynolds, Jane Siberry, John Murphy, Kevin Gant, Brian Felsen
The Zombies were one of the first and most influential of the first wave of bands to hit the U.S. during the British Invasion of the 1960’s, led by founding members Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent. Their music has had a p…
Demo Listening Sessions offer a unique opportunity for selected musicians to get direct feedback from music professionals, those who listen to demos as part of their job.…
Presenters
Isaac Heymann, Lawrence Gelburd, Marc Wilson, Michael Goldberg
A freewheeling conversation about the creative process, collaboration and the business of music with a group of incredibly talented people, whose sole flaw appears to be their annual willingness to be on this moderator's…
Presenters
Britt Daniel, Daniel Glass, Mac McCaughan, Matthew Caws, Karen Glauber
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Friday, March 15
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Corey Taylor - lead vocalist and songwriter for global multi-platinum bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, best-selling author, Grammy winner and Oxford University speaker - will discuss how to embrace the chaos across the cre…
Hear how the worlds of music and activism can work together in an inspiring, meaningful and productive way. Experts in the world of non-profit, artists and music industry professionals discuss how they have successfully …
Presenters
Brandon Deroche, Hillary Zuckerberg, Mike Mills, Mikel Jollett, Karen Scott
For those of us for whom music is a way of life as musicians or fans, what does this interesting time for the relationship between music, religion and spirituality mean for how we think about our own lives? And how can m…
Presenters
David Nantais, Merrill Wade, Monica Miller, Tom Beaudoin, Greg Garrett
Gone is the philosophy of "cast a wide net". A highly effective model where like-minded entrepreneurs are forming tight professional communities is burgeoning. By sharing resources, networks and knowledge, hyperconnector…
Presenters
Franki Chan, Laurel Stearns, Robbie Lloyd, Sam James Velde, Sara Qazi
Hear rising Seattle-based hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis discuss with John Norris their soaring popularity following their self-released debut, The Heist, which shot into the #1 spot on iTunes and debuted at #2 on t…
More than any other sport, baseball has a mythical, mystical quality which lends itself perfectly to music. From beloved team anthems to players' personal "at bat" music; from in-stadium sing-alongs to the countless song…
Presenters
Billy Altman, Dan Bern, Joe D'Ambrosio, Mike Mills, Steve Earle, Judy Tint
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Saturday, March 16
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Best known for his work with Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is one of the foremost studio-bred guitarists to emerge from the Seventies. Although his trademark beret and handlebar mustache give hi…
Hip hop superstar 50 Cent discusses his meteoric rise to fame from humble beginnings in Queens, to his incredibly successful musical career and hip hop empire, as well as his current work with SMS Headphones and the upco…
One day, while working on Blueprint 3 at Baseline Studios, Jay-Z wanted a scratch hook for one of his tracks. Two people in the studio – Just Blaze, who he knew could DJ, and Young Guru, who he ‘heard’ could DJ. What beg…
Music recognition technology has been with us for around for a decade. We can use a cell phone to identify a track in a few seconds. We know that digital fingerprinting technology is powerful and has many potential uses.…
Presenters
Chris Woods, Lynne Lummel, Mark Gordon, Mark Flashman, Peter Bradbury
Once upon a time, terrestrial radio was the only game in town and they do not pay performance royalties. With the advent of online and satellite services, we’ve amassed a patchwork of legacy policies that create a compl…
Presenters
Chris Harrison, Julia Betley, Patrick Reynolds, Patrick Laird, Erin Griffith
In an ever changing music business, how does an artist, label, songwriter or publisher stay afloat financially, or better yet, make a profit? What are the new digital tools and services that really make you money? How d…
Presenters
Brandon Martinez, Melissa Goodman, Sara Walker, Sean Glover, Jeff Price
Songwriters, recording artists, publishers, record companies, musicians and performers share in the billions of dollars being generated from music being performed and sold worldwide. Royalty and deal making experts take …
The US remains one of the only countries in the world in which the owners of recordings are not compensated when those recordings are played on the radio. Broadcast radio maintains that they are providing free exposure f…
Presenters
Bruce Reese, Curtis LeGeyt, David Macias, Mike Huppe, Glenn Peoples
The five separate royalty income streams that are essential to music producers, recording artists, and songwriters are: Music Publishing Royalties, Master Royalties, Sound Recording Royalties, Home Taping and Rental Roya…
Presenters
Ashley Calhoun, Lauren Danzy, Scott Cupolo, Travis McFetridge, Tiffany Almy
Elections are exciting but the policy process never ends. From effective copyright enforcement to protecting and growing the noncommercial radio infrastructure, to facilitating a competitive broadband marketplace, to ret…
Presenters
, Jacqueline Charlesworth, Jessica Rosenworcel, Michael Bracy
In June 2012, a blog post by musician David Lowery set off a firestorm. Written to an intern at NPR who admitted to not having paid for the 11,000 tracks in her collection, the post generated more than a million views in…
Presenters
David Lowery, East Bay Ray, Nakia , Daryl Friedman
The fight over SOPA/PIPA was a Washington watershed: 15 million Americans contacted Congress and stopped laws that would have harmed online culture and innovation. Learn how to transform this victory into a strong, self-…
Presenters
Jayme White, Julie Samuels, Laurent Crenshaw, Michael Petricone
The differences between producing work in a studio vs. independent setting can be immense. Hear first hand from producers who have had experience navigating projects through both systems - from the benefits to drawbacks …
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Short films can allow filmmakers to build a name for themselves and flesh out directorial styles prior to moving onto feature length projects. Join filmmakers who started in shorts and discover how they turned heads enou…
Intermediate
Presenters
Calvin Lee Reeder, Hannah Fidell, Kyle Henry, Neil Miller
With so many choices, choosing your film's main locale can be a dizzying process. After much consideration and review, the magic happens, and everything starts to fall into place. Workshop speakers and participants will …
Colors, textures and effects play a pivotal role in the way we experience film. The darker the color; the more somber the tone, the brighter the picture; the happier a scene may feel, a heightened color will draw the eye…
Good lighting can be key in provoking a specific mood, emotion, atmosphere and overall experience for the audience as filmmaker's tell their story. Whether you're shooting for the web, commercials or a feature project, s…
Good sound design can add layers to a film - at once enhancing or even detracting from the visual story being told. Gain insight into the post-production sound design process for film. From the bare bones of why sound de…
Film production runs the gamut from pre to post. Learn from industry professionals who have experience in the wide range of experiences film production entails.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platin…
Beginner
Presenters
Andrea Roa, Brady Dial, Brian Yang, Chris Ohlson, Gill Holland, Mark Bristol, Melissa Robyn Glassman, Yvonne Boudreaux
Film production runs the gamut from pre to post. Learn from industry professionals who have experience in the wide range of experiences film production entails.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platin…
Beginner
Presenters
Adam Donaghey, Christian Zak, David Fabelo, Dominic Buchanan, Lea Prainsack, Megan Gilbride, Sandra Adair
Making films is tough wherever you are, but what are the challenges of shooting in another country? How do you wrangle the added difficulties of permits, travel, customs and extra cost, alongside the usual logistical puz…
Do you need a publicist? Maybe so, and maybe no. Come get some hands-on information about the modern role of the PR person, and how that impacts filmmakers today.
Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Pla…
Beginner
Presenters
Brandy Fons, Cynthia Swartz, David Magdael, Matt Johnstone, Mickey Cottrell, Rene Ridinger, Sylvia Desrochers, Weiman Seid
Press releases and bios are the foundation stones of any publicity campaign. These materials are often the first information writers, editors and other content producers encounter on an artist and their decision to want …
Presenters
Jim Fusilli, Mike Greenhaus, Randy Alexander, Sarah Mary Cunningham, Howard Wuelfing
Guitarist Phil X started demoing vintage guitars for Fretted Americana in 2008 using a little 1950's Magnatone Tonemaster accordion amplifier. Pretty soon the viewers of those demo videos started making more comments abo…
Recent news from the CERN laboratory in Geneva has revealed the existence of a heavy unstable particle that had been predicted by the theory that unifies two of the forces of nature. This is the last missing piece of ou…
The nation's space agency has embraced the use of social media to reach out, engaging new audiences in new ways and giving people behind-the-scenes access to areas rarely seen by the public. By using tweets, blog posts a…
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 hum…
Intermediate
Presenters
Anousheh Ansari, Christopher Gerty, Darlene Damm, Edward Wright
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…
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
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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
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…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be the most ambitious telescope ever constructed. Hubble’s tennis court-sized successor will be 100 times more powerful and orbit far beyond Earth’s Moon, where it will beam back im…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alberto Conti, Blake Marie Bullock, Charles Mountain, Jonathan Fay
Joe Weinman will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Product Details
Cloudonomics, + Website: The Business Value of Cloud Computing” following his panel session.
Joe Weinman has been described by IDG as…
Did the human race almost go extinct? Can genetics explain a crazy cat lady’s love for felines? How does DNA lead to people with no fingerprints, or humans born with tails? And how did the right combination of genes crea…
Wael Diab will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Ethernet in the First Mile: Access for Everyone” following his panel session.
Wael Diab is the Senior Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Broadcom …
Sam Kean will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Disappearing Spoon” and “The Violinist’s Thumb” following his Featured session.
Sam Kean is author of the New York Times bestsellers The Disappearing…
A tweet that will live in infamy, "GALE CRATER, I AM IN YOU" heralded a new era of space exploration and conversation between NASA and the general public. As the Curiosity Mars rover touched down on the Red Planet, the …
Beginner
Presenters
Doug Ellison, John Beck, Stephanie Smith, Veronica McGregor
What kind of software would you design to support astronauts aboard a space station?
Well, in this session, we'll show you. We are two NASA designers who want to share a little about what we do, the situations we design…
Most of us dream about space exploration - but haven't yet touched those stars ourselves. Can earth science and other open data connect us physically and personally to the exploration of the universe? It could be that th…
Dr. Richard Garriott de Cayeux is a key member of the commercial spaceflight revolution that is changing how NASA is planning its future in space. Garriott de Cayeux will discuss what the next generation of space vehicle…
Stephen Wolfram has spent his life trying to automate everything; to do with computers what people used to have to do for themselves.
What happens when he succeeds?
Distinguished scientist, inventor, and best-selling…
Private space exploration projects have made headlines recently with companies like Space X, Planetary Resources and Virgin Galactic, but the first woman of color in space, Dr. Mae Jemison, has grander ambitions. In 2012…
Will we ever understand complex human experiences such as consciousness or emotions? Will there ever be a way to build synthetic brains or brain-like computers? The brain is a network of billions of interconnected cells …
Tempers run hot in the tech community anytime you mention the names Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. At the dawn of the 20th century both men had incredibly accurate predictions for the future and each were talented inven…
NASA and various international space agencies have spent an estimated $100 billion on the development and construction of the ISS . The ISS was envisioned as being an on-orbit microgravity laboratory “that will make val…
The Pentagon has fast become one of the leading agencies funding -- and conducting -- neuroscience research. From prosthetics for soldiers controlled directly by the brain's signals, to Terminator-like cameras that are c…
Supercomputing is for solving BIG problems, and doing so faster than 'regular' collections of servers. Supercomputing is fundamental for scientific advances, and is increasingly being used by companies industries to prod…
With the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis in July of 2011, NASA effectively took itself out of the manned spaceflight game—at least for now. In the months that followed, an array of private companies have filled tha…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jeffrey Kluger, Marsha Ivins, Michael Griffin, Sara Seagar
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
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…
A gathering of Community Managers to discuss strategies and methods, exchange tips and ideas, and just have fun. Also open to anyone curious about CMs or businesses who need to know why they'd want one.…
No one can predict the future; but that doesn't mean you can't prepare for the unknown. Ford Motor Company's in house futurist will share how Ford is learning to expect the unexpected using a global trends and scenario p…
This is a new paradigm based on forming two-person book clubs as a way to help you become happier and more successful. This kind of club can also help you figure out what you need to do in your life and in the world.
It…
This is a new paradigm based on forming two-person book clubs as a way to help you become happier and more successful. This kind of club can also help you figure out what you need to do in your life and in the world.
It…
Will Schwalbe will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB” (2012) following his Book Reading session.
Will Schwalbe is the founder of Cookstr.com, which aggregates recipes fro…
Female orgasm is vital for every woman and man on the planet. In a world where technology and social networks have increasingly replaced in-person interaction, female orgasm nourishes our fundamental need for visceral, …
For many years, Reddit -- a site that allows people to post, vote on, and comment on links from around the Web -- was an also-ran news aggregator, a place stuck in Digg's shadow. But suddenly Reddit has become the most e…
Dave Morin and Path have always maintained that privacy controls should be simple and that your data always belongs to you. Discover why building privacy and control directly into a product from the start is essential; …
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 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 papi…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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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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…
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…
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
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…
Get together with other LGBT professionals in the new media sphere for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement.…
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 …
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…
#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…
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…
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 …
Social communities
Smartphone apps
Web-based apps
From farming 2.0 to restaurants with iPad ordering systems to the never-ending food porn on Instagram. Digital innovation is changing the food industry - business owner…
Join us for the Official SXSW 2013 Geospatial Meetup. LBS, GIS, SoLoMo and every other trade acronym for ambient technologies are on the rise and are here to stay. What are location-based services, geospatial information…
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…
Imagine if you could know all about someone just by looking at them. You could remember people's names, sense when friends were nearby, and see hidden connections around you wherever you went.
Soon, the mobile phones we …
How much of what you are using on a day-to-day basis actually comes from your school years? How much comes from the people you meet, the workshops you attend, the work you do? According to the New Approaches to Lifelong …
Think pink is the way to market to girls? Think again. Women and the teen girls they were know the power of their affections when it comes to entertainment, the internet, and the attention economy -- and yet they're prim…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ann Glenn, Jenna Wortham, Megan Westerby, Rae Votta
This will be a discussion and discovery of the methodology used by entrepreneurs in dealing with some of the challenges and emotions in a non-traditional work environment. As self employed individuals or entrepreneurs, o…
In the 70s porn theaters were a social space; in the 80s VCRs made viewing private; the 90s saw the rise of internet porn and online forums, allowing a still private but more social anonymous space; in the 2000s we are o…
Intermediate
Presenters
Carol Queen, Julie Gillis, Lisa Vandever, Michael Stabile
Traditionally, marketing has been about defining a brand’s key messages and finding clever and interesting ways to broadcast them. But it's no longer enough to connect eyeballs to ads; today's marketers must connect peop…
Special needs kids range from children with cerebral palsy, autism, the blind...to name a few. The iPad and special needs apps allow kids to verbally communicate their basic needs and replaces expensive, bulky old device…
In 2009, Bob Garfield published The Chaos Scenario and the world of media and marketing shit themselves. The book presented an apocalyptic vision of the steady collapse of mass media and mass marketing, which was scary e…
Libraries have grown far beyond the nostalgic scent of books on shelves (though we still have that too). There is an explosive realm of content-wrangling that occurs on the library frontier making life-changing impacts i…
Best known for uncovering the importance of unstructured play, Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget once said "play is the answer to how anything new comes about". We know now from decades of research that having the time and …
Intermediate
Presenters
Byrne Reese, Dennis Bjoern Petersen, Jayne Vidheecharoen, Patricia Chang
Tumblr founder David Karp was born and raised in New York City, attending the Bronx High School Science before dropping out at age 15. An internship at Frederator Studios led to a gig leading product at UrbanBaby. When C…
Founded in New York City in 2008 by Sam Lessin, Y+30 was designed as an authentic forum for discussing what the world might look like in +30 years for a given subject. For instance: Food+30, Healthcare+30, Money+30, Spac…
Serendipity is a fuzzy concept that has a powerful effect on our lives. More than blind luck, it's the product of lots of passion, insight, or proximity. As we live lives that are more accelerated and connected, with acc…
Beginner
Presenters
Colin Raney, John Perry Barlow, Joichi Ito, Kevin Rose
This panel will look at how people socialize online and offline – and how these interactions affect each other. Just as they do in real life, people on social networks and social media form social circles – in a way that…
Advanced
Presenters
Austin Carr, Brian Schechter, Dylan Casey, Jared Hecht
Our culture is becoming more and more obsessed with data each day. Why? It's fun. Many people argue that measurement has killed social media– it’s let the marketers take over! But, the same data marketers use can be used…
Do you know how to pronounce Weber? Have you used Malinowski and "da bomb" in the same sentence? Are you regularly the only person without a business degree in meetings? Do you ever use yourself as an example of how libe…
Bob Garfield will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Can't Buy Me Like” following his Dual session.
Bob Garfield is the most prominent commentator and analyst of advertising and marketing who has ever l…
Doug Levy will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Can't Buy Me Like” following his Dual session.
CEO and Founder of imc², now MEplusYOU, and author of Winning in the Relationship Era, Doug believes auth…
In a world where we communicate as much via text message as we do with our body language, being a full-screen flirt takes virtual finesse. Even when you live a tech-forward life, digital flirting fails can still happen f…
In a world where we communicate as much via text message as we do with our body language, being a full-screen flirt takes virtual finesse. Even when you live a tech-forward life, digital flirting fails can still happen f…
Laurie Davis will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Love at First Click: The Ultimate Guide to Online Dating” following her Book Reading session.
In 2009, Laurie Davis founded eFlirt Expert with just $…
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 …
You invest your money, but do you invest in relationships?
Porter’s presentation will discuss her book Your Network Is Your Net Worth. In our new economy, connections are a powerful currency. Relationships are the secr…
You invest your money, but do you invest in relationships?
Porter’s presentation will discuss her book Your Network Is Your Net Worth. In our new economy, connections are a powerful currency. Relationships are the secr…
Porter will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of the first chapter of her book “Your Network Is Your Net Worth: Unlock the Hidden Power of Connections for Wealth, Success, and Happiness in the Digital Age” …
Food may be the new rock and roll, but there's a lot to hate about current food culture. The conversational territory is carved up into ridiculous feats of gluttony, Rube Goldberg cooking processes, mean-spirited reality…
Beginner
Presenters
Addie Broyles, Hilah Johnson, Mary Helen Leonard, Will Burdette
Social Media—Facebook, Twitter, blogs—have united the world like never before, enabling connectivity across time and place. Yet despite these assumed benefits of increased communication, research suggests that we have ne…
Get together with other innovators in privacy 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.…
How does a farmer-owned cheese co-op in Oregon make new friends in the great state of Texas? By using the digital space to say “howdy”! We put together an integrated digital launch plan that:
- reached deep into the mark…
Storytelling is probably one of the most overused words in marketing today. The bigger problem is that many people who are using it wouldn't know a real story if it bit them in the posterior. Amidst the clarion calls for…
Robin S. Rosenberg will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “What's the Matter With Batman?: An Unauthorized Clinical Look Under the Mask of the Caped Crusader” following his Book Reading session.
Robin S…
Batman dresses in costume, spends a good part of his wealth to support the lifestyle of his bat-alter ego, and puts his life on the line nightly. There must be something wrong with him, right? This question is that heart…
Batman dresses in costume, spends a good part of his wealth to support the lifestyle of his bat-alter ego, and puts his life on the line nightly. There must be something wrong with him, right? This question is that heart…
You’ve heard this, “A woman walks into a bar…” In our version, it’s five years from now and goes: “A woman walks into a bar. She sees someone in a great pair of boots. What does she do?”
BlogHer CEO and co-founder Lisa…
In a world where we are constantly glued to our mobile devices, when is 24/7 connectedness all too much? Who better than to help answer this question than YOU – the most digitally savvy voices in the country? Together we…
ModCloth.com, an online boutique specializing in vintage-inspired apparel and decor, was launched out of the college dorm room of its founder Susan Gregg Koger in 2002. It was her love for thrifting and keen eye for retr…
The rise of social media and mobile technology has forever altered the social landscape teenagers navigate. It hasn’t necessarily made kids meaner, or bullying more prevalent, but it has changed how they learn skills lik…
Beginner
Presenters
Bill Keller, Danah Boyd, Emily Bazelon, Jason Rzepka
He has retired from pro basketball, but that doesn't mean Shaq has slowed down. Four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal gives his opinions on social media, startups, online comedy, as well as all things hoops in a reveal…
He has retired from pro basketball, but that doesn't mean Shaq has slowed down. Four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal gives his opinions on social media, startups, online comedy, as well as all things hoops in a reveal…
From content marketing to community management, B2B organizations are expanding their focus beyond traditional forms of communications to increase direct engagement with audiences. B2B customers are active users of socia…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jamie Grenney, Jason Bartlett, Jeanette Gibson, Melissa Chanslor
Emily Bazelon will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy” following her Panel session.
Emily Bazelo…
We’re tired of the inexhaustible need to tweet from every event we attend and Instagram so there is irrefutable proof that we were there rather than listening to the person we came to see. We all could use a break from h…
In an old fable, a nightingale issues a challenge to an inchworm to measure her song- to prevent being eaten. Fearful, the worm tricks the bird into singing while he inches away. Sound familiar? When marketers ask for wh…
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…
Come hear from Army Recruiting’s social media marketing lead on the U.S. Army’s strategy for creating compelling content and engaging with a community of more than 1 million across multiple company divisions. Whether it’…
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…
Back by popular demand, we bring you Community Confessions. Double agent. First Responder. Cheerleader. They’re all fair descriptors of the now prevalent role of Community Manager. Whether you are one yourself or just mo…
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Gokiert, Kim Matlock, Kristin Rupert, Lizz Kannenberg
This meetup is exclusively for those who manage a brand's social page. Time to get together and air blunders, grievances and social complaints. Get your #nofilter on.…
Location is enormously important to the future of mobile; it creates a new layer of relevance for social, adds context to our posts and photos, and helps us discover the world around us. The success of the LBS industry r…
You are bad at Facebook. We are less bad at it than you. Also, the vast majority of your audience is probably on Facebook. (Unless you are Pinterest, but they are on Facebook too. Just sayin'.) You are probably not good …
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 …
It's well-known that publishing and/or broadcasting news has gone from a one-way lecture to a multi-directional conversation. This core conversation will discuss the many ways that journalists and news companies are usin…
The proliferation of location-aware devices and geo-tagged data raises important questions: what will happen as more and more of the content we create online is automatically tagged with locational data? What can we lear…
Advanced
Presenters
Catherine D'ignazio, Devin Gaffney, Mark Graham, Monica Stephens
You’re a big, well-known entertainment brand with tons of Facebook fans and Twitter followers. Great—now what? Success for entertainment brands can be driven heavily by social media. However, social media networks are dr…
Human beings are no longer the only entities posting photos, tweets, checkins and blog posts online. There are other entities moving around us: social bots, emotive shadows of real people, and specifically designed spam…
All those latte portraits and shoe snapshots that fill up your feed? They're major game changers—in the cultural narrative realm. And as the recent acquisition of Instagram by Facebook proves, images have become the main…
Intermediate
Presenters
Amy Odell, Amy Wicks, Elizabeth Spiridakis, Valentine Uhovski
"I think if I can make a bundle of cash before I'm thirty and get out of this racket, I'll be able to ride my motorcycle across China." - Bud Fox, in Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street
Do you dream of traveling around the…
Trust mechanisms played a huge role in ushering online transactions from scary leaps of faith to our status quo, but what happens when online trust and social reputation move beyond the commerce space?
Could your online …
‘If you like this, you’ll like this’ is part of everyone’s shopping vocabulary. But those kinds of algorithmic recommendations only account for a single dimension of consumer interest: similarities among products. Other …
My presentation is all about the feeling of being overwhelmed from managing profiles on social networking sites. This is a positive presentation about social networking, but the emphasis is about building relationships o…
Today, everyone is a “Creative.” With the boom of visually-based social platforms like Instagram and Pinterest, technology has leveled the playing field. Does this really change how we define art and creativity? Artistic…
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…
Presenters
, Eli Pariser, Eytan Oren, Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky), James Slezak
Selling music to young women has followed the same patterns since The Beatles -- isn't it time for that to change? Teenage girls know what they like and why they like it, and their reasons might surprise you if your firs…
Presenters
, Danielle Strle, Lindsay Gabler, Megan Westerby, Rae Votta
So you’ve put aside a social media marketing budget. Great! Don't squander it all seeking YouTube plays. "Being everywhere" is not a strategy. Artist managers and labels spend a lot of time and money building a massive (…
Presenters
Allison Schlueter, Dave Bushnell, Jihae , Tynicka Battle
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Social influencers are starting to get involved in the startup ecosystem with the expectation that they will use their influence to attract new investors, users and revenue. This panel will discuss the benefits of gettin…
Beginner
Presenters
Chris Kantrowitz, Dhani Jones, Sophia Bush, Walter Delph, Adam Lilling
Gain insights into founding and funding an entertainment startup from this case-study style session focusing on indie film distributor and digital pioneer SnagFilms. Dana Harris, the editor-in-chief of IndieWIRE, will mo…
Beginner
Presenters
Harry Weller, Rick Allen, Sam Landman, Marc Schiller
Ready to take your entertainment startup to the next level? You’ll probably need some capital to do so. Learn the tricks to getting investment from top venture capitalists and angel investors with experience funding ente…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dana Settle, Matt Mazzeo, Patrick Chung, Thomas McInerney, Christina Chaey
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Beginner
Presenters
Emily Best, Jake Lodwick, James Belfer, Malcolm Pullinger
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
The entertainment business is evolving faster than ever, with new methods of funding, production, distribution, viewing and sharing content entering the market regularly. Learn how startups can disrupt the industry from …
Beginner
Presenters
Casey Pugh, Franklin Leonard, Pablo Gonzalez, Stephan Paternot, Adam Lilling
Noah Robischon, executive editor of Fast Company, will moderate this in-depth discussion with seven-time entrepreneur Anthony Wood. Best known as the founder and CEO of Roku, which was just named one of the "50 Most Inno…
Want to get your product or service in front of the taste makers and investors at SXSW Film’s Startup Alley? Designed for bootstrapping startups and geared towards SXSW registrants with short attention spans, Fastball Sp…
Interested in getting started with Angel Investing? Have you made a few investments already but still haven't formalized your strategy?
Learn from the mistakes of experienced Angel Investors who will share their success…
Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSHbooty): Following on the success of the 2012 bootcamp, join us for another year of education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health tech startups.
Learn "Why Health Te…
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…
Advanced
Presenters
Antonio Arocha, Chris Slaughter, Joshua Baer, Magdalena Szuszkiewicz, Nate Stewart
As part of the SXSH Bootcamp, Jason Calacanis hosts a special edition of This Week in Startups: Health Tech Edition live from SXSWi. Join Jason as he interviews 3 health technology startups,…
Meet 5 tech startups that have a clear path to being profitable on less than $1 million in funding. That doesn’t mean they aren’t big ideas, it just means they are capital efficient and the entrepreneurs are scrappy. The…
A panel discussion comprised of representatives from various non-traditional (i.e. not just angels and VC's) funding bodies, such as: Pharma/Healthcare Investment Arms, Health Tech Incubators, Health Innovation Challenge…
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…
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…
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
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
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…
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 …
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
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…
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…
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
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
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…
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
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.…
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
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
Digital health is driving revolutionary change across the globe. Health systems are being turned upside down as consumers and healthcare professionals tap into the cloud, big data and EHRs. Traditional structures and b…
HATCH: The pitch competition for tech startups with revolutionary ideas. Join our well-connected audience as the first group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepreneur, corp…
A spirited conversation with Airbnb's cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky in which we delve into the process of designing and building a platform for sharing homes, explore the company's new push into the travel guide area wi…
Today's technology is changing the world at a quicker pace than any prior period of time. In order to keep up with this transformation, our education system will need to react at a much faster rate to develop new skills,…
Intermediate
Presenters
Donald Christian, Nathan Green, Pauline Dow, Richard Rhodes
HATCH: The pitch competition for tech startups with revolutionary ideas. Join our well-connected audience as the second group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepreneur, cor…
Do you have a great idea for an interactive project? If your project displays an exceptional interactive content idea and an original media dissemination strategy – and your pitch stands out above all others in terms of…
Intermediate
Presenters
Gavin McGarry, Joe Fingerote, Kelly Robinson, Kerry Stauffer
Access to startup capital has always been a key pain point for female entrepreneurs, but is the angel and venture capital landscape finally changing? Recent research from Babson College says that if female entrepreneurs …
HATCH: The pitch competition for tech startups with revolutionary ideas. Join our well-connected audience as the last group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepreneur, corpo…
Presented by The University of Texas at Austin, the Longhorn Startup Showcase is a fast pitch competition for UT Austin-based student startups with revolutionary ideas looking for funding to scale their innovations. We w…
Intermediate
Presenters
Isaac Barchas, Laura Kilcrease, Robert Warren, Rudy Garza
Canada leads in every major wave of wireless innovation. Hear how you as an investor, developer, entrepreneur or enterprise can leverage this innovation. This panel offers insight from mobile innovators in the Canadian …
Intermediate
Presenters
Jeff Musson, Nathan Robinson, Nick Kapov, Wendy Mackinnon Keith
How many decisions do you make in a day? From what type of coffee you want, to determining the user-interface for your next product, you make hundreds of decisions every day. The important question to ask yourself is thi…
PANEL: FINDING and MANAGING CO-FOUNDERS: THE WHO, WHY, WHERE & HOW
You’ve been told you need a co-founder, but why? And how do you pick the right one? You’re an engineer & you think biz folks are kind of sucky, why do yo…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jesse Pickard, Jonathan Dobbertin, Mike Levinson, Steve Welch
Funded in Austin features Founder/CEO’s of three startups who have pursued and secured investment in their entrepreneurial ventures – one from crowdfunding, one from angel funding, and one from venture capital – totaling…
Intermediate
Presenters
Barry Evans, Claire England, Justin Jensen, Matt Cohen
Storytellers are blurring the lines between traditional television and new forms of fiction and Canadian broadcasters are embracing the opportunities - as second screen convergent experiences, standalone web series and i…
Intermediate
Presenters
, Amit Breuer, Ghassan Fayad, Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
Just a few months ago, The Pebble E-paper Watch project received a record-breaking $10.2 million through Kickstarter in a widespread show of support from a community of 68,000+ micro-funders. And all this support was for…
Intermediate
Presenters
Amber Case, Henrik Werdelin, Luke Lagera, Seth Friedman
What better place to find your co-founder than at SXSW where tens of thousands of like-minded people from around the world are mashed up together? Due to popular demand after the success of last year's sessions, DreamIt …
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
Presenters
Jocelyne Le Léannec, Kayla Jeanson, Keith Otto, Meghan Athavale
Not only is Austin a cool place to visit for SXSW, it’s increasingly recognized by tech investors as an optimal market for serial, high-ROI investments. Austin’s ample talent, business-friendly environment, low barrier t…
Not all investors are created equal. Join David Hornik of August Capital and Michael Silverstein of Liquidnet Private Shares as they discuss how to attract “smart money” before going public. In this talk, they’ll cover t…
Lawyers from Foursquare, Meetup and Etsy explore the legal and business challenges facing tech companies and provide insights on how growing tech companies can navigate legal issues.
Along the way, they will reveal:
•…
Scott McNealy is willing and interested in talking about Education, privacy, social media, and entrepreneurship. He wants to incorporate event management and the powerful tool of a one to many conversation (Wayin). The i…
International Media hails Berlin as the next Silicon Valley! In 2011 The Economist simply wrote: "Music and Technology: Berlin is the future!" Global Venture Capitalists and enterprises are flocking to the city to harves…
A Fireside Chat With Jeff Pulver exploring Israel's Startup Economy, investing in people and lessons learned from helping to create a trillion dollar industry.
Fireside Chat With Jeff Pulver exploring Israel's Startup Ec…
Too many companies build a product, then wonder how to turn traffic into revenue.
If that's your plan, you've already lost.
I'll share real data on how I monetized my business -- including real test results and surprisin…
At an age when most college grads are happily taking orders on the bottommost corporate rung, CEOs Zach Sims and Nikhil Sethi (22 and 23 years-old, respectively) are leading fast growing businesses. Sims heads Codecademy…
With new startup accelerator programs popping up daily around the country, offering mentorship, funding and an opportunity to build a business, it has raised the question, are all accelerator programs created equal?
Thi…
Many entrepreneurs are at the "make it or break it" point right now. By year four or five, you’re no longer a hot startup; you’re a business that investors expect to make money and break out – or get gone. (Hello Google/…
A revolution in early stage finance is taking place.
Thanks to the JOBS Act, which opens access to capital through stock sales by non-public companies, a new market is being born that will revolutionize how we think abo…
The power has shifted from Mad Men to Marketing Hackers, so drop the agency... and keep the cocktails. With the increased availability of self-service platforms, start ups now have access to many of the same tools that …
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Berke, Chris Lindland, Joanna Lord, Noah Kagan
Amidst a failing national economy, entrepreneurs and consumers are turning to local businesses to fuel job growth, provide access to inventory and boost local economies. Startups like Getaround, Flywheel, and Postmates h…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bastian Lehmann, Jessica Scorpio, Sean Plaice, Steven Humphreys
Key contributors to the indispensable soundscape of the Cirque experience offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the global theatrical phenomenon. From their origins in Montreal to their domination of the Las Ve…
Presenters
Benoit Jutras, Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard, Nick Littlemore, Gavin Whiteley
Musicians rely on engineers to understand today's hardware and software, and to record great sounding songs. How important are engineers in today's DIY recording climate? How do artists and engineers collaborate in the s…
Artists have myriad questions when it comes to mastering their music. In spite of an overabundance of information, many find myths, half-truths, contradictions and misleading statements when researching the topic. Engine…
Presenters
Andrew Mendelson, Gavin Lurssen, Michael Romanowski, Joe Palmaccio
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Friday, March 15
3:30PM - 4:30PM
We're constantly being told that the music recording landscape is changing, and that every artist is more empowered than ever since they own a computer. But what does this really mean for the quality and cost of recordin…
Presenters
Adrian Quesada, Dan Workman, Erik Wofford, John Congleton, Kevin Augunas, Larry Crane
Record production can be timeless, and it can be quite specific to its time. What has changed in recording studios over the years? Our distinguished group of producers will share stories from the classic records they've …
Presenters
Hugh Padgham, Matt Noveskey, Richard Gottehrer, Richard James Burgess, Tim Palmer
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Saturday, March 16
12:30PM - 1:30PM
The song is the key to everything in music Lyrics, melody and song structure often make the difference in achieving a "hit." Small changes have big effects on the song. Seasoned studio and label professionals explore the…
Presenters
, David Wolter, Pete Ganbarg, Steve Diamond, Howard Benson
Explore how music and brands play together in an ecosystem that is mutually beneficial to all parties involved. With brands, music is really just beginning to get utilized in a more meaningful way. Look at the unique and…
Presenters
Adam Farrell, Javier Farfan, Jessica Dierauer, JT Griffith, Eric Johnson
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Wednesday, March 13
2:00PM - 3:00PM
The new Music Licensing Pitch Sessions offer all registrants and artists direct feedback from licensing, sync, and music supervision experts. They will offer you a glimpse at the viability of licensing your music for dif…
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Wednesday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Take a unique look into the process of how music supervisors make decisions related to music placements in film and television. Three music supervisors will be paired with an artist, and together they present a short pie…
Presenters
Andrea Von Foerster, Marc St Louis, Matilda Perks, Michael Hill, Jon Bartlett
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Thursday, March 14
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Music Licensing Pitch Sessions offer all registrants and artists direct feedback from licensing, sync, and music supervision experts. Get a glimpse at the viability of licensing your music for different genres of film, T…
From montages to key scenes, main titles to end titles, original songs are written for film and television regularly, both by skilled songwriters and popular artists. The ability to capture the essence of a film (or mome…
Presenters
Amy Stroup, Christopher Mollere, Daniel Higbee, Josh Collum, Amanda Krieg
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Friday, March 15
12:30PM - 1:30PM
The new Music Licensing Pitch Sessions offer all registrants and artists direct feedback from licensing, sync, and music supervision experts. They will offer you a glimpse at the viability of licensing your music for dif…
Selecting the perfect song to soundtrack a moment in a film, TV show or ad goes much farther than simply making a mixtape of pitched potentials. The winning track is at the center of a complex Venn diagram reflecting the…
Presenters
Lysandra Woods, Rachel Levy, Scott Cresto, Tyson McShane, Rebecca Rienks
This session presented by SXSW Interactive and is open to all badge types.
Kim Dotcom, the Megaupload founder busted by New Zealand police under FBI and US DOJ supervision and awaiting extradition to the United States a…
The cloud contains more music than listeners ever dreamed possible, but there is peril in having so much music available: how do you decide what to listen to when you can sample everything? Without a guide, many recordin…
Presenters
Katie Schlosser, Maria Sciarrino, Max Weisel, Walter Gross, Tom Erlewine
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in web music companies recently. The integration of social media & geolocation applications with devices, coupled with the low cost of entry thanks to the proliferation …
Presenters
, Chris Wiltsee, Ethan Kaplan, Paul Resnikoff, Todd Tate
What is your brilliant idea? Anyone can stand up and present an up to 1-minute pitch about their company or idea, to connect with others who might be interested in working with them. If you would like to participate, pre…
No area of cultural activity is more in need of citizen archivists than music, where entire scenes come and go in the blink of an eye, exiting before documentation of their existence can be thoroughly captured. Artists a…
Presenters
Ben Blackwell, Ken Shipley, Spott Philpott, Butch Lazorchak
As music start-ups become bigger (or become part of bigger organizations through an acquisition) the very foundation of the company become under threat: an agile work environment, close relationships with the users, a st…
Seize the mic! District Karaoke, Washington, DC's first-and-only social, team-based karaoke league, is hosting a karaoke competition. DK invites YOU to register as a performer - and when the competition comes, everyone i…
Presenters
Christopher Doorley, Geoff Harcourt, Mary-Alice Farina, Jesse B Rauch
Austin Convention Center Artist Central in Ballroom E
Wednesday, March 13
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Biosensors are now able to measure crowd motion, mood and more. Whether it be live or for streaming digital media, biosensors allow performances to adapt to audiences so that no two are alike, but each is perfect for the…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jesse Israel, Ken Hertz, Marco Della Torre, Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky)
Music tech startups are springing up right and left, with some industry watchers proclaiming a glut of companies and over-funding that will end in a shakeout. But select music tech startups with truly innovative business…
Music is probably the most social form of entertainment consumption. We all know how important music taste is in communicating own identity, forming social connections and ultimately telling others what we're about. In t…
The days of exclusive distribution channels are gone. Today there are countless places to sell tickets through multiple channels and at different prices. Can going wide enhance your marketing reach and allow you to compe…
Presenters
Jim McCarthy, Larry Martin, Mark Achler, Barry Kahn
It's 2013. The amount of options for bands is endless - do you use Pinterest or Google +? Bandcamp or Itunes? Should you try to be on every platform or focus on just a few? Although options are a great thing to have, the…
Presenters
Justin Cornwall, Matt Conn, Mike Wald, Nani Stoick, Zach Hinkle
In the last twenty years, distribution channels have shifted to digital pipelines and consumer electronics devices have led to consumers wanting access to everything everywhere. Gone is the dedicated home stereo and list…
Presenters
David Chesky, Gunnar Larsen, Jason Rubenstein, Mike Jbara, Vickie Nauman
In 1998 Shawn Fanning, a teenage hacker and programmer, created the code that would become the basis for all peer-to-peer file sharing. Shortly after, Fanning and his business partner, fellow teenage hacker Sean Parker, …
Presenters
Alex Winter, Bill Flanagan, Chuck D, Elizabeth Brooks, J Keyes, Marc Cimino, Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky)
Can co-opetition really work? How is it achievable? The best path to fast-track growth has been through a strong connection to a market leader. This hook-up has been simplified through the use of API's (Application Progr…
Presenters
Barry Smith, Darryl Ballantyne, Deborah Sass, Marc Ruxin, Shane Tobin, Ted Cohen
60's legends such as Ringo Starr and Eric Burdon have embraced social media to engage with their audience like never before. Acts from the 90's such as Urge Overkill are self-releasing albums and re-launching their care…
Presenters
Beth Winer, Elizabeth Freund, Greta Morgan, Michael Allen, Emily White
Each year festivals around Europe erect city templates with population densities greater than Shanghai's. It is a unique interplay between music, art, architecture, games, and togetherness. The festivals are a metropolit…
The rise of electronic dance music into the mainstream proves the music industry's resilience with a powerful, socially engaged community and sold-out arena shows. What are the secrets to success in building community, e…
Presenters
Drew Best, Julie Kim, Mike French, Nic Adler, Jaime Sarachit
The most exciting development in the concert business is the proliferation of music festivals in America. Popular in Europe for years, multi-day events are expanding notably in the US. Get into the nuts and bolts of runn…
Presenters
Bryan Duquette, Charlie Jennings, Jonathan Fordin, Meelo Solis, Todd Sims
Artist ticketing and scalping are hot button topics, but is artist ticketing truly possible? Many venues have exclusives with ticketing giants, so acts like Louis CK opting to do their own ticketing face major challenges…
Presenters
Bob Moczydlowsky, Richard Jones, Sam Hunt, Sharilyn Mayhugh, Gannon Hall
Life as a touring artist will never be easy, but there will always be someone who has already been there to learn from. Based on Chuck Ragan's The Road Most Traveled, hear first hand experience about the struggles of day…
Beginner
Presenters
Austin Lucas, Chris Shiflett, Chuck Ragan, Frank Turner, Matthew Pryor
The last decade has seen small group video chat become commonplace. Now, new technologies allow people to create massive online video chat engagements. These new platforms allow you to create VIP backstage experiences at…
Beginner
Presenters
Dan Charnas, Evan Lowenstein, Matt Howe, Steve Gottlieb, Ted Cohen
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…
If you're planning on joining a startup, start smart.
Venture financing in tech is at a fever pitch -- 3,700 companies received financing in 2011 alone, and all of them were issuers of stock options. This begs the questi…
So you want to start a company--but you know it will grow so much faster if you start it out with someone else. But whom? Your college friends seem to still be in the beer-guzzling phase, and networking events haven't re…
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 the span of about 4 months, I had the opportunity to start my own local business, was offered a modeling contract, got my foot in the door on an excellent marketing team at a B2B software company, and was offered a he…
The human brain is a funny thing: frankly, in terms of how it operates it hasn’t changed much since our Cro-Magnon days. We’re social animals designed to live 10,000 years ago in small tribes, totally dependent on the re…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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
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 …
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…
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 Bry…
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…
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…
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
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 answe…
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 answe…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 togeth…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tech innovation is a pervasive theme at SXSW, and people are key to innovation. An ongoing challenge for our industry is how to keep working parents in, instead of dropping out, as they give birth to the next generation …
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…
It's no secret that increased access to digital distribution has dramatically changed the book publishing industry. For years anyone could be an author. Today, anyone can be a publisher. Self-publishing was once seen as …
"The Phoenix Project" is a Socratic novel, inspired by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt’s book “The Goal” which follows Bill Palmer, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited.
The company’s new IT initiative, code named Phoenix Project, is …
How global is creativity? We decided to swap one of Mason Zimbler’s US art directors with their UK office counterpart to find out and to answer a few other questions we had, like: Do their ideas translate? Do we approach…
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…
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…
Hugh Howey will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Wool” following his panel session.
Hugh Howey spent 8 years working as a yacht captain. When he was pulled away from the sea by the love of his life, h…
Why in an era of evolving technology, are we viewing work in the same way we always have? I’ve witnessed many transformations in technology, from working at IBM during the PC Revolution to the epicenter of e-commerce at …
Why in an era of evolving technology, are we viewing work in the same way we always have? I’ve witnessed many transformations in technology, from working at IBM during the PC Revolution to the epicenter of e-commerce at …
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…
RSVP Required - Community Manager (CM) is one of the most buzzworthy job titles in the online media industry. There are countless variations of the job, and little clarity on where it falls in the organizational hierarch…
Maynard Webb will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship” following his book reading.
With over 30 years of experience as an active lead…
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…
RSVP Required - The c-suite has just approved your strategy to leverage networks and social media for your mission. But, if your internal culture is not a social one how can you possibly expect to be successful? This w…
Intermediate
Presenters
Beth Kanter, Danielle Brigida, Laura Fitton, Rachel Weidinger
By 2014, Millennials (born between 1980-1995) will make up 36% of the workforce. This new group of workers, raised with technology and praise, brings a new set of expectations and demands. They were parented by overachie…
The world isn’t flat yet. But as it gets flatter, distributed teams are appearing in nearly every industry from clothing to customer service & from technology to teaching. This threatening reality gets even more complex …
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…
The past few years have seen the emergence of a new trend in government. Where once government IT projects were characterised by large out-sourced projects, the skunkworks philosophy has begun to infect. Where once there…
Professional designers and developers like us are paid to create smart, badass work for our clients. All too often, however, our hard work fails to get approved simply because we didn’t present it effectively. In short, …
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…
Are you where you want to be professionally? Whether your goal is to advance faster at your company, change jobs, or even careers, one thing is clear: to succeed in today’s competitive job market and build the career you…
Are you where you want to be professionally? Whether your goal is to advance faster at your company, change jobs, or even careers, one thing is clear: to succeed in today’s competitive job market and build the career you…
We all know the sad truth: the majority of working Americans are chained to their desks – namely, their computer screens – for eight hours per day and the “massive” obesity epidemic persists. Recent research suggests tha…
Beginner
Presenters
Fran Melmed, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Peter Katzmarzyk, Sharon Mandler
The power of social technology can be nothing short of revolutionary. In 2008 for example, the Red Cross raised more than $30 million for Haiti through SMS donations. Technologies that enable us to poke our friends or re…
The power of social technology can be nothing short of revolutionary. In 2008 for example, the Red Cross raised more than $30 million for Haiti through SMS donations. Technologies that enable us to poke our friends or re…
Andy Smith will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change” following his Book Reading session.…
Empathic. Collaborative. Constructive. Fast. These are just some of the words that today’s hiring managers use to describe the new New Hire. As our mediums change, so do our expectations for interactive designers. As scr…
After last year's SXSW I decided to quit my job. It was the first thing I did after coming back from Austin. Even though it was my second SXSW I couldn't find anything resembling the vibes, content, and people at my job …
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…
Intermediate
Presenters
Amy Mixa, Betsy Flanagan, Jay Adelson, Luke Davids
Positive blind spots are the unintended consequence of our culture of self-improvement. Growing up, we’re taught that we can do anything. It feels good to hear, and we’re likely all guilty of actually believing it. Unfo…
From school sports to the workplace, we’ve been conditioned to believe there is no “I” in Team. But that’s a big, fat lie.
For years, the preferences of individuals, or “I’s”, have largely been ignored in favor of the T…
When we're born, we start learning how the world works by playing. The Tarahumara running tribe in Mexico play a game as a kids that teaches them how to run as a pack, an essential part of their survival.
Often the most…
An economic downturn, fewer jobs, new expectations for workers — whatever the reason, times are changing. People are realizing the financial burden of student loans and the struggle to find a job after graduation. Meanwh…
Much of how we “do work,” has changed in recent years, yet little has changed in how we design organizations. Our antiquated organizational and management models are ill-equipped to marshal the intangible assets so integ…
The new economy has changed everything, allowing – or forcing – workers to leave their (un)comfortable 9-to-5 day jobs in order to pursue their passion in a freelance career that provides freedom, fulfillment, and locati…
Anne-Marie Slaughter writes an open letter stating she never felt she could manage her job and have a healthy family life. Marissa Mayer becomes CEO of Yahoo! and announces she's pregnant and working through maternity l…
Intermediate
Presenters
Caroline Howard, Jesse Draper, Kate Brodock, Nicole Glaros
Companies continually unleash new products & services, looking to move into new markets & evolve their brand w/existing & new audiences. For large corporations this can be overwhelming & complex, how do you become agile …
As information workers, we are asked to absorb even more information than ever before. More blogs, more documentation, more patterns, more layers of abstraction. Now Twitter and Facebook compete with Email and Texts for …
While some companies harness the power of their employees to create brand advocates and evangelists, most do not. Apple, for example, shows how to make employees into your biggest promoters and supporters. It hands out t…
The dreaded résumé. How can one love something meant to condense and cram a person’s life and career into a handful of pages? We as job hunters hate them because they never seem to sufficiently convey what we do or how w…
People can earn a living doing what they love. We’ve all heard this before. But most people don’t realize they don’t need to earn as much money as they think to live contently. And with the fear-of-money obstacle out of …
Beginner
Presenters
Courtney Carver, Joshua Becker, Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus
We’ve all digitally stalked hiring managers before: followed them on Twitter, sent a Facebook friend request, liked their Instagram photos, Highlighted them, sent an InMail. But, does it actually work, and how do hiring …
Beth Kanter will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World”
Beth Kanter is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media, one of the…
A recent Slashdot.org post, “Modest Proposal for Stopping Hackers: Get Them Girlfriends,” had more than 500 comments within days. One issue that struck home with the audience was not that hackers need better social lives…
Advanced
Presenters
Izzy Johnston, Jennifer Bensko Ha, Peter Vesterbacka
Professional designers and developers like us are paid to create smart, badass work for our clients. All too often, however, our hard work fails to get approved simply because we didn’t present it effectively. In short, …
It’s downright insane how people communicate in the business world. We’re told to “ease users into the monetization channel” and to “create social-local campaigns to increase the optimization levels of our consumer-centr…
Survey after survey shows that strong organizational culture and philanthropic focus hold an increasing amount of weight for prospective employees when choosing a job. Yet, too often, employees are asked to check the oth…
“The place we choose to live affects every aspect of our being. It can determine the income we earn, the people we meet, the friends we make, the partners we choose, and the options available to our children”.
Given the…
Intermediate
Presenters
Erica Swallow, Florent Peyre, Jeremy Fisher, Sean Ogle
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…
The sad part about happiness: it doesn’t always come easy. In fact it’s often quite a challenge. We want to fix that. Delivering Happiness is a company dedicated to finding what makes you happy—and they aren’t messing ar…
Intermediate
Presenters
James Key Lim, Jenn Lim, Karen Zuckerman, Kevin Kubasik
Have you thought about what happens to your online life after you die? Should we tweet after death because we can? So much of our lives are now online, our art, accounts, social networks and photos, how do we manage this…
Hang out with your people. Join public relations and communication pros here for SXSW Interactive, Film and Music. No agendas, just a friendly way to meet more of your kind.…
If we're all working so hard in the pursuit of happiness why are so many of us unhappy at work. As work and play blend together in our mobile lives, happiness in the workplace has never been more important. Collaborati…
Luke Iseman quit his day job in 2008, tired of a cubicle and without a plan. He liked to make things, but can you really turn your hobby into a full-fledged business? And where do you even begin? Luke Iseman, founder of …
Last year privacy advocate Malte Spitz sued his cell provider to get the location data generated by his phone. This data allowed him (and his provider) to track everywhere he went during a six-month period—during that ti…
A baby born in the US today will live an algorithmed life. Her education, healthcare, career, who she dates, the ads she sees, what she reads, eats, buys, will be shaped by a feedback loop of data collected, processed, f…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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 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…
This is a meetup for people interested how the analog and digital words collide. The idea of "Digital Teleportation" is being used to describe digital experiences that allow users to affect something physical somewhere o…
The web is over, it was a cute lab experiment, the sort of toy that Nature watches her children play with and laughs. Six billion mobile devices. Eight? Ten? Cute as a button. What will happen when we climb the next moun…
Mickey McManus will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology” following his solo session.
Mickey McManus is president and CEO of MAYA Design, a technolo…
IT advances have created a mass transformation comparable to the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. As we use digital tools to create new connections and experiences, what is the impact on our analog realities? C…
Advanced
Presenters
Brian Kralyevich, Evan Smith, Josh Williams, Paul Pugh
The stereotypical product image for seniors entails bigger buttons, bigger text, and bigger screens. When it comes to designing for the elderly, it is not necessary to dumb down technologies. In this talk, we’ll take a d…
Think social marketing is worth it? Prove it. If your CEO hasn't demanded that yet, they will. Then what? Hand them some jive about "return on conversation" or "follower growth"? Think that'll fly? You'll be gone so fast…
Think social marketing is worth it? Prove it. If your CEO hasn't demanded that yet, they will. Then what? Hand them some jive about "return on conversation" or "follower growth"? Think that'll fly? You'll be gone so fast…
Wouldn't you want to know how to adjust your (online) presence in a way that you increase the chance of conversion for each user individually? Persuasion profiles are collections of estimates of the effect of persuasion …
Nichole Kelly will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “How to Measure Social Media: A Step-By-Step Guide to Developing and Assessing Social Media ROI” following his Book Reading session.
Nichole Kelly is…
Sensor-laden wearable devices, with their unique ability to capture data generated by the body, will fuel the next wave of growth and innovation in personal computing—part of a larger phenomenon we call Smart Body, Smart…
Kids today have data-points uploaded about them before they are born. Then they create, save and share even more data. They will be able to trace their entire life in data. The more data collected about them the more hol…
Today's media-savvy consumers routinely access media from many sources and are growing increasingly impatient with the constraints that plague device-oriented entertainment. The Internet has also changed consumer expecta…
Just six years ago, most of us had never encountered an “iPhone app”. Today, we spend the majority of our online time interacting with them. What will mobile apps mean to us in another six years?
The advent of futuristic…
Explore how the widespread proliferation of cheap sensors of all kinds will create a vast collective memory for the planet which will serve as a record of every cause and effect. This data will be scoured for association…
James McQuivey, Ph.D., author of the new book Digital Disruption, promotes that accelerated disruption made possible by ubiquitous digital platforms and tools. In his work with companies in nearly every industry, he has …
Byron Reese will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Infinite Progress: How the Internet and Technology Will End Ignorance, Hunger, Poverty, Disease and War” following his speaking session.
Byron Reese b…
James will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation Digital Disruption” following his speaking session.
James serves Consumer Product Strategy Profes…
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…
Good ideas are the limiting factor for tomorrow's digital devices, since designers now have an abundance of low-cost components. The problem: many ideas fail to resonate with fundamental human desires. So then how do you…
"I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like "s…
The 21st century has introduced an array of technologies that strive to enable the seamless mix of virtual content and real-world environments. The ability to augment the human senses holds great potential, but could the…
How is the television industry changing to meet the changing tastes / demands of today's most wired consumers. Acclaimed businesswoman Lauren Zalaznick shares her insights about the future with industry insider Quincy Sm…
This panel will explore how our actual lives and everyday stuff are becoming the most interesting platform for gaming. We'll discuss, from different perspectives, the ways games are shaping our experience of a new blend…
Advanced
Presenters
Adam Wilson, Dave Bisceglia, Phu Nguyen, Tish Shute
When the “virtual overlay” meets everyday life, everything changes, from the way we shop to the way we interact with the world around us. Today, augmented reality is moving beyond the virtual dimension to enhance real wo…
Intermediate
Presenters
BC Biermann, Blair MacIntyre, Christine Perey, Jay Iorio
Acclaimed science-fiction writer Bruce Sterling will again deliver the Closing Remarks at SXSW Interactive. Sterling's state-of-the-industry, state-of-the-world rants are one of the true highlights of the event, so don't…
