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Track: Social Impact

A
Activism, Allyship and Where We Go from Here
Mar 10, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Social Impact
Featured Session
Session
All the Rage: Female Activism and Altruistic Design
Mar 11, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Solo
Session
Arts + Inclusivity: a Hip Hop Story
Mar 11, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Asian Americans Break the Silence and Stereotypes
Mar 12, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Austin Adoptables Play Time
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 1:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, SXSW Trade Show - Exhibit Hall 2-5
Social Impact
Special Event
Austin Adoptables Play Time
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 1:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, SXSW Trade Show - Exhibit Hall 2-5
Social Impact
Special Event
Austin Adoptables Play Time
Mar 14, 2017
11:00am – 1:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, SXSW Trade Show - Exhibit Hall 2-5
Social Impact
Special Event
Austin Adoptables Play Time
Mar 15, 2017
11:00am – 1:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, SXSW Trade Show - Exhibit Hall 2-5
Social Impact
Special Event
B
Basic Income: Can Giving Away Free Money Save Us?
Mar 10, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Social Impact
Featured Session
Session
Behavioral Design for Social Impact
Mar 13, 2017
3:30pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1
Social Impact
Workshop
Session
Behind Happy Faces: Future of Emotional Learning
Mar 11, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Solo
Session
Building Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems
Mar 11, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Omni Downtown, Capital Ballroom B
Presented by
Opportunity Hub
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Burning Man Meet Up
Mar 14, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 211-212
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
BYkids as a Tool for Global Understanding
Mar 13, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
C
Can Hip Hop Save Us?
Mar 15, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
The Celebrity (Activist) Industrial Complex
Mar 13, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 5
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Chemistry Road Show
Mar 14, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Hotel Van Zandt, Lady Bird Ballroom
Presented by
Texas A&M University
Social Impact
Solo
Session
Coffee Break presented by Blackbaud
Mar 12, 2017
9:00am – 10:00am CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Connect & Create Lounge
Mar 12, 2017
10:00am – 6:00pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Art At SXSW
Lounge
Connect & Create Lounge
Mar 13, 2017
10:00am – 6:00pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Art At SXSW
Lounge
Connect: Curry Stone Design Prize
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Connect: Dissidents Fighting Back with Information
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Convergence Keynote: Jessica Shortall
Mar 12, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Social Impact
Keynote
Session
Countering Extremism Online from ISIS to Neo-Nazis
Mar 12, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Creating For a Cause: Music for Action & Awareness
Mar 15, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Crowdsourcing Justice
Mar 13, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
D
Design as Protest: The Design Justice Platform
Mar 12, 2017
12:45pm – 1:45pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Designing Community Spaces
Mar 15, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Design Thinking for Impactful Storytelling
Mar 13, 2017
3:45pm – 5:15pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Develop Your Narrative, A Storytelling Lab for Changemakers
Mar 13, 2017
12:45pm – 1:45pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Digital Equity as Public Policy in the Trump Era
Mar 15, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Solo
Session
Disasters in Diversity: Disability in Media
Mar 13, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Dissolving Ignorance: Tolerance Through Travel Meet Up
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 208
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
Distilling Passion: Future of Impact Storytelling
Mar 11, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
A Dream Deferred: Undocumented Millennials
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
#
#DisruptiveDiplomacy
Mar 13, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
#OTTNO: The Next Generation of Advocates
Mar 15, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
E
Empathy Building for Innovation
Mar 13, 2017
3:15pm – 4:15pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Enabling Transformative Change Across Continents
Mar 11, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
ENCORE: Design Thinking for Impactful Storytelling
Mar 14, 2017
2:00pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3
Social Impact
Workshop
Session
The Evolution of Global Philanthropy Meet Up
Mar 13, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 207
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
F
Fighting Fear with Design: Immigrants, Refugees and Healthcare
Mar 12, 2017
3:15pm – 4:15pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Finding Female Empowerment Through Authenticity
Mar 13, 2017
1:00pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB
Social Impact
Book Reading
Session
From Bystander to Upstander: 6 Steps to Be an Upstander
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 3
Social Impact
Workshop
Session
From Hood to Good Meet Up
Mar 14, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 207
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
From Meme to Protest: What’s Next for Online Activism
Mar 11, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Dual
Session
G
Gentrifying Genius: Urban Creators Stripped Bare
Mar 14, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Get In the Arena: The Future of Citizen Exploration
Mar 12, 2017
3:15pm – 4:15pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Give Smarter: Unlocking the Philanthropic Impulse
Mar 13, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Solo
Session
H
Healing Power of Music
Mar 15, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
The HollaDeck: An Interactive Hip Hop Classroom
Mar 14, 2017
3:30pm – 5:30pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 3
Social Impact
Workshop
Session
How One Visual Campaign is Fighting Homelessness
Mar 14, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Dual
Session
How to Affect Change through Multimedia Storytelling
Mar 12, 2017
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
How to Be an Ally
Mar 10, 2017
3:30pm – 5:30pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Moody Room
Social Impact
Workshop
Session
How to Build a Pop-Up Movement with Purpose
Mar 11, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
How to Win the Hearts & Wallets of Young Donors Meet Up
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 209
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
How Working Abroad Can Save The World
Mar 13, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Solo
Session
Humanitarian Design In Action
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 2:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 2
Social Impact
Workshop
Session
I
The Impact of A Quantified Housing Ecosystem
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Bungalow
Presented by
Amherst Holdings LLC
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Influencing Impact: Through Story and Innovation
Mar 10, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Social Impact
Featured Session
Session
Inspiring Global Change Through Women’s Stories
Mar 13, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Investing to Change The World
Mar 14, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Presented by
Brown Advisory
Social Impact
Panel
Session
It Got Better: Collaboration in LGBT Storytelling
Mar 14, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
L
Let's End Homelessness Meet Up
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 207
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
LGBTQA Meet Up
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 213
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
Low-Tech, High-Impact: Empowering Dinnertime
Mar 13, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
M
Making Miracles: Achieving the UN Global Goals
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Dual
Session
Mentor Session: Chelsea Collier
Mar 10, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Elizabeth Davis
Mar 13, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Jaidev Amrite
Mar 14, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Jessica Santana
Mar 10, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Jessica Tunon
Mar 11, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Kreasha Williams
Mar 11, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Leith El-Hassan
Mar 13, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Maryangel Garcia-Ramos
Mar 13, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Neetal Parekh
Mar 10, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Saxon Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Shilpa Bakre
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Toby Green
Mar 11, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Valencia King
Mar 11, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Threadgill Room
Social Impact
Mentor Session
Session
Metagaming the Future: A Lab for Discussion
Mar 12, 2017
10:15am – 11:15am CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Multimedia Grants and Fiscal Sponsorship in Action
Mar 14, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Muslim Girl Comes of Age
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Solo
Session
My Body Is NSFW
Mar 12, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Myth Busters: The Not-So-Broken Pipeline
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
N
Naming and Faming: Battling Corruption with Positivity
Mar 13, 2017
12:15pm – 1:15pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
NASA's Even Cooler Than You Think
Mar 14, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Dual
Session
National Geographic Explorers Changing the World
Mar 14, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
The New Archive: How Tech Democratizes Historical Narratives
Mar 13, 2017
4:30pm – 5:30pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
NFL Unites: Player Protest and Beyond
Mar 11, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
Omni Downtown, Capital Ballroom B
Presented by
Opportunity Hub
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Not the Same Old... Shhh! Library Meet Up
Mar 13, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 207
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
O
Open Innovation in our Political Climate
Mar 13, 2017
10:15am – 11:15am CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Outta Sight, Outta Mind? Who’s Behind Our Products
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 5
Social Impact
Panel
Session
P
Pantsuit Nation Meet Up
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 211-212
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
Paradigm Shifts: Activism & The Role of Artists
Mar 15, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Pathway to Increase Diversity in the Outdoors
Mar 13, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Peace Technology for the Modern Human Brain
Mar 14, 2017
11:30am – 1:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 3
Social Impact
Workshop
Session
Photography: Still An Agent for Change
Mar 14, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Power & Perils of Digital Activism Meet Up
Mar 13, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 207
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
Proven Approaches to Film Impact Campaign Design
Mar 15, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
R
The Real Information Revolution
Mar 13, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Reducing Violent Police-Citizen Interactions
Mar 11, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Refinery29 and Kesha Discuss Reclaiming the Internet
Mar 14, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Social Impact
Featured Session
Session
The Rise of Maker Cities
Mar 11, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Palmer Events Center, SXSW Create Stage
Social Impact
Dual
Session
S
Sci-Fi by Design: The Speculative Revolution
Mar 15, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Secrets To Having The Big Life: On Your Own Terms
Mar 11, 2017
5:00pm – 5:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB
Social Impact
Book Reading
Session
Sharing the Way to Global LGBTI Equality
Mar 14, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Shut Up and Do Something
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Social Enterprise Real Talk from the Field
Mar 11, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Social Good Hub
Mar 12, 2017
9:00am – 6:00pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Lounge
Special Event
Social Good Hub
Mar 13, 2017
9:00am – 6:30pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Lounge
Special Event
Solo Women Travelers Going Yolo Meet Up
Mar 11, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 213
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
Standing Rock Awakens the World
Mar 12, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
The State of Hate
Mar 12, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Social Impact
Featured Session
Session
Super PAC Hacks for Social Good
Mar 12, 2017
3:30pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 2
Social Impact
Workshop
Session
Swiping Right on Inclusivity with Tinder & GLAAD
Mar 10, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Social Impact
Featured Session
Session
SXSW Community Service Awards
Mar 13, 2017
6:00pm – 8:00pm CT
in
Radisson Austin Downtown, Riverside Ballroom
Social Impact
Awards Ceremony
Special Event
SXSW Grant Opportunities Meet Up
Mar 14, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 213
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
SXSW Speaker Meet Up
Mar 12, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 207
Social Impact
Meet Up
Session
T
Taking Back the Internet: Countering Extremism
Mar 11, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Tapping Into the Museum: A How to Guide
Mar 14, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Solo
Session
Tech Activism: More Than a Hashtag
Mar 12, 2017
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Tech for Good: Solutions for the Refugee Crisis
Mar 12, 2017
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Technology Solutions in International Development
Mar 12, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session
U
Uncovering Trends: Interacting with Big Data
Mar 14, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Hotel Van Zandt, Lady Bird Ballroom
Presented by
Texas A&M University
Social Impact
Panel
Session
The United State of Incarcerated Women
Mar 11, 2017
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
Using Lean Data to Measure Impact
Mar 12, 2017
12:15pm – 1:45pm CT
in
Techspace Austin
Social Impact
Special Event
Using Tech to End LGBT Youth Homelessness
Mar 14, 2017
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Dual
Session
W
What Motivates Extremists: The Path to Extremism & Back
Mar 14, 2017
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Social Impact
Panel
Session
What To Do With Gender Norms & Entertainment Media
Mar 15, 2017
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 201-202
Social Impact
Panel
Session