2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Complete event listing for

Partner Programming

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Thinkery: Hands-On STEAM style fun
Solo / Dual / Panel

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Confirmation Bias: Innovation’s Blind Eye
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Friday, March 11
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Voter Technology: A Reimagined Future
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Friday, March 11
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Big Data and AI: Sci-Fi vs Everyday Applications
Solo / Dual / Panel
Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater
Friday, March 11
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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DevOps and the Enterprise
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Friday, March 11
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Digital Media Strategy for NBA Championship Teams
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Friday, March 11
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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We’re Not Gonna Take It: Ad Blocking and User Revolt
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Friday, March 11
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Internet of You: Wearables and Under-Skin Marketing
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Friday, March 11
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Must-Have Branding Lessons for Food Startups
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Friday, March 11
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Proximity Predictions: The Future of Advertising
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Friday, March 11
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Smart Women Using Smart Data to Rise to the Top
Solo / Dual / Panel
Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater
Friday, March 11
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Food of the Americas: Dishes from Our Ancestors
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Friday, March 11
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Newsopalypse: Can Digital Really Sustain Media?
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Friday, March 11
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Revolutionizing Banking, One Iteration at a Time
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Friday, March 11
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Building Hybrid Product Teams
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Friday, March 11
3:45PM - 4:45PM
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Creating an Agricultural Oasis in an Urban Setting
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Friday, March 11
3:45PM - 4:45PM
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Innovative Brands Using Data-Driven Marketing
Solo / Dual / Panel
Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater
Friday, March 11
3:45PM - 4:45PM
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Quantum Receptivity: Targeting Mobile Moments
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Friday, March 11
3:45PM - 4:45PM
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Robo-Cars and Selling the Post-Driving Experience
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Friday, March 11
3:45PM - 4:45PM
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Defining the Age of “Smart Places”
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Friday, March 11
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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Tech vs Craft: Making Food, Wine and Spirits
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Friday, March 11
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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Your Money Isn’t Disappearing, But it’s Harder to See It
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Friday, March 11
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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The Emerging Millennial Consensus on Tech Policy
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Innovators or Idiots: Mobile’s Next Hits and Misses
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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IoT: A Thousand Touchpoints of Marketing?
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Smart City: The Austin Opportunity for Health
Solo / Dual / Panel
3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Saturday, March 12
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Engaging the Next Generation of Tech Talent
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Saturday, March 12
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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From Apps to Obsession: Sparking Enviable Fandom
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Rewiring the Brains of Elementary Entrepreneurs
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Saturday, March 12
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Tech and a Modern Government
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Virtual Reality and the New Sales Experience
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Why Are You So Into Vinyl?
Solo / Dual / Panel
ANALOG by American Greetings
Saturday, March 12
11:00AM - 11:40AM
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Future Government: Market Creator or Destroyer?
Solo / Dual / Panel
Revival Public House
Saturday, March 12
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Growing a Diverse Innovation Ecosystem
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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A Human and Robot Play a Drawing Game
Solo / Dual / Panel
ANALOG by American Greetings
Saturday, March 12
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Move Your IP: Concept to Commercialization
Solo / Dual / Panel
3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Saturday, March 12
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Revenge of the Bricks, Driven by Clicks
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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So You Want to Partner with a Social Media Star
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Brand Stories on Periscope and Meerkat
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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How to Disrupt Government
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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How to Start a Collaborative Comic Book Jam
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Saturday, March 12
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Media’s New American Family: No Norman Rockwell
Solo / Dual / Panel
Hilton Garden Inn
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
Saturday, March 12
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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What Startups Can Learn from Small Businesses
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Saturday, March 12
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Can State Government Support Disruptive Markets?
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Community Empowerment for Creative Agencies
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Content Now! Stop Advertising, Start Publishing
Solo / Dual / Panel
Sheraton Austin
Capitol Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Fact Check: Tech Has Never Been Just a Man’s World
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Leadership, Innovation, and Impact
Solo / Dual / Panel
Maggie Mae's
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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The Politics of Art in the Global Digital Space
Solo / Dual / Panel
Revival Public House
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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The Real Score: Analytics and Big Data in Sports
Solo / Dual / Panel
3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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The Scariest Word in Brand Advertising: Family
Solo / Dual / Panel
Hilton Garden Inn
18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Tales From a Large Man
Solo / Dual / Panel
ANALOG by American Greetings
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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When Success Means an Always-Vanishing Customer
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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American Innovation and Cybersecurity
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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Economic Realities: Ad Blocking and Consumer Control
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Saturday, March 12
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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Using Content and Collaboration to Stay Afloat
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Saturday, March 12
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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Analytics for Social Marketing
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Being Young Isn't an Excuse: Entry-Level Syndrome
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Sunday, March 13
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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The Future of Open Source Content Management
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Sunday, March 13
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Innovation Infrastructure: IoT In Public Space
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Threats on the Horizon: From Terrorism to Hunger
Solo / Dual / Panel
3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Sunday, March 13
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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The API Economy: Develop, Innovate, Transform
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Creating A Compelling Voice Experience For Amazon Echo/Alexa
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Sunday, March 13
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Is There an Innovation Party?
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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The Luxury of Atoms
Solo / Dual / Panel
ANALOG by American Greetings
Sunday, March 13
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Software as an Agency
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Sunday, March 13
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Using Virtual Reality in Storytelling
Solo / Dual / Panel
3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Sunday, March 13
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Anheuser-Busch InBev and Percolate “Social”ize at SXSW
Ironwood Hall
Budweiser Beer Garage
Sunday, March 13
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Anheuser-Busch InBev Swipes Right on Tinder
Ironwood Hall
Budweiser Beer Garage
Sunday, March 13
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Attention, Perception and Memory
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Sunday, March 13
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Shared Future: STEM and P3s
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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What the South Has to Say in Today's Digital Age
Solo / Dual / Panel
Speakeasy
Sunday, March 13
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Witness the Evolution of Teamwork
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Giving Your Collaboration Tools a Brain
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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How to Disrupt a Regulated Industry
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Radical Strategies in Institutional IT Security
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Sunday, March 13
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Your Life, Let's Design Think That
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Sunday, March 13
2:00PM - 4:30PM
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An Honest Conversation with Yik Yak
Solo / Dual / Panel
Speakeasy
Sunday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Anheuser-Busch InBev and Saucey Bring Beer to the Party
Ironwood Hall
Budweiser Beer Garage
Sunday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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IBM Watson: Information, Insight and Inspiration
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Making a Splash in Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Beer Garage
Ironwood Hall
Budweiser Beer Garage
Sunday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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The New Battleground: States and Tech Policy
Solo / Dual / Panel
Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Veteran Hiring as a Strategic Differentiator
Solo / Dual / Panel
Old School Bar
Sunday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Where Is Earth 2.0? Discovering a Planet Like Ours
Solo / Dual / Panel
3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Sunday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Why Beauty Matters
Solo / Dual / Panel
ANALOG by American Greetings
Sunday, March 13
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Outside the Comfort Zone: Big Data Analytics
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Sunday, March 13
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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Dashboards are Easy, Visualization Is Hard
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Monday, March 14
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Hardware on Kickstarter
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Monday, March 14
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Swipe to Get Intimate: Tech Tatts & Surveillance
Solo / Dual / Panel
Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom
Monday, March 14
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Pitch by Startups: The Game-Changers from Japan
Solo / Dual / Panel
Vulcan Gas Company
Monday, March 14
10:00AM - 12:00PM
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Anheuser-Busch InBev and ZX Ventures Startup Pitch Competition
Pitch Event
Ironwood Hall
Budweiser Beer Garage
Monday, March 14
11:00AM - 1:30PM
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Being an Artist Today
Solo / Dual / Panel
ANALOG by American Greetings
Monday, March 14
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Don't Open Source Like a n00b
Solo / Dual / Panel
Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom
Monday, March 14
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Driving Sales Teams Efficiency with Mobile and Wearable
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Monday, March 14
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Healthy Hardware: The Doctor is Everywhere Around Us
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Monday, March 14
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Crowdbuilding: Building Hardware Here and There
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Monday, March 14
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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The Rise of Digital Comic Book Geek Culture
Solo / Dual / Panel
Speakeasy
Monday, March 14
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Toss Your Phone off a Bridge and Begin to Live Again
Solo / Dual / Panel
ANALOG by American Greetings
Monday, March 14
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Turning the STEM Talent Pool into the Ocean
Solo / Dual / Panel
Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom
Monday, March 14
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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High Tech and High Design: A Fab New Way
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Monday, March 14
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Beauty 2.0: Innovation at L’Oreal
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Monday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Digital Entrepreneurship and Modern Womanhood
Solo / Dual / Panel
Speakeasy
Monday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Game-Changers: Sports, Entertainment and Community
Solo / Dual / Panel
Revival Public House
Monday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Leveraging an Open Ecosystem for App Development
Solo / Dual / Panel
Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom
Monday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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The Revenge of Analog
Solo / Dual / Panel
ANALOG by American Greetings
Monday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Three FinTech Startups Reimagining Commercial Banking
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Monday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Building Secure Products in a Connected Society
Solo / Dual / Panel
Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom
Monday, March 14
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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Hardware: The Road to Retail
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Monday, March 14
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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The Role of Machine Learning in Regulated Industries
Solo / Dual / Panel
Capital One House at Antone's
Monday, March 14
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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Designing for Sh*t That Doesn't Exist Yet
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Tuesday, March 15
9:30AM - 10:30AM
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Getting Personal: The Customer Genome LIVE at SXSW
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Tuesday, March 15
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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The Sharing Economy and the 21st Century Workforce
Solo / Dual / Panel
Parkside
Parkside Upstairs
Tuesday, March 15
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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Adventures in Digital!
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Tuesday, March 15
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Is Your Fridge Judging You? Tales from the IoT
Solo / Dual / Panel
Parkside
Parkside Upstairs
Tuesday, March 15
12:30PM - 1:30PM
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Making Our Tech Look More Like Our Country
Solo / Dual / Panel
Parkside
Parkside Upstairs
Tuesday, March 15
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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Mars One: Humans on Mars in 2027
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Tuesday, March 15
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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2016 Top Trends: Service Design and Experience
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Tuesday, March 15
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Policies Impacting Drones and the Future of Flight
Solo / Dual / Panel
Parkside
Parkside Upstairs
Tuesday, March 15
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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Car Shopping: The Final Frontier for Ecommerce
Solo / Dual / Panel
Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
Tuesday, March 15
5:00PM - 6:00PM
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