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Building Communities: URL & IRL

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Coal to Code: Reimagining a Disrupted Economy

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Communicating in the Era of Constant Crisis

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Concierge Marketing: Customer Experience 3.0
Presented by:
W2O

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Connected Cities, Connected Countryside
Presented by:
Consumer Technology Association

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Driving Audience: If You Build It, They Will Not Come

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Hacking Childhood Cancer: Creating Support Systems

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The Head and the Heart: Fixing America’s Health

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Human Rights Policy in a Connected World
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Texas A&M

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Innovative Cities against Climate Change

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Inspiring the Next Creators: What Will They Create?

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Latino Entrepreneurship: Scaling to Excellence

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Plant-Based & Clean Meat Will Save The World!

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Seeing Thermal: Stopping Poachers in Their Tracks

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The Spirituality of Philanthropy

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Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads: Fly eVTOLs
Presented by:
Embraer

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Choreographing the City: Policy through Performance

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11:00AM

Balancing Brand Building vs. Performance
Presented by:
W2O

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Black Gotham: Immersive Storytelling & Technology

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The Community, Culture & Science of Barbecue
Presented by:
Texas A&M

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Connecting Continents: VR/AR in the Global South

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The Data Revolution in Music Royalties

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Code & Programming

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Disrupting Global Distrust Starts Local - With You

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Enlightened Capital - Investing for Legacies

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Escape the Algorithm: Build Rad Online Communities

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Harnessing Nature to Create a Sustainable Future

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How to Stay an Innovation Hub When You’re in the Dark

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Immersive Tech: GenZ’s Beauty Counter & Mall

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Inclusion + Tech: How To Get It Right

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Inside Genomics: Your Future, Your Fate

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Movement Building: Women are Changing the World

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Pedaler’s Palate: Food, Cycling + How They Collide

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Promoting Inclusion in Today's Tech Industry
Presented by:
Consumer Technology Association

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Science, Society, and Ethics in a Post-Truth World

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There Is No Pipeline Problem!

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Transversive Storytelling: Music meets Comics

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Urban Air Taxi and the Future of Ridesharing
Presented by:
Fort Worth Now

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The Way to Design: Little Startup, Big Impact

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Building Inclusive Cities in Emerging Markets

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12:00PM

Agents of Mass Construction

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Brave New World: The Future of Theatre & Tech

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Creating a Venture Capital Eco-System
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Fort Worth Now

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Death of 2nd Screen? Live Tweets in a Binge World

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Film & TV Industry

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The Divine Feminist & Her Place in Modern Religion

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Documenting The Unknown - Storytelling in the Amazon

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Earth v. Mars: The Future of Exploration

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Fear is in the Hands of the Creator: Horror in VR

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Feast of Resistance & Secrets: SXSW Artists in Dialogue

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Fighting Terror with Tech
Presented by:
Consumer Technology Association

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Future Society: AI & Generative Systems
Presented by:
Texas A&M

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Generous Parental Leave: A Liberty or A Luxury?

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Hacking the Opioid Epidemic

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How to Get the Best Music for Your Project

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Insider Tips from the Boss Women of Instagram

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Music Industry

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Making it Real: Tangible Worlds of Storytelling

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A Matter of National Cyber Security: Fixing the IoT

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Code & Programming

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Meet the Kitchen of the Future: Trends in Food Tech

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Modern Farms: Is the Future of Farming in Technology?

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Startups and Government, an Oxymoron?

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Uniting to Fight the -ists, -ites & the -phobes

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What’s Next After Advertising? The Jump to Content
Presented by:
W2O

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Whose Story?: Exploring Filmmaker-Subject Relationships

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Why the Best Content Marketers Use Empathy

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2:00PM

5 Major Generational Shifts & Understanding Gen Z

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Algorithms, Unconscious Bias, & AI

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Art & Tech: A Classic Experience in a Virtual World

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Barriers to Innovation for New Music Experiences

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Music Industry

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Beyond SV: Africa & Funding the Next Wave of Unicorns

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Evolution of Advocacy & Employee Communications
Presented by:
W2O

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From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems

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Future Talk: Democratizing NonFiction Storytelling

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Film & TV Industry

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Hollywood to Broadway: Adapting Films for Stage

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Keeping Performing Arts Alive in a Digital World

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Film & TV Industry

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The Live Score - Bridging Film, Music, and Gaming

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Mixed Reality for Superheroes, Zombies and Jedi

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Mo Reality, Mo Problems? AR/VR & Law

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New Mediums to Tell Authentic Food Stories

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Pitch & Touch: Weird Startups from U of Tokyo

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Pivoting to Video the Best Way

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Tech in the Trump Administration: Year 1
Presented by:
Consumer Technology Association

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Music Urbanism: What Does It Mean?

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3:00PM

AI and Its Impact on Our Workforce
Presented by:
Consumer Technology Association

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Austin: A Global Center for Blockchain Innovation

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Touring & Live Experience

Austin, Y’all! Sustaining a Thriving Music City

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Countering Hate: Understanding & Stopping Extremism
Presented by:
W2O

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Creating a Movement Through User Generated Content

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Creating Fearless Designs Through Street Art
Presented by:
Bud Light

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David Attenborough's interactive VR debut - age 91

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Disrupting Traditional Healthcare with Innovation
Presented by:
Texas A&M

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Disruptive Tech in Your Home Cannabis Kitchen

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Femtech: Women & Health Tech in the Trump Era

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Finding Spiritual Community Both On and Offline

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Fintech Needs A Human Touch: Lessons from Africa

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Food Innovation-Growing a Successful Food Business

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How Can Cities Support Hyperscale Data Storage?
Presented by:
Fort Worth Now

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Overhead Transit: Cable, Hyperloop, PRT & Drones

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Redefining the Physical Workplace

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Skam: Powerful Digital Storytelling In Real Time

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Solving The Tech Transfer Challenge

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Tech Innovation to Fight Child Exploitation

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Technology + Buildings: Creating A New Experience

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Technology’s Impact on Digital Storytelling

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Trust: The Currency of the Sharing Economy

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VR Codes of Conduct in the Virtual Wild West

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What Podcasts Eat for Dinner: How to Feed a Show

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Why Black Women are 2018’s Best Investment

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What Happened to our Chocolate Cities?

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Answer with Action: A New Activism Platform
Presented by:
Patagonia

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Battling Brand Maturity With Innovation

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Economic Growth for Everybody

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Future of Education’s Relationship with Startups

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"Future Proofing" Disaster Recovery
Presented by:
Texas A&M

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Gaming Religion: Finding Faith in Digital Games

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How Can Venture Capital Achieve Gender Parity?

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How Does VR Become a Truly Mainstream Technology

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Memes + Monologues: Lessons in Laughter for News

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The Misinformation Age: Can AI Solve Fake News?

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Music as a Corporate Social Responsibility Platform
Presented by:
W2O

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A New Filter: the Power of Visual Representation

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Re-Imagining How America Can Reduce Food Waste

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TECH-ILA: Opportunities in Mexico’s Tech Innovation

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