Complete event listing for
Intelligent Future
Friday, March 7
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP23360 An…
Intermediate
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Alastair Somerville
The next great media tech wave is already here, and it fits like a glove, a watch, eyeglasses, a bracelet, a pendant or maybe a hat or a band-aid. Wearable technology promises a seamless interface of body and machine and…
Intermediate
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Bachir Zeroual, Rob Garner, Shiv Singh, Sloane Kelley
Online retail is evolving from a simple shopping cart transaction to an end-to-end emotional engagement with one’s consumer base. While this is true for most industries, it is even more so the case when it comes to consu…
Intermediate
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Ciara McKenna, Kim Knowles, Liz Bacelar, Liza Kindred
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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Dave Knox, Heidi Browning, Scott Lange, Sefi Grossman
MailChimp.com enables its 3 million users to send 5 billion email newsletters each month. The site is key to many nonprofits’ and small businesses’ efforts to stay in conversation with their audiences. MailChimp's succ…
Intermediate
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John Foreman
It may come as a surprise, but on average five countries write new constitutions every year. The people who write these documents are often outgunned and under-resourced as they try to search and analyze constitutions fr…
Intermediate
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Juan Sequeda, Robert Shaffer, Zachary Elkins
Can you use data to spot a liar? The answer may not be found in what a person says, but rather in how he/she says it. Prepared liars are always conscious about their spoken content and details, but often overlook the wor…
Intermediate
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Noah Zandan
Author John Foreman will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight".……
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John Foreman
In the next era of computing, the coming “plague” will bring an elaborate network of devices, sensors and radios that will talk with each other, and collect, store and analyze overwhelming amounts of data. It will delive…
Intermediate
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Tony Salvador
Wearable technology, smart meters, and networked devices have generated an environment of abundant digital chatter. It’s now socially acceptable to compete with your FuelBand, send a text to your thermostat, and argue wi…
Intermediate
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Jennifer Dunnam
In an increasingly connected world, our devices will become an extension of ourselves, embracing elements of ambient intelligence, voice and natural language understanding to not only deliver desired information, but und…
Advanced
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Vlad Sejnoha
Rob Garner will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Search and Social: The Definitive Guide to Real-Time Content Marketing".……
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Rob Garner
Is there a formula for making content go viral? Is it just plain luck? While there’s not a lot to explain the weird virality of LOLcats and "Charlie bit my finger!" videos, there is a formula, honed and mastered by the I…
Intermediate
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Courtney Buie, Henri Mazza, James Moody
In the near future, humans will increasingly rely on robots to manage agriculture, infrastructure, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing and security. Advanced human-robot interaction will transform industries and ch…
Intermediate
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Dawn Tilbury, Elena Messina, Heather Knight, Henrik Christensen
My car gives me feedback on my driving. My bracelet helps me understand my sleep patterns. Smartphone apps monitor my mood, diet and social life. We're entering a Quantified Self revolution, as every product we interact …
Intermediate
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Ben Essen
Artificial intelligence has advanced to the point where it’s no longer just science fiction. Computers now perform intelligent tasks such as collect bridge tolls, drive cars, deliver newspapers, make and serve food, and …
Intermediate
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George John
Saturday, March 8
Biometrics. When you hear that word your mind probably jumps to thoughts of Jack Bauer in 24. Possibly Tom Cruise’s character in Minority Report. Or Daniel Craig as James Bond. Regardless of what hero comes to mind, we t…
Intermediate
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Skooks Pong
Our collective perception of the human brain and its potential is constantly evolving. The intersection of technology and our “wet computer” provides a means to accelerate the ways that we measure, map and affect cogniti…
Intermediate
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Andrew Smith Lewis , Anthony Ha, Ariel Garten, Jan Plass
In the next 20 years, the number of adults in the US age 65 and older will nearly double, which means the elderly are the fastest growing demographic in the country. Today, people are living longer than ever before, with…
Intermediate
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Eric Baczuk, Lindsey Mosby
From activity trackers to Google Glass, wearables are all the rage. But who should get access to the data? Unfortunately, just because you wear a device doesn't mean that you get access to your data. As a data scientist,…
Intermediate
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John Wilbanks, Rachel Kalmar
Given the arise of Jawbone, Google Glass, iWatch, and a whole array of wearable devices, people will soon be able to communicate even faster and more frequently than ever before in an increasingly more connected world. W…
Intermediate
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Christina Mercando, Koichi Yamamoto, Marco Tempest, Takahito Iguchi
There's too much contention in our society. From a gridlocked Congress to neighborhood disputes, it seems like we spend too much energy fighting and not enough figuring how we can work together. Online discussion and deb…
Intermediate
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Christopher Fry, Elizabeth Rosenzweig
In fashion, perhaps more than anywhere else, branding is everything. Many fashion brands have spent decades building up a unique but delicate brand image: they often rely on staying enigmatic, using aspirational photogra…
Intermediate
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Pieter Jongerius
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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Mark Stephen Meadows
Biometric, motion, and audio sensing can digitally augment live music to enhance the audience experience and deliver more entertainment value while generating new interest in and preserving the positive cultural impact o…
Advanced
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Robert Tuttle
Embeddables will have significant consequences for the delivery of digital services as monolithic screen-focused devices start to be enhanced with distributed computation. A more ambient kind of experience in which senso…
Advanced
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Andy Goodman
Andy Goodman will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign galley copies of "Embeddables: The next evolution of wearable tech".……
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Andy Goodman
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP27840 Le…
Intermediate
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Erin Symons, Grace Kim
It’s no secret that the transportation industry is changing in big cities. The days of simply hailing a cab are limited, with applications such as Uber, Sidecar and Getaround entering the marketplace – and giving traditi…
Intermediate
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Beth Stevens, Padden Guy Murphy, Ryan Lawler
The celebrated companies changing how we move in a city take the fundamentals of an old system and make it slightly better. Uber makes taxis better, Lyft makes becoming a driver easier, Zipcar makes car ownership easier.…
Advanced
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Brian Solis, Zach Ware
Digital design tools and the rise of fabrication have empowered ordinary citizens to build urban provocations in the dynamic context of abandoned and underused spaces sprinkled throughout cities. It is through a network …
Intermediate
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Aaron Gutierrez, Julia Cerrud
The growing number of three-dimensional motion and natural gesture-controlled consumer electronics on the market bring new challenges for user experience designers. This is especially true with regard to devices that ar…
Intermediate
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Kelly Goto
DARPA was created to avoid technological surprise. But in many cases, the surprise is due to the fact that our awareness is driven by our expectations. In other words, we see what we expect to see - not necessarily wha…
Beginning
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Daniel Kaufman
With car2go..we are using visualization mapping software based on daily trip and member data to give us insight on how a city moves. With over 600,000 members worldwide using our service, it is very important to show c…
Beginner
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Paul DeLong
Imagine a future where a driverless street sweeper cleans your street or a small drone delivers your mail. For the last decade, discussions about the government use of autonomous or remotely operated technologies have fo…
Intermediate
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Matt Caccavale, Samra Kasim
The Internet is abuzz with talk of Google Glass, and rumors of an impending "iWatch" from Apple have fanboys trembling with anticipation. Is all of this excitement hype or will this new genre of computing devices catch o…
Advanced
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Alison Lewis, Chick Foxgrover, Gilly Segal, Sean White
Brian Solis will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "What's the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences ".……
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Brian Solis
Sunday, March 9
In February of 2013 Google launched the #ifihadglass Google Glass Explorer selection program. For those lucky enough to have been chosen, we are not only the first people to wear Glass, we are the very first to explore a…
Intermediate
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Mark Horvath, Serena Ehrlich
Join Dean Kamen, a master inventor, engineer and humanitarian, compared to Edison for his contributions to humanity, for an unforgettable and insightful hour. Inventor of a host of groundbreaking inventions like the Auto…
Intermediate
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Dean Kamen
The history of computing boils down to this: someone enters data; a computer spews out data. We enter data by keyboard, or mouse, or touch screen, or even facial gestures, and a computer responds. But the world is about …
Intermediate
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Gadi Shamia, Mike Abbott, Monica Rogati, Quentin Hardy
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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Kelly Callahan-Poe
“Innovation as a Dutch experience” Daan Roosegaarde, creative director of the social design lab Studio Roosegaarde. With studio’s in Rotterdam and Shanghai, he develops innovative, interactive landscapes that are accompl…
Advanced
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Daan Roosegaarde
Between 3D printing and e-commerce sites, fashion-tech seems to be an umbrella term that defines anything at all. This short talk highlights how the worlds of fashion and technology truly collide and where innovation wit…
Intermediate
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Madison Maxey
How do you bring a travel destination to life using technology and digital storytelling? In 2010 direct spending by resident and international travelers in the U.S. averaged $2 billion a day, $86.6 million an hour, $1.4 …
Intermediate
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Dylan Thuras, Jimmy Keown, Leslie Guettler, Seth Kugel
As the kick off to our events in the Meet Up Pavilion, this meet up will showcase the development of wearable devices and technologies. Explore what this industry has to offer- be it for fashion, health or other purpos…
What if you could instantly download a new set of skills simply by plugging your brain directly into the Internet? This “Matrix like” capability will soon be a reality for robots, creating scalable machines without the l…
Intermediate
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Anthony Levandowski, Ayorkor Korsah, James Kuffner, Ken Goldberg
Imagine a future where there's no distinction between code and data. Where computers are operated by programming languages that work like human language, where knowledge and data are built in, where everything can be com…
Advanced
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Stephen Wolfram
In the next few years, as wearable technology gets more powerful and sensor capabilities explode, smartphone screens are going to become less and less central to our digital lives. Our devices will stop forcing us to loo…
Intermediate
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Cliff Kuang
Why does death relate to sex more than being an inevitable part of life? We'll openly discuss interplay between life, ego, consciousness, relationships, orgasm, sex, death, technologies, internet and singularities -- inc…
Advanced
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Reese Jones
Stephen Wolfram will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "A New Kind of Science".……
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Stephen Wolfram
Imagine a transportation system where cars can see things that you can’t. Such cars could warn of a potential crash or icy roads ahead, advise of a traffic jam ahead, or help find a parking space. Imagine if buses could …
Intermediate
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James Pol, Mike Pina
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:…
Advanced
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Adam Brown, Ashley Brown, Judy Ko, Michael Zuna
And you thought getting a solid mobile strategy out the door was tough. The retail landscape is evolving at a rapid pace and while the future is unclear, one thing is certain: if you don’t embrace a digitized future, you…
Intermediate
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Bryan Wolff, Emily Lacivita, Healey Cypher , Zita Cassizzi
Industrial Revolution II is a different kind of garment company. Social advancement for our workers, their families and our neighbors is equally important to us as delivering our customers the highest quality products an…
Intermediate
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Joey Adler, Rob Broggi
As technology inhabits nearly ever aspect of our public and private lives it offers vast potential for new products, services, and interfaces. What happens when technology meets the body? Is the future of wearable tech…
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Francesca Rosella, Ryan Genz
Retail brands are incorporating technology and digital concepts to change the consumer experience: from virtual fitting room and apps to new payment options and RFID-tagged merchandise. As technology develops and consume…
Advanced
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Jen Rubio, Kristina Simmons, Rachel Arthur, Will Young
Are brilliant ideas enough to fix a broken transport system? As a BBC reporter who writes about advanced transport technologies, Jack Stewart has spent years investigating how we will move around in the future, speaking …
Intermediate
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Jack Stewart
Shaquille O'Neal was one of the first big-name celebrities to embrace social media -- witness his more than 8 million followers on Twitter. He's now turned a lot of his attention to wearable technology, which looks to be…
Intermediate
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Rick Valencia, Shaquille O'Neal
Monday, March 10
These days content is popping up in subtle, unexpected places, extending far beyond the blogs magazines and newspapers we traditionally rely on. As more and more retailers are creating new mediums to directly interact an…
Beginner
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Jeff Pyatt, Mollie Chen
Technology is moving out of hands and onto our bodies. Whether it's the integration of Google Glass into your daily routine or the sleek elegance of the Pebble e-ink watch, technology is transitioning beyond simply being…
Intermediate
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Billie Whitehouse, Jay Morgan, Nicole Forbes, Q Manning
What are the biggest technological challenges facing today’s computer scientists? What new research is on the horizon, how will it change the way that we use computers, and what will the digital landscape look like in 10…
Advanced
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Andrew Lo, Daniela Rus, Russ Tedrake, Tim Berners-Lee
This panel will bring together a handful of breakout designers across various industries to navigate the trade-offs and challenges that arise when designing wearable tech products that must be both functional and attract…
Intermediate
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Aza Raskin, Dieter Bohn, Eric Migicovsky, Steven Eidelman
Media and agencies are plagued with tunnel vision. They are stuck thinking about mundane use cases for wearables like Glass that are reminiscent of first phase mobile apps. Wake up. Wearable tech has the potential for …
Intermediate
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Jen Quinlan, JP Gownder
Influencers have been a disruptive force in the fashion and beauty industry. As these influencers fame and position has evolved brands (namely tech) are growing and adapting while the publishing industry and television i…
Intermediate
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Alisa Gould Simon, Jaclyn Johnson
An app on your phone knows you’re getting married before you do. Your friends’ tweets can help data scientists predict your location with astounding accuracy, even if you don’t use Twitter. Soon, we’ll be able to know h…
Intermediate
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Patrick Tucker
Patrick Tucker will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? ".……
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Patrick Tucker
Robotics has become a major part of our day to day life, it has enabled us not only to speed up industrial processes, but solve mobility and transportation issues for travelers with vision impairment and others. In recen…
Intermediate
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David Bevly, Mohammed Yousuf, William Bluethmann, YingLi Tian
Smart glasses, smart watches and activity monitors are hitting the market in droves, and many of the biggest consumer electronics companies are expected to launch more wearables over the next year. Are wearables simply p…
Advanced
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Anna Jen, Sean McCracken
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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Tom Fowler
In 2007 the iPhone mapped the frontier for smart devices; since then we’ve seen extraordinary devices pushing limits on how we interact with technology. From the release of tablets to smart cameras and more, the world ha…
Intermediate
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David Rosales, Kieran Barr, Soulaiman Itani
This talk will guide the audience through the social platforms most effective for fashion and beauty brands—in March 2014—to drive engagement, and, if relevant, sales. Beyond that, it will explore the meaning of influenc…
Intermediate
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Caroline Waxler
Rapidly evolving vehicular technologies, including the advent of autonomous vehicles, may forever reshape travel behavior. Several states have already passed legislation allowing these vehicles to travel on public roadwa…
Beginner
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Chandra Bhat
Beauty, periphery and meaning are three of the principles that will facilitate the adoption of wearable technology devices, according to Artefact designer and wearable tech expert Jennifer Darmour. But how do you apply t…
Advanced
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Jennifer Darmour
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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Clay Crenshaw
Think you’ve heard it all? Betcha you haven't! When you consume content — TV shows and movies, commercials and YouTube videos, Grand Theft Auto and Candy Crush… — you’re used to sounds coming from your left and right, b…
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Geir Skaaden, Roberto Baibich, Scott Persson, Veronique Larcher
Fitness wearables are currently one of the hottest items on the market right now. And, it’s amazing all of the data they can track – from deep sleep patterns to calories burned. But how does a user even begin to make sen…
Beginner
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Jennifer Grenz, Jin Lee
With automotive, traffic and parking data becoming more open and big data now more prevalent, the acceleration of new technology and apps are engaging the users with their car in a much more meaningful manner. Studies ha…
Beginner
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Gal Melamed, Gretchen Effgen, Sam Friedman, Scott Sedlik
Tuesday, March 11
There are apps on your phone that can tell you more about your surroundings than your car. Think about that- the complex piece of machinery and technology that takes you from place to place is almost incapable of allowin…
Intermediate
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Helen Xiao, Pradyumna Mishra, Steve Schwinke, Trak Lord
It almost sounds like the beginning of a stale joke: What do a designer brand, a regional non-profit focused on supporting local manufacturers, a platform where American “designs are shared, celebrated and sold”, a topno…
Intermediate
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Bridget Russo, Erica Wolf, Kate Sofis, Micha Thomas
We’ve seen this before – incredible technology is released to the consumer and a flurry of unimaginative, low impact uses and applications are associated with it. Anyone remember the early days of the app store? Google G…
Intermediate
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Sam Gaddis
With the advances in smartphones and imaging technology, cameras are everywhere, but is software keeping pace with the massive increase? One of the most intriguing and promising new technologies is facial and object reco…
Intermediate
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Caroline Tien-Spalding
All over the world governments & tech companies are investing in smart cities, using networks & sensors to join up services & collect data. But the emphasis is often a drive for efficiency – Are we in danger of rendering…
Intermediate
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Ben Barker, Clare Reddington
The hardest problem to solve in many aspects of civic infrastructure — from telecom to utilities to postal service — is the so-called Last Mile: How do you efficiently connect homes, offices and other individual "endpoin…
Intermediate
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Jeff Yang, Josh Hon, Peter Treadway
CLE. This session will explore the legal and policy implications of the Internet of Things. It will be a legal primer on dealing with everything we touch being connected to the Internet, logged, analyzed, and improved. T…
Advanced
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Gerard Stegmaier
Star Trek's Geordi La Forge piqued our imagination on what head mounted computing might be. That future is here today with new developments of in virtual retinal display technology - a unique system that beams high resol…
Intermediate
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Yobie Benjamin
Whether you’re operating from the midtown high-rise of a corporate media giant or running a Wordpress blog out of your bedroom, growing an online publication comes with a complex set of branding, production, and growth c…
Intermediate
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Mick Harper, Naomi Nevitt
The fashion industry can give thanks to the recent leaps and bounds of technology and production for making fast fashion possible. But while fast fashion brings fast commerce, it’s come at a cost to individual style and …
Beginner
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John Frechette, Martin Hosking, Michael Tavani, Shannon Whitehead
This panel will focus on the next-generation of eCommerce. The first wave was Amazon and Zappos - focused on customer service and low price for commodities. The next wave of eCommerce companies now understand that in ord…
Intermediate
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Allison Beal, Brian Garrett, Mike Gammarino, Xander Oxman
For most of us, the idea of what is and isn't a robot is based in science-fiction and cartoons. The humanoid machines from "The Jetsons," "Terminator" and "iRobot" are typical of what many perceive as a robot. A broader …
Advanced
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David Reeves
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