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2017: A Space Odyssey - Changing Our View of Earth
2017 New Music Meeting
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Accessibility: Why It’s So Important
Mar 10, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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An Act of War: Legislating Against Cyber Threats
Agents / Talent Buyers Peer Meeting
The American Housing Crisis: Can Data Help?
Applying Science to Conversational UX Design
Are Biometrics the New Face of Surveillance?
Are We Alone? A Discussion on Space Exploration
Artificial Intelligence is the Future of Fashion
Artist Management is a Service Industry
Mar 18, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Asian Americans Break the Silence and Stereotypes
Augmenting Reality, For Real
The Automated Assistant Revolution
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Beyond Fintech: Blockchain for Every Industry
Black (Power) Fashion
Mar 13, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Boat in a Box: Protecting Shipping Networks
Boat in a Box: Protecting Shipping Networks
Presented by:
Booz Allen Hamilton
Mar 11, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
Brain Wearables
Mar 14, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
Brazilian VR: Creativity to Hit Millions of Views
Mar 15, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Breaking the Diversity Code: With the CEO as CDO
Breaking the Grass Ceiling: Women, Weed & Business
Building a Modern Pre-Order Strategy
Building Brands in Film & Television is The New Normal
BYkids as a Tool for Global Understanding
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Campeones Campeones Olé Olé Olé! It's Worse To Win
CANCELED: Mentor Session: Blake Gentry
Cannabis & Athletics: A New Paradigm in Sports
Cannabis: Keep Your Career, Change Your Industry Meet Up
Can Playlists and Spotlights Break an Artist?
Capability, Comfort, Calm—High Quality Health Care
Catch Me If You Can-Using SDN to Protect Enterprise
Mar 11, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Chaos is the New Calm
Mar 13, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Chaos Monkeys: A Silicon Valley Adventure
Community Comes First: The New Retail Norm
Community Comes First: The New Retail Norm
Presented by:
Decoded Fashion
Mar 12, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Consumer Reports Wants Patients to Track Superbugs
Content Is Still King: A New Narrative Calls
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Copying is Good
Mar 11, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Copyright Infringement: Get a Hit, Get a Writ
Creating For a Cause: Music for Action & Awareness
The Creation of a Hacker
Mar 15, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
Creative and Financial Aspects of Sampling
The Creator’s Handbook for VR & 360 Storytelling
The Crowdsourcing Myth: Why is Direct-to-Fan a Bad Thing?
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DARK DAYS: AI and the Rise of Fascism
Death, Taxes, and Legacy Management
Democratizing Innovation Through DIY HPC
Democratizing Innovation Through DIY HPC
Presented by:
Amherst Holdings LLC
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Designing for Mixed Reality: Focus and Context
Design Intelligently for Artificial Intelligence
Mar 10, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Developments in Music Publishing: Lemons Or Lemonade?
Diversity in Tech: Readiness to Recruitment
Dude, Who’s Monetizing My Fans’ Content?
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Empathy Lab
Empowering a Billion Women by 2020
ENCORE: Five Use-Cases Defining VR and Mixed Reality
ENCORE: So You Want to Go to Mars?
ENCORE: The Future of Work
Mar 14, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Engineering Life: Artificial Genome Synthesis
Esports Betting and Integrity
Ethics Matter
Mar 18, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Facebook Messenger and the Rise of the Chatbot!
Faces & Digital Spaces: Transforming Beauty
Mar 12, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Fashion & Tech: Connecting Customers via Innovation
Fighting Crime with Data in the US and Abroad
Five Use-Cases Defining VR and Mixed Reality
Founder Counseling: 7 Steps to Founder Success
Fraudsters & Poets: Building Tools for Experts
Mar 13, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
Freestyle Rap Meet Up
From Meme to Protest: What’s Next for Online Activism
Funding the FoodTech Revolution
The Future of Human Genetic Engineering
The Future of Luxury
The Future of Music is Space
The Future of Warfare
The Future of Work
The Future of Work
Presented by:
Cisco Systems Inc
Mar 14, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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General Licensing: Where Are My Royalties?
Get Out, Be In: What I've Learned Working Remotely
Get Real: What’s the Point If It Doesn’t Drive ROI
Mar 12, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Give Smarter: Unlocking the Philanthropic Impulse
The Globalization of Finance
Govt and Tech Collaboration in the US and Canada
Growing Tech in a Developing World
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Harlem: The New Tech Frontier
Head Fakes and Pivots: Trump Punks Silicon Valley
Health IT Developer Meet Up
Mar 10, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Heal Thyself! How Tech Improves Health & Self-Care
Hey Doc, How Much Will That Cost?
Hollywood Goes VR
Mar 14, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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How Brands Do Well By Doing Good
Mar 15, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
How New Media is Redefining the Meaning of Luxury
How Tech Companies Can Give Back to Communities
How Tech is Shaping the Future of Entertainment
How the World's Biggest Sport is Making It in US
How To Build A Music City - The Launch
Mar 16, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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How to Develop an Electronic Artist: Matoma
How to Sell Your Event to a City
Human-Centered Approach to Designing VR Interfaces
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The Impact of Audio on the VR Visual Story
Mar 15, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Intelligent Machines Will Eat Their Young and Us
Intelligent Machines Will Eat Their Young and Us
Presented by:
Booz Allen Hamilton
Mar 11, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
Interactive Cross-Platform Social VR
Mar 16, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Intimacy at Scale
Invisible Marketing: AI Will Transform Your Brand
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Invisible Technologies of Apparel
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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IoT & the Shoppertainment Era
IoT & the Shoppertainment Era
Presented by:
MediaPost
Mar 11, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
Is VR/AR The New Storytelling… Or The Old 3D?
Mar 11, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
It’s All Fun and Games... Until You Turn Pro
I Want You to Want Me: Artists Seeking Brands
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Jazz in the Digital Age
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The Kind Side: Compassion On and Off the Field
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LATAM's Tech Paradox Meet Up Part I
Latino Entrepreneurs' Opportunities
A League of Their Own: Success as a Female Entrepreneur
Legal Issues in the Virtual Workplace
Legalized Marijuana: What's Happening Now!
Legal Roadblocks for Startups
Lighting Up the Dark Web
Livestreaming and the Future of Food TV
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Machine Learning: The Art of Explore vs. Exploit
Mainstream But Muted: How to Market Legal Cannabis
Making AR Work for Developers and Designers
Making Music TV Beyond Television
Making the Leap from Dev Ops to No Ops
Mar 14, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Media vs Fakers & Haters In the Post-Fact Era
Mar 11, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
Medicaid: An Undiscovered $500 BILLION Market
Mental Health Crisis: New Technological Solutions
Mentor Session: Aarthi Ramamurthy
Mentor Session: Adam Banicki
Mentor Session: Amelia Showalter
Mentor Session: Ana Villegas
Mentor Session: Anita Dolce Vita
Mentor Session: Ann Greenberg
Mentor Session: Aziz Isham
Mentor Session: Bill Adair
Mentor Session: BJ Schwartz
Mentor Session: Brian Frank
Mentor Session: Cameron Buckingham
Mentor Session: Carl Schwenker
Mentor Session: Carol Sankar
Mentor Session: Christina Collada
Mentor Session: Clay Crenshaw
Mentor Session: Corry Robb
Mentor Session: Cristin Moran
Mentor Session: Danica Lo
Mentor Session: Daniel Brusilovsky
Mentor Session: Danielle Zamora
Mentor Session: Dan Smith
Mentor Session: Darin Gillis
Mentor Session: Dave Grossman
Mentor Session: David Allan
Mentor Session: David Kahn
Mentor Session: Devin O’Brien
Mentor Session: Elizabeth Davis
Mentor Session: Emma Cartmell
Mentor Session: Eric Carvin
Mentor Session: Erin Albert
Mentor Session: Jackie Trebilcock
Mentor Session: Jaidev Amrite
Mentor Session: Jamie Metzl
Mentor Session: Jamie Smith
Mentor Session: Jane Fang
Mentor Session: Jan Triplett
Mentor Session: Jason Kopeck
Mentor Session: Jeff LaFlam
Mentor Session: Jennifer Mellon
Mentor Session: Jennifer Millspaugh
Mentor Session: Jeremy Darlow
Mentor Session: Jessica Santana
Mentor Session: Jessica Tunon
Mentor Session: Jill Sonke
Mentor Session: Jim Galis
Mentor Session: Joe Olsen
Mentor Session: Johanna Zmud
Mentor Session: John Colucci
Mentor Session: John Cordray
Mentor Session: John Paulos
Mentor Session: Justin Claire
Mentor Session: Karen Moon
Mentor Session: Kreasha Williams
Mentor Session: Kurt Collins
Mentor Session: LaKisha Greenwade
Mentor Session: Laura Mingail
Mentor Session: Leith El-Hassan
Mentor Session: Ling Kung
Mentor Session: Marcie Jastrow
Mentor Session: Mark Holzbach
Mentor Session: Mark Lainas
Mentor Session: Mark Smith
Mentor Session: Mary Ray
Mentor Session: Mathew Bernstein
Mentor Session: Melvin Price
Mentor Session: Merced Gonzales
Mentor Session: Mia Tramz
Mentor Session: Michael Ehrlich
Mentor Session: Mimi Winsberg
Mentor Session: Nancy Giordano
Mentor Session: Neetal Parekh
Mentor Session: Nick Parish
Mentor Session: Patrick Givens
Mentor Session: Rachel Gawley
Mentor Session: Rachel Weiss
Mentor Session: Rakia Reynolds
Mentor Session: Raney Aronson-Rath
Mentor Session: Robert Pellechia
Mentor Session: Rob Wilder
Mentor Session: Rod Paddock
Mentor Session: Ron Kuper
Mentor Session: Ryan Spong
Mentor Session: Samantha Rembo
Mentor Session: Sarah Glover
Mentor Session: Scott Francis
Mentor Session: Shilpa Bakre
Mentor Session: Simon James
Mentor Session: Stefan Grambart
Mentor Session: Stephanie Barko
Mentor Session: Stina Hamlin
Mentor Session: Summerpal Kahlon
Mentor Session: Susan Scott
Mentor Session: Suzanne Futterman
Mentor Session: Toby Green
Mentor Session: Tom Hudson
Mentor Session: Tricia Katz
Mentor Session: Una Kravets
Mentor Session: Valencia King
Mentor Session: Zachary Jarvinen
Modern Cannabis: From Ditch Weed to Tech Disruptor
The Modernization of Vinyl Record Pressing
Museums of the Future
Mar 11, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Music Cities Network
Mar 17, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Music Law and Policy in DC
Mar 17, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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My Body Is NSFW
Mar 12, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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New Adventures in Music Transactions
A New Era for College Towns
A New Negotiation: Social Media and Talent Agreements
A New Normal: User Security in an Insecure World
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Occupy Your Meal
Mar 13, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Open Sourcing Data and Porn
Mar 13, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Owlchemy Labs Fireside Chat
Mar 16, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Pop Tech: Marrying LA and SF
Mar 13, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Power Play: Influencers + Brands + Insta- Commerce
Mar 12, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Problem Solvers: Sports Philanthropy
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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The Product People Shift
Mar 13, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Queer Voices On and Off Screen
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Raising the 21st Century Athlete
Mar 12, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Ready Or Not, The Bots Have Risen!
Mar 11, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Re-Programming the Genome
Responsive Cities > Smart Cities
Mar 14, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
Retail Innovation: Reshaping Customer Experience
Retaining Volunteer Talent in Your Community
The Revolution Will Be Livestreamed: Justice & Law
Robots Can Restore Our Humanity
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The Science of Fiction
A Scientific Methodology for Startup Success
Sex Tech and Law: Virtual Reality to Revenge Porn
Share the Road: Democratizing a Mobility Ecosystem
Social Entrepreneurship for Founders: Five Things
Social Video and the Future of Consumption
Software is Eating Venture Capital
Sounds Without Boundaries
Mar 15, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
So You Want to Go to Mars?
Mar 12, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
Staying Creative in an Ever Changing Landscape
The Streaming Games
Super PAC Hacks for Social Good
Sure, I Like Fun: Jokes, Illustration, Etc
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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The Surprising Health & Sex Benefits of Cannabis
SXSW CSA Meet Up
Mar 13, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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SXSW Release It Round 1
SXSW Release It Round 2
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The Tacos of Texas
Mar 10, 2017
5:00pm – 5:30pm CT
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Tailoring Housing to Demographic Change
Tailoring Housing to Demographic Change
Presented by:
Amherst Holdings LLC
Mar 12, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Talk to the Brand: Bots & the Chatty Marketer
Mar 11, 2017
9:30