How Connectivity Will Control Everything We Know

Mar 9, 2018

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

Is it possible that FILM, MUSIC and Interactive could all three falter if connectivity was threatened? Could the post digital industries survive? Are we betting on AI, IOT, and quantum compute without considering a flaw in infrastructure?
What is “connectivity” made up of? Who owns/operates the infrastructure? Is it physically connected? What happened to Google Fiber? Will it change what/how we develop it? Where will the edge exist? Does it already exist; did it replace the cloud?

[Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.]

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

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Andrew Blum

Tubes/The Weather Machine

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Sharif Fotouh

Compass EdgePoint

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Ross Johnson

Schneider Electric

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Mary Meduski

TierPoint

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