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The Music, Film and Interactive Conferences have introduced their own weekly community newsletters. Whether your interests lie in music, film, tech or all three, you can now sign up for conference-specific updates sent straight to your inbox every Thursday.

Subscribe today and you will automatically be entered to win a badge to the SXSW Music, Film or Interactive 2015! The deadline for entry is next Tuesday, September 30. Contest rules and restrictions apply.

Stay informed and sign up today! See you in March.

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We are excited to announce actress, model and humanitarian Molly Sims will be joining the SXSW Eco speaker lineup, moderating the highly anticipated session, "Toxins All Around Us: Safe, the New Sustainable" at the conference this year.

Noted for her savvy sense of style, Sims showcases these aspects on her website, MollySims.com, which offers original content on beauty, fashion, wellness and more. Molly will release her first book, The Everyday Supermodel: My Beauty, Fashion, and Wellness Secrets Made Simple in January 2015.

This panel will focus on the need to make “safe” the new “sustainable" and will help to bring to the forefront of the discussion the need to focus on the health implications of the products we all use everyday. It will discuss why exposure to small amounts of toxic chemicals everyday matters to our heath, and how toxins get into the products on store shelves in the first place. It will then dive into meaningful solutions—how we can make changes in our personal lives, businesses, and influence changes in legislation and in society to improve safety, health, quality of life and American innovation.

>>Add her session to your schedule here!

Register to attend SXSW Eco 2014 today! Stay connected with SXSW Eco on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Instagram for announcements, updates, contests and more!

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We are excited to announce that Ronan Farrow will be emceeing the SXSW Eco Startup Showcase: Social Impact, For-profit category. This exciting pitch competition features presentations from top early stage companies from around the world that are set to drive environmental and social progress in the coming years.

Ronan Farrow is the host of “Ronan Farrow Daily”– weekdays at 1 p.m. ET on MSNBC. Farrow, a writer, human rights lawyer, and former government official also contributes to msnbc.com and across the platforms of NBC News. Prior to joining MSNBC, Farrow was a foreign policy official in the first Obama administration. He founded the State Department’s Office of Global Youth Issues and reported to the Secretary of State as the United States' first Special Adviser for Global Youth during the Arab Spring revolutions. He also served for two years as a US diplomat focused on the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Farrow has written about human rights and foreign policy for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and other publications. Writing for the Wall Street Journal in 2006, he was among the first to report on the role of Chinese investments in fueling the Darfur conflict, a piece that helped spark a major international divestment campaign. He has also appeared as a frequent commentator on major television networks and as an expert witness before the U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

Farrow is a graduate of Yale Law School and a member of the New York Bar. He conducted doctoral research at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Follow him on twitter @RonanFarrow.

Register to attend SXSW Eco 2014 today!

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Hungry for more food-related content at SXSW? So were we! Enter stage, SouthBites. In-line with the key SXSW Interactive principles of creativity, community and innovation, SouthBites is the newest component to the SXSW Interactive Conference and Festival, and our mission is to showcase a community of innovators through the lens of food.

SouthBites creates a platform for food enthusiasts to meet, exchange ideas and explore ways in which technology can be leveraged to transform the food industry. SouthBites sessions and events will take place Saturday, March 14 through Monday, March 16 and is open to Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants. Featured Speaker David Chang, chef and founder of Momofuku, will kick things off on Saturday and set the bar high for the remainder of the conference. Highlighting speakers from different disciplines within the food industry, we will bring to the table unique discourse on innovations in food.

We were excited to see the number of inventive ideas submitted to the PanelPicker, and this first round of confirmed content is just a sampling of the diverse programming you can expect to see at SouthBites 2015:

72 Ways Food Can Change the World - Amanda Kludt (Eater, Vox Media), Jessamyn Rodriguez (Hot Bread Kitchen)

In addition to the 30 sessions that will take place at the Driskill Hotel, we've curated a handful of evening events to round out the program. SouthBites will host an industry craft cocktail hour, intimate dining experience and a wrap party at the SouthBites Trailer Park.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED: Want to speak around a food-related topic at SouthBites? We’re always excited to hear new, inventive ideas. For more information on opportunities for involvement, contact: Sarah Garcia.

Learn more at sxsw.com/interactive/southbites!

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A world-renowned thinker in the impact of design on every day life, Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture & Design and Director of Research & Development at MoMA in New York City will serve as the Friday, March 13 Keynote at SXSW Interactive 2015.

Antonelli’s work investigates design’s influence on everyday experience. By including overlooked and unexpected objects and practices, and combining design, architecture, art, science and technology we feel she speaks to the large design community that attends our Austin event.

Outside of her role as Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA, Antonelli was appointed director of a new Research and Development initiative in 2012. An energetic and generous cultural thinker who is currently working on a project that considers the manifestations of violence in contemporary society through the lens of design, and a series of experiments on the intersection of physical and digital in museums and curatorial practice, Antonelli is a true interdisciplinary.

The 2015 SXSW Interactive Festival includes one Keynote per day for all five days of the event. Keynotes for Saturday, March 14; Sunday, March 15; Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17 will be announced in the coming weeks so stay tuned to our website or sign up to receive our weekly newsletter.

Register now so that you can attend these exciting Keynote presentations at the 2015 event.

A reminder from SXSW Interactive Director Hugh Forrest to mark your calendars for Interactive's largest programming announcement to happen on Monday, October 20!

Stay tuned to this site when we announce over 500 Panels, Presentation, Book Readings, Workshops, Meet Ups and various other types of programming. Make sure to purchase your badge before the Friday, October 24 deadline and save.

Lots of great announcements and events coming up! Subscribe to our newsletter to know the latest happenin's!

This summer, SXSW Interactive put out a call to recognize individuals using innovative technology and new media to address significant community challenges. This program sought nominees across all sectors and countries whose innovative, impactful work (whether as a career or avocational passion) helps others. Non-profit leaders, grassroots organizers, individual citizens, and civic-minded entrepreneurs were all eligible to win.

At SXSW, we believe that the strength of community comes from diversity of thought, gender, geography, and background. To that end, we use a V-O-W-E-L scale of basic diversity principles in selecting scholarship winners.

Some of the essays collected through this process will also be considered as potential Dewey Winburne Community Service Award honorees. SXSW would like to thank Scott Henderson, Anne Mai Bertelsen, Cody Switzer, Brian Reich, and Allie Burns for their continued contribution to the success of this program.

Take a look at the 2015 winners below:

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Clik here to view. In 2012, immigration attorney Lauren Burke opened Atlas: DIY, the country’s first holistic service center and safe space serving undocumented youth. She began harnessing the power of the web to teach undocumented immigrants about their rights using YouTube and other social media channels, radically transforming the way legal services were delivered to young people across the country. Atlas:DIY's gaming component now allows users to cash in points earned by sharing content on their own accounts in exchange for actual services, such as a Skype session with an attorney.

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Clik here to view.Adrian Catalan nominated his colleague (and sweetheart!) Ana Cecilia Castillo for her work as a diversity advocate in tech and especially in the software development industry through Girls @ Tech Guatemala. As one of the relatively new gender initiatives in Latin America, Girls @ Tech is working in two main areas: finding women role models working in technical positions in local industries and encouraging more high school students to choose technical degrees. This program is the first to focus on getting more women in tech in Guatemala and increasing diversity in the local tech scene.

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Clik here to view.Jeremy Saxe's mentor, Megan Coffee, nominated him for a SXSW Interactive registration scholarship for his work with Ti Kay Haiti. TB and HIV patients in Haiti often move between multiple homes, as necessitated by a lack of resources. Their homes are likely on no maps and the streets near them have no names. Natural disasters, hunger and limited literacy create obstacles to obtaining medications on a regular schedule. However, everyone knows how to use a cellphone – and maybe a few basic applications. Saxe and Coffee have worked to map patient homes and connect them through a simple-to-use patient database.

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Clik here to view. Executive director and co-founder of the Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana (JAC), Ameca Reali is working to help the over 175,000 people living with criminal records in Louisiana, most of them for non-violent crimes. JAC's mobile and web based application, Louisiana Expungement Application (LEA), will greatly increase access to a much needed service and ensure lawyers working to provide these services can connect with clients in need. JAC hopes to leverage quantitative data collected through the app and direct it toward rational, responsive policy changes in order to increase access to expungements and help to create long term systemic reform in Louisiana's criminal justice system.

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Clik here to view.The most critical question Anna Rockne hopes to answer by attending SXSW is, "which new technology will give us the tools to close the degree divide?" Today a child from a low-income family is ten times less likely to earn a college degree than a higher-income peer. Rockne and her colleagues at College Possible provide students with intensive support through the college admission process, guiding them through scholarships, financial aid and the transition to and through college. College Possible students earn college degrees at the same rate as students from all other income levels, effectively closing the degree divide.

Congratulations to all of our scholarship winners! Interested in more social good and community service content? Check out this space in late October for the Dewey Winburne Community Service Awards honoree announcement as well as confirmed Global Impact and Policy programming for 2015.

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Mark your calendars! SXSW V2V will be open for business on Wednesday, November 12! That's right, in just five weeks, you will be able to buy your badge at the early-bird rate of $395, request a hotel room and submit a speaker proposal through PanelPicker!

SXSW V2V returns to Las Vegas on July 19–22, 2015 at the beautiful Bellagio with four days of programming and hands-on learning that will focus on the hard-core nuts and bolts of what it truly takes for you and your startup to learn, connect and grow. You won't want to miss our immersive Workshops, one-on-one Mentor opportunities, inspiring Panel sessions and daily Keynote speakers.

Bootstrapping? Fundraising? Answering to investors? Don't worry, we know your budgets are tight and it's critical to stay on top of your game. To increase accessibility to entrepreneurs, we've adjusted our pricing so you can take advantage of all that SXSW V2V offers at a startup-friendly rate starting at $395. But, make note that rates will increase as we get closer to the event, so don't miss your chance to save $$.

Oh yeah! One more thing… want to WIN BIG?

Purchase your SXSW V2V badge on opening day, November 12 to be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a free hotel room at the Bellagio Las Vegas during SXSW V2V, July 19-22, 2015! The winner will be announced Friday, November 14 on sxswv2v.com. Good Luck!

We’re super psyched to (re)introduce you to SXSW Convergence! A bonus learning & networking opportunity you'll find only at SXSW, Convergence programming exists throughout the event, and features a range of topics that straddle the cultural and technological intersection at the heart of SXSW.

A key factor to Convergence programming is that it’s open to more than one badge type, and encompasses issues that are relevant and exciting to attendees from more than one of our main industry events (Music, Film & Interactive). Each of these sessions, screenings, and showcases gets you in the room with innovators from other creative industries, and gives you a tasty bite of the full SXSW experience.

In addition to longstanding Convergence Day activities between all three events on Tuesday, March 17, Convergence includes the popular SXsports, Future of TV and Digital Domain conference tracks of Film & Interactive to name a few. PLUS! New for 2015, some Film screenings will be open to Music badgeholders, Film & Interactive badgeholders will have access to a handful of Tuesday night Music showcases, and more.

The first round of Convergence programming and more details will be announced next Thursday, October 16. So get excited and don’t miss out - get your badge by October 24 & save up to 30% off the walk up rate!

USMNT Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann with Men In Blazers' Roger Bennett at SXsports 2014 photo by Jon Shapley / Getty Images

Good news - there’s still time to submit your application to be a showcasing artist at the 2015 SXSW Music Festival!

Artist applications will stay open through the weekend and close this Sunday, October 12 at 11:59pm EDT. Apply to be an official performer at the 2015 SXSW Music Festival through Sonicbids - our official application platform - for just $45.

Before you apply, it might be helpful to have a look at our application tips and showcasing artist criteria.

At SXSW 2014, we presented more than 2,300 acts from 57 different countries. Be a part of the 2015 SXSW Music Festival and apply today! This really is your last chance.

For those of you who would like to attend SXSW 2015 as a registrant, the next deadline is Friday, October 24. Register now and save!

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Clik here to view.SXSW Alumni and friends Duran Duran are coming to Austin!

And if you're a Texas resident who'd like to win a pair of balcony tickets to the show, all you need to do is subscribe to our community newsletters!

Already on the list? You're automatically eligible.

Whether your interests lie in music, film, tech or all three, you can now sign up for conference-specific updates sent straight to your inbox every week.

The Duran Duran show, happening Saturday, November 1 at ACL Live at The Moody Theater, features a private after-party for all ticket holders with DJ Mel on the Music Porch. It's sure to be a one of a kind, don't miss concert experience.

So sign up now and you could be one of the lucky winners! See contest rules here.

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Clik here to view. With so much disruption and cultural influence in the fashion and tech space, paired with an overwhelmingly positive response for more content from our community, SXSW Interactive announces the newest addition for 2015: SXstyle.

Exploring the complex ties between fashion, art, culture and technology, SXstyle will feature five days of panel sessions, networking opportunities, mentorships and evening events touching on topics like innovative design, wearable tech, 3D printing, the future of retail, virtual sizing and more.
Taking place March 13-17, 2015 in the brand-new downtown JW Marriott, the five-day fashion and tech-focused programming is open to all Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants.

As part of SXSW Interactive’s mission to showcase the brightest minds and forward-thinking innovators across all disciplines, we are happy to announce the following Featured Speakers to the SXstyle programming lineup: Genevieve Bell, cultural anthropologist at Intel Labs; Jennifer Hyman, CEO and Co-Founder of Rent the Runway; and Deena Varshavskaya, Founder and CEO of Wanelo.

More SXstyle programming and events will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Preliminary 2015 SXstyle Programming

• Featured Session with Deena Varshavskaya (Wanelo) and Tim Ferriss (Author)
• Featured Session with Genevieve Bell (Intel)

• Featured Session with Julie Bornstein (Sephora), Katrina Lake (Stitch Fix) and Jennifer Hyman (Rent the Runway): Defining the Next Generation Retail Experience

• 10 Inventions That Will Revolutionize Retail - David Roth (WPP The Store), Jon Bird (Y&R LabStore)

• Beyond Wearables: Future Fabrics & Fashion Design - Colin Nagy (Barbarian Group), Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman (Pratt Institute), Abe Burmeister (Outlier)
• Community-Driven Apps Defining What’s in Style - Eliza Brooke (Fashionista), Michelle Persad (The Huffington Post), Jess Lee (Polyvore), Tim Weingarten (The Hunt)
• Disruptive Mobile Technologies in Fashion Commerce - Heidi Zak (ThirdLove), Amy Errett (Madison Reed), Brian Spaly (Trunk Club), Meghan Cast (ThreadFlip)
• Do Good & Do Well: How CSR Helps Your Bottom Line - Natalie Byrne (Dermalogica), Molly Swenson (RYOT), Kenneth Cole (Kenneth Cole)
• En Vogue: Blurring the Line Between Brands & Tech - Jennifer Darmour (Artefact)
• Exploring the Rise of Mobile Shopping - Eva Chen (Lucky Magazine), Gabrielle de Papp (Farfetch)
• How Technology Colonized Fashion Week - Karlie Kloss, Sara Wilson (Facebook / Instagram)
• Is There Still Room for Fashion Blogging? - Caroline Waxler (Harkness Hall)
• Next Wave: Mass Customization in Fashion - Aubrie Pagano (Bow & Drape)
• Privacy is in Fashion: Who Will Wear it Well? - Eliza Esquivel (Mondelez International), Annie Auerbach (Flamingo Group)
• Ready to Wear? Body Informed 3D Printed Fashion - Pauline van Dongen (Pauline van Dongen)
• Retail Tech: What Does the Future Have In-Store? - Sheree Waterson (Nasty Gal), Uri Minkoff (Rebecca Minkoff), Healey Cypher (eBay Inc.)
• Wearable Tech & Design: Cracking Mainstream Trends - Jessica Pressler (New York Magazine), Sabine Seymour (Moondial), David Austin (PCH Access), Jason Johnson (August)
• When Fashion Gets Personal - Joe Zee (Yahoo)

SXSW Accelerator
If you’re a startup in the Wearable Tech space, we encourage you to enter SXSW Interactive’s pitch competition, SXSW Accelerator by November 7, 2014. Now in its seventh year, SXSW Accelerator has served as a catalyst for over 200 incredible companies who have presented to a variety of esteemed Judges and Emcees. Of these presenting companies, 56% have received funding -- totaling over $587 million -- while 9% have been acquired by the likes of Google, Apple, Opentable and Huffington Post. This year’s competition will take place on March 14 and 15 within Startup Village at the Hilton Downtown.

SXSW Interactive will announce over 500 Panels, Presentations, Book Readings, Workshops, Meet Ups and various other types of programming on Monday, October 20. Stay tuned to SXSW and subscribe to our SXSW Interactive Community Newsletters for more information.

For more information on SXstyle, visit sxsw.com/sxstyle. Questions, queries, ideas? Email style@sxsw.com

Deena Varshavskaya, Genevieve Bell, Katrina Lake, Jennifer Hyman and Julie Bornstein. Photos Courtesy of speakers.

As promised, we’re very excited to present the first round of 2015 Convergence Programming! We’ve got over 60 sessions to share with you today, including speakers like Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton, super producer Brian Grazer, internationally bestselling author James Frey, sports media icon Rich Eisen, US Women’s National Soccer Team star Megan Rapinoe, provocateur comedian Russell Brand, YouTube star Tyler Oakley, outspoken athlete and activist Chris Kluwe and so many more!

This is all part of SXSW Convergence Programming, which exists throughout the March event, and features a range of awesome topics that straddle the cultural and technological intersection at the heart of SXSW. So what’s it to you? Well, the best part of Convergence programming is that ALL of these sessions, screenings and activities are open to more than one badge type, and encompass areas that are relevant and exciting to attendees from more than one of the core industry events (Interactive, Film & Music). PLUS! New for 2015, all films screening in the “24 Beats Per Second” category will be open to Music badgeholders starting Monday, March 16.

Sessions announced comprise a portion of the SXsports, Future of TV and Digital Domain tracks, curated by Interactive & Film. But wait, there’s more! We’re also psyched to share sessions for the longstanding Convergence Day on Tuesday, March 17, Featured Sessions and more. Many of these sessions were received through the PanelPicker proposal entry process. Additional Convergence tracks still to be announced include SXSW Comedy sessions, Next Stage and Meet Ups. And the fun doesn’t stop there - major conference and band announcements to come the week of Monday, October 20 for SXSW Interactive, Film& Music, so keep your eyes peeled!

Don’t miss your chance to dive into this special learning and networking opportunity you’ll only get at SXSW. Register for a Badge by 11:59pm CT on Friday, October 24 and save up to 30% off the walk-up rate.

Preliminary Convergence sessions released today include:

Featured Sessions // Friday, March 13 – Tuesday, March 17

• A Curious Mind: The Inspiration for a Creative Life
  Brian Grazer (Imagine Entertainment), Charles Fishman (The Big Thirst)
• Russell Brand Interview with Brian Solis
  Russell Brand (Comedian), Brian Solis (Altimeter Group)

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SXsports // Friday, March 13 – Sunday, March 15

Open to Interactive, Film, Gold & Platinum badges

• Athletes are Suddenly Funny: The Power of Comedy & Sports
  Patrick Starzan (Funny or Die)
• Battling Tradition to Re-Invent Youth Sports
  Matt Farrell (USA Swimming), Kurt Kamperman (US Tennis Association), Jeff Price (PGA of America)
• Beyond the Bar Graph: Insights Over Info
  Christopher Glode (Under Armour), Marybeth Thomson (MyFitnessPal)
• The Business of Preparing Potential NFL Draftees
  Jason Verrett (San Diego Chargers), Andy Staples (Sports Illustrated), CJ LaBoy (Relativity Sports), Mark Verstegen (EXOS)
• Competitive Advantage: Mental Health in Athletics
  Patrick Baillie (Consultant), Scott Goldman (University of Arizona), Doug Hankes (Auburn University), Carmen Tebbe (Oklahoma University)
• The Democratization of Sports Commentary
  Mary Pilon (The New York Times), Geoff Reiss (Twitter), Andre Pacheco (Second Mic)*
• Does Playing Sports = Brain Damage?
  Jeffrey Kutcher (University of Michigan), Ben Utecht (Surrender the Game)
• Drones & the Texas 500: A Live Broadcast Challenge
  Jaime Carlin (Texas Motor Speedway), Benjamin Martin (Arch Aerial), Michael Rocha (Panasonic)
• The Evolution of Audio in the 21st Century
  Colin Cowherd (ESPN), Stephen A. Smith (ESPN), Traug Keller (ESPN)
• Filmmaking Cues from Top Sports Cinematographers
  Brian Schulz (Major League Baseball Productions), Skip Clark (FOX SPORTS), Al Francesco (NFL FILMS), John Tipton (HBO Sports)
• The Future of Doping and PEDs
  Jason Gay (Wall Street Journal), Matt Futterman (Wall Street Journal), Travis Tygart (US Anti-Doping Agency)
• His & Hers Live Podcast
  Jemele Hill (ESPN), Michael Smith (ESPN)
• How the Data Era Will Build High Performing Humans
  Cam Newton (Carolina Panthers), Kelly McGonigal (Stanford University), Haile Owusu (Mashable)
• Gameday 2025: What's In Your Living Room?
  Holly Anderson (Grantland), Jeff Beckham (Jeff Beckham), Spencer Hall (SB Nation), Mark Kramer (Pac-12 Networks)
• The In-Stadium Fan Experience in MLS
  Adrian Hanauer (Seattle Sounders), Robb Heineman (Sporting Kansas City), Merritt Paulson (Portland Timbers)
• Millennials & Sports: Reaching the Next Generation of Fans
  Rich Eisen (NFL Media), Brian Rolapp (National Football League), Perkins Miller (National Football League), Peter Kafka (Re/code)
• MLBAM & NASCAR: Sports and Technology Converge
  Bob Bowman (MLB Advanced Media), Brent Dewar (NASCAR), Rachel Nichols (CNN)
• The Near-Future of Sports TV
  Marie Donoghue (ESPN), John Ourand (Sports Business Journal), Ron Wechsler (NBC Sports), Dan Shanoff (USA TODAY Sports)
• The New Cathedral: Sports Stadiums
  Brian Mirakian (Populous)
• Old Game, New Tricks: What's the Future of Golf?
  Shane Bacon (Back9Network), Charlie Kautz (TaylorMade-adidas), Andrew Kipper (Excel Sports Management), Ashley Mayo (Golf Digest)
• Out on the Field: LGBT Pro Athletes in 2015
  Jason Collins (Professional Athlete), Megan Rapinoe (Seattle Reign FC), Mike Foss (USA TODAY Sports)
• Social Media Playbook: Activating Fans on Gameday
  Brian Cheek (Postano), Pat Donahue (Los Angeles Kings), Grace Hoy (Arizona State University), Meghan Ryan (Boston Red Sox)
• The Solid Verbal Live Podcast
  Ty Hildenbrandt (Solid Verbal Media), Dan Rubenstein (Solid Verbal Media)
• Sports Mega-Events: Do They Have a Future?
  Ben Carrington (The University of Texas), Piara Powar (FARE), Lilian Thuram (Former Professional Athlete), Dave Zirin (The Nation)
• Tech + Youth Sports = Universal Access
  Tom Farrey (Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program)
• Tech That's Changing Sports and Building Empathy
  Chris Kluwe (Professional Athlete)

Psst - we are still accepting Film Submissions for SXsports 2015 in the following categories: Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Animated Short, Music Video and Title Sequence. The deadline to submit is Thursday, November 13, 2014. Films selected will be screened as a part of the official SXSW Film Festival program, and will be announced in January 2015, along with the complete film lineup. Complete rules and regulations can be found in the Submissions FAQ.

Future of TV // Monday, March 16 – Tuesday, March 17

Open to Interactive, Film, Music, Gold & Platinum badges

• The Art, Joy, & Power of Creating Musical Programs
  David Koelle (Charles River Analytics)
• Breaking the Fourth Wall in the Digital Age
  Saba Hamedy (LA Times), Jon Schnitzer (Brain Factory), Peter Girardi (Warner Bros), Marc Goodchild (Sync Screen), Julian McCrea (Portal Entertainment)
• A Drama Nirvana-How to Create a Multiplatform Hit
  Beth Hoppe (PBS), David Zucker (Scott Free Productions)
• Exploring Storytelling in the Digital Age
  Andrew Cochrane (Mirada)
• Finding a TV Partner in a Digital World
  Jill Burkhart (Epix HD), Cynthia Kane (Al Jazeera America), Jennie Moris (Participant Media), Lois Vossen (PBS)
• The Future of Concerts on TV
  Evan Haiman (HDNet LLC/AXS TV), Lucia McCalmont (HDNet LLC/AXS TV)
• Game of Thrones: Creating Immersive Entertainment
  Sabrina Caluori (HBO), Melissa Eccles (Elastic)
• Hyper-Reality TV & Online Video Are a Perfect Fit
  Morgan Spurlock (Warrior Poets), Ran Harnevo (AOL)
• Moving Beyond the Square Screen
  Steven Masur (CDAS Venture Law Group), Allen DeBevoise (Machinima), Vivian Rosenthal (Snaps), Josh Gertz (DAQRI)
• The New TV Star: How to Build an Audience Online
  Kelly Day (AwesomenessTV), Josh Ong (The Next Web), Tyler Oakley (Tyler Oakley), Tom Ryan (Pluto.TV)
• Online Success Without Cat Videos or Crotch Hits
  Zach Anner (Zach Anner Productions), Chris Demarais (Rooster Teeth Productions), Brandon Farmahini (Rooster Teeth Productions)
• Should You Develop Your Film Into a TV Series?
  Katie Krentz (Cartoon Network), Julia Pott (Animator/Filmmaker), Hannah Fidell (Filmmaker), Sarah-Violet Bliss (Filmmaker)
• Tech My Mind
  Ayori Selassie (salesforce.com), Shanice Johnson (Malakai Creative), Bill Duke ( Duke Media), Julie Barrio (Reality SF)
• What Serial Digital Fiction is Learning from TV
  Jon Nathanson (Self), Jerry Fan (Jukepop Serials), Michelle Miller (The Underwriting), Jennifer Lee (Plympton)
• Who's Going to Fund My Webseries?
  Jay Bushman (Independent), Marc Hofstatter (Indiegogo), Amy Dotson (IFP), Karim Ahmad (ITVS)

Digital Domain // Saturday, March 14 – Tuesday, March 17

Open to Interactive, Film, Gold & Platinum badges

• 19Reinos - A Game of Thrones Immersive Experience
  Robert Pratten (Transmedia Storyteller), Purificación González (Canal+), Belen Santa-Olalla (Transmedia Storyteller)
• Doing It in Public: BLEs and Modern Storytelling
  Lisa Woods (thirteen23), Heath Pecorino (The Short Box), Sam Patteson (Rosetta Stone)
• Tool-Kit for Crafting an Interactive Documentary
  Cathy Fischer (ITVS), Mike Robbins (Helios Design Labs), Alex Wittholz (Helios Design Labs), Andrew Grace (Moon Winx Films)

Digital Domain is still accepting submissions. Email filmpanels@sxsw.com with a title and 50-word description of your proposal to receive further instruction. All proposals due by Friday, December 12.

Entertainment & Immersion Sessions // Friday, March 13 – Tuesday, March 17

Open to Interactive, Film, Gold & Platinum badges

• Analog & Digital: Synching an Engagement Campaign
  Rory Kennedy (Moxie Firecracker Films), Keven McAlester (Standard Pictures), Lauren Prestileo (American Experience — PBS), Molly Jacobs (American Experience — PBS)
• Astrophysics Goes Hollywood: Cinematic Science
  Frank Summers (Space Telescope Science Institute), Robert Hurt (NASA’s Spitzer Science Center/JPL-Caltech), Donna Cox (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
• Beyond Live, Why the L+3 Social TV Convo Matters
  Natan Edelsburg (Sawhorse Media), Don Steele (Comedy Central), Michael Scogin (NBC Universal), Sabrina Caluori (HBO)
• Forget Screens: Immersive Content Lives Everywhere
  Bill Galusha (Autofuss / Bot & Dolly), Chad Hutson (Leviathan)
• Worlds Without Boundaries: Books, Games, Films
  James Frey (Full Fathom Five, LLC), John Hanke (Niantic Labs)

Convergence Day // Tuesday, March 17

Open to Interactive, Film, Music, Gold & Platinum badges

• 3D Printing in the Movies
  David Leigh (Harvest Technologies)
• Databenders & Spoonbenders: Hacking Music & Design
  Michael Hendrix (IDEO)
• Data-Driven Strategy vs. Editorial Gut Instinct
  Elizabeth White (Time Inc.), Jessica Novak (Refinery29.com), Mike Hofman (Conde Nast)
• Live Music Streaming for Brands: Engagement
  Hank Neuberger (Springboard Productions), John Petrocelli (Bulldog Digital Media)
• Making Art While Entertaining the Internet
  Sean Carney (Social Mal Practice), Molly Soda (MollySoda.Biz), Yung Jake (Adult Swim), Jayson Musson (Salon94), Jillian Mayer (Borscht Corp)
• Making Music Physical Again
  Kate Stone (Novalia), Charlotte Brimner (Musician)
• Music as Personalized Medicine: Experiment at SXSW
  Daphne Zohar (PureTech Ventures)
• Music UX: Connecting Technology and Experience for Fans
  John Paul (Featuring. Me), James Apollo (Possible), Justin Evans (Mix Genius), Alaina Thetford (Train Case Management)
• Online Distribution: Set the trend!
  Pierre-Alexandre Labelle (Under The Milky Way), Emmanuel Cocq (European Commission Creative Europe MEDIA Programme), Daniela Elstner (Doc & Film International)
• Science of Social Funding: 247 Campaign Patterns
  Vann Alexandra Daly (Vann Alexandra), Missy Laney (Sundance Institute), Francis Pollara (KesselsKramer)
• Streams, Shuffles and Statutes: Congress & Music
  Chris Harrison (Pandora), Greg Barnes (Digital Media Association), Jason Chaffetz (U.S. House of Representatives), Elizabeth Frazee (TwinLogic Strategies)
• Web Influence on the Future of Music Documentaries
  Leah Horwitz (VH1), Lewis Bogach (CMT), Dave Sirulnick (MTV), Thomas Benski (Pulse Films/Vimeo on Demand)
• Why Top Artists Today Need Spy Tools
  Nico Sell (Wicker LLC)

SXSW Convergence speakers clockwise from top left: Rich Eisen courtesy NFL, Jemele Hill courtesy ESPN Mediazone, Michael Smith courtesy ESPN Mediazone, Brian Grazer courtesy of the speaker, Russell Brand courtesy of the speaker, Chris Kluwe photo by David Bowman, Jason Collins photo by Noah K Murray / USA Today Sports, James Frey courtesy Harper Collins, Megan Rapinoe photo by Mark Konezny / USA Tdoay Sports, Cam Newton courtesy NFL.com

Browse the list of 600+ sessions below to learn what the early-adopters and digital trendsetters who come to Austin every March will be discussing next spring. Be part of this abundance of inspirational ideas by buying your SXSW Interactive Festival badge before prices increase at the end of the day on Friday, October 24.

Most of the sessions listed below were user generated via the SXSW PanelPicker, an approach that embraces the community and empowers anyone to enter a speaking idea. In this same vein of inclusion, the PanelPicker allows anyone in the community to vote / comment on these ideas. For 2015, more than 3000 total ideas were entered via this interface — so the selection process was extremely competitive. If you entered a speaking proposal in the PanelPicker and your proposal is not listed below, you will learn more about your status via e-mail later this week.

You can view the full list of programming content below or click one of the links below to browse by the area that interests you the most:

Art, Science and Inspiration
Branding and Marketing
Content and Distribution
Convergent and Immersive Entertainment
Design and Development
Fashion and Wearable Tech
Food and Experiential Dining
Gaming
Global Impact and Policy
Health and Medtech
Intelligent Future
Social and Privacy
SXsports
Startup Village
Work and Career
Future15
Workshops
Meet Ups
Mentor Sessions
Book Readings

Keynotes

• Paola Antonelli MoMA

Second Keynote announcement is Thursday, October 23!

Featured Speakers

• Genevieve Bell Intel
• Cynthia Breazeal Jibo
• Sandy Carter IBM in conversation with Reshma Saujani Girls Who Code
• Steve Case Revolution
• David Chang Momofuku in conversation with Matt Buchanan The Awl
• George Church Harvard Medical School
• Nicole Glaros Techstars
• Brian Grazer Imagine Entertainment in conversation with Charles Fishman The Big Thirst
• Bill Gurley Benchmark Capital
• Hugh Herr Biomechatronics, MIT Media Lab
• Mellody Hobson Ariel Investments
• Ari Horie Women's Startup Lab
• "Defining the Next Generation Retail Experience" with Jennifer Hyman Rent the Runway, Julie Bornstein, Sephora and Katrina Lake Stitch Fix
• Van Jones Rebuild the Dream
• Ben Kaufman Quirky in conversation with Scott Weiss Andreessen Horowitz
• Robert Kirkman Skybound Entertainment / The Walking Dead
• Josh Klein H4X Industries
• Elliot Kotek Not Impossible
• Jessica Lawrence NY Tech Meet Up
• The Hon. Michelle K. Lee US Patent & Trademark Office
• Ben Lerer Thrillist Media Group
• Lawrence Lessig Mayday PAC / Harvard Law School
• Sarah Lewis The Rise
• Phil Libin Evernote
• John Maeda Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• Nilofer Merchant Business Innovator
• Daniel Pink danpink.com
• Eric Ries The Lean Startup
• Brian Solis Altimeter Group in conversation with Russell Brand Comedian
• Bruce Sterling pundit
• Bryan Stevenson Equal Justice Initiative / Just Mercy
• Don Tapscott The Tapscott Group
• Deena Varshavskaya Wanelo in conversation with Tim Ferriss Author
  
• Franz von Holzhausen Tesla Motors
• Dr. Talithia Williams Harvey Mudd College
• Stephen Wolfram Wolfram Research

Art, Science and Inspiration

• The Art, Joy, & Power of Creating Musical Programs (David Koelle)
• Artist Meets Hacker: How Tech is Changing the Arts (Devon Smith)
• Astrophysics Goes Hollywood: Cinematic Science (Frank Summers, Robert Hurt, Donna Cox)
• **Augmented Reality in Music: Hackable Instruments (Bruno Zamborlin)
• **Authenticity Through the Eyes of Our Grandparents (Laura Sydell, Nilou Motamed, John Ikeda, Soraya Darabi)
• Bioart: Melding Biotech and Art (Daniel Grushkin, Wythe Marschall, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Karen Ingram)
• Build a Maker Inspired Twitter Enabled LightBox (Lucia Mancuso, Jonathan Moneta)
• Calling for a Nation of Makers (Thomas Kalil, Mark Hatch)
• Creating Interactive Comic Books for Social Change (Vivek Tiwary, Dan Goldman, Lina Srivastava, Ram Devineni)
• Cuddly Drones: When Kids Design Drones (Krista Hendriks, Tijmen Schep)
• Databenders & Spoonbenders: Hacking Music & Design (Michael Hendrix)
• Digital Age Climate & Extreme Weather Reporting (Andrew Freedman, Eric Holthaus)
• Dr. Brainlove: Interactive Neuroscience Vehicle (Asako Miyakawa, Nicholas Christie, Natalia Bilenko)
• **The Future of Physical Digital Place-Making (Shagun Singh)
• Hacking the Hackathon For the Social & Civic Good (Claire Dunn)
• Hubble: Touching the Universe (Amber Straughn, Jason Kalirai, Blake Bullock, John Grunsfeld)
• Just Did It - The Art of Making Crazy Ideas Happen (Hal Kirkland)
• The Life and Times of a Young Innovator (Shiva Nathan, Suke Jawanda)
• NASA Prizes: Dream it, Make it, Win it (Zoe Szajnfarber, Jennifer Gustetic, Jason Crusan, Sam Ortega)
• A New Generation: Creativity + Open Source (Matt Mullenweg)
• **A Next-Generation Platform for Open Data (Matthew Vaughn, Matthew Hanlon)
• NIPPON Challenge: Hybrid Culture Raises Innovation (Takuma Iwasa, Akichika Tanaka, Tomy Kamada, Massaki Sugimoto)
• Ocean Exploration: Illuminating the Unknown (Paul Bunje)
• Our Shipping Container Home: DIY Off-Grid Urbanism (Luke Iseman, Heather Stewart)
• The Platonic Network (Alex Wright)
• Science Fiction IRL, and the Road Map to Utopia (Michael Solana)
• Synthetic Biology For Us All: Do's, Don'ts, Dreams (Connor Dickie, Joi Ito, Orkan Telhan, Rob Carlson)
• Technicians of the Sacred: The New "Native" Apps (Wendy Levy, Tashka Yawanawa, Eric Doversberger, Lynette Wallworth)
• Unspecialize! The More You Know the Less You See (Daniel Disselkoen)
  
• UT Austin NSF I-Corps (Steve Blanks, Keith McGreggor, Don Millard)
• **You're Better Than the Shitty Gin You're Drinking (Chris Messina)
• **Your Life in Big Data: Genomics and Health (Joel Dudley, Konrad Karczewski)

Branding and Marketing

• The $2 Billion Promise of Predictive Intelligence (Joseph Puthussery, Amanda Kahlow)
• Algorithms & Creativity: An Improbable Relationship (Sinan Aral, Dan Buczaczer, Dr. Sean Gourley)
• **Anatomy of #Selfies That Sell (Amy Lanigan, Ian Greenleigh)
• Apple, Marilyn & The Pope: Why Brands Need Tension (Michael Sussman)
• Are Brands Sabotaging Their Own Content? (Melanie Deziel, Emily Luger, Anthony Martinez)
• Big Data Made Actionable. No Really, It’s Possible (Omar Tawakol)
• Brands: Connective Tissue Between People and Tech (Nick Parrish, James Kirkham)
• The Case For Design Thinking in Communications (Jason Schlossberg)
• Conversations with Digital Natives - Teens Talk (David Polinchock, Sydney Polinchock, William Goodall)
• Cracking Middle America (Neil Grimmer, Sarah Kessler, Craig Elbert, Aaron Hirschhorn)
• Crashing Oculus Rift & Hacking New VR Experiences (Ben Tan, Sean Gardner)
• CrossFit: A Passion Brand & Fitness Cult (Greg Glassman)
• Culture Clash: When Marketing and Product Converge (Nick Parish, Tyler Bahl, Nathan Martin, Ann Herrick)
• Decoding Gender Diversity in Tech (Carolina Huaranca, Alexa Scordato, Darrell Silver)
• Digital Diversity: Bicultural is the New Majority (Virginia Lennon, Christian Martinez)
• Do You Know the ROI of WOM? Do You Want To? (Greg Pharo, Edward Wild, Beth Rockwood, Peter Storck)
• E-Commerce: Why Location is (Still) Everything! (David Bell)
• Entertainment & the Edge: Post-Millennial Culture (Ian Pierpoint, Jack Horner)
• The Future of Native Advertising (Mitch Brandow, Nikhil Sethi, Jill King, Brewster Stanislaw)
• Ghost Economy (Joe Skorupa, Kelland Willis, Kevin Sterneckert)
• Hacking the Tank: Innovating the Marine Way (Lindsay Rodman, Capt., Marshall Lauck)
• How SciFi Drives Marketing in the Exponential Age (Will Kassoy, Kyle Nel, Ari Popper)
• Humans Are Predictable: Exploit It In 8 Charts (Simon James)
• Inside-Out: Where Corporations & Innovation Meet (Karl Isaac, Diana Stepner, Michael Phillips, Michele McConomy)
• **Let's Be Evil! Malevolent Marketing 101 (Robbie Whiting)
• Lights, Camera, Action: Live in Austin LABS@Maker (Mike Shields, Erin McPherson)
• Live Music Streaming for Brands: Engagement (Hank Neuberger, John Petrocelli)
• Managing a Shit Storm and Restoring Your Brand (Jon Jones, Elizabeth Breese, Ben LaBolt, Robert Gibbs)
• Marketing Thru Live Music: What Works or Doesn't? (Michael Feferman, Jonathan Azu, Mike Raspatello, Courtney Trucksess)
• Mobile Tech and the Retail Revolution (Sharon Edelson, David Van Epps, Daniel Danker)
• Neuroplasticity & Tech - Why Brands Have to Change (Dan Machen, Felix Morgan)
• New Earth: A Brand for The Year 2079 (Nick Dupey, Rodrigo Martinez)
• **No Additives or Ads: Mr. P Terry on Modern WOM (Patrick Terry, Heather Carmichael)
• Origins of the Marketing Intelligence Engine (Paul Roetzer)
• Panning for Gold in the Internet of Things (Graeme Noseworthy)
• Personalization for the People (Sucharita Mulpuru, Ari Levy, Jag Bath)
• Pitch Event: Storytelling for Crowdfunding Ideas (Dean Phillips, Jeff Kling, Marty Wetherall, Shannon Swallow)
• Porn, the Quiet Pioneer of Marketing (Chris Czmyrid, Farrell Timlake, Allen Stein)
• The Power of Invention: Hiring, Firing and Wiring (Winston Binch, Pete Favat)
• Power to the Pinners (David Rubin)
• Reality Check: What it Takes to Get TV Exposure (Caroline Gottlieb, Jennifer Peck, Mario Armstrong, Mindy Whittington)
• Redefining Realness for Brands on Twitter (Marie Bonaccorse, John Colucci, Christina Warren)
• SADvertising: Why Tears are the New Tactic (Pete Carter, PJ Pereira, Priscilla Natkins, Teressa Iezzi Iezzi)
• The Science of Mind-Blowing Videos (Jonah Minton, Katrina Craigwell, Mitchell Moffit, Gregory Brown)
• Screw Mad Men: Deconstructing Art & Copy (Sunni Thompson, Peter Fasano, John Keehler, Alister Adams)
• Secrets of Growth Hacking: From Zero to $50M (Andrew Johns, Sean Ellis, Tammy Camp)
• Seven Decision Science Secrets that Drive Behavior (Nancy Harhut)
• Show & Smell: Marketing Experiences Beyond The Visual (Warren Kronberger, Ben Poate, Ben Redford, David Polinchock)
• Smithsonian Sumatran Tigers <3 Portugal. The Man (John Gourley, Zack Carothers, Marina Zuber, Pamela Baker-Masson)
• Social Media Celebrity: Audience vs True Influence (Lisa Materazzo, Ciaran Bossom, Jonathan Perelman, Amir Mohamadzadeh)
• Storytelling For Dummies (Lauren Sherman, John Kilcullen, Johnny Brackett)
• **Using Brands to Create Cultural Identity (Chris Wink, Jarret Myer)
• When Humor is More Powerful Than the Truth (Ben Huh)
• When the Glimpse is Worth More than the Glare (Rob Fishman, Frank Danna, Robby Ayala, Annie Park)
• Where’s Waldo’s Voice: Social Media for Mascots (Kip Havel, V Murali, The Voice of "Where's Waldo")
• Why Your Content Marketing is Failing, and the Fix (Joseph Miller, Josh Kerr)
  
• Will Digital Advertising Adapt When Cookies Crumble? (Laura O'Shaughnessy)
• You Are Everywhere (Kristina Halvorson)
• Your Company’s Value Proposition is Clear as Mud (Jacob Shin)

Content and Distribution

• **Academic Research Can Go (Almost) Viral Too (Deborah Petersen, Karen Lee)
• Analog & Digital: Synching an Engagement Campaign (Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester, Lauren Prestileo, Molly Jacobs)
• Bladerunner: South Africa's Trial by Social Media (Emma Sadleir, Emma Sadleir, Chris Roper, Amanda Sevasti Fairweather)
• The Camera Reimagined – New Forms. New Tools (Hans Peter Brondmo)
• Can Anyone Really Trust User Generated Content? (Gene Austin)
• Can Photojournalism Survive the Smartphone Era? (Kenneth Jarecke, Benjamin Lowy, David Hume Kennerly, Charles Dharapak)
• Collaboration & the Open Newsroom (Cenk Uygur, Merope Mills, Jeanmarie Condon, Kareem Ahmed)
• **The Collapse of Social Commerce? (Michelle Heathers, Matt Winn)
• **Data and the Science of Leadership (Dan Chuparkoff)
• **Data-Driven Newsrooms That Don't Drive Off Writers (Jessica Novak, Melody Kramer)
• Data-Driven Strategy vs. Editorial Gut Instinct (Elizabeth White, Jessica Novak, Mike Hofman)
• A Drama Nirvana-How to Create a Multiplatform Hit (Beth Hoppe, David Zucker)
• The Dramatic Rise and Impact of Video Journalism (Steve Oh, David Carr, Ashish Patel, Ashley Simon)
• Editors + Engineers: New Ideas @washingtonpost (Shailesh Prakash, Martin Baron)
• Facebook, Twitter & The Future of Free Speech (Nicole Ozer, Jeffrey Rosen, Monika Bickart, Matthew Zimmerman)
• A Fine Line: Journalism, Storytelling and Advocacy (Nitasha Tiku, Cord Jefferson, Bryn Mooser)
• For Media, It's Platform or Perish (Trei Brundrett, Cindy Royal, Katie Zhu, David Cohn)
• The Future of Porn (Alec Helmy)
• Genius or Narcissist: Challenges of Self-Producing (Alicia Menendez, Abbi Jacobson Ilana Glazer, Cristela Alonzo, Nikki Glaser)
• **The Hunger for Atomizing News (Matt Carroll, Kawandeep Virdee)
• Hyper-Reality TV & Online Video Are a Perfect Fit (Morgan Spurlock, Ran Harnevo)
• Is Technology The Answer? (Clive Thompson, Andrew Keen)
• **Is Your Responsive Design Responsive Enough? (Dane Downer, Jason Wallis)
• It's Not ME It's YOU: Small Words Drive Big Growth (Evany Thomas)
• It's The End of The Internet As We Know It... (Micha Benoliel, Chris Weasler, Kevin Fitchard)
• Journalism in the Age of GIFs: New Media Ethics (Susie Banikarim, Jessica Bennett)
• Longform Journalism: What Is It and What's Next? (John Dickerson, Sarah Sampsel, Chad Millman, David Nassar)
• **Metadata for Good? Trust & Context in Online Media (Steve Nicholls, Malachy Browne, Morgan Hargrave)
• **New Journalism: Black & White & Reddit All Over (Mike Sutter, Corrin Foster, Kristin Sheppard)
• The New TV Star: How to Build an Audience Online (Kelly Day, Josh Ong, Tyler Oakley, Tom Ryan)
• **Privacy, Patents, Social Media, Oh My! (Jenn Kennedy, Andrew Udin)
• Race to the Fifth Screen (Sandro Natale, Erik Smith, Austen Mulinder)
• **Shakespeare and the Future of Interactive Stories (James Morris)
• Social Media: Breaking News or Fixing News? (Allison Lichter, Eric Carvin, Michael Rolston, Kai Ryssdal)
• Streams, Shuffles and Statutes: Congress & Music (Chris Harrison, Greg Barnes, Jason Chaffetz, Elizabeth Frazee)
• Sustainable Photography in a Disintermediated Era (Anna Dickson, Peter Krogh, Mikkel Aaland, Leora Kornfeld)
• SXE: Creativity & Success from the Majority World (Dominique le Roux)
• This is Your Brain on Media: Selling or Sabotage? (Srini Pillay, Stephanie Rowe, Chandra Briggman)
• Unlock Revenue Streams with Digital Asset Rights (Edward Klaris, Tarek Fadel)
• Use Your Words: How To Make Your Essays Go Viral (Paul Quigley, Farah Miller, Bunmi Laditan, Jill Smokler)
• Virtual Reality Journalism (Taylor Owen, Nonny de la Peña, James Milward, Jason Mojica)
• We Are What We Click: The Dark Side Of Sideboobs (Todd Sawicki, Mikala Bierma, Elspeth Rountree, Kyle Monson)
• **What Can Brands Learn From Data-Driven Journalism? (John Ridpath, James Ball)
• What Serial Digital Fiction is Learning from TV (Jon Nathanson, Jerry Fan, Michelle Miller, Jennifer Lee)
  
• When Robots Write The News, What Will Humans Do? (Robbie Allen, Lou Ferrara)
• **Who's Driving the Extinction of Pro Photographers? (Kelly McBride, Sara Quinn)
• World Leaders on Twitter: What They Can Teach Us (Aurelie Valtat, Alexandra Ekkelenkamp, Matthias Lüfkens, Alexander Stubb)

Convergent and Immersive Entertainment

• 19Reinos - A Game of Thrones Immersive Experience (Robert Pratten, Purificación González, Belen Santa-Olalla)
• 3D Printing in the Movies (David Leigh)
• Are You Smarter Than Your Brain? (Tony Gonzalez, Jason Silva, Kal Pen)
• Beyond Live, Why the L+3 Social TV Convo Matters (Natan Edelsburg, Don Steele, Michael Scogin, Sabrina Caluori)
• Doing It in Public: BLEs and Modern Storytelling (Sam Patteson, Lisa Woods, Heath Pecorino)
• Evolving 3D Production Into Immersive Technologies (Michael Wilken, Alastair Green, Brian Vogt)
• Exploring Storytelling in the Digital Age (Andrew Cochrane)
• Forget Screens: Immersive Content Lives Everywhere (Bill Galusha, Chad Hutson)
• The Future of Storytelling: the Event (Ari Kuschnir, Aaron Koblin, Charles Melcher, Yoni Bloch)
• Game of Thrones: Creating Immersive Entertainment (Sabrina Caluori, Melissa Eccles)
• Moving Beyond the Square Screen (Steven Masur, Allen DeBevoise, Vivian Rosenthal, Josh Gertz)
• NPR & PBS: Public Media, Reaching New Publics (Guy Raz, Shereen Meraji, Nicole Eley-Carr, Lauren Saks)
• People with Disabilities Can "Be There" Too (Henry Evans, Erin Rapacki)
• Storytelling Engines for Smart Environments (Mouna Andraos, Gunther Sonnenfeld, Lance Weiler, Jonathan Belisle)
• Tech as Thespian: Data, AI & the Art of Performance (Elena Parker, Michael Monello)
• Tech My Mind (Ayori Selassie, Shanice Johnson, Bill Duke, Julie Barrio)
• The Real-Time Improvised Pitch (Keegan-Michael Key, Vanessa Bayer, Jane Stolar, Jordan Peele)
• Worlds Without Boundaries: Books, Games, Films (John Hanke, James Frey)
• YouTube Grows Up: Community and Culture (Sarah Weichel, Corey Lubowich, Megan Westerby, Rae Votta)

Design and Development

• A/B Testing at Scale: Minimizing UI Complexity (Chris Saint-Amant)
• Artience: Art + Science in the World of Design (Scott Klemmer, Soleio Cuervo, Steve Vassallo)
• At a Glance: How Does Type Impact Your Daily Life? (Nadine Chahine, Bryan Reimer)
• Beyond Pixels: User Experience Is Your Product (Ryan Block, Joshua Scott, Michael Solana, Helena Price)
• Beyond The Shelf - Power of Intelligent Packaging (Dan Shust)
• Big Picture Testing: Beyond The One-Off Result (Kyle Rush, Toby Fallsgraff, Sarah Newhall)
• Cancel Colbert, True Detective, and Context in UX (Justin Smith)
• Cognitive Rehab: Designing Past Self-Delusion (David McRaney, John Romano)
• **Creating Connections Through Serendipitous Design (John Kestner, Reed Martin)
• CSS as a Service: Maintaining Style (Shay Howe)
• Data Design: Where Math and Art Collide (Trina Chiasson)
• Death to Passwords - Mobile Security Done Right (Tim Messerschmidt)
• Design Sprints at Google: UX Methods and Mindset (Marta Rey-Babarro, Nadya Direkova)
• Designing for the Mind (Nir Eyal, Nathalie Nahai, Roger Dooley)
• DesignOps Skunkworks: Shoes for the Cobbler’s Kids (Russ Unger)
• **Discuss Design Without Losing Your Mind (Aaron Irizarry, Adam Connor)
• Engineering the Future of Awesome on Any Device (Alex Balazs, Dan Shaw, Jeff Harrell)
• From Digital Sharecropping to Data Emancipation (Julia Lane, Gene Becker, Mike Liebhold, Laurie Frick)
• How Kids Changed the Way We Design for Adults (Lisa Lindström, Kerry Bodine)
• Humanitarian Drones: Locating Vietnam Era Bombs (Chance Coughenour, Ryan Baker)
• **Humanizing Data: Bridging UX Research + Analytics (Nellwyn Thomas, Alex Wright)
• Learn to Embrace Your Immutable Servers (Nikhil Vaze)
• **Little Kids Are Not Stupid: Give Them Content! (Jennifer Keys Adair)
• Magical UX and the Internet of Things (Josh Clark)
• The Mobile UX Revolution - Magnificent or “Meh” (Oisin Lunny, Marie Glad, Eamonn Carey, Gabe Karp)
• The Myth of Reducing Friction in Your Product (Sushmita Subramanian)
• Need for Speed: Optimizing the User Experience (James Christie)
• Opening The Door To Open Compute (Ron Williams)
• **Prototyping Tools and Techniques for UX Designers (John Goff)
• Rapid Iteration On Mobile (Mariya Yao)
• The Rise of the Creative Economy (Scott Belsky)
• The Science of Happy Design (Pamela Pavliscak)
• Screw Fuck No, Say Shit Yeah! (Michael Nieling)
• Secrets to Powerful APIs (Wynn Netherland, Greg Brockman, Erik Michaels-Ober, Leah Culver)
• Software Innovation Outside Tech (Jesse Kriss, Joan DiMicco, Brian Kane, Barbara Barry)
• Spatially Literate Design: Space, Place, and UX (Mark Wilson, Nathan Moody, Jennifer Bove, Jennifer Kolstad)
• Start with the Things, Not the Internet (Ross Atkin)
• Tap, Swipe, Book: Designing for Mobile (Sam Shank)
• Think Like an Animator: Motion on Android (Zack Sultan, Kevin Grant)
• Tool-Kit for Crafting an Interactive Documentary (Cathy Fischer, Mike Robbins, Alex Wittholz, Andrew Grace)
• Using Touch in Creative Design of an Experience (David Birnbaum)
• Web vs. Mobile: The Continuous Delivery Difference (Kevin Rohling, Prathap Dendi)
  
• Well-Designed: Creating Empathy-Driven Products (Jon Kolko)
• **What Snow White Can Tell You About Your Customers (Joe Zadeh)
• Why is Spec Creative so Wrong, But Feels so Right? (Michael Griffith)

Fashion and Wearable Tech (SXstyle)

• 10 Inventions That Will Revolutionize Retail (David Roth, Jon Bird)
• Beyond Wearables: Future Fabrics & Fashion Design (Colin Nagy, Billie Whitehouse, Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Abe Burmeister)
• Community-Driven Apps Defining What’s in Style (Eliza Brooke, Michelle Persad, Jess Lee, Tim Weingarten)
• Disruptive Mobile Technologies in Fashion Commerce (Heidi Zak, Amy Errett, Brian Spaly, Meghan Cast)
• Do Good & Do Well: How CSR Helps Your Bottom Line (Natalie Byrne, Molly Swenson, Kenneth Cole)
• **En Vogue: Blurring the Line Between Brands & Tech (Jennifer Darmour)
• Exploring The Rise of Mobile Shopping (Gabrielle de Papp, Eva Chen)
• How Technology Colonized Fashion Week (Sara Wilson, Karlie Kloss)
• **Is There Still Room for Fashion Blogging? (Caroline Waxler)
• My Data Belongs to _____. (Who?) (John Wilbanks, Rachel Kalmar)
• Next Wave: Mass Customization in Fashion (Aubrie Pagano)
• Privacy is in Fashion: Who Will Wear it Well? (Eliza Esquivel, Annie Auerbach)
• Ready to Wear? Body Informed 3D Printed Fashion (Pauline van Dongen)
• Retail Tech: What Does the Future Have In-Store? (Sheree Waterson, Uri Minkoff, Healey Cypher)
  
• Smart-Everything: Wearables and Tech Convergence (Simon Pearce, Eddie Hold, Shel Israel, Billie Whitehouse)
• Wearable Tech & Design: Cracking Mainstream Trends (Jessica Pressler, Sabine Seymour, David Austin, Jason Johnson)
• When Fashion Gets Personal (Joe Zee)

Food and Experiential Dining (SouthBites)

• 72 Ways Food Can Change the World (Amanda Kludt, Jessamyn Rodriguez)
• American Food 2.0: United to Feed the Planet (Jeffrey Dunn, Kaitlin Yarnall, Linda Boff, Mitchell Davis)
• Building A Better Breakfast (Andrew Zimmern, Jane Black, Josh Tetrick, Samir Kaul)
• Changing the World Through Food: A Love Story (Eileen Chiarello, Michael Chiarello)
• Culinary Crossroads: Technique vs. Technology (Andy Krueger, Chris Muscarella, Molly Siegler, Raphael Brion)
• Grocery Wars: The Future of Buying Food (Addie Broyles, Phil Lempert)
• Made in Brookyln: A Craft Foods Revolution (Forbes Fisher, Nicki Briggs, Rachel Wharton, Shamus Jones)
• Mega Bites: Mining Food Data For Insights (Danielle Gould, Dave Feller, Gautam Gupta, Justin Massa)
• Next Wave Coffee: Technology and the Way We Drink (Cameron Hughes, Erin Meister, Lawrence Marcus)
• Reinventing the Cooking Show to a Digital Audience (Aube Giroux, Grant Crilly, Kelly Cox, Matt Schoch)
  
• The Future of Food? A Personal Growing Revolution (Caleb Harper, Gabrial Blanchet)
• The Unexpected Power of Shared Meals (Andrew Hyde, Cédric Giorgi)
• You Can't Sit with Us: Craft Beer Subculture (Caroline Wallace, Christopher Sheppard, Josh Hare, Matt McGinnis)

Gaming

• Better Living Through Minecraft (Michael Langlois)
• Build First, Fund Later (JJ Richards)
• Crowd Sharing: Crowd Funding & Crowd Sourcing (Starr Long)
• Design Perspectives on Meaningful Choice (Rachel Weil, Davey Wreden, George Royer, Shawn Sprockett)
• Egg Hunt: The History of Easter Eggs in Games (Matias Myllyrinne, Juuso Myllyrinne)
• The Family That Games Together (John Davison, Ben Howard)
• The Future of Play: Inspiring Builders of Tomorrow (Nichole Peterson, Jay Wright)
• Game On! Reimagining International Cyber Relations (Kate Edwards, Peter Singer, James Stavridis)
• Gaming for Good: Using Games to Create Change (Fred Dillon, Jamin Warren, Kellian Adams, Anastasia Goodstein)
• Gaming the Hospital for High-Quality Patient Care (Paula van de Nes, Clint Carlos, Graham Lowe)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to Game Advertising (Ari Brandt, David Berkowitz, Michael Flamberg, Kym Nelson)
• I'll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours (Jesse Schell, Chelsea Howe, Alex Schwartz, David Bisceglia)
• In-Between: Is There a Future Between Indie and AAA (Kynan Pearson, Jack Mathews, Alexis Garavaryan)
• Invisible Walls: The Next Gen of Virtual Worlds (Sean Murray, Danny O'Dwyer)
• It's Listening: Biofeedback in Video Games (Erin Reynolds)
• Legend of Miyamoto: How Nintendo Helped Shape UX (Nick Snyder)
• Life in the OASIS: Emulating the 1980s in-Browser (Ernest Cline, Jason Scott)
• Maker Culture and Game Modding (Bryan McLemore, James Callahan, Jadecat Jadecat)
• Making Monsters (Matthew Armstrong)
• Market or Die: How to Get Your Game Noticed (Martin Gaston, Mike Phillips)
• Married to the Game Industry (Christina Cabrera, Emily Armstrong)
• Monetizing Kids Games: Should There Be Limits? (Ramin Shokrizade, Denise Tayloe, Lee Wilson, James Bower)
• Playing to Learn: Lessons From Game Design Gurus (Tinsley Galyean, Michelle Miller, Makeda Mays Green, Cecilia Weckstrom)
• Press Start to Begin: UX and Video Games (Caryn Vanio, Chaille Stidham, David Sinclair, Mike Dunn)
• Protecting Your Game IP Without Alienating Users (Amanda Conley)
  
• Suspension of Disbelief in Virtual Reality (Paul Bettner, Jason Jerald, Amir Rubin, Jan Goetgeluk)
• The Third Age of Gaming: Exploring New Horizons (Barry Dorf, Steve Carlin, Chris Early, Chris Morris)
• Traditional Storytelling Through World Games (Alan Gershenfeld, Gloria O'Neill)

Global Impact and Policy

• **21st Century Social Entrepreneurship and Policy (Elizabeth Gore, Michael Young)
• America Meet World: How Global Satirists See Us (Anuvab Pal, Saman Arbabi, Trina DasGupta, David Kibuuka)
• Burning Man Presents Building Participatory Cities (Rosie Lila, Benjamin James Riddle, Neil Takemoto, Lucia Athens)
• Can Fandoms Fix Tech's Gender Gap? (Jessica McDonald)
• Church & Tech: The Unlikely Union Yields Real Help (Wytrice Harris, Megan Kashner)
• City 2.0: Why Local Gov. Bets on Civic Innovation (Krista Canellakis, Brenna Berman, Jessica Singleton, Nigel Jacob)
• **Civic Engagement from the Dorm to Dakar (Kara Andrade, Bridget Roddy, Eric Nelson)
• Commercial Threats to Freedom of Speech Online (Amy Austin, Evan Mascagni, Laura Prather, Eric Goldman)
• **The Digital Kaleidoscope: How Race Appears Online (Jenny Korn)
• Disasters, Data, and Hacker Humanitarians (Luis Capelo)
• Drone for Good (Andrew Schroeder, Kate Chapman, Christopher Fabian, Patrick Meier)
• Engage Latino Milennials, Change the World! (Alicia Menendez, Mark Lopez, Elianne Ramos)
• Enhancing Human Functionality With Technology (Mick Ebeling, Holly Stiles, Virginia Ingram)
• Fail Fast, Save the World: Prototyping for Good (Jonathon Morgan)
• Fostering Digital Literacy in the Developing World (Wences Casares, Fereshteh Forough, Sophie Kelly)
• Government Surveillance: How You Can Change It (Ben Young, Christian Dawson, Zoe Lofgren, Harley Geiger)
• Hold The Queso: Marketing to Latinas (Robyn Moreno)
• How Big Data Can Transform Poverty Policy (Kevin Corinth, Michele Jolin, John Delaney, Lori Sanders)
• How Public Policy Protects Patents & Startups (Kate Doerksen, Vishal Amin, Peter DeFazio, Tim Sparapani)
• How to Not Hire and Retain Minority Employees (Ola Okelola, Makinde Adeagbo)
• Image Creation & Sharing: Practice v. Policy (Leslie-Jean Thornton, Magdalena Olszanowski, Lisa Silvestri, Victoria Ekstrand)
• Intro to the Brazilian Startup Ecosystem (Flavia Egypto)
• Is Mobile Tech the Answer to our Political Apathy? (Adriana Gardella, Ximena Hartsock, Ana Roca Castro, Nathan Daschle)
• **Is Social Good the Next Killer App? (Eve Simon)
• Latin America: Silicon Valley’s New Frontier (Rocio Medina van Nierop, Carlos Gomez, Megan Zoback, Luis Samra)
• Legal Hackers: A Global Movement to Reform the Law (Amy Wan, Dan Lear, Phil Weiss, Jameson Dempsey)
• **Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics (Matthew Jukes)
• Method Matters in Civic Engagement – But How? (Benjamin Armstrong, Nick Bowden)
• Millennials: The Unstoppable Force (Tulsi Gabbard, Aaron Schock, Evan Feinberg)
• Modern Swiss Army Knife: Apps for Independence (Cristy Gamez-Galka, Betsy Furler, Luis Perez, Stephen Ewell)
• **Nonprofit Crowdfunding Bill of Rights (Miriam Kagan, David Neff)
• On the Frontlines of the Social Media Jihad (Humera Khan, Matthew Rice, Nadia Oweidat, Shahed Amanullah)
• Operation Choke Point and Alternative Currencies (Mark Calabria, Cathy Reisenwitz, Ashe Schow, Perianne Boring)
• Putting Policymakers to Work For You (Julie Samuels, Grover Norquist, Michael Petricone, Adrian Fenty)
• **Saving LGBT Homeless Youth with Technology (Jama Shelton, Allyson Robinson)
• **Slacktivism: Monster or Myth? (Jonathan Waddingham)
• Sync All Your Data (No, For Real) (Tim Anderegg, Jason Rosenbaum, Josh Cohen, Gayatri Bhalla)
• Transgender in Tech: Past, Present, Future (Lynn Conway, Brielle Harrison, Kortney Ziegler, Allyson Dylan Robinson)
• VodkaforDogPeople: Matchmaking a Business Heart (Beth Bellanti, Amy Mills)
• We Take It for Granted: Defending All Human Rights (Kenneth Carter, Ronald Deibert, Ebele Okobi, Christopher Soghoian)
• What Startups Need to Know About Government (Donna Harris, Karen Mills)
• Why Does the Internet Hate Women? (Emily May, Juliana de Faria)
  
• Winning over China's Wired Women (Evelina Lye, Padmini Pandya, Tara Hirebet)
• **Write the Next Chapter in the LGBT Movement (Scott Zumwalt)
• Your Laws, Your Data: Making Government More Open (Molly Schwartz, Daniel Schuman, Molly Bohmer, Rebecca Williams)

Health and Medtech

• 3D Bioprinting: The Next Revolution in Healthcare (Scott Collins, Laura Bosworth)
• **A.I. M.D.: VHAs and the Future of Patient Care (Thomas Morrow)
• Austin’s Biotech Boom: 5 Revolutionary Startups (Scott Collins, Tamsen Barrett)
• Bionic Pancreas: Getting Closer (Edward Damiano, Yash Sabharwal)
• Cannabis: Past, Present and Exciting Future (Constance Finley, Kevin Chen, Joshua Eades, Philippe Lucas)
• Caring About Health: Big Data & Well-Being (Tom Rath, Ben Leedle, Jennifer Pfahler, Dean Ornish, MD)
• Design Rx: Digital Medicine Combats Chronic Disease (Sean Duffy)
• Digital Health: Where Are the Billion $ Unicorns? (Lynne Chou, Skip Fleshman, Sam Brasch, Teresa Wang)
• F1 Data Analysis Shifts Gears to Healthcare (Geoff McGrath)
• **Finding a Cure for Cancer: What Needs to Change (David Kopp, Ann Silberman)
• Fixing Healthcare From Within the Beast (Erika Pabo, Molly Coye, Douglas Wood, Onil Bhattacharyya)
• From Vice to Virtue: Videogames, Marijuana, and Munchies (Adam Gazzaley)
• Future of Health Tech: Creating Predictive Devices (Cédric Hutchings)
• **Health Impact of Screen Time for Babies & Toddlers (Sarah Huisman, Mally McAuliffe)
• How to Craft Culturally Relevant Health Messages (Joshunda Sanders, Elizabeth Perez, Miguel Gomez)
• **iDiet; iDid-it! Losing Weight with Wearables (Joy Banner)
• Patient Power: A Data and Mobile Health Revolution (Jay Boisseau, Maninder Kahlon, Edmund Jackson, Matthew Cowperthwaite)
• Personalised Medicine: From a Vision into a Plan (Jack Bowman, Konrad Karczewski, Mark Bartlett, Kristine Ashcraft)
• The Pharmacy Inside You (Martin Blaser, Robert Langer)
• Plague, Herbs, and Magnetism: The Comeback Kids (Carl Zimmer, Steve Paul)
• Promise & Pitfalls of Too Much Health Data (Michael Smith)
• Radical Healthcare (Vinnie Ramesh, Halle Tecco, Jason Oberfest, Alejandro Foung)
• Raise the Bar: Remaking Health for the Underserved (Ki Mae Heussner, Paul Tarini, Andrey Ostrovsksy, Stan Berkow)
• Turning a Pilot into Success (Indu Subaiya)
• Web-Side Manner: How the Internet Saved My Life (Diem Brown, Alicia Staley, Stacey Bernstein)
• Why HIPAA Won't Save You: Protecting Data Privacy (Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Manny Hernandez, Amanda Sheldon, Marc Monseau)
• Will Healthcare Be Reduced to Probabilities? (Christina Farr, Nick Crocker, Priyanka Agarwal, Malay Gandhi)
  
• You Like Big Bucks And You Cannot Lie (Melinda Richter)
• Your Health Startup is Cute: Gotta Play at Scale (Mina Hsiang, Elliot Cohen, Ryan Panchadsaram, Andrew Rosenthal)
• Your Life in Big Data: Drugs and the Environment (Chirag Patel, Nicholas Tatonetti)

Intelligent Future

• A.I. State of the Union Panel Discussion (Nova Spivack, Fred Brown)
• An AI future: It's Not What You Think (John Markoff, Raj Singh, Ben Medlock)
• Beacons for Good: Avoiding the Creepy (Steve Hegenderfer)
• Beyond the Cloud: Big Data in the Off-Planet Era (Jeff Garzik, Patrick Tucker, Daniel Faber, Rick Smith)
• The Building Blocks of a Smart World (Karen Roter Davis, Maria Thomas, Sarah Leary)
• Cities + Buildings + Screens: New Civic Engagement (Leslie Wolke, Mimi Zeiger, Michel Rojkind)
• Crowdsourcing The World's First 3D Printed Vehicle (Jesse Smith, John "Jay" B. Rogers, Jr.)
• Data Ownership in an Under Compensated World (Jeremiah Cohick)
• **Designing Tools for Designing Cities (Tiffany Chu, Sam Hashemi)
• Does the IoT Need to Be User-Centered? We Say Yes (Chris Massot, Michael Jungen, Justin Butler, Mario Esposito)
• Drones for Good: Journalism and Crowdsourced UAVs (Rebecca Darby, Darren Ansell, Clare Cook, Dickens Olewe)
• Exploring the Future of Connected Objects (Daniel Fogg, Matt Webb, David Rose, Chris McRobbie)
• Giants in Search of Automotive Innovation (Koji Doda, Nick Sugimoto, John Suh, Liz Kerton)
• The Global Pulse (Henrik Fohns)
• **GroHome: Crowdfunding ADA Homes for Disabled Vets (Scott Burton)
• **GT2035: How Might US Intel Think About the Future? (Steve Weber, Suzanne Fry)
• HoloGramma: How Tech Can 'Bring Back' Our Departed (Christina Lopez, Peter Meier, Nick Smith, Michael Chang)
• Humans vs. Machines: A Cognitive Revolution (Chetan Dube)
• Identity Crisis: You're Not Who You Think You Are (David Robson)
• IoT: Endless Possibilities, Real World Questions (Joe Burton)
• **Machines That Tell Stories (Jon Lebkowsky, Jeff Kramer)
• Making Music Physical Again (Kate Stone, Charlotte Brimner)
• **A New Authenticity in a Holographic World) (Peter Martin, Sandy Fleischer)
• No Accounting for Taste: Maturing Personalization (Yashoda Sampath)
• Real World: Life of Data from Sensor to Analysis (Sébastien Boria, Eric Starkloff, Gina Longoria, Jim Robinson)
• The Rise of the Social Robot (Cynthia Breazeal, Andra Keay, Mark Stephen Meadows, Heather Knight)
• Siri, Google Now & Cortana Walk Into a Local Bar (Danny Sullivan)
• Smart vs. Smart-Ass: A Brief History of Smart (Molly Steenson)
• Technological Evolution & the Relationship Between Humans and Computers (Stephen Lake)
• TheDJBrain: Learn from the Happiest Profession (Daniel Margulies, Wilfried Runde)
• The Greatest Geek Moment in History (Rusty Blazenhoff, Chris Taylor, Daniel Terdiman)
• Wallet on Your Wrist, or Just Happy to See Me? (Owen Thomas, Hill Ferguson)
• **Wearables & the Happiness Quotient (Forest Young)
• **What's Next For Talking Cars (Kate Hartman, Walt Fehr, Mike Pina)
• When Algorithms Attack (Christian Sandvig, Dawn Nafus, Seeta Gangadharan)
• When Everyone Uses Bitcoin (Tim Draper, Kashmir Hill)
  
• When Your Devices Decide to Touch You Back (Rohit Thawani)
• Will Your Next Lawyer Be a Machine? (Noah Waisberg, Nicole Bradick)
• The Writing on the Wall: Our Liquid Ambient Future (Mitch Goodwin)

Social and Privacy

• **15 Minutes of Shame: A Survival Guide (Megan Wintersteen)
• Advocates vs. Agitators: The Social Influence (Rahim Fazal, Alice Wilson, Jamie Barbour, Shareen Pathak)
• Anyone Can Prevent Cyberwar: Here's How (Eva Galperin, Ryan Lackey, Bill Marczak, Runa Sandvik)
• Are You in a Social Media Experiment? (Philip Resnik, Jason Baldridge, Michelle Zhou, Jennifer Golbeck)
• Art + Experience: A Future for Creativity (Ryder Ripps, Laura Bernstein, Todd Lefelt, Lori Kozlowski)
• Bedroom to Boardroom: Sharing the Executive Suite (Q Manning, Michael Manning)
• Behind the Social at PBS' Largest Content Provider (Molly Jacobs, Olivia Wong, Kate Hathaway Weeks, Tory Starr)
• Beyond Privacy: Surveillance's Threat To Liberty (Bruce Schneier, Ben Wizner)
• Building Trust in Community Marketplaces (Steve Kirkham, Corinne Haxton Pavlovic, Julia Wilde, Jennifer Newman Sharpe)
• Changing Face of Fame: Social Media Celebrities (Rob Fishman, Cubby Graham, Charles Porch, Paula Veale)
• The Changing Privacy Landscape (Lee Rainie, Nuala O'Connor)
• **Creating the Open Source Society (Joe Nelson, Stephanie Geerlings)
• Data (in)Security: MIT Scientists Tackle Privacy (Danny Weitzner, Ronald Rivest, Shafi Goldwasser)
• **Data Schizophrenia (Damien Patton, Tim Sparapani)
• Death of Earned Media: Rethink Social Marketing (Jordan Kretchmer)
• **Digital Afterlife: 6 Feet Under and 6 Years Later (Evan Carroll)
• **Don't Hire Robots: The Human Touch in Social Media (Jeanette Gibson)
• "Dumb" App Design: Yo And The Magic Of Minimalism (Moshe Hogeg, Or Arbel, Joshua S Constine)
• #FeelingBeautiful: Social Media & Women's Egos (Katherine Schwarzenegger, Gabi Gregg, Angel Matusik)
• Fighting Surveillance Can Be Good For Business (Matthew Prince, Christopher Soghoian)
• **Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords (Dustin Kirkalnd)
• Follow the Money: Cyber Crime and the Black Market (Byron Acohido, Joel Lang)
• Future Crimes From the Digital Underworld (Marc Goodman)
• The Future of Privacy (Congressman Blake Farenthold, Suzan Delbene, Darrell Issa, Michael Beckerman)
• **Get Verified or Go Home (Drew Lewis)
• Growing Up Digital: Raising Tech-Savvy Kids (Elysse Zarek, Paul McAleer)
• Hacker to InfoSec Pro: New Rock Star Generation (Tiffany Rad, Ben Bass, Kent Bloomstrand)
• How CNN and The New York Times Moderate Comments (Bassey Etim, Patrick O'Keefe, David Williams)
• Human & Robot: Friends or Foes in the Digital Age? (Clara Shih)
• A Look Inside DARPA (Dan Kaufman, John Markoff)
• Malware in the Wild - Evolving to Evade Detection (Engin Kirda)
• A Must for Startups: 10 Tips About Law Enforcement (Nate Cardozo, Nicole Nearing, Nick Grossman, Jamie Tomasello)
• #nofilter: Pros and Cons of Constant Connection (Jenny Stoltenow, Krystine Batcho, Paul Tyma)
• Perks of Being a SXSW Newbie (Sweet John Muehlbauer)
• The Power of DNA in Uniting Societies (Ken Chahine)
• Privacy and Publication: Open Information Ethics (Fidel Martinez, Susan McGregor, Alice Brennan)
• Privacy Matters: Baking Privacy into Your Apps (Jon Callas, Deepti Rohatgi, Gautam Hans)
• **Rumors During War Time (Aluf Benn, Lior Kodner)
• **Screw Privacy, Just Give Me Value for My Data (Lee Maicon, Lisa Pearson)
• **Security of Things: Who Will Save Us? (Nicholas Percoco)
• Sex, Lies, and the Internet (Rinku Sen, Emily May, Amanda Hess, Allyson Kapin)
• Surveillance Photografy: Personal, Public & Profit (Stephen Mayes, Katrin Eismann)
• Understanding Fear: Where Tech & Culture Collide (Chris Rainier, Katie Uhlaender, Maria Konnikova, David Ropeik)
• Unfiltered: Do Women Need to Get Real on Instagram (Lori Leibovich, Glynnis MacNicol, Farah Miller)
• A Walk Through the Identity Ecosystem in 3D (Suzanne Barber)
• We are Mapping Your World, Inside. What's Private? (Carol Politi)
• We’re all ADHD: Social Media & Attention Disorders (Dr. Michael Pietrus, Lizz Pietrus)
• What Keeps the Internet’s Leading CPOs Up At Night (Brendon Lynch, Keith Enright, Erin Egan, J. Trevor Hughes)
• What’s Next? Surveillance Reform Post-Snowden (Robert Chesney, Hanni Fakhoury)
  
• When Should Privacy Trump Free Speech? (Zach Graves, Mike Godwin, Emma Llansó, Jillian York)
• World War A: Humans vs. Algorithms (Ceren Paydas)
• Youth Activism in a Post-Snowden World (Zeynep Tufekci, Marco Werman)

SXsports

• Athletes are Suddenly Funny: The Power of Comedy & Sports (Patrick Starzan)
• Battling Tradition to Re-Invent Youth Sports (Jeff Price, Kurt Kamperman, Matt Farrell)
• Beyond the Bar Graph: Insights Over Info (Christopher Glode, Marybeth Thomson)
• The Business of Preparing Potential NFL Draftees (Mark Verstegen, Andy Staples, Jason Verrett, CJ LaBoy)
• Competitive Advantage: Mental Health in Athletics (Carmen Tebbe, Doug Hankes, Patrick Baillie, Scott Goldman)
• The Democratization of Sports Commentary (Mary Pilon, Geoff Reiss, Andre Pacheco)
• Does Playing Sports = Brain Damage? (Jeffrey Kutcher, Ben Utecht)
• Drones & the Texas 500: A Live Broadcast Challenge (Benjamin Martin, Jaime Carlin)
• The Evolution of Audio in the 21st Century (Stephen Smith, Colin Cowherd, Traug Keller)
• Filmmaking Cues from Top Sports Cinematographers (John Tipton, Al Francesco, Skip Clark, Brian Schultz)
• The Future of Doping and PEDs (Jason Gay, Matthew Futterman)
• Gameday 2025: What's In Your Living Room? (Jeff Beckham, Holly Anderson, Spencer Hall, Mark Kramer)
• His & Hers Live Podcast (Jemele Hill, Michael Smith)
• How the Data Era Will Build High Performing Humans (Haile Owusu, Cam Newton, Kelly McGonigal)
• The In-Stadium Fan Experience in MLS Merritt Paulson, Adrian Hanauer, Robb Heineman)
• Jeremy Jones & Garrett McNamara on what they do (Garrett McNamara, Jeremy Jones)
• Millennials & Sports: Reaching the Next Generation of Fans (Perkins Miller, Brian Rolapp, Rich Eisen)
• MLBAM & NASCAR: Sports and Technology Converge (Bob Bowman, Brent Dewar, Rachel Nichols)
• The Near-Future of Sports TV (Ron Wechsler, John Ourand, Marie Donoghue, Dan Shanoff)
• The New Cathedral: Sports Stadiums (Brian Mirakian)
• Old Game, New Tricks: What's the Future of Golf?) (Charlie Kautz, Ashley Mayo, Shane Bacon, Andrew Kipper)
• Out on the Field: LGBT Pro Athletes in 2015 (Megan Rapinoe, Mike Foss, Jason Collins)
• Social Media Playbook: Activating Fans on Gameday (Brian Cheek, Pat Donahue, Grace Hoy, Meghan Ryan)
• The Solid Verbal Live Podcast (Dan Rubenstein, Ty Hildenbrandt)
  
• Sports Mega-Events: Do They Have a Future? (Piara Powar, Dave Zirin, Lilian Thuram, Ben Carrington)
• **Tech + Youth Sports = Universal Access (Tom Farrey)
• Tech That's Changing Sports and Building Empathy (Chris Kluwe)

Startup Village and Business

• Are Global Markets Finally Worth the Hassle? (Lindsey Grossman, Althea Erickson, Jake Colvin, Kavita Shukla)
• Are You a Builder or a Backer? (Leena Rao, Aileen Lee, Sarah Leary)
• Assume & Make an Ass Out of You and Your Startup (Jack Groetzinger, Steve Welch)
• Barking up the Right Tree: Creating a New Category (Colleen Taylor, Aaron Hirschhorn, Henrik Werdelin, Ben Jacobs)
• Barracuda Bowl 1: A Shark Tank for Health Tech Startups (Lynne Chou)
• Barracuda Bowl 2: A Shark Tank for Health Tech Startups (Birju Shah)
• Battle Cry of the Sensible Startup (Lara Aldag, Jeff Tangney, Scott Abel)
• Beyond the Money: VC Tools, Community & Support Dan Kozikowski, Danya Cheskis-Gold, Brittany Laughlin, Nicola Korzenko)
• Bitcoin 2.0 - The Altcoin Ecosystem (Constance Choi, Charlie Lee, Joyce Kim, Vitalik Buterin)
• Bitcoin in Developing Economies (Sean Percival, Connie Gallippi, Peter Smith, Sebastian Serrano)
• **Bootstrapping from the Beach, It's Your Turn (Shaun Moore, Aline Mayard)
• Breaking Barriers: Diversity and Entrepreneurship (Sylvia Flores, Laura Weidman Powers)
• Breaking Bitcoin: Flash in Pan or Future of Money? (Mary Dent, Barry Silbert, Paul Vigna, Jeremy Allaire)
• Build It & They Will Come: Startup Funding Myths (Nikhil Sethi, Nicole Staple, AJ Bruno, Kerry Rupp)
• Building a Startup Ecosystem from Zero (Samantha Snabes, Diego Morales, Devin Baptiste, Sebastian Vidal)
• Building an Entrepreneur Scene into an Ecosystem (Erine Gray, Lewis Hower, Philip Berber, Zoe Schlag)
• Capital Factory Accelerator Fast Pitch (Gordon Daugherty)
• Capital Factory Incubator Fast Pitch (Mellie Price)
• Cash, Credit, Bitcoin? The Law of Digital Currency (David Beam)
• **Conflict in the Startup Marriage (George Diab, Jeffrey Cohn)
• Corporate Capital: A Best Kept Secret (Evangelos Simoudis, Rafael Torres, Marc Shedroff)
• Democratizing Entrepreneurial Opportunity (Torsten Kolind, Sebastian Vidal)
• Democratizing VC, Sharing the Wealth (Lishan Aklog, Dara Albright, Patrick McHenry, Ryan Caldbeck)
• Demystifying the Startup Accelerator Journey (Patrick Riley, Dave Bisceglia, Mat Ellis, Luke Deering)
• Disrupting the Venture Capital Landscape (Lorrie Keating-Heinemann, Kay Koplovitz)
• Disruptive Innovators Under Attack (Kevin O'Malley, Robert Scoble, Gary Shapiro)
• Evolving From Founder to Great CEO (Joel Trammell)
• **Fair & Square: Perfect Equity Splits for Startups (Mike Moyer)
• Friend or Foe? How the Government Impacts Startups (Congressman Darrell Issa, Rachel Wolbers, Virginia Lam, Congressman Jared Polis)
• Funding Your Social Startup: Crowdfunding vs VC? (Wes Selke, Bre DiGiammarino)
• Fundraising Strategically for Long-Term Success (Bharani Rajakumar, Bill Clark, Danielle Weinblatt, David Bookspan)
• Future of Finance: Wall Street Embraces the Crowd (Daniel Miller)
• **Get a Seat in the C-Suite: Fostering Women Leaders (Jan Ryan, Virginia Miracle)
• Got Your Attention (Sam Horn)
• Harvard Business Review On: How to Hire Superstars (Craig Walker, Peter Cappelli, Katherine Bell, Patty McCord)
• How Agile Approaches Crack Urban Challenges (DeKoven Ashley, Grace Kim, Kaz Brecher)
• How I Built It: Reflections from an Entrepreneur (Ben Milne)
• How New Media Business Models Can Save Journalism (Alexander Klöpping, Sterling Proffer, Laura Dawn, James Slezak)
• How To Build a Startup Community (Lindsey Gray)
• How To Start A Successful Community Among Giants (Martin Bryant, Markus Spiering)
• How Universities Can Create More Startups (Franklin Yao)
• Innovation Can Happen Anywhere (Mary Grove, Don Ball)
• The Innovation Revolution: Thinking Inside the Box (Mark Randall)
• Innovation, Meet Regulation: A Tri-Sector Approach (Katherine Burke, Z. Michael Wang, Matthew McFarland, Trae Stepens)
• The Innovator's DNA: The Five Innovation Skills (Hal Gregersen)
• Interconnected: The Future of the Experience Web (Dries Buytaert)
• **Israel: Small Country, Big Ideas (Jon Medved, Audrey Jacobs)
• “Lean On” is the New “Lean In” (Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn)
• Longhorn Startup Showcase (Christina White)
• Make Money. Make Impact. Period (Taylor Conroy)
• **Nebraska: Keeping Paper Alive in the Digital Age (Chris James, Marc Hartzman)
• Not the Fun Police - Leveraging HR the Right Way (Patty McCord, Margaret Wheeler)
• Patagonia: Why Business is Good for the Planet (Rose Marcario)
• Protecting Your Start-Up -- Low-Down on the Law (Thomas Haskins)
• Public Partnerships & Private Parts (Anjali Kumar, Jenna Arnold)
• Pulling the Plug on Your Moneymaker & Betting Big (Andrew Chen, Teddy Cha)
• Raving Fans: How Social Impact Activates Customers (Zita Cassizi)
• Real Estate Techology Showcase (Jan Ryan)
• **Right Brain Leadership (Mac Richard, Jerry Junkin, Roy Spence)
• The Rise of Maker Millionaires (Mark Hatch)
• Rise of the Rest Pitch Competition (TBD)
• Rock, Meet Hard Place: Does Law Stifle Innovation? (Nabiha Syed, Basha Rubin)
• Secrets of Raising Venture Capital (Sarah McBride, Mike Maples, Nick Beim, Norm Fogelsong)
• Series R: Customer Revenue is Replacing Series A (Chris Savage, Nick Francis, Alex Moore)
• Sex, Drugs and Bitcoin: Vice vs Virtue Investing (Cindy Gallop, Raj Ganguly, Arjan Schütte)
• Small Acts, Big Rewards: The Science of Doing Good (Kathy Delaney, Devon Eyer, Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg, Michael Norton)
• Social Health Startup Bootcamp: Investing in Health (Unity Stoakes)
• The Startup Dating Game (Jan Kus)
• Student Startup Madness - Finals and Championship (Sean Branagan)
• Student Startup Madness - Finals Round 1 (Sandy Khaund)
• Survive the Techstorm - Strategy Under Uncertainty (Nicklas Bergman)
• Tech + the Maker Movement; Destroying the Paradigm (Vishal Arya, Danae Ringelman, Lindsey Shepard)
• Technology Meets Wallet: What's Taking So Long? (Tony Gallippi, James Wester, Henry Helgeson, Olga Kharif)
• Trilogy: A Killer Network Can Transform Your Town (Chris Taylor, John Price, Heather Brunner, Scott Francis)
• **The Ultimate Startup Pivot: A Pivot From No Idea! (David Brown, David Cohen)
• A University's Role in Funding Startups (Frank Rimalovski)
• **Using Consumer Goods for Cultural Transformation (Liz Forkin Bohannon)
• What is Bitcoin? (Stephen Pair, Nic Cary, Pamela Morgan, Sean Neville)
• What the Hell is an Innovation Agency Anyways? (Mickey Ristroph, Ben Gaddis)
• What You Want, When You Want It (Ankur Arya, Anthony Ha, Sam Shank, Trip Adler)
• **When New Businesses Hatch at The Public Library (Peter French, Alan Weinkrantz)
  
• Why is Bitcoin the Next Internet? (Adam Draper)
• Why the South & Midwest Matter More than NY & SF (Ligaya Tichy, Melody McCloskey)
• **Young Millennials: Entrepreneurship for a New Era) (Stacey Ferreira, Nick Arnett, Patrick Stoddart)

Work and Career

• **The 21st Century Skillset–What You Need to Succeed (Kevin Carey, Jake Schwartz)
• An American Coder in Paris (Scott Chacon)
• Big Data Startups Should Hire Librarians (Jeffrey Lancaster)
• Black Leather & Eye Contact: How to Break Barriers (Mary Margaret Connell, General Lori Reynolds, Hannah Chung, Kathryn Minshew)
• **Boardroom or Baby? The Choices Women Have in Tech (Judith Bitterli)
• **Confident Women: Ditch the Bitch Stigma (Kali Williams)
• Coworking, Creating, Doing Business @ Your Library (Jonathan Marino, Nicholas Kerelchuk, Larra Clark)
• **Digital Strategy Lessons from Magic: The Gathering (Adam McCrimmon)
• End to Brogramming? How Women are Shaping Tech (Kara Swisher, Danika Laszuk, Danae Ringelmann, Leah Chernikoff)
• Girl Power(ed) (Hui Li, Tracy Chou, Surabhi Gupta, Christina Warren)
• **How the Cool Kids Attract and Retain Talent (Kenny Tomlin, Autumn Manning)
• **The Invisible Salary: Why Money Doesn't Matter (Liz Harper)
• It’s 2015: Employees Need Yoga and Kale to Succeed (Lisa Ross)
• Open Pay: This Is What Your Coworker Makes (Rachel Silverman, Mark Ehrnstein, Joel Gascoigne, Dane Atkinson)
• The Productive Workplace: UX, Technology and You (David Rose, Sarah Deane, Randy Howder, Jasper Westaway)
• Quantifying Workplace Happiness and Culture Fit (Samar Birwadker, William Tincup, Randy Goldberg, Josh Bersin)
• Reducted: Surviving the Pink Slip Apocalypse (Jayna Wallace, Erin McHam, Beth Davidz)
• She's a C-Word! Lessons From Tech’s C-Suite Women (Kara Swisher, Sara Clemens, Lisa Stone, Kira Wampler)
• Soundscape Your Smarter Workplace (Philip Vanhoutte, Julian Treasure)
• Steve Seabrook: Better Than You (Steve Seabrook)
• **The Tao of Managing Eeyores, Tiggers and Piglets (William Colgrove)
  
• Trust Power Ego: The Science of Communicating (Heidi Grant Halvorson)
• Visas, Immigration, and the Tech Industry (Denise Vanison, Michele Bond)
• Your Portfolio Is Garbage. Make It Better (Michael Yap, Justin Dickinson)

Future15

• The 1st Internet-Wired Town Is Still One to Watch (Phil Buehler)
• 21 Rules to Rock Your Next Pitch or SXSW Session (Stan Phelps)
• Adapt or Die: Building a Brand in 2015 and Beyond (Joanna Lord)
• Advention: The Best Ads Aren't Always Ads (Christine Outram)
• Anythink: The Brand that Sparked a Revolution (Stacie Ledden, Pam Sandlian Smith)
• The Blockchain: Creating a New Distributed World (Mikkel Krogsholm)
• Building a Culture of Innovation (Jeff Gothelf)
• Civic Leaders Need New Civic Technologies (Ryan Ginard)
• Codesigning the Inter-Hospital Transfer Experience (Sean Jalleh)
• Connected Health: Being Social Helps Your Heart (Nancy Brown)
• Connecting Healthcare Teams with UX Design (Abbe Don)
• Conquering Silicon Valley's "Brutal Ageism" (Kent Brewster)
• A Conspiracy Theorist’s Guide to Health Tech (Jason Levy)
• The Contagion Cookbook (Marcus Collins)
• Content Personalization for Web Teams of All Sizes (John Berndt)
• Contextual Applications - The Next Wave (Roberto Moctezuma)
• Digital Function, Physical Interface (Patrick Mankins)
• Disloyalty Marketing — Art of the 1 Night Stand (Ben Peters)
• FOMO, FB & Pot: Your Brain on the New Millennium (Raashi Bhalla)
• The Freedom of Staying Private (Avi Steinlauf)
• Getting Found in the Post-Search Era (Andrew Delamarter)
• Hey Cord Cutters: Maybe TV Can't be "Everywhere" (Joe Marchese)
• Homeless and/on Social Media (Greg Staffa)
• The Hour Between Dog & Wolf (Pete Trainor)
• How Disruptive Innovation Will Save Health Care (Jonathan Bush)
• How Software Design Can Reduce Energy Consumption (Deena Rosen)
• How the NSA Piggybacks on Your Website & Mobileapp (Ashkan Soltani)
• Human Not Consumer: Unconscious Emotions & Behavior (Brian Frost, Douglas Van Praet)
• Hypo or Hacked? (Jay Radcliffe)
• I Made 180 Websites in 180 Days (Jennifer Dewalt)
• Identity in the Future of Embeddables & Wearables (Jonathan LeBlanc)
• Innovation, the Latin American Way (Emiliano Rodriguez Nuesch)
• Interaction Design Needs a Frank Lloyd Wright (Kent Eisenhuth)
• Is It Finally the Age of the Woman Entrepreneur? (Jane Park)
• Is Your Company Killing You? (Chris Boyce)
• The Machine Age Boss: Managing the Robot Workforce (George John)
• Making Insanely Successful Products & Experiences (Aaron Shapiro)
• Mastering Short Form Video With Smart Humor (Tony Mennuto)
• Mobile Payments: #3rdWorldSolutions? (Felipe Fernandes)
• Never Grow Old. Never Die (Byron Reese)
• Nudges For Good: Apps That Make Better People (David Caygill)
• Oh Happy Day! How Tech Can Influence Our Happiness (Daniele Quercia)
• Picturing Your Big Ideas (Nora Herting)
• The Power of Disposable Design (Paul Anastasopoulos)
• Rethinking Privacy in the Internet of Things (Steve Shoaff)
• Rise of the Employee: Leveling The Power Balance (Joshua Reeves)
• Simulating Surgery Using The Language Of The Web (Aaron Oliker)
• Social Data in the Time of Cholera (Scott Hendrickson)
• Social Strategy & the Landscape of Modern Warfare (Amy Brown)
• Society is One Big Cult: The Science of Movements (Maggie Gross)
• The State of the Maker Movement in Brazil (Manoel Lemos)
• Taking Control of Our Data Lives with Ephemerality (Scott Richardson)
• Think Outside the Font: How Typefaces Influence (Sarah Hyndman)
• This Is Your Brain on Visual Data (Sasha Pasulka)
• Under the Hood: Tech Behind Autonomous Vehicles (Kristen Parrish)
• Want to Lose Weight? Hang Out with Your Avatar (Felix Chang)
• Watching the Watchers: Sousveillance and OSINT (MC McGrath)
• Wattpad, Dickens, and Inventing Your Customer (Katherine Sears)
• We Want Your Body In Our Registry (Jenna Arnold)
• Wearable Drones: High-flying Fashion (Adam Pruden)
• Wearables, Data, & What We Can Do With It (Paul D'Alessandro)
• What's in Your Gut? Lessons From the Microbiome (Jessica Richman)
• When Haters Show Up in Your Social Stream (Janice Person)
• Why & How to be Bolder in Healthcare IT (Chris Moose)
• Why Can't We Be More Like Disneyland? (Marcus Castenfors)
• Why Patents Are Killing Innovation (Nathan Seidle)
• Why You Suck at Making Your Own Life Decisions (Shankar Mishra)
  
• Word Watching: Spot Key Words to Trump All Reviews (Tom Hale)
• Working With Humans (Joe Gerstandt)
• Your eReader Sucks: The Persistence of the Book (Blake Wirht)

Workshops

• Adv. Brand and Marketing for Early Stage Companies (Paul Dery, Tomas Puig)
• Analyzing Big Enterprise Graph Data with Spark (Patrick White)
• Applied Improv: Change The Way You Look at Work (Rachel Madorsky, Michael Jastroch)
• Boost Brain + Body @ Work With Yoga Means Business (Jen Kluczkowski)
• Build Right - Frontend Testing (Rob Tarr, Ryan Cromwell)
• Building Location-Aware Apps Using Open Source (Chuck Greb, Matthew Smollinger)
• "BYOC" With A Pocket Full Of WebSockets (Robert Tuttle)
• Cause Video & the Race to Measure Emotional Impact (Marcia Stepanek, Jefferson Graham)
• Collaborative Sketching: Jumpstart Your Design! (Robert Stribley)
• Content to Captivate: A Hands-On Writing Workshop (Jean Tang)
• Crash Course: Measuring Digital Marketing (Luke Brown)
• Creative Listening with IDEO (Anna Silverstein, Nili Metuki)
• Creativity on Demand: Ideas When You Need Them (Anne Manning, Belle Frank)
• Cyber-Insecurity: You’re Not As Safe As You Think (Harriet Pellereau, Amadeus Stevenson)
• Data Science Without Data Scientist (Etienne Bernard, Taliesin Beynon)
• Decoding Design Feedback & Avoiding UX Quagmires (Doug Hopkins)
• Decoding SXSW: Your Guide to Technology (John Ridpath, Amadeus Stevenson)
• Designing Your Future with the Connected Car (Cobie Everdell, Diny Huang)
• Digital Body Language (Vanessa Van Edwards)
• eXtreme Agile Build Party (JJ Sutherland, Joe Justice)
• Fixing Fractured User Experiences (Ben McConnell, Sam Eder)
• The Future of Work: OfficeADD, Focus, GTD, Nirvana (Edward Shenderovich, Amol Sarva)
• Google Analytics Hacks to Track (Almost) Anything (Dylan Spencer)
• Great Teams: What They Are & How 2 Transform Yours (Katie Christy, Tony Burgess)
• Hackathon for Social Good (Jason Ulaszek, Carolyn Chandler)
• Hands On: Inclusion, Accountability & Empowerment (Shireen Mitchell, Ivan Boothe)
• How to Take a Big Trip: Plan Your Own Gap Year (Kristin Zibell)
• Inclusive AppRoom: Viewing Apps Through Disability (Hannah Rosenthal, Cristen Carson Reat)
• Information Architecture Essentials (Andrew Hinton, Jorge Arango)
• Interactive Narratives in Open Game Worlds (Joris Dormans, Karel Millenaar)
• Intro to Ruby on Rails (Brian Fountain)
• Is Your eCommerce Product Optimised? (Richard Bowden, Jim Emerson)
• Large Drupal Site Builds (Robert Ristroph)
• #LeanInvention: Idea to Product Launch in 4 Hours! (Luemara Wagner, Conley Giles)
• Learn To Program: Your First Lines of Code (Mark Lassoff)
• Making Makers Who (Fearlessly) Make (Lori Kent, Allison Kent-Smith)
• Making the Future - 3D Printing Workshop (Wendy W Fok)
• Mandatory Skill For the Future: Information Design (Jason Lankow)
• Modern Web Accessibility Workshop (Patrick Fox)
• The More You Node (Chase Moody)
• NASA’s Giant Step in Social Media (Veronica McGregor, Rodney Mason)
• Pixel Perfect: Strategies for Overcoming Perfection (J. Schuh)
• Pragmatic Security and Rugged DevOps Workshop (James Wickett)
• Privacy-By-Design Bootcamp for Startups (Meena Harris, Elizabeth Canter)
• Rapid On-Boarding; Building Password-less Apps (Tom Langridge, Derek Labian)
• Real Lessons in Working With Influencers (Tara Hunt)
• Rehearsing a Crisis Breaking on Social Media (Kate Hartley)
• The Results Curve: Focus, Collaborate, Play! (Pierre Khawand)
• ScaaS & Other Lies: Hacking Big Data on the Web (Matthew Hanlon, Rion Dooley)
• Shredding Wires With Rapid UX Prototyping (Kyle Outlaw)
• Sketchnoting 101 (Kate Hayward)
• The Skinny on Sonic Logos (& Why You Need One NOW) (Cheryl Engelhardt)
• Speed Sharing (Amanda Michel, Amy Webb)
• Startup Marketing and Growth Hacking on a Budget (Ashley McGregor Dey, Antony McGregor Dey)
• Successful Requirements Gathering (Jordan Hirsch)
• Take a Shot: Injecting Tech Into Your NPO Mission (Martin Dugas, Ann Jerome)
• Transformational Design for Social Good (Christine Outram, Daniel Rosenberg)
• Web Content Publishing with Drupal Eight (Doug Vann)
  
• What Marketers Don’t Understand About Big Data (Michael Wu)
• What's Before Mobile First? (Ken Tabor)
• Why Editorial Calendars Make Your Content Suck (Ben Grossman)

Meet Ups

• Accessibility Meet Up (Frances West)
• Cable Cutting Enthusiasts Meet Up (Skip Sullivan, Tracy Burman)
• Civic Hackers & Advocates Meet Up (Jeff Reichman, Chip Rosenthal)
• Coders Who Teach Meet Up (Cecy Correa)
• Creating a Ripple Effect: SXSW Female Entrepreneur (Elizabeth Gore)
• A Global Playground: How TEDx Fuels Experimentation (Mike Lundgren, Nancy Giordano)
• Health IT Developer Meet Up (Fred Trotter)
• Help Me Help You: Group Quantification of Self (Camille Nicodemus)
• Houston Hackers, Dealmakers, Investors, and Thugs (Brian Lang)
• It Takes All Kinds to Work in Advertising (Emily Grim)
• The Kickass Project Management Meet Up (Christine Holcombe)
• Latino and Latina Entrepreneur & Startup Meet Up (Rebecca Gonzales, Sara Inés Calderón)
• Lesbians Who Tech & Friends Take Over the World (Leanne Pittsford)
• Librarian Meet Up (Brenda Huettner)
• Marketing Technologist Meet Up (Parker Short)
• Micro-Consoles, Massive-Disruption? (Mark Gerberman)
• The Millennial CEO (Natalie Moss)
• Netwalking (Jonathon Stalls, Jessica Tunon)
• Official reddit SXSW Meet Up! (Victoria Taylor, Logan Youree)
• Science + Tech Meetup: Scientists & Geeks Unite! (Maytal Dahan)
• Speed Networking – LGBT Meet Up (Joseph Kapp)
• Technology in Higher Ed Meet Up (Kevin Morooney)
• UX & Content Strategy Mindshare (Hawk Thompson, Paige Maguire)
  
• UX + Data Meet Up (Beverly May)
• Web Series Meet Up (Tim Street, Sandra Payne)
• Working Moms Meet Up (Sarah Howell, Terri Koen)

Mentors

• Tristan Barnum Voxox
• Jason Bender Rocksauce Studios
• David Briggs NEO3DO
• Stephanie Burns Chic CEO, Inc.
• Darlene Fiske The Fiske Group Public Relations + Marketing Strategies
• DL Bryon Textura Design
• Nicole Franklin State Bar of Texas IP Law Section
• Jim Galis Advanced Imagination
• Gregory Green Featuring.me
• Mary Henige General Motors
• Clay Hillhouse NVIDIA
• Nicholas Kim SapientNitro
• Dale Larson Startup Happiness
• Paolo Nagari nterCultural Group
• Francesca Pick OuiShare
• Asif Ramji Paymetric
• Ruben Rodrigues Foley & Lardner LLP
• Celina Rollon Rollon Entertaiment LTD
• Michael Strong SGEi
• Will Turnage R/GA
  
• Tim Varner Roost
• Brian Wallace NowSourcing
• Rick Yang NEA

Book Readings

• The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture (Euny Hong)
• Engaged Journalism: Connecting With Digitally Empowered News Audiences (Jake Batsell)
• Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content (Ann Handley)
• The Digital Mystique: How the Culture of Connectivity Can Empower Your Life—Online and Off (Sarah Granger)
• Fit with Apps (Gonny van der Zwaag)
• Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence (Erica Dhawan)
• Getting to Yes with Yourself: (and Other Worthy Opponents) (William Ury)
• Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation (George Westerman, Didier Bonnet, and Andrew McAfee)
• Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate (Shawn DuBravac)
• Profit First: A Simple System to Transform Any Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine (Mike Michalowicz)
• Seeking Serenity: The 10 New Rules for Health and Happiness in the Age of Anxiety (Amanda Enayati)
• Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It (Dorie Clark)
• Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business (Mikkel Svane)
• Trendology: Building an Advantage through Data-Driven Real-Time Marketing (Chris Kerns)

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We are more excited than ever about the accepted sessions for the upcoming SXSW Music and Media Conference! The amount of quality ideas submitted through PanelPicker was astounding, and we’re happy to announce more than 90 confirmed sessions for the 2015 SXSW Music Conference, covering several timely issues and topics across the industry.

We would also like to announce a special SXSW Interview with Australian alt-rock veterans The Church at the 2015 SXSW Music Conference. 2015 marks the 35th anniversary for the band who have just announced the North American release date for their 25th studio album: Further/Deeper (February 3rd). The band has enjoyed worldwide success and were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame in 2011.

Other highlights in today’s announcement include an exploration of digital album artwork, the experiences of women working in rap journalism, what makes a song good for sync licensing, the pros and cons of performing and recording cover songs, and the future of event technology.

See all of our confirmed sessions for the 2015 SXSW Music Conference below.Join us in Austin March 17-21 - it’s gonna be a good one!

If you are a PanelPicker submitter who hasn’t heard from us, please hold tight. We are still evaluating submissions.

Photo credits (clockwise from left): The Church courtesy of the artist, Diego Donamaria, Claudio Fox, Nam Chau

Did you know that this Friday, October 24 is your last chance to register before rates go up again? Don't miss out on this opportunity to save hundreds off the walkup price.

Interactive made big news today, announcing over 600+ sessions including new tracks SXstyle and SouthBites.

The Music Conferencerevealed an interview with legendary band The Church and over 90 other compelling panels happening at The ACC.

SXSW Convergence has loads of great speakers on tap including Cam Newton and Megan Rapineau as part of SXsports, Featured Speaker Russell Brand and James Frey. Find out more about how the worlds of Music, Film and Interactive intersect as part of our bonus programming that gives you an inside peek at all SXSW has to offer.

Stay tuned this week for more announcements from Music and Film including Film's first keynote and the first round of artists performing at the festival.

Still wondering what badge is right for you? Check out our handy Badge Comparison Chart!

Due to technical issues, we have delayed the artist announcement preview to 11am CDT

As a special treat, SXSWfm is giving listeners a sneak peek of the first big 2015 SXSW Music Festival announcement a day early!

Tune in today - Tuesday, October 21 - at 10am CDT as we share a playlist of 2015 Showcasing Artists that the music fest staff is really pumped about. You can listen on your desktop, iPhone, Android or via TuneIn.

If you can’t tune in at 10am, we’ll be airing re-runs at 4pm and 10pm CDT.

Check back in throughout the year - we’ll be unleashing even more amazing music from SXSW 2015 artists once the big announcement is made tomorrow!

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Three. Two. One. Action! Today we're excited to reveal the initial wave of SXSW Film Conference programming for 2015.

With 30 sessions and more than 30 mentors confirmed thus far, the 2015 SXSW Film Conference is the premier place to learn, network and interact with the best and brightest in the film industry. Experts include this year's first Keynote, prolific indie filmmaker Mark Duplass, esteemed sound design company Skywalker Sound, award-winning producer Shekhar Kapur, digital distribution gurus VHX, acclaimed international actor Alfred Molina and many more.

Catch a glimpse of our 2015 programming below which includes the return of Film Keynotes, Featured Sessions, panels, Future15s and mentors. In addition, we’re psyched to share the Convergence Programming announced last week which covers the always popular Digital Domain, Future of TV track, Entertainment and Immersion sessions and more. Programming described as Convergence is accessible to more than one type of badge, which provides a bonus learning & networking opportunity that can only be found at SXSW. Plus, new for 2015, all films screening in the “24 Beats Per Second” category will be open to Music badgeholders starting Monday, March 16.

Remember, this announcement is just the tip of the iceberg! SXSW Film is set to ultimately feature over 150 informative and entertaining sessions. To attend the SXSW Film Conference, you must have a 2015 SXSW Film, Gold or Platinum badge. Register by 11:59pm CT on Friday, October 24 and save up to 30% off the walk-up rate.

Keynote Speaker

• Mark Duplass
  
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  Clik here to view.Mark Duplass is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and actor who burst onto the indie scene with the Independent Spirit Award-nominated The Puffy Chair (written and directed along with his brother, Jay). Other acclaimed films written, directed and produced by the brothers, include Cyrus and Jeff, Who Lives at Home. They created the upcoming 2015 HBO series Togetherness, in which Mark also stars. He has produced a number of recent and upcoming indie films under the Duplass Brothers Productions banner, with notable titles such as Safety Not Guaranteed (in which he also starred), The Skeleton Twins (starring Bill Hader & Kristen Wiig), The Overnight (with Taylor Schilling, Adam Scott & Jason Schwartzman) and Adult Beginners (starring Nick Kroll and Rose Byrne). Mark has starred in a number of films including Your Sister's Sister (for which Mark won a Gotham Award), The One I Love and the upcoming film, Creep, which premiered at SXSW in 2014. Mark is a recurring actor on FOX's The Mindy Project and a regular on the hit FXX show, The League.
  

Featured Session

• A Conversation withShekhar Kapur
  
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  Clik here to view.Golden Globe-winning director Shekhar Kapur makes lush, international period films including Elizabeth, The Four Feathers, and Indian hits like Mr. India and Bandit Queen. Kapur's short film Passages is a part of the October 2009 film anthology New York, I Love You. He has been a judge on both India's Got Talent, and 1 Minute to Save the World, a competition for short films about climate change. His forthcoming film Paani– the hindi word for water – explores Mumbai's shrinking supply of water and its distributed underworld. Equally at home in Hollywood and Bollywood, he's also a comics mogul; in 2006 he co-founded Virgin Comics as a venue for turning Indian and Hindu myths into pop-culture icons. For the company, now reorganized as Liquid Comics, he co-created the series Ramayan 3392 A.D., based on the Ramayana. His newest Liquid Comics series is Devi.
  

Panels

• 10 Lessons From a Decade Watching Pixar Make Movies
  (Organized by Erica Milsom / Pixar Animation Studios)

• Acting & Performance: Directors Share Their POVs
  (Organized by Caroline O’Connor / Screen Actors Guild Foundation)

• Always Talk to Strangers: Telling True Stories
  (Organized by Alicia Van Couvering / Epic Magazine)

• Art of Amazing: 4K Film from Conception to Viewing
  (Organized by Mandy Cudahy / Sharp Electronics Marketing Corporation of America)

• DIY Theatrical Distribution for Independent Films
  (Organized by Annie Bush / Untitled Films)

• How "High Maintenance" is Redefining Storytelling
  (Organized by Jessica Casano-Antonellis / Vimeo)

• How New Technology is Changing War Zone Filmmaking
  (Organized by Molly Swenson / RYOT)

• Is This Normal? A Look at Success in Indie Film.
  (Organized by Travis Stevens / Snowfort Pictures Inc)

• Meet the Creative Game Changers
  (Organized by Alison Emilio / Creative Future)

• Secret is Out! Distributors Reveal Their Numbers
  (Organized by Mat Levy / Passion River Films)

• Setting the Tone: Evoking Emotion Through Sound
  (Organized by Amy Hale / Skywalker Sound)

• So You Want to Make a Midnight Movie
  (Organized by Roxanne Benjamin / Snoot Entertainment)

• Studio Star Power - How Casting Really Works
  (Organized by Rochelle Rose / Screen Actors Guild Foundation)

• USA/Europe Co-Production and Funding Opportunities
  (Organized by Holger Carlsson / European Film Commission)

• To Window Or Not To Window: Film Release Strategies
  (Organized by Diana Wollach / The Orchard)
  

Workshops

• Alfred Molina's Shakespeare Workshop for Everyone
  (Organized by Jesse Bush / Screen Actors Guild Foundation)

• The Film Score Workshop
  (Organized by Lucas Mayer / DaHouse Audio/DaFne Music)

• Finding Big Power in the Small Moments
  (Organized by Jeanie Finlay / Success Takes Courage ltd)

• Hacking Technology For Your Indie Film Release
  (Organized by Missy Laney / Sundance Institute)

• Pro Bono Legal Services for Filmmakers
  (Organized by Erik Metzger / Intel Corporation)

• Sound Designing Authenticity in Documentary
  (Organized by Jason & David Sussberg & Alvarado / Dogpatch Films)

• What’s the Value of Your Digital Rights?
  (Organized by Elisabeth Copper / ITVS Independent Television Service)
  

Future15s

• Breaking Up with TED
  (Organized by George Burroughs / The Brookings Institution)

• Good Guys Vs. Bad Guys
  (Organized by Jim Cummings / Ornana Films)

• VHS: Never Forget
  (Organized by Zack Carlson / Bleeding Skull)

• Why the Future of Film Depends on Social Media
  (Organized by Jenn Deering Davis / Union Metrics)
  

Meet Ups

• Latino Filmmaker Meetup & Quick Pitch
  (Organized by Liz Arreaga / Mercury Mambo)

• Stronger Together: The Film Fatales
  (Organized by Merete Mueller / Film Fatales)
  

Mentors:
Basil Tsiokos (Programmer Nantucket/Sundance/DocNYC)
Benjamin Braun (Submarine Entertainment)
Camille Bertrand (Wild Bunch)
Carl Spence (Seattle FF/Palm Springs FF)
Courtney Sexton (CNN Films)
Dan Fisher (Entertainment One)
Daniel Guando (Weinstein Co)
Dan Satorius (Satorius Law Firm PC)
David Hudson (Fandor)
David Magdael (David Magdael & Associates, Inc.)
David Reilly (BAMcinematek)
Deborah McIntosh (WME Entertainment)
Diego Marambio (INCAA)
Francois Morisset (CO/ DCM Film Distribution GmbH)
Greg Rhem (HBO)
Hugues Barbier (Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival)
Jim Dobson (Indie PR)
Katie Krentz (Cartoon Network)
Kate Hurwitz (Cinetic Media)
Kristen Konvitz (Indiegogo)
Landon Zakheim (Sundance Institute/AFI Fest)
Linda Olszewski (ShortsHD/Shorts Intl)
Lois Vossen (Independent Lens)
Matt Grady (Factory 25)
Marian Koltai-Levine (PMKBNC)
Meghan Oliver (Paradigm Talent Agency)
Molly Thompson (A&E Television Networks)
Nicholas Ogiony (CAA)
Peter Goldwyn (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Peter Trinh (ICM Partners)
Peter Van Steemburg (Magnolia Pictures)
Ryan Kampe (Visit Films)
Sean Berney (IFC Films)

Convergence Programming
The Film Conference is bolstered by Convergence Programming, which exists at the intersection of Music, Film and Interactive. Programming described as Convergence is accessible to more than one type of badge.

Featured Sessions
Friday, March 13 – Tuesday, March 17

• A Curious Mind: The Inspiration for a Creative Life
  Brian Grazer (Imagine Entertainment), Charles Fishman (The Big Thirst)

• Russell Brand Interview with Brian Solis
  Russell Brand (Comedian), Brian Solis (Altimeter Group)
  

Digital Domain
Saturday, March 14 – Tuesday, March 17
Open to Film, Interactive, Gold & Platinum badges

• 19Reinos - A Game of Thrones Immersive Experience
  Robert Pratten (Transmedia Storyteller), Purificación González (Canal+), Belen Santa-Olalla (Transmedia Storyteller)

• Doing It in Public: BLEs and Modern Storytelling
  Lisa Woods (thirteen23), Heath Pecorino (The Short Box), Sam Patteson (Rosetta Stone)

• Tool-Kit for Crafting an Interactive Documentary
  Cathy Fischer (ITVS), Mike Robbins (Helios Design Labs), Alex Wittholz (Helios Design Labs), Andrew Grace (Moon Winx Films)
  

Entertainment & Immersion
Friday, March 13 – Tuesday, March 17
Open to Film, Interactive, Gold & Platinum badges

• Analog & Digital: Synching an Engagement Campaign
  Rory Kennedy (Moxie Firecracker Films), Keven McAlester (Standard Pictures), Lauren Prestileo (American Experience — PBS), Molly Jacobs (American Experience — PBS)

• Astrophysics Goes Hollywood: Cinematic Science
  Frank Summers (Space Telescope Science Institute), Robert Hurt (NASA’s Spitzer Science Center/JPL-Caltech), Donna Cox (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)

• Beyond Live, Why the L+3 Social TV Convo Matters
  Natan Edelsburg (Sawhorse Media), Don Steele (Comedy Central), Michael Scogin (NBC Universal), Sabrina Caluori (HBO)

• Forget Screens: Immersive Content Lives Everywhere
  Bill Galusha (Autofuss / Bot & Dolly), Chad Hutson (Leviathan)

• Worlds Without Boundaries: Books, Games, Films
  James Frey (Full Fathom Five, LLC), John Hanke (Niantic Labs)
  

Future of TV
Monday, March 16 – Tuesday, March 17
Open to Music, Film, Interactive, Gold & Platinum badges

• The Art, Joy, & Power of Creating Musical Programs
  David Koelle (Charles River Analytics)

• Breaking the Fourth Wall in the Digital Age
  Saba Hamedy (LA Times), Jon Schnitzer (Brain Factory), Peter Girardi (Warner Bros), Marc Goodchild (Sync Screen), Julian McCrea (Portal Entertainment)

• A Drama Nirvana-How to Create a Multiplatform Hit
  Beth Hoppe (PBS), David Zucker (Scott Free Productions)

• Exploring Storytelling in the Digital Age
  Andrew Cochrane (Mirada)

• Finding a TV Partner in a Digital World
  Jill Burkhart (Epix HD), Cynthia Kane (Al Jazeera America), Jennie Moris (Participant Media), Lois Vossen (PBS)

• The Future of Concerts on TV
  Evan Haiman (HDNet LLC/AXS TV), Lucia McCalmont (HDNet LLC/AXS TV)

• Game of Thrones: Creating Immersive Entertainment
  Sabrina Caluori (HBO), Melissa Eccles (Elastic)

• Hyper-Reality TV & Online Video Are a Perfect Fit
  Morgan Spurlock (Warrior Poets), Ran Harnevo (AOL)

• Moving Beyond the Square Screen
  Steven Masur (CDAS Venture Law Group), Allen DeBevoise (Machinima), Vivian Rosenthal (Snaps), Josh Gertz (DAQRI)

• The New TV Star: How to Build an Audience Online
  Kelly Day (AwesomenessTV), Josh Ong (The Next Web), Tyler Oakley (Tyler Oakley), Tom Ryan (Pluto.TV)

• Online Success Without Cat Videos or Crotch Hits
  Zach Anner (Zach Anner Productions), Chris Demarais (Rooster Teeth Productions), Brandon Farmahini (Rooster Teeth Productions)

• Should You Develop Your Film Into a TV Series?
  Katie Krentz (Cartoon Network), Julia Pott (Animator/Filmmaker), Hannah Fidell (Filmmaker), Sarah- Violet Bliss (Filmmaker)

• Tech My Mind
  Ayori Selassie (salesforce.com), Shanice Johnson (Malakai Creative), Bill Duke ( Duke Media), Julie Barrio (Reality SF)

• What Serial Digital Fiction is Learning from TV
  Jon Nathanson (Self), Jerry Fan (Jukepop Serials), Michelle Miller (The Underwriting), Jennifer Lee (Plympton)

• Who's Going to Fund My Webseries?
  Jay Bushman (Independent), Marc Hofstatter (Indiegogo), Amy Dotson (IFP), Karim Ahmad (ITVS)
  

SXsports
Friday, March 13 – Sunday, March 15
Open to Film, Interactive, Gold & Platinum badges

• Athletes are Suddenly Funny: The Power of Comedy & Sports
  Patrick Starzan (Funny or Die)

• Battling Tradition to Re-Invent Youth Sports
  Matt Farrell (USA Swimming), Kurt Kamperman (US Tennis Association), Jeff Price (PGA of America)

• Beyond the Bar Graph: Insights Over Info
  Christopher Glode (Under Armour), Marybeth Thomson (MyFitnessPal)

• The Business of Preparing Potential NFL Draftees
  Jason Verrett (San Diego Chargers), Andy Staples (Sports Illustrated), CJ LaBoy (Relativity Sports), Mark Verstegen (EXOS)

• Competitive Advantage: Mental Health in Athletics
  Patrick Baillie (Consultant), Scott Goldman (University of Arizona), Doug Hankes (Auburn University), Carmen Tebbe (Oklahoma University)

• The Democratization of Sports Commentary Mary Pilon
  (The New York Times), Geoff Reiss (Twitter), Andre Pacheco (Second Mic)

• Does Playing Sports = Brain Damage?
  Jeffrey Kutcher (University of Michigan), Ben Utecht (Surrender the Game)

• Drones & the Texas 500: A Live Broadcast Challenge
  Jaime Carlin (Texas Motor Speedway), Benjamin Martin (Arch Aerial), Michael Rocha (Panasonic)

• The Evolution of Audio in the 21st Century
  Colin Cowherd (ESPN), Stephen A. Smith (ESPN), Traug Keller (ESPN)

• Filmmaking Cues from Top Sports Cinematographers
  Brian Schulz (Major League Baseball Productions), Skip Clark (FOX SPORTS), Al Francesco (NFL FILMS), John Tipton (HBO Sports)

• The Future of Doping and PEDs
  Jason Gay (Wall Street Journal), Matt Futterman (Wall Street Journal), Travis Tygart (US Anti-Doping Agency)

• Gameday 2025: What's In Your Living Room?
  Holly Anderson (Grantland), Jeff Beckham (Jeff Beckham), Spencer Hall (SB Nation), Mark Kramer (Pac-12 Networks)

• His & Hers Live Podcast
  Jemele Hill (ESPN), Michael Smith (ESPN)

• How the Data Era Will Build High Performing Humans
  Cam Newton (Carolina Panthers), Kelly McGonigal (Stanford University), Haile Owusu (Mashable)

• The In-Stadium Fan Experience in MLS
  Adrian Hanauer (Seattle Sounders), Robb Heineman (Sporting Kansas City), Merritt Paulson (Portland Timbers)

• Millennials & Sports: Reaching the Next Generation of Fans
  Rich Eisen (NFL Media), Brian Rolapp (National Football League), Perkins Miller (National Football League), Peter Kafka (Re/code)

• MLBAM & NASCAR: Sports and Technology Converge
  Bob Bowman (MLB Advanced Media), Brent Dewar (NASCAR)

• The Near-Future of Sports TV
  Marie Donoghue (ESPN), John Ourand (Sports Business Journal), Ron Wechsler (NBC Sports), Dan Shanoff (USA TODAY Sports)

• The New Cathedral: Sports Stadiums
  Brian Mirakian (Populous)

• Old Game, New Tricks: What's the Future of Golf?
  Shane Bacon (Back9Network), Charlie Kautz (TaylorMade-adidas), Andrew Kipper (Excel Sports Management), Ashley Mayo (Golf Digest)

• Out on the Field: LGBT Pro Athletes in 2015
  Jason Collins (Professional Athlete), Megan Rapinoe (Seattle Reign FC), Mike Foss (USA TODAY Sports)

• Social Media Playbook: Activating Fans on Gameday
  Brian Cheek (Postano), Pat Donahue (Los Angeles Kings), Grace Hoy (Arizona State University), Meghan Ryan (Boston Red Sox)

• The Solid Verbal Live Podcast
  Ty Hildenbrandt (Solid Verbal Media), Dan Rubenstein (Solid Verbal Media)

• Sports Mega-Events: Do They Have a Future?
  Ben Carrington (The University of Texas), Piara Powar (FARE), Lilian Thuram (Former Professional Athlete), Dave Zirin (The Nation)

• Tech + Youth Sports = Universal Access
  Tom Farrey (Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program)

• Tech That's Changing Sports and Building Empathy
  Chris Kluwe (Professional Athlete)
  

Convergence Day
Tuesday, March 17
Open to Music, Film, Interactive, Gold & Platinum badges

• 3D Printing in the Movies
  David Leigh (Harvest Technologies)

• Databenders & Spoonbenders: Hacking Music & Design
  Michael Hendrix (IDEO)

• Data-Driven Strategy vs. Editorial Gut Instinct
  Elizabeth White (Time Inc.), Jessica Novak (Refinery29.com), Mike Hofman (Conde Nast)

• Live Music Streaming for Brands: Engagement
  Hank Neuberger (Springboard Productions), John Petrocelli (Bulldog Digital Media)

• Making Art While Entertaining the Internet
  Sean Carney (Social Mal Practice), Molly Soda (MollySoda.Biz), Yung Jake (Adult Swim), Jayson Musson (Salon94), Jillian Mayer (Borscht Corp)

• Making Music Physical Again
  Kate Stone (Novalia), Charlotte Brimner (Musician)

• Music as Personalized Medicine: Experiment at SXSW
  Daphne Zohar (PureTech Ventures)

• Music UX: Connecting Technology and Experience for Fans
  John Paul (Featuring. Me), James Apollo (Possible), Justin Evans (Mix Genius), Alaina Thetford (Train Case Management)

• Online Distribution: Set the trend!
  Pierre-Alexandre Labelle (Under The Milky Way), Emmanuel Cocq (European Commission Creative Europe MEDIA Programme), Daniela Elstner (Doc & Film International)

• Science of Social Funding: 247 Campaign Patterns
  Vann Alexandra Daly (Vann Alexandra), Missy Laney (Sundance Institute), Francis Pollara (KesselsKramer)

• Streams, Shuffles and Statutes: Congress & Music
  Chris Harrison (Pandora), Greg Barnes (Digital Media Association), Jason Chaffetz (U.S. House of Representatives), Elizabeth Frazee (TwinLogic Strategies)

• Web Influence on the Future of Music Documentaries
  Leah Horwitz (VH1), Lewis Bogach (CMT), Dave Sirulnick (MTV), Thomas Benski (Pulse Films/Vimeo on Demand)

• Why Top Artists Today Need Spy Tools
  Nico Sell (Wicker LLC)

Creep Q&A photo by Dustin Finkelstein / Getty Images
Mark Duplass photo by Jeff Vespa
Shekhar Kapur photo courtesy of Filmmaker

The first round of 2015 SXSW Showcasing Artists has finally arrived! More than 170 artists from all over the world make up one of the strongest first round artist announcements to date.

At SXSW in March, you’ll hear iconic UK post-punk band The Pop Group, soul-influenced Detroit rapper Black Milk, new buzz acts like Madrid's Deers and Austin's own Institute, a minimalist blend of Yoruba music with modern electronic from XL Recordings’ Ibeyi, contagious electronic pop by Charlotte OC and much more. Australian psych-pop legends The Church will also be performing at the SXSW Music Festival to coincide with their interview at the SXSW Music Conference.

We’re just getting started on the lineup for the 2015 SXSW Music Festival, so there’s plenty more to come. In the meantime, listen to SXSWfm to stay up on the must-listen acts coming to Austin for the festival. We jumped the gun yesterday and previewed some of these artists during a special hour, which you can now hear on SoundCloud.

Browse the full list of first round artists below. Don’t forget - this Friday, October 24 is the next registration deadline. Register now and witness the diversity of music at SXSW this March.

Agoraphobia (Boiro SPAIN)
Agosto (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Alvvays (Toronto CANADA)
Angus & Julia Stone (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Babes (New Orleans LA)
Baby In Vain (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires (Birmingham AL)
Ballet School (Berlin GERMANY)
Ball Park Music (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
The Barberettes (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Courtney Barnett (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
James Bay (Hitchin UK-ENGLAND)
Be Forest (Pesaro ITALY)
Big Phony (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Bishop Nehru (New York NY)
Blacklist Royals (Nashville TN)
Black Milk (Detroit MI)
Black Taxi (New York NY)
Bloods (Newtown AUSTRALIA)
Bogan Via (Los Angeles CA)
Bomba Estéreo (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Bonaparte (Berlin GERMANY)
The Boxing Lesson (Austin TX)
Brolin (Yorkshire UK-ENGLAND)
Butcher Brown (Richmond VA)
Buenaparte (Lecheria VENEZUELA)
The California Honeydrops (Oakland CA)
Ben Caplan (Halifax CANADA)
Carl Barat and The Jackals (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ceschi (New Haven CT)
Charlotte OC (Blackburn UK-ENGLAND)
Cheerleader (Philadelphia MN)
ChihiroYamazaki+ROUTE14band (Tokyo JAPAN)
The Church (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Civil Twilight (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (Phoenix AZ)
Coasts (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
Crew54 (Killeen TX)
Dark Time Sunshine (Seattle WA)
Deers (Madrid SPAIN)
Dena (Berlin GERMANY)
Diwan Saz (Yodefat ISRAEL)
The Dodos (San Francisco CA)
Cettina Donato & Serena Brancale Group (Messina ITALY)
Dream Police (Brooklyn NY)
Dry the River (London UK-ENGLAND)
East Cameron Folkcore (Austin TX)
Eastern Sidekick (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
EE (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
El Conjunto Nueva Ola (Los Angeles CA)
El Freaky (Bogota COLOMBIA)
Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Fatherson (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Marcelo Fruet & os Cozinheiros (Porto Alegre BRAZIL)
Colin Gilmore (Austin TX)
GoldLink (Washington DC)
The Gooch Palms (Newcastle AUSTRALIA)
Jenn Grant (Halifax CANADA)
Haioka (Tokyo JAPAN)
Happyness (London UK-ENGLAND)
Haroon (Islamabad PAKISTAN)
Danny B. Harvey (Austin TX)
Mekaal Hasan Band (Lahore PAKISTAN)
Heat (Montreal CANADA)
Heaters (Grand Rapids MI)
Hey Marseilles (Seattle WA)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Brooklyn NY)
Ibeyi (Paris FRANCE)
The Inspector Cluzo (Mont de Marsan FRANCE)
Institute (Austin TX)
Jared & The Mill (Tempe AZ)
Jitterbug Vipers (Austin TX)
Alexz Johnson (New York NY)
JoyCut (Bologna ITALY)
Dustin Kensrue (Orange County CA)
Khumariyaan (Peshawar PAKISTAN)
Hanne Kolstø (Oslo NORWAY)
Krypol Haze (Austin TX)
Ben Kweller (Austin TX)
Kydd (Austin TX)
La Orquesta Vulgar (Mexico City MEXICO)
The Last Bison (Chesapeake VA)
Howie Lee (Beijing CHINA)
The Lonely Wild (Los Angeles CA)
Lost Midas (Los Angeles CA)
Demi Louise (Boronia AUSTRALIA)
Love Inks (Austin TX)
Low Cut Connie (Philadelphia PA)
Low Roar (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Luluc (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Lust for Youth (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Lydia (Phoenix AZ)
Mai Dhai (Thar Parker PAKISTAN)
Marching Church (Copenhagen DENMARK)
MC Lars (Oakland CA)
Mew (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Mini Mansions (Los Angeles CA)
Miss Chain & The Broken Heels (Thiene ITALY)
Modestep (London UK-ENGLAND)
Moon Duo (Portland OR)
Angelo Moore & The Brand New Step (San Francisco CA)
mothercoat (Fukaya JAPAN)
Mr.Kitty (Austin TX)
Nakia (Austin TX)
Jay Nash and Josh Day are the Contenders (Los Angeles CA)
Natural Child (Nashville TN)
Nightmare Air (Los Angeles CA)
No Brain (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Noveller (Austin TX)
Ocellot (Barcelona SPAIN)
The Octopus Project (Austin TX)
Panda Elliot (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
The Parrots (Madrid SPAIN)
Pharmakon (New York NY)
Pommez Internacional (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Poor Rich Boy (Lahore PAKISTAN)
The Pop Group (London UK-ENGLAND)
Publicist UK (Longmont CO)
Quantic (New York NY)
Que (Atlanta GA)
Rangleklods (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Residual Kid (Austin TX)
Roddy (New Orleans LA)
Royal Teeth (New Orleans LA)
Sain Tanveer Brothers (Sialkot PAKISTAN)
Sertified (Austin TX)
Seven Davis Jr (Los Angeles CA)
Sexores (Barcelona SPAIN)
Silk Rodeo (Austin TX)
Charanjit Singh (Bombay INDIA)
Skinny Lister (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sleep ∞ Over (Austin TX)
Luisa Sobral (Lisbon PORTUGAL)
Songhoy Blues (Bamako MALI)
Sorne (Austin TX)
The Sour Notes (Austin TX)
SSLEEPERHOLD (Los Angeles CA)
The Stone Foxes (San Francisco CA)
Suboi (Saigon VIETNAM)
Suicideyear (Baton Rouge LA)
숨[su:m] (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Summer Heart (Malmo SWEDEN)
Sy Ari Da Kid (Atlanta GA)
Tanya Tagaq (Brandon CANADA)
Talking To Turtles (Leipzig GERMANY)
Talkshow (Bratislava SLOVAKIA)
The Big Pink (London UK-ENGLAND)
Thee Oh Sees (Los Angeles CA)
Jonathan Toubin (New York NY)
Tourmaline (Portland OR)
Transit (Calgary CANADA)
Hailey Tuck (London UK-ENGLAND)
Twerps (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
The Twilight Sad (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Twin Peaks (Chicago IL)
Txarango (Barcelona SPAIN)
Ume (Austin TX)
Vaadat Charigim (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Vampillia (Nihon'odori JAPAN)
Vockah Redu (New Orleans LA)
Vuurwerk (Brussels BELGIUM)
Wand (Los Angeles CA)
Jessie Ware (London UK-ENGLAND)
Warm Soda (Austin TX)
Lewis Watson (Oxford UK-ENGLAND)
Weekend Money (New York NY)
Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts (Los Angeles CA)
Hank West & the Smokin Hots (Asheville NC)
Whitehorse (Toronto CANADA)
Jess Williamson (Austin TX)
Emily Wolfe (Austin TX)

Photos (clockwise from top left):
Bishop Nehru, [su:m], Mai Dhai, Songhoy Blues, Courtney Barnett, El Mato a Una Policia Motorizado
All photos courtesy of the artists

Here at SXSW, we're in the business of putting on large-scale events. We also both recognize and take accountability for the impact these events have on the environment.

That's why last year at SXSW Eco we began our partnership with Spinfish Event Solutions and diverted over 1200 lbs of waste from the landfill. We're excited to announce that this year, we've nearly doubled that number - diverting 2271 pounds of durable event materials from the landfill through this upcycling program. This is the equivalent of 3.66 empty dumpsters and brings our overall diversion rate to 98 percent.

It's been interesting and exciting for us to see how leftover materials from our event have gone on to benefit the local non-profit, educational, and artist communities. Below are just a few examples:

• Foam-core board and other materials will be repurposed for promotional and employee recognition / encouragement for a home assistant care for the disabled, elderly, and the poor.
• Print materials, foam-core and shelving units went to a local middle school where it will be used for an up-cycled product competition for 7th and 8th grade students in an environmental elective.
• Vinyl, foam-core, and wood-scraps have gone to an artist who owns a walk-in art studio in town.
• Wood pallets will be used in a neighborhood composting base.

To date, SXSW & Spinfish have partnered together to divert a total of 12,126 lbs of potential waste.

Thanks to our friends at Spinfish for another successful year!

Photo by Merrick Ales