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Track: Design

A
Able, Allowed, Should: Navigating Modern Tech Ethics
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Agnes Pyrchla (frog): Mentor
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
AI: Ready to Disrupt Experience Design?
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
AI x Radical Inclusion
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Alexis Du Mond Puchek (frog): Mentor
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Amy Yu (Viacom): Mentor
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Animation in UX: Subconscious Influence of Motion
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Solo
Session
Audio Circuit Design Workshop
Mar 13, 2018
3:30pm – 5:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 310-311
Design
Workshop
Session
Authentic Storytelling: Designing Narratives Around Cultural Identity
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
B
Beyond Design Process: Deciphering the Intangibles
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Breonna Rodriguez (Sesame Street): Mentor
Mar 12, 2018
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Bruce Mau’s 24 Principles for Massive Change
Mar 9, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG
Design
Featured Session
Session
By Design at Ignite® SXSW
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB
Design
Ignite
Session
C
CANCELED: How Do We Ethically Manipulate 2b Minds
Date TBA
Venue TBA
Design
Featured Session
Session
Changing Minds: Behavioral Science for Designers
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Choice Architects: Design for Humanity’s Best Self
Mar 9, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Chris Noessel (IBM): Mentor
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 10:45am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Claire Evans Book Signing
Mar 11, 2018
4:30pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10C
Design
Book Signing
Special Event
Crave Build-A-Vibrator Workshop Group 1
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Design
Workshop
Session
Crave Build-A-Vibrator Workshop Group 2
Mar 9, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Design
Workshop
Session
Crave Build-A-Vibrator Workshop Group 3
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Design
Workshop
Session
Crave Build-A-Vibrator Workshop Group 4
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Design
Workshop
Session
Create Cross-Culture Designs for a Global Audience
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABCD
Design
Featured Session
Session
Creating Fearless Designs Through Street Art
Mar 13, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Presented by
Bud Light
Design
Panel
Session
Cross-Cultural, Multilingual and Localized Design
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 5
Design
Panel
Session
D
Data-Driven Storytelling: Perspectives & Paradigms
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
David Chang and Scott Dadich in Conversation
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Dual
Session
Death and Legacy in the Digital Age
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Decrypting the Universe: Science and Art at CERN
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Design & Equity: Methods for Community Co-Design
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 310-311
Design
Workshop
Session
The Designer's Weakness: Understanding Power
Mar 12, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Designers Who Broke the Internet
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Design for Confrontation, Design for Growth
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Design for Impact Meet Up
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 206
Design
Meet Up
Session
Design For Love: Design Thinking + Relationships
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 5:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 310-311
Design
Workshop
Session
Design for Personality Neuroscience & Emotional AI
Mar 10, 2018
9:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 310-311
Design
Workshop
Session
Designing Cashless Cities
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Solo
Session
Designing with Bias
Mar 9, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Designing with Humanity
Mar 11, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Antone’s, Capital One House
Presented by
Capital One
Design
Solo
Session
Design In Tech Report 2018
Mar 10, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Design in the Era of the Algorithm
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Design Thinking in Practice
Mar 10, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Room 4-5
Design
Solo
Session
Design x Tech: DIY Wearable Electronics
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 310-311
Design
Workshop
Session
Different Tomorrows: Decolonizing Design
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Dual
Session
Digital Fabrication: Will Robots Build the Future?
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Dirty Little Liars: Why Are There Product Failures?
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
E
ENCORE: Design in the Era of the Algorithm
Date TBA
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
ENCORE: Experience Design, the New Marketing Era
Date TBA
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
ENCORE: Fjord Trends 2018: Tension as Opportunity
Date TBA
in
JW Marriott, Salon 7
Design
Solo
Session
ENCORE: Scaling Design Systems: Pixels to People
Mar 9, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Enterprise UX Design Meet Up
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 213
Design
Meet Up
Session
Envisioning Holograms: For Storytellers & Explorers
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB
Design
Book Reading
Session
Ethical Personality Design: The Future of HCI
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Evolving Responsive with Spatial Design
Mar 9, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Experience Design, the New Marketing Era
Mar 9, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom
Presented by
Holding Clube
Design
Panel
Session
F
Facts, Truth, and Data Visualization
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Feast of Resistance & Secrets: SXSW Artists in Dialogue
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Fjord Trends 2018: Tension as Opportunity
Mar 11, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom
Presented by
Accenture
Design
Solo
Session
Frank Clementi Book Signing
Mar 12, 2018
1:30pm – 2:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10C
Design
Book Signing
Special Event
Frank Clementi (Rios Clementi Hale Studio): Mentor
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
The Future of Credit for Business Owners
Mar 9, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Antone’s, Capital One House
Presented by
Capital One
Design
Solo
Session
Future of Interfaces: Beyond Glass
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
Antone’s, Capital One House
Presented by
Capital One
Design
Panel
Session
Future Society: AI & Generative Systems
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom
Presented by
Texas A&M
Design
Panel
Session
H
Habla Español Meet Up
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 207
Design
Meet Up
Session
Hardware Prototyping Meet Up
Mar 12, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 208
Design
Meet Up
Session
Health Care is Broken. Where are the Designers?
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Dual
Session
Henry Daubrez (Dogstudio): Mentor
Mar 13, 2018
3:30pm – 4:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Heroine
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Fairmont, Wisteria Room
Design
Podcast
Session
How Bots and Conversational UI are Killing Design
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
How Technology Can Save the Yazidi Community
Mar 12, 2018
3:30pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 203-204
Design
Workshop
Session
I
Improve Your Product Meet Up
Mar 10, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 211-212
Design
Meet Up
Session
Interactive Light: Projection Based Interfaces
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 5
Design
Dual
Session
Intro to User Experience Design
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Room 4-5
Design
Solo
Session
Intro to Visual Design
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Room 4-5
Design
Solo
Session
Israel Kandarian (SET): Mentor
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
J
James Rauhut (IBM): Mentor
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Janne Kyttanen (WTFVC): Mentor
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Jenifer Loy (National Instruments): Mentor
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Just Design
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
L
Larissa Meek (PwC): Mentor
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 10:45am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Learning UX from Board Games
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Antone’s, Capital One House
Presented by
Capital One
Design
Solo
Session
Learn The Basics of Hand Lettering
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 2:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 310-311
Design
Workshop
Session
Letting Go: Designing For An AI You Can’t Control
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
Limitless Creativity: How to Design in an AI World
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
M
Marcela Coutinho (Itaú Unibanco): Mentor
Mar 12, 2018
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Melis Senova Book Signing
Mar 9, 2018
12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10C
Design
Book Signing
Special Event
Mobile App Designer Meet Up
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 213
Design
Meet Up
Session
M Pell Book Signing
Mar 9, 2018
4:30pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10C
Design
Book Signing
Special Event
Musicians as Designers Meet Up
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 208
Design
Meet Up
Session
N
Not Neutral; For Every Place Its Story
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 9C
Design
Book Reading
Session
P
Pamela Raitt (ALC): Mentor
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Photography Meet Up
Mar 11, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 213
Design
Meet Up
Session
Physical Fights Back
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom
Presented by
Accenture
Design
Panel
Session
Power of Participation: Own Public Space Meet Up
Mar 13, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 208
Design
Meet Up
Session
Product Science: Creation & Evaluation Principles
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Dual
Session
Prototyping at Scale: Designing Future Cars!
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 5:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 310-311
Design
Workshop
Session
Public Sector Designer Meet Up
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 207
Design
Meet Up
Session
Putting People at the Center of Change
Mar 11, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom
Presented by
Accenture
Design
Dual
Session
R
Radical Public Space: A New Design Approach
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Redefining Play to Impact Health and Beyond
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Re-Envisioning Where Tech, Space & Culture Converge
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 5
Design
Dual
Session
Renée Stevens (R Studio & Syracuse): Mentor
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Rica Rosario (Deloitte Digital): Mentors
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 10:45am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
S
Samantha Rembo (Intuit): Mentor
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Scaling Design Systems: Pixels to People
Mar 9, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
The Secret Language of Movie Posters
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
The Shadow Side of Human Centered Design
Mar 9, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Shawna Murland (frog): Mentor
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Simon Erich (SiteGoals): Mentor
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon 8
Design
Mentor Session
Session
Sit-In
Mar 13, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Fairmont, Wisteria Room
Design
Podcast
Session
Spacelab: Think Big!
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 5:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 310-311
Design
Workshop
Session
T
Technology for Veterans Meet Up
Mar 12, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Room 210
Design
Meet Up
Session
Ten Realities of Book Publishing
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 9C
Design
Book Reading
Session
Top Tips for Compelling Conversations
Mar 13, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
W
The Way to Design: Little Startup, Big Impact
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Panel
Session
We Want It Now: The Future of AI is in Your Hands
Mar 10, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Presented by
KUKA
Design
Panel
Session
What User Experience Exposes About Your Culture
Mar 12, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon E
Design
Dual
Session
When AI is not Your Assistant: Meet Agentive Tech
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
Why Design Sprints Always End In Tears
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
in
Antone’s, Capital One House
Presented by
Capital One
Design
Panel
Session
Why “Just Add Games” Doesn’t Boost Engagement
Mar 9, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon D
Design
Solo
Session
WTFFF?! 3D Printing
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
in
Fairmont, Wisteria Room
Design
Podcast
Session