SXSW 2018 Schedule

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Track: Social Impact

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Activism in Public Spaces Meet Up

Mar 11, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 207

Add Your Name: The Role of Men for Gender Equality

Mar 10, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

After PULSE—Creating an LGBTQ+ Alliance in Orlando

Mar 10, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

Agents of Mass Construction

Mar 13, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

The Ally Toolkit: Engaging Equity Skeptics

Mar 14, 2018

11:00am – 1:00pm CT

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Fairmont, Indigo Room

Amanda Litman Book Signing

Mar 12, 2018

2:00pm – 2:30pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

American Enough

Mar 11, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Fairmont, Wisteria Room

Anjali Kumar Book Signing

Mar 10, 2018

4:30pm – 5:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Answer with Action: A New Activism Platform

Mar 13, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Presented by

Patagonia

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Beauty as a Force for Change

Mar 12, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Presented by

Natura

Being Seen: Talking Identity Politics Meet Up

Mar 12, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 210

Beyond Bars: Art and Incarceration

Mar 14, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Beyond Boxes: The Intersex Case for Intersectionality

Mar 11, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

Big City Problems, Neighborhood Solutions

Mar 10, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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St David's Church, Edens Center

Presented by

Michigan House

Blockchain and Civil Liberties

Mar 14, 2018

3:30pm – 5:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 402-403

Bob Pearson & Haroon Ullah Book Signing

Mar 14, 2018

10:30am – 11:00am CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Brent Ridge & Josh Kilmer-Purcell Book Signing

Mar 11, 2018

1:00pm – 1:30pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Building a Legacy: Lessons Learned Meet Up

Mar 10, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 213

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CANCELED: Featured Session: Glennon Doyle + Lewis Howes

Date TBA

Venue TBA

Featured Session

Can Data End Veteran Homelessness? Ask Virginia

Mar 11, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Chelsea Collier (Digi-City): Mentor

Mar 12, 2018

3:30pm – 4:45pm CT

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JW Marriott, Salon 8

Choose Your Adventure: A Path to Polyamory & Beyond

Mar 12, 2018

12:00pm – 2:00pm CT

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Fairmont, Iris Room

Christian Picciolini Book Signing

Mar 12, 2018

12:30pm – 1:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Cleo Wade Book Signing

Mar 13, 2018

1:00pm – 2:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Closer Than They Appear and Antique Naked Soul

Mar 14, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Fairmont, Wisteria Room

Coal to Code: Reimagining a Disrupted Economy

Mar 13, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Connecting the Unconnected to the Internet

Mar 10, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Conscious Leadership and Magical Art

Mar 14, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Convergence Keynote: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Mar 10, 2018

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D

Couples Who Eat, Sleep & Build Businesses Together

Mar 10, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

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

Featured Session

Creating New Stories of Immigration

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

CSR Is Having An Identity Crisis

Mar 10, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

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

Featured Session

Cyborg Pride - An Introduction To Cyborg Identity

Mar 11, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

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Dan Futrell (Giving Credit): Mentor

Mar 14, 2018

11:00am – 12:15pm CT

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JW Marriott, Salon 8

Debbie Chesebro (CKW Production): Mentor

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:45pm CT

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JW Marriott, Salon 8

Defending Dreamers: Resisting with Art & Activism

Mar 14, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Democracy is Good For Business Meet Up

Mar 12, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 211-212

Designing Urban Ocean Conservation

Mar 14, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

A Different World: Breaking Racial Barriers In TV

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Salon 4

The Digital War Against Bias

Mar 10, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

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

Mar 11, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

The Divine Feminist & Her Place in Modern Religion

Mar 13, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

Doggos, Bork, BAE: the New World Language

Mar 14, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Don't Just March or Tweet – Run for Something

Mar 12, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

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Emily Witt Book Signing

Mar 11, 2018

3:00pm – 4:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

The Empathy Effect: Impact Through Storytelling

Mar 14, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Ending Political Football with Veteran Voices

Mar 11, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

The End of Global Hunger? AI Will Make it Work

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Eric Klinenberg Book Signing

Mar 11, 2018

3:00pm – 4:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Everyday Ways to Fight Oppression

Mar 12, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Everyone Has a Plan Until Sh!t Hits the Fan

Mar 12, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB

Everything is Horrible and Wonderful

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 9C

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Fight Cyberhate/Create Safe Online Spaces Meet Up

Mar 10, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 213

Finding Spiritual Community Both On and Offline

Mar 13, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

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

Featured Session

"Future Proofing" Disaster Recovery

Mar 13, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom

Presented by

Texas A&M

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Gaming Religion: Finding Faith in Digital Games

Mar 13, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

Get Woke: A Psychic Guide to Affect Social Change

Mar 11, 2018

11:00am – 2:00pm CT

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Fairmont, Iris Room

The Gifts of Faith: Cultivating Resilience

Mar 13, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EFG

Featured Session

Giving While Black: Digital Giving Across Borders

Mar 12, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Grassroots Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism

Mar 11, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Guns, Brands, and Money: A Town Hall to Discuss Solutions

Mar 12, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

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Handmaid’s Tale IRL, What if Roe Were to Go?

Mar 12, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

How Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Changes the World

Mar 12, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

How Repair Can Inspire Creativity & Change

Mar 10, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Human Rights Policy in a Connected World

Mar 13, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom

Presented by

Texas A&M

Humans & Machines Unite to Change the World

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom

Presented by

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Innovation, New Media & the SDG Revolution

Mar 14, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

I Was Just Saying That

Mar 13, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Fairmont, Wisteria Room

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Kat Calvin (Spread the Vote): Mentor

Mar 10, 2018

11:00am – 12:15pm CT

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JW Marriott, Salon 8

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Lean Data: How to Use Data to Drive Social Progress

Mar 13, 2018

3:30pm – 5:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 203-204

Let's Tech the Borders Down

Mar 9, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D

Featured Session

LGBTQIA+ Meet Up

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 208

LGBTQ Representation in Cinema

Mar 11, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

Life Emerging in an Ancient Universe

Mar 12, 2018

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

Luvvie Ajayi Book Signing

Mar 10, 2018

5:30pm – 6:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

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Making the Future of Mobility

Mar 10, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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St David's Church, Edens Center

Presented by

Michigan House

Manal Al-Sharif Book Signing

Mar 12, 2018

12:30pm – 1:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Maria Toorpakai Wazir Book Signing

Mar 12, 2018

12:30pm – 1:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Matthew Freeman Book Signing

Mar 14, 2018

1:00pm – 2:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Movement Building: Women are Changing the World

Mar 13, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

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Naming & Faming! Understanding Positive Solutions

Mar 12, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

The New Activism of TV and Film Storylines

Mar 14, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

A New Filter: the Power of Visual Representation

Mar 13, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Noah Levine Book Signing

Mar 13, 2018

10:30am – 11:00am CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Not Kidding Around: The Case for Child Labor

Mar 13, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

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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

Featured Session

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Parents of Transgender Youth Meet Up

Mar 11, 2018

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 207

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

Mar 11, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Preserving Culture: Photogrammetry & Citizen Science

Mar 11, 2018

3:30pm – 5:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 203-204

PRIDE in Interfaith Communities

Mar 12, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

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QueerWOC

Mar 12, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Fairmont, Wisteria Room

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Race and Digital Sanctuary in 2018 America

Mar 10, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Reimagining Gun Violence Prevention

Mar 10, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Roadmap for Revolutionaries: Resistance for All

Mar 12, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

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Sacred Activists: Spirituality and Resistance

Mar 12, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

Saving Coral Reefs One Pixel at a Time

Mar 10, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

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

Mar 13, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Seeing Thermal: Stopping Poachers in Their Tracks

Mar 13, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Selling Science (Before The World Melts Down)

Mar 12, 2018

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

Sex, Beauty and Women with Disabilities

Mar 10, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

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

Mar 11, 2018

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 5

Shilpa Bakre (UT Austin): Mentor

Mar 13, 2018

9:30am – 10:45am CT

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JW Marriott, Salon 8

Skam: Powerful Digital Storytelling In Real Time

Mar 13, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Social Good and the Snowball Effect

Mar 11, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Social Media + Social Causes Meet Up

Mar 13, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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JW Marriott, Room 213

The Spirituality of Philanthropy

Mar 13, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

Stalking God: Answering Life’s Un-Googleable questions

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB

Stephanie Wittels Wachs Book Siging

Mar 10, 2018

4:30pm – 5:00pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

Stuff Mom Never Told You

Date TBA

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Fairmont, Wisteria Room

SXSW Speaker Meet Up

Mar 12, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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JW Marriott, Room 210

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Tech Innovation to Fight Child Exploitation

Mar 13, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

There Is No Other Hand: Inclusive Design & Kids

Mar 10, 2018

11:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Tiny Canvases: Identity and Protest through Nail Art

Mar 11, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

Tofe Evans Book Signing

Mar 12, 2018

12:00pm – 12:30pm CT

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Austin Convention Center, Room 10C

TransVisible in Texas: Develop A Media Campaign

Mar 11, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

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

Featured Session

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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

Featured Session

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Veteran Leadership and Service After the Military

Mar 11, 2018

12:30pm – 1:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3

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Water Insights from the Great Lakes State

Mar 10, 2018

9:30am – 10:30am CT

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St David's Church, Edens Center

Presented by

Michigan House

Wear Your Values on Your Sleeve

Mar 12, 2018

5:00pm – 6:00pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

What Does Leadership Look Like?

Mar 12, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 1-2

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Youth Power: Young Activists on the Front Lines

Mar 10, 2018

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

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Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1-2-3

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