SXSW 2018 Schedule

11:00AM

Bullish on Dragons: My 25 Years of Investing in China

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon C
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Dual
Session

Cryptocurrencies: A New Future for Money

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

JW Marriott
Salon E
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Darsh Singh (Hazoor Partners): Mentor

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:15pm

JW Marriott
Salon 8
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Mentor Session
Session

Digital Life+Government Policy+National Security

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

JW Marriott
Room 203-204
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

The Digital Wall Falls

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 408
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Internet of Scary Things: Botnet in a Box

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

JW Marriott
Room 201-202
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Intro to the Blockchain and Bitcoin

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 2:00pm

JW Marriott
Room 402-403
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Workshop
Session

Live Streaming's the Next BET for Content Creators

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Next in Music: The Role of Voice in Music Discovery

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon DE
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Scared of the Cloud? Good, You Should Be!

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Unexpected Stories Written by the Mobile Internet

presented by GeekPark

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
300 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

What Is Blockchain? How Will It Change The World?

Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm

JW Marriott
Salon D
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Stephen Wolfram Book Signing

Mar 14, 2018
11:30am – 12:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Startup & Tech Sectors
Book Signing
Special Event

12:00PM

Blockchain & The Crisis in Healthcare

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

JW Marriott
Salon E
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Doing Business in Turkey 101

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 408
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Dr. Julian Hosp Book Signing

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Austin Convention Center
Room 10C
500 E Cesar Chavez

Startup & Tech Sectors
Book Signing
Special Event

Harpreet Singh (Hazoor Partners): Mentors

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:45pm

JW Marriott
Salon 8
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Mentor Session
Session

James Beecham (ALTR): Mentor

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:45pm

JW Marriott
Salon 8
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Mentor Session
Session

Minorities in Tech: Old & New Challenges Under Trump

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Music-Tech Elevator Pitch Session

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon DE
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Pitch Event
Session

PitchTexas: Graduate Startup Pitch Competition

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Pitch Event
Session

Shopping Festival Design

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon C
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Smash the Studio

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Trafficking Info: SB51 Inter-Agency Communication

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

JW Marriott
Room 203-204
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Transforming Global Food Supply with Blockchain

Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm

JW Marriott
Salon D
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

2:00PM

Blockchain for Refugees: Economic Passports

Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm

JW Marriott
Salon D
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Blockchain Opportunities in Mobility and Logistics

Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm

JW Marriott
Salon E
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Building an Ecosystem for Science Startups

Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Enterprise Mixed Reality in China

Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon C
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Getting to Beta Without Getting Beat Up

Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon DE
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

UT Austin’s Best Undergrad Startups

Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Pitch Event
Session

3:00PM

The 7 Hottest Topics in Music Tech in 2018

Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon DE
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Don’t Sweat the Tech: Trade Explanation for UX

Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm

JW Marriott
Salon D
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

LatAm Corporate VC & Accelerators: Are They Working?

Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 408
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

The Machines Are Coming. And That’s a Good Thing

Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm

JW Marriott
Room 201-202
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

Millennial Security in the Digital Age

Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm

JW Marriott
Room 203-204
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

No Legacy Software Here: The Cannabis Tech Stack

Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Smart Contracts: Are We Getting Rid of Lawyers?

Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm

JW Marriott
Salon E
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Student Startups: Dorm Room to Business World

Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

5:00PM

ENCORE: The Quantifiable Business Benefits of Blockchain

Mar 14, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm

JW Marriott
Salon D
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Hands up! This is a Bug Bounty Hunter Stick-up!

Mar 14, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm

JW Marriott
Room 201-202
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Solo
Session

How to Make Gadgets that Young People Heart

presented by GeekPark

Mar 14, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom
300 E 4th St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session

Rethinking Food Security

Mar 14, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm

JW Marriott
Room 203-204
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Dual
Session

Starting the Internet All Over Again

Mar 14, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm

JW Marriott
Salon E
110 E 2nd St.

Startup & Tech Sectors
Panel
Session