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2018 Emerging Tech Trends Report
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Startup & Tech Sectors
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3 Innovation Superpowers Everyone Has But Isn’t Using
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Startup & Tech Sectors
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7 Non-Obvious Trends Changing The Future
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Startup & Tech Sectors
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Accidentally Making the Most Popular Podcasts Ever
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
News & Journalism
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Adaptability in Fashion's Changing Landscape
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Style
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Against the Odds; Charting Your Path as a Woman
Mar 9, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Startup & Tech Sectors
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Alex Rodriguez: Baseball, Business & Redemption w/CNBC
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Sports
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Are Comedy Festivals the New Music Festival?
Mar 13, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Touring & Live Experience
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Joins POLITICO's Off Message
Mar 11, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Government
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Authenticity and Media in 2018
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Entertainment Influencers
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Avatars IRL! A New $10M XPRIZE Competition
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Startup & Tech Sectors
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Beyond the Band: Shakey Graves
Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Music Industry
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The Bleeding Edge: A New Generation of Horror
Mar 10, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Making Film & Episodics
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Blockchain & the Impact of a Decentralized World
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Film & TV Industry
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Breaking Digital Facades: It's Time to Take Tech Back
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Brands & Marketing
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Break & Re-Make Your Brand with Uber
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Brands & Marketing
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Bruce Mau’s 24 Principles for Massive Change
Mar 9, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Design
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Business on the Blockchain
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Intelligent Future
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CANCELED: 60 MINUTES: TV’s Most Successful Newscast
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
News & Journalism
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CANCELED: Featured Session: Glennon Doyle + Lewis Howes
Date TBA
Venue TBA
Social Impact
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CANCELED: How Do We Ethically Manipulate 2b Minds
Date TBA
Venue TBA
Design
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CANCELED: Return to the Moon: This Time to Stay
Date TBA
Venue TBA
Intelligent Future
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Changing the Game: Artists as Leaders
Mar 15, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Music Industry
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Changing the World Through Food
Mar 12, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Food
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CherryPicks: Why Does a Critic’s Gender Matter?
Mar 13, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Film & TV Industry
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Christiane Amanpour on Sex & Love Around the World
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
News & Journalism
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CNN’s Jake Tapper in Conversation with Bernie Sanders
Mar 9, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Government
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Conspiracy?! Ryan Holiday on the Gawker Takedown
Mar 9, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
News & Journalism
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A Conversation with Ernest Cline
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Entertainment Influencers
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A Conversation with Ethan Hawke
Mar 13, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Entertainment Influencers
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A Conversation with Kim Deal & Steve Albini
Mar 14, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Music Culture & Stories
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A Conversation with Olivier Assayas, Moderated by Richard Linklater
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Entertainment Influencers
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A Conversation with Tatiana Maslany
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Entertainment Influencers
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Create Cross-Culture Designs for a Global Audience
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Design
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Create the World You Want to Live In
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Social Impact
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Creating a Purpose-Driven Brand by Design
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Brands & Marketing
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Creation and Connection: A Conversation with Keith Urban
Mar 16, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Music Culture & Stories
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Cucks, Sellouts & Snowflakes: A Convo Across The Divide
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Social Impact
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Democratizing AI for Individuals & Organizations
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Intelligent Future
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Designing Culture
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Workplace
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Disrupting Dystopia: The Bruce Sterling Talk
Mar 13, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Intelligent Future
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Doc Filmmakers on How to Tell a True Crime Story
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Making Film & Episodics
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Do More. Do Things That Were Previously Impossible
Mar 9, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Startup & Tech Sectors
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Eddy Cue: Curation in Media - Why It Matters
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Startup & Tech Sectors
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Elmo’s World: Updating a Classic Property
Mar 12, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Entertainment Influencers
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Elon Musk Answers Your Questions!
Date TBA
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Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater
Intelligent Future
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Empowering a Billion Women with $1B in Capital by 2020
Mar 12, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Startup & Tech Sectors
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ENCORE: Do More. Do Things That Were Previously Impossible
Mar 9, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Startup & Tech Sectors
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The End of Content
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Brands & Marketing
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Enlightenment Now: Reason Science Humanism Progress
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Intelligent Future
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Esports: First Awareness, Now Accessibility
Mar 15, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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Exploring Innovations in AI
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Intelligent Future
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Extreme Bionics: The Future of Human Ability
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Intelligent Future
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Featured Session: Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Music Culture & Stories
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Featured Session: Superchunk
Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Music Culture & Stories
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Featured Session: The Chi
Mar 12, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Entertainment Influencers
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Featured Session: This Is Us Cast Panel
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Entertainment Influencers
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Featured Session: Westworld Showrunners Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy with Cast
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Entertainment Influencers
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Featured Speaker: Daniel Glass
Mar 15, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Music Industry
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Featured Speaker: Savan Kotecha
Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Music Culture & Stories
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Featured Speaker: Whitney Wolfe Herd
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Startup & Tech Sectors
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The Female Voices of Film Twitter
Mar 11, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Film & TV Industry
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Fireside Chat with Jordan ‘n0thing’ Gilbert & DBLTAP
Mar 16, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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Free Radical: Chelsea Manning with Vogue's Sally Singer
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Social Impact
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From CBGB to the World: A Downtown Diaspora
Mar 16, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Music Culture & Stories
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The Future and Science of Psychedelics
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Health
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The Gifts of Faith: Cultivating Resilience
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Social Impact
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GOD SAVE TEXAS: The Lone Star State and America
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Government
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Helping Hands in Hip-Hop: A Hurricane Harvey Story w/ Trae Tha Truth
Date TBA
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Music Culture & Stories
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Hoops and Gaming: Why the NBA Started an Esports League
Mar 16, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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How About A Little Fanfare? w/ Todd Rundgren, Matthew Caws, Matt Lowell & More
Mar 15, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Music Culture & Stories
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How to Break an Industry
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Government
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If The Artists Only Knew w/ KP the Great & David Banner
Mar 16, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Music Culture & Stories
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In Conversation: Common & Karriem Riggins of August Greene, with Amazon Music’s Alex Luke
Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Music Culture & Stories
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In Conversation: Rubén Blades
Mar 14, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Music Culture & Stories
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Informal & Candid Conversation with Female Leaders in Television
Mar 10, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Entertainment Influencers
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Inside the Modern Day Writer’s Room
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Making Film & Episodics
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Journey to Star Wars
Mar 12, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Entertainment Influencers
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Just Press Go: Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Here
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Intelligent Future
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Katie Couric podcast LIVE: The Muslim Next Door
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
News & Journalism
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Lessons Learned in Leading the Fast Break to Esports
Mar 17, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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Let's Tech the Borders Down
Mar 9, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Social Impact
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Mayors Disrupting Locally, Leading Globally
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Government
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Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A How-To Guide
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Health
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Merlin at 10: Independent Labels are Streaming Ahead
Mar 15, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Music Industry
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Music Business 101 - A Q&A with Legendary Music Icon Nile Rodgers
Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Music Culture & Stories
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Music Tech: A Gateway to Awaken America's Youth w/ Young Guru
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Music Culture & Stories
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Navigating the Video Revolution in the Digital Age
Mar 13, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Startup & Tech Sectors
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New Jack Swing: The Renaissance of Hip Hop and R&B
Mar 14, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB
Music Culture & Stories
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On Doing Better: A Convo
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Social Impact
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On the Bleeding Edge: Esports and Ethereum
Mar 16, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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Overwatch League: From Idea to Reality in a Year
Mar 15, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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PLAYERUNKNOWN: From Mod Creator to Creative Director
Mar 15, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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The Power of Ideas to Transform the World is Accelerating
Mar 13, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Intelligent Future
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The Power of Purpose in Business and Life
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Workplace
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Raw: U-God's Journey into the Wu-Tang
Mar 15, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Music Culture & Stories
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Real Fake News Never Stops: Convo with The Daily Show
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
News & Journalism
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Re-Connecting the Mind to the Body
Mar 9, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Health
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Reddit: Life After (Near) Death
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Startup & Tech Sectors
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Regenerative Medicine & Human Tissue Manufacturing
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Intelligent Future
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The (R)Evolution of Non-Fiction Aesthetics with Brett Morgen
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Making Film & Episodics
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The Rise of the New World Sports, Esports
Mar 16, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Mar 10, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Workplace
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Spike Lee Master Class: She’s Gotta Have It Episode 10
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 5:00pm CT
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Atom Theater at Austin Convention Center
Entertainment Influencers
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Tales from the Frontline of Music Supervision w/ Randall Poster
Mar 16, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Music Culture & Stories
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Technology, Media, and Politics
Mar 10, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Government
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"The Daily," Live on Stage
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
News & Journalism
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Time’s Up! Shifting the Imbalance of Power
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Film & TV Industry
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The Trials and Tribulations of Running an Esports Team
Mar 15, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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TRIBE BUILDING 2.0: Engaging a Conscious Community Online & IRL
Mar 13, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Social Impact
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The Truth About Content: Broken Dreams & the Big Fix
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Brands & Marketing
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United-ish: W. Kamau Bell, Luvvie Ajayi & April Reign
Mar 10, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Social Impact
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Walter Isaacson on Hacking da Vinci’s Genius
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Startup & Tech Sectors
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We Must Fix Government Now: It's Up to Us
Mar 9, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Government
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What Makes a Sport Professional?
Mar 17, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
SXSW Gaming
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What Mobile Means for the World’s Biggest Brands
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
Startup & Tech Sectors
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When Health Care Goes High-Tech
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Health
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Why Ethereum Is Going to Change the World
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Intelligent Future
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WomanCode: Biohacking Hormones, Cycle, Creativity & Success
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Health
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Women + The Power of Community, with Audrey Gelman
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Workplace
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The World in Your Pocket: How CNN & Great Big Story Go Mobile with Brand Storytelling
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Brands & Marketing
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Would You Let Your Boss Biohack You?
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Health
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