Complete event listing for
Entertainment and Immersion
Friday, March 7
Synopsis: This presentation was designed for anyone who ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or an amazingly complex and rich computer game, or a TV commercial where cars or gas pumps or biscuit…
Intermediate
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Jon Peddie
Author Jon Peddie will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The History of Visual Magic in Computers".……
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Jon Peddie
This session will bring together a diverse contingent of professional athletes, sports figures and LGBT and ally activists discussing LGBT visibility and allyship in sports. Presenters will use their personal experiences…
Beginner
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Brittney Griner, Hudson Taylor, LZ Granderson
Tricked-out home entertainment systems and rising ticket prices make it easier than ever for sports fans to skip the stadium and watch from home. It's increasingly difficult to compete with the creature comforts of a 70-…
Intermediate
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Bob Morgan, Bryan Srabian, John Ourand, Jordan Maleh
Drawing on more than 40 years as a Hollywood executive and his current roles as co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Peter Guber discusses why sports content “isn’t just programming, it’s pa…
Intermediate
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Peter Guber
"Stop your tweeting and focus!" Sports stars have incredible power through social media - often more than clubs or other organisations. It is a new frontier of fan and brand engagement - but the rough comes with the smoo…
Intermediate
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Johny Hendricks, Richard Ayers
Sports matter. Their marquee events -- the Olympics, various world championships, most prominently the World Cup in soccer, the Super Bowl,the World Series, the UEFA Champions League Final, the NBA and NHL finals, the Am…
Beginner
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Andrei Markovits
Brands want to be loved. Consumers seek happiness. Brands make consumers happy by creating strong emotional connections to the things consumers are most passionate about. Sport is an inspirational power for good. Sp…
Intermediate
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Simon Wardle
With millions of dollars on the line, sports teams are demanding the latest technology to maximize their players' performance. Whether it's wearable sensors with GPS capability or motion-tracking cameras capable of captu…
Intermediate
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Adir Shiffman, Ben Alamar, Brian Kopp, Kirk Goldsberry
Award-winning investigative sports journalists Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports and Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated will discuss how the digital age has transformed their roles as hell-raisers, um, hard-nosed reporters…
Intermediate
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Charles Robinson, Pete Thamel
Saturday, March 8
The model of amateurism in college sports is slowly dying. It is being destroyed by the central contradiction of college sports: unpaid student labor earning greater and greater profits for coaches and administrators wit…
Intermediate
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Andy Staples , Chris Del Conte, Emmanuel Acho, Spencer Hall
From grandpa's box score in the Sunday morning newspaper, to today's visualizations of real-time statistics, sports just don't look the same anymore. In this core conversation, John T. Meyer, Founder of Statographics and…
Intermediate
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John Meyer
After television contracts, ticket sales represent the largest portion of a team’s revenue. However, most ticketing decisions, and pricing approaches in particular, are made using outdated practices. While data collectio…
Intermediate
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Barry Kahn, Grey Ivry
Executives from several leading 24-hour sports networks talk about how to program in the age of bite-sized, disposable content. This session is part of the brand new SXsports programming at SXSW 2014.……
Intermediate
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David Nathanson, Eric Weinberger, Jon Miller, Kaylee Hartung
More than a decade ago, in the summer of 2002, I broke my 7th Freediving World Record with a dive to 160m/525ft in the "No Limits" discipline. I would go on to break 3 more WRs, but this one still stands. I dearly wish i…
Intermediate
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Paul Streeter, Tanya Streeter
Youth sports is nearly perfect as a strategy to create a better world. Kids love to play and participation teaches them essential lifelong values - teamwork, setting and reaching goals, perseverance, managing adversity, …
Intermediate
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Grant Garrison, Ryan Eckel
The University of Texas is a leader regionally and nationally as a collegiate "brand" - the question going forward is how to sustain that brand and mission, evolve it to reflect the emerging issues in sports generally an…
Advanced
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Ellis Prince
College football has evolved into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Drones have become more than spy machines that patrol the skies. Now, in a strange twist, the two are working together to shape the future of the sport…
Beginner
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Ryan Baker, Ty Hildenbrandt
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Linda Simensky
Fantasy Sports long ago became "mainstream" for several reasons--technology that enabled fantasy leagues to rapidly expand online, fans never ending appetite for more information on their favorite sports, and pro sports …
Intermediate
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Andrew Cleland, Clay Walker, Daniel Shlossman, Marquise Goodwin, Stephania Bell
Community support is an essential component to any successful event, and successful events can benefit their communities for years to come. This meet-up seeks to unite event organizers and community leaders to share idea…
Intermediate
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Jeff Cuellar
How do you succeed and change the perception of viewers in a non traditional sport? We all play sports as kids but It's extremely difficult to not only play the games we love at the professional level never mind have it…
Advanced
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Anson Carter
What does it take to compete at the highest levels of college football? What if your program is out-muscled financially and reputationally? What innovative schematic, cultural and organizational advantages could you crea…
Intermediate
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George Schroeder, Kliff Kingsbury
How did Notre Dame Athletics use Spotify playlists to sell tickets to their games, increase viewership on UND.com, and show Notre Dame fans and recruits the personalities behind their favorite teams and coaches? In this…
Intermediate
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Christianne Harder, Jordan Gremli
This panel discussion investigates how local and organically grown produce shapes Austin cooking and dining. Speakers will talk about the growth of organic markets and farm-to-table practices and discuss if / why the qua…
Intermediate
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Brenton Johnson, Megan Giller, Sam Hellman-Mass, Sean Henry, Tolly Moseley
Get your copy of “The Official SXSW 2014 Interactive Cookbook” at the SX Bookstore. Created in partnership with Cookbook Create, check out all the delicious recipes by some of our most loved past and present SXSW Interac…
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Amy Millman, Baratunde Thurston
With the rise of social media, sports and culture are tied together like never before. And there are no lines between where the sports world ends and where the creative world begins. Understanding how culture can influ…
Intermediate
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Jon Wexler, Lia Vakoutis
A spirited discussion between and among some of the best creators of sports-related content in today's multi-platform, genre-hopping media landscape. This session is a part of the brand new SXsports programming at SXSW …
Intermediate
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Connor Schell, Danny Meiseles, Jonathan Hock, Mike Tollin
People from all facets of the sports media world get together to discuss this constantly changing industry. All the tools, tips, to-dos and best practices in one place during SXSW. This session is part of the brand new …
Intermediate
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Andrew McNeill, Dave Abbott
Sunday, March 9
WWE has been making TV history since ’85 when Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon took the gamble of a lifetime on an unprecedented closed-circuit make-it-or-break-it TV event dubbed “WrestleMania.” Today, WWE has not only c…
Intermediate
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John Cena, Michael Cole, Perkins Miller, Stephanie McMahon
Nate Silver said that "drafting and developing talent properly still represents the greatest value-add to a sports organization." Mark Cuban agreed, saying "The top 10 guys (in the NBA) are easier to spot. How do we impr…
Intermediate
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Avi Stopper, Kai Sato
A one-on-one panel discussion with Mindy Kaling, creator and star of Fox's The Mindy Project, about the new guard of female showrunners conquering television and what that means for its future. What do changes in the com…
Intermediate
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Adam Pally, Anne Fulenwider, Ike Barinholtz, Mindy Kaling
Love Digital Content? For web series creators, actors, directors, writers, producers and digital executives, this Meetup is the opportunity to network with your peers from across the country. You will have the opportunit…
Beginner
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Sandra Payne, Tim Street
A multifaceted look at the NFL's current state of concussions, providing the view of former players, medical experts and those in charge of advancing the technology to improve player safety. This session is part of the b…
Advanced
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Chris Nowinski, Craig Anderson, Domonique Foxworth, Will Brinson
Coming off the most successful year in team history, the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team will enter the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil this June with lofty goals amid high expectations. Led by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann,…
Beginner
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Jürgen Klinsmann, Roger Bennett
Reuters estimates that sports betting is a TRILLION Dollar worldwide industry. Until recently, the massive demand for sports betting content was simply ignored by the mainstream media (due to a combination of pressure fr…
Intermediate
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RJ Bell
Voice acting has always been a fascinating career. Guys like Mel Blanc and Don LaFontaine were masters of the craft and made an incredible living with their voices. What used to be an almost "secret world" is now more ac…
Beginner
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Tara Tyler
In recent years, professional sports have become a testing (and proving) ground for the latest innovations in digital media, technology and social. Three of the brightest – and most influential – sports marketing minds w…
Intermediate
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Howard Handler, Jackson Jeyanayagam, Melissa Rosenthal Brenner, Steve Phelps
Over the past two decades 3D printing has radically shifted the way that many industries design new products. The medical field uses the process for creating bespoke hearing aids and aerospace companies use it to design …
Intermediate
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Jeff Beckham, Mike Vasquez
Have all the distractions at a game, social media, blasting ‘who let the dogs out’, mascot races, sponsorship contests and t-shirt bazookas replaced traditions. Has this been a bad thing for sporting events, fans and gam…
Intermediate
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Mark Drosos, Mark Pannes
Best known for its broadcast graphics like the bright yellow 1st and 10 line for football and strike-zone box in baseball, Sportvision has been instrumental in changing the ways fans watch sports while creating the next …
Intermediate
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Hank Adams
Cited by People Magazine as one of the ‘Top Ten most successful young people in Hollywood’ and featured on the covers of magazine’s such as Complex and Black Enterprises’ 40 Under 40, Nick Cannon, 32 years old is a succe…
Beginner
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Mary Pryor, Nick Cannon
Fresh off the ice, the National Hockey League, Chicago Blackhawks and Coors Light, share an insider’s perspective of an ambitious 2014-15 NHL season, inaugural Coors Light NHL Stadium Series and Stanley Cup Championship …
Intermediate
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Adam Dettman, Brian Jennings, Dean Matsuzaki, John McDonough
Monday, March 10
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Amanda Cevallos
How can you make a difference, and make it entertaining at the same time? As lines continue to blur between fiction and non-fiction, education and entertainment, gaming and movies, and the corporate and non-profit secto…
Intermediate
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Caitlin Burns, Lina Srivastava, Liz Nord, Morra Aarons-Mele
ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Intermediate
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Diego Luna, Jonathan King, Logan Hill, Margaret Brown
In a multi-platform, decentralized, fast-growing marketplace, how can traditional television networks evolve to remain relevant? Viewers are demanding more choices, more content and more convenience, which is pushing med…
Intermediate
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Brian Stelter, John Skipper, Kevin Conroy, Paula Kerger
Next Generation Recommendations: We live in a world where search is dead. Consumers are most responsive to personalized, content-driven and curated experiences and are no longer as willing to take the time to search and …
Intermediate
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Hayley Barna, Katrina Lake, Ruzwana Bashir, Todd Yellin
There have been incredible advancements in both film and startup ideology in the last 10 years. Yes! Everyone should read the Lean Startup and apply what tech founders have learned to film productions. But what might tec…
Intermediate
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Emily Best
All of a sudden, the distinction between publishers and platforms on the web is hazy. Twitter is a publisher now? Gawker, a platform? Figuring out the difference reveals a lot about how content is made and consumed on th…
Advanced
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Zach Seward
Come and meet the UK film industry in Austin! An informal meet-up opportunity for the world to meet the UK and for the UK to meet the world. If you've ever wondered who funds films in the UK, what audiences like watc…
Intermediate
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Charlie Phillips
The best night of television in the summer 2013 wasn't TV at all. Rather, it was a livestream of the ultimate reality TV – an old-school, 11-hour filibuster in the Texas Senate. Nearly 200,000 concurrent viewers from 187…
Advanced
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Rodney Gibbs
ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Intermediate
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Evan Shapiro, Jacob Soboroff, Michael Davies, W Kamau Bell
Tuesday, March 11
A viewing revolution is afoot and video has hit the ground running. Nearly everyone is streaming and now a shift in public sentiment towards on-demand gratification is making traditional viewing habits a thing of the pas…
Intermediate
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Ran Harnevo, Scott Rosenberg
Over the last few years, YouTube has seen a radical transformation, becoming a legitimate platform for professional content creators to engage with viewers. A new breed of companies are thriving on YouTube and gathering …
Beginner
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Peter Kafka, Ynon Kreiz
Austin Music People (AMP) is the trade association and lobbying group for the brands, bands, and fans that make Austin the Live Music Capital of the World. If you care about the Austin music scene, please join us to net…
Beginner
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Jennifer Houlihan
Driving Facebook engagement for a premium TV show entering its final season can be an epic battle. This past year, the Starz digital marketing team faced this very dilemma: how to inspire its Spartacus Facebook community…
Intermediate
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Erin Dwyer, Mike Rooney
A veteran with PTSD may watch the hands of strangers for weapons and attempt suicide six times. She may also be the best brand ambassador for the biggest veteran’s nonprofit in the country. Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) …
Intermediate
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Abby Reiner, Angela Peacock, David Modigliani, Shane Santiago
BREAKING NEWS: Every day there is a lot of new news, and because of that, it's harder than ever to get noticed on the www. From hoaxes to reddit to everything Florida is doing wrong, how can comedy content compete? J…
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Allison Hord, Bryan Safi, Darryl Gudmundson, Dashiell Driscoll, Erin Gibson
As the live music capital of the world, Austin’s music scene can be difficult to navigate. The Good Music Club provides a sampler of Austin’s rich musical talent at monthly live concert tapings. This series, curated by L…
Beginner
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Laurie Gallardo, Richard Whymark
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Celina Rollon
Came for SXSW Interactive but staying for SXSW Music? Going to SXSW Music but are trying to step up your tech game? Want to check in on the future of music technology? Come drink, dream, and develop with the artists, fo…
Beginner
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Austin Soldner
"Copyright" laws are complicated, and they're often the reason why your videos, mobile apps, and other content may get taken down. "Fair use" is complicated, but it's often the reason you can get your content back up. Le…
Intermediate
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Art Neill, Jonathan McIntosh, Shaun Spalding, Teri Karobonik
Here's the problem: You create great digital content (maybe an app, or video) that goes viral. Then someone rips it off. On the flip side, maybe someone else created great digital content that you want to "borrow". (…
Intermediate
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Bradley Gross
Ownership of user-generated online content remains a hot topic. "User" can denote anyone from an author or photographer to a teenager who creates a meme that ends up on t-shirts. How can intellectual property law cover s…
Beginner
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George Eid, Greg Kidd, Kevin Burton, Paul Cloutier
Judi Cutrone from The VIA Agency, will compare and contrast marketing, social mores and technologies from then and now as seen through the framework of one of America’s most popular sitcoms ever – Seinfeld. A humorous …
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Joshua Gondelman, Judi Ann Cutrone
Wednesday, March 12
The Hip Hop Entrepreneurial Spirit affectionately known as "The Hustle" has elevated Hip Hop from a back room subculture to a world changing phenomenon. Breakbeats, once only heard on underground mix-tapes now provide …
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Annie Lin, Dan Charnas, Guy Primus, James Lopez, Mykel Mitchell, Rashidi Harper, Theda Sandiford
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