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Aaron Tribou (Rocksauce Studios): Mentor

Code & Programming

Active Meditation to Shift Your Sh*t & Increase EQ

Actor/Agent Meet Up

Film & TV Industry

Adam Moses (Jazzre:freshed): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

Addressing Sports’ Concussion Problem with Technology

Ad Music: Artists, Composers, Ad Agency Meet Up

Sync, Stream & License

Adrienne Lake (Heardent): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

AI and Its Impact on Our Workforce

presented by Consumer Technology Association

AI and the Future of Work

Aijah Keith (IFC Films): Sales and Acquisition Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Alex Johnson (Hacienda Films): Screenwriting Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Algorithms, Unconscious Bias, & AI

Startup & Tech Sectors

Alia Quart Khan (Film Independent): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Alien Worlds: NASA’s Quest for Life

Intelligent Future

Allison Carter: Producers/Production Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Amanda Lebow (CAA): Agents and Managers Mentor

Film & TV Industry

America’s Code: Open Sourcing Government Software

Code & Programming

Amira Pollock (UT Austin): Mentor

Amit Dey (NBCUniversal): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Amy Elliott: Documentary Filmmakers Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Amy Shatsky (ITVS/Independent Lens): Funding and Artist Support Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Andrew Hunt (Raven Banner Ent): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Andrew Logan: Screenwriting Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Andrew Peterson (Film North): Funding and Artist Support Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Andy Kleinman: Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Angel An (Roadside Attractions): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Animation for YouTubers

Making Film & Episodics

Annie Vazquez (TheFashionPoet.com): Mentor

Are Comedy Festivals the New Music Festival?

Touring & Live Experience

Featured Session

An AR Enabled Guide To The Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence and Conscious Computers

Intelligent Future

The Art of Negotiation: Advocate & Know Your Worth!

The Art of Screen Time

Assistant Director: Why They Are Essential

Making Film & Episodics

AstroPlant - the Citizen Science Space Farming Kit

Intelligent Future

Athletes for Justice

Atlanta Monster, Tenderfoot TV & How Stuff Works

News & Journalism

Austin: A Global Center for Blockchain Innovation

Startup & Tech Sectors

Authenticity and Media in 2018

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

The Authoritarian Playbook: What You Need To Know

Avoid the “Oh Shit” Moment: Find the Right Job

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B2B and B2C Are Dead: Now What?

The Band is With Me: The Art of Team Building

Bankrupt to Billionaire

Startup & Tech Sectors

Barry Poltermann (September Club): Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Beauty in Brokenness Meet Up

The Beauty of 8K Large Format Presented by Panavision

presented by Panavision

Making Film & Episodics

Become a Machine Learning Expert in Under an Hour

presented by Capital One

Code & Programming

The Beginner’s Guide to SXSW Film

Film & TV Industry

Behind The Scenes with Marvel’s Wolverine Podcast

Entertainment Influencers

Being Seen: Talking Identity Politics Meet Up

Ben Coleman (Green Man Festival): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

Ben Hubbird (Infinite Companion): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Benjamin Kasulke: Narrative Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Ben Schwartz (Submarine): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Beyond Buzzwords: How To Tell Your Business’s Story

Brands & Marketing

Beyond Professionalism: Channeling Vulnerability

presented by Capital One

Beyond Reservations: Indigenous New Media Activism

Startup & Tech Sectors

Beyond SpaceX: The New Space Ecosystem

Intelligent Future

Beyond SV: Africa & Funding the Next Wave of Unicorns

Startup & Tech Sectors

Beyond SV & Funding Tech in Africa Meet Up

Startup & Tech Sectors

Beyond the Band: Shakey Graves

Featured Session

Big City Problems, Neighborhood Solutions

presented by Michigan House

Big & Small: How Makers Are Rebuilding America's Cities

Biotech Meet Up

Intelligent Future

Bird Feeder 3000: 3D Print a VR/AI/IoT Bird Feeder Group 1

Bird Feeder 3000: 3D Print a VR/AI/IoT Bird Feeder Group 2

Black Entrepreneurship Beyond Music and Sports

Startup & Tech Sectors

Black Gotham: Immersive Storytelling & Technology

Experiential Storytelling

Black Tech Meet Up

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Bleeding Edge: A New Generation of Horror

Making Film & Episodics

Featured Session

Blockchain & The Crisis in Healthcare

Startup & Tech Sectors

Blueprint: How to Build a B2B Sales Org

Startup & Tech Sectors

Bob Byington: Narrative Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Bootstrap Your Startup's Security

Startup & Tech Sectors

Brainy Surgery: VR, AI and Robots in the OR

Brand Storytelling in the Digital Age

Brian Bloom (Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP): Mentor

Brianna Liebling (Billions): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

Brian Penick (Counter Rythm Group): Mentor

Brian Wallace (NowSourcing): Mentor

Brands & Marketing

Britta Erich (Creative Europe Desk Hamburg): International Mentor

Film & TV Industry

The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk

Music Culture & Stories

Brooke Medansky (Tuft & Needle): Mentor

Brands & Marketing

Bruce Mau’s 24 Principles for Massive Change

Featured Session

Bryan Glick (Oration Films): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Building a Badass Business Against All Odds

Startup & Tech Sectors

Building a Latinx Hacker Community

Startup & Tech Sectors

Building a Legacy: Lessons Learned Meet Up

Building an Ecosystem for Science Startups

Startup & Tech Sectors

Building Character: Crafting 3D Characters in a 2D Medium

Making Film & Episodics

Building Communities: URL & IRL

Building Safe Workspaces for Millennials of Color

Startup & Tech Sectors

By Design at Ignite® SXSW

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Can AI Soothe the Savage Comment Section?

Intelligent Future

CANCELED: AI and the Future of Medicine

Intelligent Future

CANCELLED: Game of Drones: Reporting From Conflict Zones

News & Journalism

Cannabis: An Alternative to Opiates in Pro Sports

Careers in the Gaming Industry Meet Up

Carlos Franco (Breakfest Festival): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

Caroline von Kuhn (SFFILM): Funding Artist Support Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Catherine Stiles (Barbecue Wife): Mentor

Ceci N'est Pas un Hacker: Modern Hacking Examined

Code & Programming

Chad Miller (Cinema Machine Management): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Changing Restaurant Culture Meet Up

Charla Kunkel (Sogeti): Mentor

Code & Programming

Charlie Olsky (Cinetic Media): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

CherryPicks: Why Does a Critic’s Gender Matter?

Film & TV Industry

Featured Session

Choose Your Adventure: A Path to Polyamory & Beyond

Choreographing the City: Policy through Performance

Chris Bell (Chris Bell Productions): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Christopher Slager (Endeavor Content): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Chris Wiegman (University of Florida): Mentor

Code & Programming

The Civic Hacking Model: Building Our Future Communities

Startup & Tech Sectors

Clean Cannabis Meet Up

The Clean Energy Materials of Tomorrow, Today

Code & Programming

Clint Bentley: Screenwriting Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Coach Well to Lead Well

Coal to Code: Reimagining a Disrupted Economy

Codeasaurus: Keeping an Edge With Old Tech

Code & Programming

Coffee & Mayhem

Film & TV Industry

College Booking - How To Book Like the Pros

College Booking Meet Up

College Radio Community Building and Fundraising

Community Builders Meet Up

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Community, Culture & Science of Barbecue

presented by Texas A&M

Community Inc : Secrets of the Sharing Economy

Concussion and Cognitive Accessible Design Meet Up

Connected Cities, Connected Countryside

presented by Consumer Technology Association

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Connected Future of Sports and Esports

Connecting Continents: VR/AR in the Global South

Connecting the Unconnected to the Internet

Convergence Keynote: Nonny de la Peña

A Conversation with Ernest Cline

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

A Conversation with Ethan Hawke

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

A Conversation with Kim Deal & Steve Albini

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

Conversation with Leo Varadkar, T.D. Prime Minister of Ireland

Startup & Tech Sectors

A Conversation with Olivier Assayas, Moderated by Richard Linklater

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

A Conversation with Tatiana Maslany

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

Corporate Accelerators: What Startups Should Know

Startup & Tech Sectors

Covering Islam as a Muslim in Trump’s America

News & Journalism

Crafting Conversation: Design in the Age of AI

Code & Programming

Crave Build-A-Vibrator Workshop Group 1

Crave Build-A-Vibrator Workshop Group 2

Crave Build-A-Vibrator Workshop Group 3

Crave Build-A-Vibrator Workshop Group 4

Creating a Movement Through User Generated Content

Brands & Marketing

Creating Fearless Designs Through Street Art

presented by Bud Light

Creating New Stories of Immigration

Creation and Connection: A Conversation with Keith Urban

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

Creative Failures Meet Up

Brands & Marketing

Creative Industries Rookie Meet Up

Cryptocurrencies: A New Future for Money

Startup & Tech Sectors

CSR Is Having An Identity Crisis

Cyborg Gov: Humans & High-Tech in Public Service

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Dan Coleman (Modern Works Music Publishing): Mentor

Dan Deacon, Infinite Musical Possibilities: Composing Time Trial

Making Film & Episodics

Dan Satorius (Satorius Law Firm PC): Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Dan Silver (Riptide Music): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Data Journalism: We're All News Nerds Now

News & Journalism

The Data Revolution in Music Royalties

Code & Programming

David Hartstein: Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

David Magdael (David Magdael & Associates, Inc.): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

David Ninh (Kickstarter): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

David Nugent (Hamptons Film Fest): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Davis McLarty (Atomic Music Group): Mentor

Decoding Dialogue: Mindful Communication for Daily Life

Defending Dreamers: Resisting with Art & Activism

Demo Listening Session 1

Making & Promoting Music

Demo Listening Session 2

Making & Promoting Music

Demo Listening Session 3

Making & Promoting Music

Design & Equity: Methods for Community Co-Design

Design For Love: Design Thinking + Relationships

Designing for Healthier, Wealthier Cities

Designing Urban Ocean Conservation

Designing VR Rx

Designing with Bias

Design In Tech Report 2018

Design in the Criminal Justice System

Developing IoT Devices With Android Things

Code & Programming

Diego López Fernández (Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Diego Marambio (Argentina Film Institute & Film Commission): International Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Digital Health Innovation at Planned Parenthood

Digital Witness: Embracing the Digital Age at College Radio

Disinformation and the Effects on Democracy

DISRUPTERS: Gender Equity Strategies for 2018

The Distractathon

Experiential Storytelling

Diversity in Tech: It's Not Just a Gender Problem

The Divine Feminist & Her Place in Modern Religion

DIY+: A Better Way to Release Music on Your Own

Making & Promoting Music

DJ Eric “Bunny Ears” Johnson (McCann): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Doggos, Bork, BAE: the New World Language

Doing Business in Turkey 101

Startup & Tech Sectors

Don't Call This A Panel Of Female Coders

Code & Programming

Don’t Judge a Book by its (under)Cover: Librarians at the CIA

Don't Just March or Tweet – Run for Something

Don’t Sweat the Tech: Trade Explanation for UX

Startup & Tech Sectors

Dottie Scharr (Domino Publishing): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Doug Jones (Images Cinema): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

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The Elder Boom: Aging Tech’s Explosive Growth

Startup & Tech Sectors

Elise Cobain (Indie Shuffle): Mentor

Embracing Technology to Super Serve Fans

Emerging Visions: Game Studios of Latin America

Emotional Intelligence Training for Power Leaders

Empathy and Intimacy: Are We Really Feeling VR?

The Empathy Effect: Impact Through Storytelling

Empowering Girls with Tech: Breaking Barriers

Startup & Tech Sectors

ENCORE: 5 Major Generational Shifts & Understanding Gen Z

Startup & Tech Sectors

ENCORE: An AR Enabled Guide To The Metaverse

ENCORE: Brand Storytelling in the Digital Age

ENCORE: Full Body Immersive: The Future of Fun

Experiential Storytelling

ENCORE: How Product Thinking Shapes Our Future

Startup & Tech Sectors

ENCORE: Never Lose a Customer Again: Creating Lifelong Loyalty

Brands & Marketing

ENCORE: Reach Out: The Networking Strategy You Need Today

ENCORE: Telling Tales in Episodic TV

Making Film & Episodics

ENCORE: The Quantifiable Business Benefits of Blockchain

Startup & Tech Sectors

Ending Political Football with Veteran Voices

Enough! Time for Tech to Help Kids with Autism

Enterprise UX Design Meet Up

Envisioning Holograms: For Storytellers & Explorers

Equality & Sports: Leveling the Playing Field

The Era of Camera-First Food

Eric Hatch: Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Eric Samuelson (Interscope Records): Mentor

Eric Sloss (Cinetic Media): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

The Esports Ecosystem: Credibility is King

Ethereum Will Disrupt Everything

Startup & Tech Sectors

Event Tech Meet Up

Everyday Ways to Fight Oppression

Everyone Has a Plan Until Sh!t Hits the Fan

Everything is Horrible and Wonderful

Executive Assistants Meet Up

Exploring the Raspberry Pi Zero W

Code & Programming

Exposing Darknet Abuse: Hacking & Journalism for Good

Code & Programming

Extending Your Reach at College Radio

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Faith and Fashion: Why Representation Matters

Faith in the Workplace

Falling Flat: Can VR be Funny?

Fashion Retail and Social Justice in a Red State

Faux Real: Brand Protection and Connected Products

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

Experiential Storytelling

Featured Session: Elvis Presley: The Searcher

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

Featured Session: The Chi

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

Featured Session: This Is Us Cast Panel

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

Featured Session: Westworld Showrunners Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy with Cast

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

Female Filmmaker Meet up

Film & TV Industry

Female Focus: Opportunities in the Global Market

Film & TV Industry

Female Gaze: Alternative Fact or Actual Movement

Film & TV Industry

Femtech: Women & Health Tech in the Trump Era

Fighting Global Hunger with Small-Farm Tech

Startup & Tech Sectors

Fighting Government Device Searches at the Border

Fighting Terror with Tech

presented by Consumer Technology Association

Startup & Tech Sectors

Film Keynote: Darren Aronofsky

Entertainment Influencers

Finding Agency in Our Electric Future

Startup & Tech Sectors

Finding Spiritual Community Both On and Offline

Fireside Chat with Jordan ‘n0thing’ Gilbert & DBLTAP

Featured Session

First Time to SXSW Meet Up

Brands & Marketing

Founding an LGBT+ Non Profit

Startup & Tech Sectors

French Collaboration Meet Up

Startup & Tech Sectors

From A Movement To CIO: One Happy Island Innovates

Startup & Tech Sectors

From CBGB to the World: A Downtown Diaspora

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

From Copied in China to Created in China

Startup & Tech Sectors

From Planet 9 to Space Poop: Crowdsourcing NASA R&D

From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems

From Veterans to the Workforce Meet Up

Front Row Seat: Covering Trump's White House

News & Journalism

Full Body Immersive: The Future of Fun

Experiential Storytelling

The Future is Garbage: 3D Printing from Recycled Plastic

Intelligent Future

The Future of AI and Hiring

The Future of Business is Female

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Future of Connected Play Meet Up

Future of Contacting Congress Meet Up

The Future of Credit for Business Owners

presented by Capital One

Future of Education’s Relationship with Startups

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Future of Employee Engagement & Retention

The Future of Energy Is Everyone’s Business

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Future of Nation States

Startup & Tech Sectors

Future of Physical Retail in a Post-Digital World

Brands & Marketing

The Future of the Shopping Center

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Gabrielle Nadig (Beachside Films): Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Garrett Greer: Agents and Managers Mentor

Film & TV Industry

GDPR: What Does It Mean For US Business In The EU?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Generation Mars

Generous Parental Leave: A Liberty or A Luxury?

Gen Z Marketing Meet Up

Brands & Marketing

George Rush (Law Offices of George M Rush): Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Gerilyn Shur (Allied Intergrated Marketing): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Getting and Making Angel Investments

Startup & Tech Sectors

Get Woke: A Psychic Guide to Affect Social Change

Gill Holland: Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Giving Back Rocks: How Austin Brands Do It

Startup & Tech Sectors

GMO 2.0: Beyond Monsanto

Goodbye Mad Men, Hello New Gen

Brands & Marketing

Gotta Go Fast: The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Panel

Grace Royer (United Talent): Agents and Managers Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Grassroots Initiatives for Democracy Meet Up

Greg Kwedar: Narrative Filmmaker Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Gregory Omelchuck (MoontowerVFX): Mentor

Greg Rhem (HBO): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Growing Tomorrow’s Apps on Today’s Platforms

presented by Microsoft

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Habla Español Meet Up

Hacking Childhood Cancer: Creating Support Systems

Hacking Life: The Sci & Sci-Fi of Immortality

Intelligent Future

Hacking our Democracy and Discourse

Hacking STEM: Legislative Fixes to Pipeline Problems

Hacking the Brain: The Power of Neuroenhancement

Intelligent Future

Hacking the Library of Congress Meet Up

Hacking the Opioid Epidemic

Hacking Wetware: A History of Social Engineering

Startup & Tech Sectors

Hack Yourself: Learn How to Relaunch Your Life

Harnessing Nature to Create a Sustainable Future

Intelligent Future

Health is the New Black

Startup & Tech Sectors

Health-Wealth: Is Healthcare Bankrupting You?

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

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

Henry Daubrez (Dogstudio): Mentor

Here To Make Friends

Film & TV Industry

The Horseshoe: The Roots of Canadian Rock n' Roll

Music Culture & Stories

How About A Little Fanfare? w/ Todd Rundgren, Matthew Caws, Matt Lowell & More

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

How Digital Health Succeeds and Fails

presented by Datica

How Documentaries Can Rise In the Webseries World

Making Film & Episodics

How Does VR Become a Truly Mainstream Technology

How Future Tech Will Shape Our Engagement with Others

presented by GeekPark

Intelligent Future

How Gender Fluidity Recasts Brand Engagement

Brands & Marketing

How Gerrymandering is Reshaping Politics

How I Failed at Disaster Relief

Startup & Tech Sectors

How K-pop Grew Beyond Niche

Touring & Live Experience

How Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Changes the World

How Product Thinking Shapes Our Future

Startup & Tech Sectors

How Tech is Rebuilding Society

presented by GeekPark

Intelligent Future

How to Build a Company Where the Best Ideas Win Out

Startup & Tech Sectors

How to Build New Habits

How to Help the Newbie: Demystifying Day One

How to Hire Like Big Business, Even If You’re Not

Startup & Tech Sectors

How to Make Gadgets that Young People Heart

presented by GeekPark

Startup & Tech Sectors

How to Overcome Unconscious Bias in the Job Search

How to Sell Your Book Online Meet Up

Brands & Marketing

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

Startup & Tech Sectors

How to Stay Relevant as a DJ

How to Take Your Idea to Revenue!

Startup & Tech Sectors

How Uber Designs for a Self-Driving Future

Intelligent Future

How VR/AR/MR Changes Aviation & Space Operations!

How Will Gen Z Change Work: My Cubicle is My Bed

How Women are Reinventing Saturated Marketplaces

Startup & Tech Sectors

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Ian Bricke (Netflix): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

IEEE Women in Tech Meet Up

presented by IEEE

Intelligent Future

IEEE Young Professionals Meet Up

presented by IEEE

Intelligent Future

If You Don’t Share It, Did It Really Happen?

Brands & Marketing

Impact and Commerce

Brands & Marketing

Impact & Work at Ignite® SXSW

Innovate or Perish: How Tech Will Shape Fashion

Innovate the Nordic Way: Solve Real Problems

Startup & Tech Sectors

Innovating the Future with Culture Track

Brands & Marketing

In Plain Sight: Tejano Music’s Fight for Visibility

Music Culture & Stories

Inside Genomics: Your Future, Your Fate

Insider Tips from the Boss Women of Instagram

Inside the Modern Day Writer’s Room

Making Film & Episodics

Featured Session

Inspiring the Next Creators: What Will They Create?

Intelligent Future at Ignite® SXSW

Intelligent Future

Internet Stories at Ignite® SXSW

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Intersection of Co-Working and Wellness

Startup & Tech Sectors

Intro to GraphQL: The Future Language of the Web

Code & Programming

Intro to the Blockchain and Bitcoin

Startup & Tech Sectors

Invasive Spirits: Fermentation in the City Wild

I Speak Code Meet Up

Code & Programming

It’s Time: Find Alignment & Abandon Work-Life Balance

I Was Just Saying That

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Jacki St. Thomas (Jive PR + Digital): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Jack Sills (Light In The Attic Records): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Jake Hanly (Gunpowder & Sky): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Jason Diamond: Documentary Filmmaker Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Jasper Hokken (IDFA): International Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Jeffrey Brown: Documentary Filmmaker - Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Jen Roskind: Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Jeremy Boxer: Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Jim Hart (The Hart Chart): Screenwriting Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Jim Merlis (Big Hassle Media): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Joe Swanberg: Narrative Filmmaker Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Jongsuk Thomas Nam (Bucheon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Jonny Mars: Narrative Filmmaker Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Jordan Burger (Madison House): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Jordan Foley (Mill House Motion Picture): Producers/Production Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Josh Diamond: Documentary Filmmaker Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Josh Spector (Gravitas Ventures): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Journey to Star Wars

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

Julie Shannan (Girlstart): Mentor

Code & Programming

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Kara MacLean (K2 Publicity): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Karen Arikian (Berlin International Film Festival): International Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Kat Calvin (Spread the Vote): Mentor

Katie Doering (Sundance Institute): Funding and Artist Support Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Katie McNeill (Electric City Entertainment): Producers/Production Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Katie Weatherall (British Underground): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

Kati Nuora (Creative Export Innovations): International Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Keith D'Arcy (SONGS Music Publishing): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Keith Leopard: (Uncork’d Ent): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Keith Maitland: Documentary Filmmaker Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Kendall McKinnon: Screenwriting Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Kevin Rowe: Agents and Managers Mentor

Film & TV Industry

The Kevin Show: Mania, Tech and the Olympics

News & Journalism

Kids in Cuffs: The Trouble with Teen Sexting Laws

Kier-La Janisse (Motel X Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Kill All Normies: The Online Culture Wars of 2016

News & Journalism

Kim Ross (7S Management): Mentor

Kintsugi, the Art of Japanese Wellness

Kirill Khayrullin (Team Empire): Mentor

Kotaku Splitscreen

Kristen Caplan (Deluxe Animation): Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Kristin Harris (Good Deed Ent): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

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Landon Zakheim (Sundance): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Lane Kneedler (AFI Fest): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

The Last Survivors: Memories of the Holocaust

Experiential Storytelling

Latin Music Matters

Latino Film & TV Creators Meet Up

Film & TV Industry

Launching & Optimizing a Patreon Project

Making & Promoting Music

Laura Goldfarb (Red Boot PR): Mentor

Leadership Today: Are You Playing Chess Or Checkers

Leah Bublis (APG): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Learn The Basics of Hand Lettering

Legendary Koji Igarashi Chats Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Leona Chaliha (Open City Documentary Festival): International Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Leslie Vuchot (The Festival Agency): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

LET’S GET REAL: Practical Uses of Art & Science

Let's Predict the Future as a Hive Mind

Intelligent Future

Leveraging Your Product to Build a Diverse Workforce

Life Underground: Meet Subway Riders of the World

Experiential Storytelling

Lina Plath (Frank Publicity): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Linda Olszewski (Oscar Shorts): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Lindsay Macik: Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Lisaann Dupont (Ryman): Mentor

Lisa Holmes (Music Box Films): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Livestream Meet Up

LONDON ROCK: The Unseen Archive

Music Culture & Stories

Love the Problem, Not Your Solution

Startup & Tech Sectors

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Makenzie Stokel (EVAmore): Mentor

Makerspace Meet Up

Intelligent Future

Making the Cut: Film Editing Secrets Revealed

Making Film & Episodics

Making the Future of Mobility

presented by Michigan House

Maltin on Movies

Entertainment Influencers

Manufacturing Battleground: Intelligence is Next

Startup & Tech Sectors

Manufacturing for a Better Tomorrow Meet Up

Marc H. Simon (Fox Rothschild LLP): Agents and Managers Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Marcus Peace Cox (Through Fillms LLC): Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Margaret Brown: Documentary Filmmaker Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Marie-Louise Khondji (Le CiNeMa Club): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Marissa Gastelum (Apple Music): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Mark Allen (ThinkSync Music): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Mark Steele: Narrative Filmmaking Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Martin Atkins: Who Moved My Cocaine?

Master Your Merch Strategy & Maximize its Potential

Making & Promoting Music

Mat Levy (Passion River): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

A Matter of National Cyber Security: Fixing the IoT

Code & Programming

Matt Grady (Factory 25): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Matthew Campbell (Denver Film Society): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Matt Miller (Vanishing Angle): Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Mayors Disrupting Locally, Leading Globally

Featured Session

The Mediocrity Trap

Megan Gilbride: Producers/Production Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Megan Leonard (SIFF): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Memes + Monologues: Lessons in Laughter for News

News & Journalism

Mentor - Cities: Kate Atwood (ChooseATL)

Mentors - Cities: Lori Camilleri and Andrew Dinwiddie (Times Square Alliance: Public Art; Events)

Mia Bruno: Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Michael Repsch (Dark Star Pictures): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Michelle Golden (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music): Mentor

Micro-FPV Drone Meet Up

Mike B. Lawson (Sawyer Studios): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Mike Smith (Bloodshot Records): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Military Veteran Gamers Meet Up

Millennial Security in the Digital Age

Startup & Tech Sectors

Millennials in Government Meet Up

Minorities in Tech: Old & New Challenges Under Trump

Startup & Tech Sectors

Minority Report: Engaging Kids of Color in Tech

Startup & Tech Sectors

Models of Social Impact Design: From Vision to Action

Startup & Tech Sectors

Momentum: Brand Building in the Digital Age

Brands & Marketing

More Than Numbers: Data Analysis for Storytellers

Film & TV Industry

Musicians as Designers Meet Up

Music Keynote: Lyor Cohen

Music Supervision 101: What is Music Supervision?

Sync, Stream & License

Music Tech: A Gateway to Awaken America's Youth w/ Young Guru

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

Music Tech Meet Up

N

Naming & Faming! Understanding Positive Solutions

Never Lose a Customer Again: Creating Lifelong Loyalty

Brands & Marketing

New Girls’ Network: Women Funding Women

Startup & Tech Sectors

A New Leadership Model for the Digital Age

presented by CI&T

The Next Generation of Elon Musks Take on Space

Startup & Tech Sectors

Nick Ogiony (CAA): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

North Korea: The Lowdown from Grassroots Reports

News & Journalism

Nurturing Diverse Communities in Gaming Meet Up

The Nuts & Bolts of Taxes for Entrepreneurs

Startup & Tech Sectors

P

Parcast: A Conversation with Award Winning Shows

Experiential Storytelling

Parents of Transgender Youth Meet Up

Parker Davis (Verve): Agents and Managers Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Patrick Tilley (Pitch Perfect PR): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Penelope Bartlett (FilmStruck): Programming Mentor

Film & TV Industry

The Perks of Being an Outsider

Startup & Tech Sectors

Personalizing Your Oncology Diagnosis Meet Up

Peter Sotos (Epic Proportions Tour): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

Pitch Black 2018: The Future is Female

Startup & Tech Sectors

PitchTexas: Graduate Startup Pitch Competition

Startup & Tech Sectors

Pitch & Touch: Weird Startups from U of Tokyo

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Place of History in a Technology Driven World

Platform Co-Ops: Competitive Edge, Social Purpose

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Politics of Consent

Startup & Tech Sectors

Politics, Television & Innovation: How & Why

News & Journalism

Poverty vs. Financial Education

Startup & Tech Sectors

Power in Numbers: Ideas + Tech In the #metoo Era

The Power of Words for the Future of Girls

presented by AVON

Preserving Culture: Photogrammetry & Citizen Science

PRIDE in Interfaith Communities

Prioritizing Perspective in Life & at Work

presented by Capital One

A Progressive Food System Through Gene Editing

Promoting Inclusion in Today's Tech Industry

presented by Consumer Technology Association

Startup & Tech Sectors

Pro Tips & AMA with Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Meet Up

Prototyping the Future with Science Fiction

Putting the Sports in Esports

Q

The Quantifiable Business Benefits of Blockchain

Startup & Tech Sectors

Queen E to Queen Bey: A Masterclass in Reputation

Brands & Marketing

Quoc Tran (Possum Interactive): Mentor

R

Race and Digital Sanctuary in 2018 America

Rachel Walker (Sundance/LA Film Fest): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Rajeev Dutt (DimensionalMechanics): Mentor

Intelligent Future

The Rapidly Evolving Mobility Marketplace

Startup & Tech Sectors

Reach Out: The Networking Strategy You Need Today

React Developer Meet Up

Code & Programming

The Real Thing: Machine Learning and Coca-Cola

presented by CI&T

Brands & Marketing

Rebecca Agbe-Davis (Crackle/Sony Pictures Television): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Rebecca Dealy (Chrystie St. Casting): Funding and Artist Support Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Redefining Play to Impact Health and Beyond

Redefining Value: The Ripple Effect?

Startup & Tech Sectors

RegisterRight!: The ABCs of Protecting Your IP

Startup & Tech Sectors

Regulating AI: How to Control the Unexplainable

Code & Programming

Reinventing Pathways to Tech Diversity 

Startup & Tech Sectors

Reprogramming the Brain with Upper Body Robotics

Rethink VC: The Value of Women Investing in Women

Startup & Tech Sectors

The (R)Evolution of Non-Fiction Aesthetics with Brett Morgen

Making Film & Episodics

Featured Session

Rica Rosario (Deloitte Digital): Mentors

Rich Andre (St. Austin Catholic): Mentor

Richard Vogel (Certain Affinity): Mentor

Rich Wolff (Breaking Glass Pictures): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Robert Rock (Lightning Entertainment Group): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Round Tables: Agents and Managers

Film & TV Industry

Round Tables: Artist Development

Making Film & Episodics

Round Tables: Distribution

Film & TV Industry

Round Tables: Filmmakers

Making Film & Episodics

Round Tables: Funding and Artist Support

Making Film & Episodics

Round Tables: International

Film & TV Industry

Round Tables: Producers/Production

Making Film & Episodics

Round Tables: Programming

Film & TV Industry

Round Tables: Publicity and Marketing

Film & TV Industry

Round Tables: Sales and Acquisitions

Film & TV Industry

Round Tables: VR Filmmaking

Making Film & Episodics

RTA 101: How to Sound Like a Programmatic Pro

Brands & Marketing

The Runaway Species: How Creativity Remakes the World

Intelligent Future

Ryan Heller (First Look Media): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Ryan Kampe (Visit Films): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

S

Sacred Activists: Spirituality and Resistance

Sam McAllister (Pitch Perfect PR): Mentor

Sarah Lash (Conde Nast): Sales and Acquisitions Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Sarah Smith (Bank Robber Music): Mentor

Sara Murphy: Narrative Filmmakers Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Sara Sampson: Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Satisfying Customers With On-Demand Everything

presented by Capital One

Intelligent Future

Saving Coral Reefs One Pixel at a Time

Saving the Planet: What's Tech Got to Do With It?

Code & Programming

Say What? How Interactive Audio Changes Everything

Experiential Storytelling

Science of Feel: Engineering Sensation in Retail

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

Scott Norton (Sir Kensington’s): Mentor

Scouting 2.0: How AI Can Predict Player Success

A Seat at the Table: Creating Inclusive Spaces

The Secret Language of Movie Posters

The Secret Sauce Behind a Comments Section That Works

News & Journalism

The Secret to Real-Time Data Integration with EHRs

presented by Microsoft

Seeing Thermal: Stopping Poachers in Their Tracks

See it, Hear it, Stop It: Fighting Sexism at Work

Self Publishing Meet Up

News & Journalism

Sex, Love and Swiping: Tech & The Future of Love

Shaping the Future of Bread

Sharon Brenner: International Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Sharon Schweitzer (Access to Culture): Mentor

Short Films: To Stream or not to Stream

Film & TV Industry

Side Hustle Nation: American Dream or Nightmare?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Signal in the Noise: Interacting with Big Data in VR

Intelligent Future

Singapore: The Digital Capital of Asia

Startup & Tech Sectors

Sit-In

Sky Gellatly (ICNCLST): Mentor

Brands & Marketing

SkyHacking: Nose to Tail on Aviation Cybersecurity

Intelligent Future

Smart Cities Experiences, Solutions & Plans

Smart Contracts: Are We Getting Rid of Lawyers?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Smashing the Firewall: Reporting in Iran

News & Journalism

Social Enterprise: Peace through Business

Startup & Tech Sectors

Social Good and the Snowball Effect

Social Media + Social Causes Meet Up

Space Meet Up

Intelligent Future

Spain and Latam Meet Up for Music

Speak Up! Build an Alexa Skill for a Cause

Code & Programming

Spike Lee Master Class: She’s Gotta Have It Episode 10

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

The Spirituality of Philanthropy

sPOD: Green Building, Green Infrastructure System

Startup & Tech Sectors

Sports And Creativity On The Biggest Stage

Stalking God: Answering Life’s Un-Googleable questions

Startup Cities: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Berlin, Germany

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Brussels, Belgium

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Chicago, Illinois

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Denver, Colorado

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Dublin, Ireland

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Honolulu, Hawaii

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Istanbul, Turkey

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Lincoln, Nebraska

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Cities: Paris, France

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startup Culture: Where Do We Go From Here?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Stephanie Guerrero (Universal Music Latin Entertainment): Mentor

Stephanie Marin (El Camino Entertainment): Producers/Production Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Still Thuggin: Tupac Relevance Over 20 Years Later

Music Culture & Stories

Stop the Scroll: Creative Strategy in Social Media

StoryHackers: Prototype an Immersive Story

The Story of an Impossibly Early Online Community

Student Hackathons are Dope

presented by Capital One

Startup & Tech Sectors

Student Startup Madness Session 1

Startup & Tech Sectors

Student Startup Madness Session 2

Startup & Tech Sectors

Student Startups: Dorm Room to Business World

Startup & Tech Sectors

Stuff Mom Never Told You

Success on a Shoestring: Powerful Production Design on Independent Low Budget Films

Making Film & Episodics

Superheroes and the City

Susana Gomes (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin): International Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Suzanne Weinert: Screenwriting Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Swim with a Shark: Rise & Grind to Maximize Your Day

Startup & Tech Sectors

SXSW Accelerator: Transportation Technologies

Startup & Tech Sectors

SXSW Insider's Guide: Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

Film & TV Industry

SXSW Songs: Co-Write!

Music Culture & Stories

SXSW Speaker Meet Up

Sylvia Desrochers (Big Time PR): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Sylvie Piccolotto (Rock City): Mentor

Sync It Up: Music for Advertising, Film, TV & Gaming

Sync, Stream & License

T

Taking Advantage of the Drone Evolution Revolution

Startup & Tech Sectors

Taking Mass Extinction Off the Seafood Menu

Tales from the Frontline of Music Supervision w/ Randall Poster

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

Talkhouse

Music Culture & Stories

Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy

Intelligent Future

Tangible Fandom

Making & Promoting Music

The Task of the Artist in the Time of Monsters

Music Culture & Stories

TECH-ILA: Opportunities in Mexico’s Tech Innovation

Startup & Tech Sectors

Tech Innovation to Fight Child Exploitation

Tech in the Trump Administration: Year 1

presented by Consumer Technology Association

Startup & Tech Sectors

Tech-no-color: Advancing Women of Color in Tech

Technology + Buildings: Creating A New Experience

Intelligent Future

Teen Mental Health Meet Up

Telling Tales in Episodic TV

Making Film & Episodics

Ten Realities of Book Publishing

Test: Let's Talk Trail Blazers

presented by testing presented by fields

Texas Video Game Students Meet Up

There Is No Pipeline Problem!

News & Journalism

Think Different, Teach Different

presented by Michigan House

Third Coast: Can Austin Be The Next Big Tech City?

Startup & Tech Sectors

This Song

Music Culture & Stories

Thomas Puha (Remedy Entertainment): Mentor

Time's Up on the Gender Pay Gap: How to Negotiate in 2018

Tiny Canvases: Identity and Protest through Nail Art

Tom Mullen (Atlantic Records): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Touch, Voice, Gesture: What’s Next?

Startup & Tech Sectors

An Tran (ARRI Inc.): Funding and Artist Support Mentor

Making Film & Episodics

Transitioning from College Radio Into The Music Industry

Transitioning Vets: From Battlefield to Tech Career

Trap Goes Tech: A Case Study

Startup & Tech Sectors

Trap Star Yoga

Trendspotting in the Last 15 Years

Brands & Marketing

Trucking Tech: Regulations, Ridesharing and Robots

Startup & Tech Sectors

Trust Crisis: The Need for Blockchain

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Truth about Diversity in Tech

Try to Lose: 4 Counterintuitive Ways to Win

Brands & Marketing

Turn Stage Confidence into Interview Confidence

W

Wait, What?! Bias is Killing Me?

Waking Up to the $200B Femtech Opportunity

Startup & Tech Sectors

Watching the Throne

Music Culture & Stories

Water Insights from the Great Lakes State

presented by Michigan House

Web Series Meet Up

Film & TV Industry

Weiman Seid (Fat Dot): Publicity and Marketing Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Welcome to the Future of Cannabis

Startup & Tech Sectors

Westworld: Establishing A Transmedia Franchise

Brands & Marketing

What Can Developers do to Keep the Web Open?

Code & Programming

What Digital Marketers Must Know About Cybercrime

Brands & Marketing

What Does an Artist Manager Do and How To Get One

What Does it Take to Change People’s Minds?

Brands & Marketing

What Have We Learned Creating 2000 Startups?

Startup & Tech Sectors

What Is Blockchain? How Will It Change The World?

Startup & Tech Sectors

What #MariellePresente Means to Brazilian Music

Music Culture & Stories

What’s Broken With TV and How to Fix It

Film & TV Industry

When AI, Beatboxing & Mixed Reality Collide

Startup & Tech Sectors

When Digitals Go Analog Meet Up

Who is Smarter – Human or Machine?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Why Black Women are 2018’s Best Investment

Startup & Tech Sectors

Why Design Sprints Always End In Tears

presented by Capital One

Why Music Journalism Matters in the Streaming Era

Will AI Change the Future of Creativity?

Intelligent Future

Will We Trust Media When Our Own Eyes Deceive Us?

News & Journalism

Without a Rope: Lessons of Risk and Reward

Women in Events Management Meet Up

Women in Music Meet Up

Women in Robotics: A Fine Balance

Startup & Tech Sectors

Women In Visual Arts Meet Up

Brands & Marketing

Women Led Cities: Co-Creating a Feminist City

Women of Color in VR & AR Meet Up

Women's Career Development Meet Up

Wondery’s Storytelling in the Dark

Experiential Storytelling

The World is a Stage: Concerts in VR

Touring & Live Experience

World Music Meet Up

Music Culture & Stories

A World of Blockchain Powered Communities

Code & Programming

Worlds Apart: Bridging Rural and Urban Divides

Writing About Music