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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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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

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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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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

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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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Salon H

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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

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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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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

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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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Room 16AB

News & Journalism

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CANCELED: Featured Session: Glennon Doyle + Lewis Howes

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CANCELED: How Do We Ethically Manipulate 2b Minds

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CANCELED: Return to the Moon: This Time to Stay

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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

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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

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CherryPicks: Why Does a Critic’s Gender Matter?

Mar 13, 2018

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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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Room 16AB

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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

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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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Room 16AB

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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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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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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

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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

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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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Salon H

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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

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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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Salon H

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Helping Hands in Hip-Hop: A Hurricane Harvey Story w/ Trae Tha Truth

Date TBA

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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Merlin at 10: Independent Labels are Streaming Ahead

Mar 15, 2018

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

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Room 16AB

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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Reddit: Life After (Near) Death

Mar 12, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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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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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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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

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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

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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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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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Salon H

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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

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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

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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

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Walter Isaacson on Hacking da Vinci’s Genius

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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Room 16AB

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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

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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

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