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…

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David Modigliani, Jette Kernion, Kimberley Jones, Yen Tan, Agnes Varnum

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…

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Bre Pettis

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”.……

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…

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Brian Salisbury, Dana Harris, Eugene Hernandez, Jen Yamato, Dave Karger

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…

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Bedy Yang, Diego Saez-Gil, Pedro Torres Picón, Sebastián Valin

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…

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Katie Hill, Scott Stulen

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…

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Katie Hill, Scott Stulen

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…

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Ari Stiles

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 …

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Cameron Sinclair

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…

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Anastacia Visneski, Brandon Brewer, Hanson Hosein, John Visneski

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…

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Dave Stanton, Mario Garcia, Sara Quinn

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…

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, Delaney Hall, Kara Oehler

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…

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Christina Wodtke

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…

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Emily Chong, Mario Van der Meulen

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…

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Alexis Ohanian

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…

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Steve Weinberg

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

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Greg Ferenstein, Jerry Moran

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…

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Ted Shelton

Peter Moskovits will appear at the SX Bookstore with his co-author to sign copies of “The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Websocket ”.……

Vanessa Wang will appear at the SX Bookstore with her co-author to sign copies of “The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Websocket ”.……

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…

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Will Schwalbe

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…

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Will Schwalbe

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…

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…

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…

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Richard Rutter

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…

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Seth Priebatsch

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…

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Jessica Hagy

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…

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Jessica Hagy

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…

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Danny Sullivan, Duane Forrester, Matt Cutts

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…

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Danny Sullivan, Duane Forrester, Matt Cutts

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…

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Kris Gale, Lyn Jeffery

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 …

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, Brent Wilkes, Estuardo Rodriguez, Lou Aronson

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…

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Christian Nelson, Dennis Palmieri

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…

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, Noah Kagan, Sasha Laundy

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…

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Henry Jenkins, Joshua Green, Sam Ford

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…

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Christy Pipkin, John Kidenda, Nivi Mukherjee, Rick Reeder

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…

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Jason Silva

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…

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Dan McSwain, Jessica Reeves

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…

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Ari Stiles, Bea Love, Melodie Tao, Neal Pollack

Hagy will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “How to Be Interesting: (In 10 Simple Steps)” following her Book Reading session.……

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…

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Neal Cabage

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…

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Neal Cabage

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…

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…

The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…

The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…

Celebrate and learn about the life and ideals of Aaron Swartz at this special SXSW Town Hall. In addition to addressing some of the open source principles that shape his philosophies, the session will also cover ongoing …

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, , Jennifer Lynch, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman

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…

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Gareth Knight, Toby Shapshak

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…

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Melodie Tao

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 …

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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 …

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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…

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Jenn Deering Davis

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…

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Jenn Deering Davis

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 …

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, , Greg Galant, Joe Ciarallo

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…

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Chase Sadler, Clifford Skolnick, Joe Wargo

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…

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Bethany Mclean, Yuri Milner

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. …

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Frank Barrett

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. …

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Frank Barrett

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…

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David Merkoski

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…

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Camille Sweeney

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…

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Camille Sweeney

Frank J. Barrett will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz” following his Book Reading session. Barrett is an associate professor at the U.S. Navy'…

Mike Bruny will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Move the Crowd: 30 Days of Hip Hop Affirmations to Change Your Life” following his Blacks in Technology session.……

This book examines the user-centered design process from the perspective of the design student and design professional. It introduces the different UX players, outlines the user-centered design process from user research…

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Jason Nunes

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…

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Jason Nunes

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 …

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…

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Dan Phiffer, Harlo Holmes, Isaac Wilder

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 …

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Helena Roeber, Rachel Garb

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…

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Josh Clark

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…

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Danny Boyle, David Carr

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…

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Dan Mezick

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…

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Dan Mezick

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…

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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…

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Adam Klaff, David Hayes, Josh Braun, Paul Levering, Keith Calder

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…

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Bea Love

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…

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Ariel Waldman

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…

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, Peter Lenkov, Tim Surette

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…

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, Peter Lenkov, Tim Surette

UNESCO estimates that of the 6,000 current languages spoken today, more than half will be extinct by the start of the next century, adding that "with the disappearance of unwritten and undocumented languages, humanity wi…

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Kara Andrade, Kevin Scannell, Maite Goñi, Peter Rohloff

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…

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Ron Shaich

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…

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…

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Christoph Terhechte, Ula Sniegowska, Scott Macaulay

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…

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Hailey Wierengo, Jeff Deutchman, Keri Safran, Nicholas Ogiony, Peter Jarowey, Peter Trinh, Peter Van Steemburg, Ryan Kampe

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, …

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Chris Boebel, Jesse Shapins, Katie Edgerton, Sarah Wolozin

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…

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Jason Janego, Matt Jacobson, Natalie Bruss, Olivia Wilde, Krista Smith

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…

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Marc Schiller, Tom Quinn

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…

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Tim Berners-Lee

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…

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David Bellona

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” .…

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…

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Andrew Womack, C. Max Magee, Kevin Nguyen

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…

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BJ Fogg

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…

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 …

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Matthew May

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 …

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Matthew May

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…

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William Hertling

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…

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William Hertling

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…

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…

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, 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 …

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, Justin Lutsky, Matt Michnovetz, Thomas Bannister

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…

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Andy Whittaker, Ryan Kampe, Sébastien Chesneau

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…

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Finn Brunton, Gabriella Coleman, Quinn Norton

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…

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Ping Fu

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…

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Justin Rosenstein

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…

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Ian Ferguson

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…

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Thomas Phinney

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…

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Bob Mohler, Hiram Norman

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…

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Bob Mohler, Hiram Norman

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…

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David Dehghan, Jay Sullivan, Mike Taylor, Seth Rosenblatt

The unspoken consensus in media is that in order to “make it,” it’s necessary to spend some time in the East. Because, of course, the financial and governing epicenters are in New York and DC, the East has long been home…

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Adam Rogers, Dylan Byers, Maria Streshinsky, Nicole Allan, Scott Stossel

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 …

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David Holz, Jessica Lessin, Michael Buckwald

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…

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David Modigliani, Joel Johnson, Michele Norris, Susan Feeney

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…

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Dan Berger, Michael Barker, Vanessa Hope

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…

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Brandy Fons, Cynthia Swartz, David Magdael, Matt Johnstone, Mickey Cottrell, Rene Ridinger, Sylvia Desrochers, Weiman Seid

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…

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Dan Schoenbrun, Farihah Zaman, Kate Hurwitz, Nicholas Kemp, Sara Kiener

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…

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Dion Hinchcliffe, Peter Kim

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…

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Dion Hinchcliffe, Peter Kim

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 …

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Adele Romanski, Scott Mosier, Lisa Muskat

Tim Ferriss will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life” following his featured session.…

Social media has transformed culture, communication, creativity and journalism in every nation on Earth — other than North Korea, of course. Wait — not so fast. What do we really know about social media’s role in the mys…

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Eric Carvin, Jean H. Lee

William Hertling will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “A.I. Apocalypse” following his Book Reading session.…

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…

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Pieter Jongerius

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…

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Pieter Jongerius

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…

Pieter Jongerius will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Get Agile!: Scrum for UX, Design & Development” following his Book Reading session. Pieter Jongerius is a partner at the Dutch design agency Fabr…

Andrew Hyde spent the last two years on the road traveling to 15 countries with only a backpack of 15 things, his book is a collection of stories as a critique of the world of modern travel. Andrew will talk about his tr…

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Andrew Hyde

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…

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Andrew Hyde

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…

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…

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Anne Moebes

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…

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, Chris Horton, Emily Best, Matt Adams

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…

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Chris Anderson, Elon Musk

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 …

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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 …

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Danny Harris, Liz Nord, Michel Reilhac, Mike Knowlton

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…

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Sarah Green, Shannon McIntosh, Suzanne Weinert

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…

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, Holly Herrick, Lois Vossen, Lu Lippold, Meghan Oliver, Scilla Andreen

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…

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Calvin Lee Reeder, Hannah Fidell, Kyle Henry, Neil Miller

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 …

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…

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Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Clark Gregg, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Adam B Vary

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…

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…

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Mac McLean, Matthew A Cherry, Nicolas Gonda, Aaron Hillis

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…

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Al Gore, Walter Mossberg

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,…

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…

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Brad Frost

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…

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Anna Camp, David Haglund, Noreen Malone, Sarah Shapiro, Alyssa Rosenberg

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…

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, , , Peter McGraw

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…

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, , , Peter McGraw

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 …

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Jillian Longnecker, Ginger Sledge

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…

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Arnaub Chatterjee, John Paul Farmer, Kara DeFrias, Richard Bendis, Zac Jiwa

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…

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Cindy Gallop

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…

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…

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Rebecca Farmer, Rebecca Jeschke

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…

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, Josh Ruben

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…

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, Josh Ruben

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…

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Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Melissa Del Bosque, Sergio Chapa

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…

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Nev Schulman

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…

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Amy Dotson, Lois Vossen, Ryan Long

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…

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Anne Moebes, Annie Lin, Charles Prince, Dan Satorius, Deena Kalai, Emilio Nicolas, George Rush, Michael Saleman

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…

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Russ Unger

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 …

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Cherilyn Parsons, Jonathan McNamara, Meghann Farnsworth, Tanya Erlach

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,…

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Bassem Youssef, Olivia Ma

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…

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Justin Segall, Nick Sinai

Gabriella Coleman will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking” following her Book Reading session. Gabriella Coleman is the Wolfe Chair in Scientific & T…

Kaneisha Grayson will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Be Your Own Boyfriend: Decide to Be Happy, Unleash Your Sexy, and Change Your Life” following her Blacks in Technology session.……

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…

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.…

Will Hatcher will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Delicious BathWater ” following his Blacks in Technology session.……

Amazing Things Will Happen is the new book from C.C. Chapman. It is a no nonsense guide to living a happier and more successful life. This book reading will give an overview of the philosophy of the book as well as answe…

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C.C. Chapman

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…

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CC Chapman

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 …

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Alan Holden, Carmen Medina, John Vanyur, Kara Shuler

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…

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…

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Henrik Berggren, Jan Senderek, Natalie Downe, Nico Perez

Guadalupe Correa Cabrera will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Democracy in "Two Mexicos": Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León” following her Book Reading session. Guadalupe Correa Cabrera…

U.S. cities, often resource-strapped and perceived as slow to adapt, are not known as havens for digital innovation. However, leaders are emerging in and outside government institutions that are passionate about applying…

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, Abhi Nemani, Erika Diamond, Rachel Haot

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…

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Jaime Woo

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…

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Harvey Levin

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…

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Harvey Levin

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…

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Clay Johnson

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 …

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Ari Stiles

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…

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, Colleen Macklin, Dan Sinker, Jeffrey Warren

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…

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Douglas Rushkoff

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…

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Nima Adelkhani

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…

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Baratunde Thurston, Paul Valerio

C.C. Chapman will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness” following his Book Reading session. C.C. Chapman is a leader in the…

Take a break from the SXSW rush with a booze cruise and celebrate the winners of HACKATX. RSVP: Natalie.reichstein@t-3.com, we’ll pick you up at the Convention Center.……

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…

Mike Rohde shares the journey of writing and illustrating The Sketchnote Handbook.…

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Mike Rohde

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Mike Rohde

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 …

Clay Johnson will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Information Diet” following his Book Reading session. Clay Johnson is best known as the co-founder of Blue State Digital, the firm that built and…

Douglas Rushkoff will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now” following his panel session. Douglas Rushkoff is a world-renowned media theorist and the author of a …

The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…

The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…

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…

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Neal Pollack

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 …

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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”.…

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)” .…

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…

Jason Best will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Crowdfund Investing for Dummies”.…

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”.…

Zak Cassady-Dorion will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Crowdfund Investing for Dummies”.…

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…

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Golden Krishna

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…

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Andy van Dam, Anne Balsamo, Donald Brinkman, Ethan Watrall

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…

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John Mackey

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,…

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Anjali Mullany, Hugh Forrest, Stephanie Burns

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…

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Neal Pollack

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 …

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Amit Singhal, Guy Kawasaki

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 …

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Courtney Holt, Danny Zappin, KassemG , Shaycarl

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 …

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Courtney Holt, Danny Zappin, KassemG , Shaycarl

First up on the Next Stage is the introduction to our exciting recruiting meet up series: I Met My Agency @ SXSW: Agency Speed Pitches! A unique form of career development, this agency speed dating session lets agencies…

First up on the Next Stage is the introduction to our exciting recruiting meet up series: I Met My Agency @ SXSW! A unique form of career development, this agency speed dating session lets agencies pitch themselves to y…

First up on the Next Stage is the introduction to our exciting recruiting meet up series: I Met My Agency @ SXSW! A unique form of career development, this agency speed dating session lets agencies pitch themselves to y…

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…

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…

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Jesse Friedman

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…

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, Tim Chang, Kevin Iwashina

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 …

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Aaron Koblin, Elaine McMillion, Ingrid Kopp, Jigar Mehta, John Christiano, Keyvan Peymani, Laure Parsons, Logan Mulvey

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…

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Ruthie Taylor

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…

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Chris Kantrowitz, Dhani Jones, Sophia Bush, Walter Delph, Adam Lilling

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

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Marti Brown, Tiago Peixoto, Tim Bonnemann

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…

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Garrett Goodman, Paul Egglestone, Tom Metcalfe

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…

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Kerry Bodine

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…

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, Chase Hoffberger, Franchesca Ramsey, Jenny Korn

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…

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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…

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Camille Styles, Christian Remde, Jillian St Charles, Tolly Moseley

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…

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Harry Weller, Rick Allen, Sam Landman, Marc Schiller

This four-day show serves as a convergence point for all industries celebrated during SXSW. Hundreds of participating exhibitors and registrants come together to blur the lines between consumers, business, technology, me…

This four-day show serves as a convergence point for all industries celebrated during SXSW. Hundreds of participating exhibitors and registrants come together to blur the lines between consumers, business, technology, me…

This four-day show serves as a convergence point for all industries celebrated during SXSW. Hundreds of participating exhibitors and registrants come together to blur the lines between consumers, business, technology, me…

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 …

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’…

"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 …

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Gene Kim

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…

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Jonah Berger

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…

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Jonah Berger

Following the success of our Agency Meet Up in 2012, we are excited to announce another round of SXSW Recruiter Meet Ups now expanding to our four day program! This unique networking opportunity connects top agencies wit…

Following the success of our Agency Meet Up in 2012, we are excited to announce another round of SXSW Recruiter Meet Ups now expanding to our four day program! This unique networking opportunity connects top agencies wit…

Following the success of our Agency Meet Up in 2012, we are excited to announce another round of SXSW Recruiter Meet Ups now expanding to our four day program! This unique networking opportunity connects top agencies wit…

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”.…

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…

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Susan O'Connor

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…

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Amy O'Leary, Matthew Danzico

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…

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Amy O'Leary, Matthew Danzico

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 …

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Chris Risdon

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…

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Martine Syms

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…

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Rachel Maddow

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…

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Dannielle Owens-Reid, Kristin Russo

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…

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Pernille Tranberg, Steffan Heuer

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…

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Pernille Tranberg, Steffan Heuer

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…

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Dana Settle, Matt Mazzeo, Patrick Chung, Thomas McInerney, Christina Chaey

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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Chris Rovzar, Jason Forbes, Stephanie Goodman, Willa Paskin, Dan Kois

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…

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Slava Rubin

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,…

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…

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Emily Best, Jake Lodwick, James Belfer, Malcolm Pullinger

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…

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Anderson Le, David Nugent, Dosin Pak, Karen Arikian, Lane Kneedler, Michael Hayden, Stephanie Trepanier, Wim De Witte

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…

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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…

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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…

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Abe Burmeister, Colin Nagy, David Lange, Erica Cerulo

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…

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, , Amaryllis Fox, Ross Geisel

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, …

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Aaron Gustafson, Samantha Warren, Steve Fisher, Yesenia Perez-Cruz

Featuring exhibitor tables and demos from the most innovative startups in the business, the Launchpad is the place to discover the companies that will change the face of entertainment. Attendees will have the opportunity…

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 …

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Craig Montuori, Gina Cooper, Jared Polis

The popular perception of digital and social media is that it’s ephemeral. Disposable. Mere one-offs, designed to be consumed and forgotten. But creative people are experimenting with storytelling across digital and inte…

The popular perception of digital and social media is that it’s ephemeral. Disposable. Mere one-offs, designed to be consumed and forgotten. But creative people are experimenting with storytelling across digital and inte…

The popular perception of digital and social media is that it’s ephemeral. Disposable. Mere one-offs, designed to be consumed and forgotten. But creative people are experimenting with storytelling across digital and inte…

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…

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…

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…

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Rohit Bhargava

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…

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Rohit Bhargava

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…

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…

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Jeffrey Tambor, Lindsay Burdge, Michael Stahl-David

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 …

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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 …

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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…

Join Astronaut Ron Garan, Nicholas Skytland, John Yembrick and others from NASA, in the Meet Up Pavilion to socialize and discuss the latest innovations in space technology. Mingle with the pros and exchange stories abou…

Join Astronaut Ron Garan, Nicholas Skytland, John Yembrick and others from NASA, in the Meet Up Pavilion to socialize and discuss the latest innovations in space technology. Mingle with the pros and exchange stories abou…

Join Astronaut Ron Garan, Nicholas Skytland, John Yembrick and others from NASA, in the Meet Up Pavilion to socialize and discuss the latest innovations in space technology. Mingle with the pros and exchange stories abou…

Calling all actors! Get ready for the first ever SXSW Casting Calls - a daily series hosted on Next Stage. This new series puts the casting process in the spotlight for all to see. Whether you're an experienced or aspir…

Calling all actors! Get ready for the first ever SXSW Casting Calls - a daily series hosted on Next Stage. This new series puts the casting process in the spotlight for all to see. Whether you're an experienced or aspir…

Calling all actors! Get ready for the first ever SXSW Casting Calls - a daily series hosted on Next Stage. This new series puts the casting process in the spotlight for all to see. Whether you're an experienced or aspir…

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…

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Vincent Morisset

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…

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Vincent Morisset

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…

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Andrew Kippen, Mark Achler, James Belfer

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…

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Basil Tsiokos, Charlie Phillips, Eric Hatch, Erik Jambor, Greg Rhem, Michael Lerman, Nancy Campbell

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 …

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Casey Pugh, Franklin Leonard, Pablo Gonzalez, Stephan Paternot, Adam Lilling

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…

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Brian Frye, Katerina Cizek, Penny Lane, Simon Ennis, Jason Spingarn-Koff

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…

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Tina Eisenberg

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…

Ekaterina Walter will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Think Like Zuck: The Five Business Secrets of Facebook's Improbably Brilliant CEO Mark Zuckerberg” following her Panel session. Ekaterina Walter …

Come to the Meet Up Pavilion to network and socialize with Film production professionals. Designed to bring film industry insiders together, the SXSW Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion helps connect freelance professionals in …

Come to the Meet Up Pavilion to network and socialize with Film production professionals. Designed to bring film industry insiders together, the SXSW Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion helps connect freelance professionals in …

Come to the Meet Up Pavilion to network and socialize with Film production professionals. Designed to bring film industry insiders together, the SXSW Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion helps connect freelance professionals in …

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…

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 …

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, , Betsy Furler, Sami Rahman

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…

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Jonty Sharples

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…

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John Gerzema

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…

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Matthew McConaughey, Scott Foundas

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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Andrew Bridges, Derek Khanna, Margot Kaminski, Wendy Seltzer

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…

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, John Butler, Laura Weidman Powers, Natalia Oberti Noguera

The Hidden Room Theatre is proud to present Robin Jones’ mind-bending interactive time-travel pulp play THE GIRL WITH TIME IN HER EYES! Become a volunteer test subject for an emerging technology that allows you to witne…

The Hidden Room Theatre is proud to present Robin Jones’ mind-bending interactive time-travel pulp play THE GIRL WITH TIME IN HER EYES! Become a volunteer test subject for an emerging technology that allows you to witne…

The Hidden Room Theatre is proud to present Robin Jones’ mind-bending interactive time-travel pulp play THE GIRL WITH TIME IN HER EYES! Become a volunteer test subject for an emerging technology that allows you to witne…

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…

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Dushan Zaric, Jason Kosmas

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 …

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Aman Govil, Ben Malbon, Kevin Mayer, Winston Binch

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 …

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, Bjarke Myrthu, Caspar Sonnen

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 …

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, Bjarke Myrthu, Caspar Sonnen

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…

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Anthony Wood, Noah Robischon

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…

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Brian Kralyevich, Evan Smith, Josh Williams, Paul Pugh

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…

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Trey Ratcliff

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…

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…

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…

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Andy Whittaker, Christine Davila, Cristina Garza, Danny Rhee, Diego Marambio, Hugues Barbier, Martijn Te Pas, Sheena Morjaria

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

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…

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Nate Silver

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…

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Ben Alman, Jacob Thornton, Paul Irish, Ryan Stevens

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…

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Jacob Soboroff

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 …

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Joan Graves, Scott Weinberg, Travis Stevens, Vincenzo Natali, Alyssa Rosenberg

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…

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Eddie Pepitone, Janine Brito, Joe Garden, W Kamau Bell

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…

The culmination of Film Startup Alley, top entertainment entrepreneurs and techies will mix and mingle with investors over drinks at this casual, uniquely SXSW un-networking event. Featuring exhibitor tables and demos by…

Steven A. Lowe will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “SXSW Peeps: 11 Interwoven Interviews”.…

Learn about tomorrow from the experts! Futurists, who play an integral role in today's business world, are invited to brainstorm, deliberate, analyze and above all predict the future in our Meet Up Pavilion.……

Learn about tomorrow from the experts! Futurists, who play an integral role in today's business world, are invited to brainstorm, deliberate, analyze and above all predict the future in our Meet Up Pavilion.……

Learn about tomorrow from the experts! Futurists, who play an integral role in today's business world, are invited to brainstorm, deliberate, analyze and above all predict the future in our Meet Up Pavilion.…

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”.…

Nate Silver will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Signal and the Noise” following his Featured session.…

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…

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…

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David Karp

Meet Heather Knight, Electrical Engineer and Roboticist, and her robot, Data. Heather designs unique interfaces between people and machines that incorporate body language, personality, humor, temperament and spectacular …

Meet Heather Knight, Electrical Engineer and Roboticist, and her robot, Data. Heather designs unique interfaces between people and machines that incorporate body language, personality, humor, temperament and spectacular …

Meet Heather Knight, Electrical Engineer and Roboticist, and her robot, Data. Heather designs unique interfaces between people and machines that incorporate body language, personality, humor, temperament and spectacular …

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…

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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…

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David Beck, Hermione Way, Jason Hoch, Jesse Redniss

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…

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Brian Sullivan

What arguably started with the Arab Spring (witnesses participating in the "news" process directly via Twitter and Facebook has only intensified--and evolved, now employing Instagram and social video). This is one step d…

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Andy Carvin, Ayman Mohyeldin, Jim Frederick, Meredith Artley

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…

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Amanda Kloer, Ben Montgomery, John Sutter, Jonathan Hutson

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

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…

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Dori Maynard, Joshunda Sanders

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…

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Brandon Kleinman, Carlos Cuesta

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 …

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Melodie Tao

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…

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Colin Raney, John Perry Barlow, Joichi Ito, Kevin Rose

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…

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Paula Kerger

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…

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Dorie Clark

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…

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Dorie Clark

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…

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Jessica Lawrence

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…

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Laurie Davis

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…

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Laurie Davis