Thank you Austin Business Journal for 2014 Residential Real Estate Awards luncheon.

Yesterday the Austin business journal held their annual Realtor recognition awards luncheon.

It was an honor to be selected as a finalist in the individual agents category. I want to congratulate all of my colleagues in Austin that were recognized for their hard work and contributions to the Austin real estate community.

I wish you all a successful 2014!

OK here is your SXSW schedule for Friday March 7, 2014 - something for everyone

schedule courtesy of : http://sxsw.com/

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The Social Business Shake-Up brought to by Social Media Today and IBM

Party

The Grand Room in The W Austin Hotel

8:30AM - 10:30AM

Breakfast and discussion about how social is changing the way we do business. By invitation only. More info: http://socialmediatoday.com/smt-at-sxsw……

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9:00 AM

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Drive A Chevy

Special Event

Austin Convention Center

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Test drive a 2014 Chevrolet Volt, Sonic, Camaro, Impala, Spark, Equinox, Tahoe, Cruze Eco, or Malibu. Find Chevrolet on Trinity St. between Cesar Chavez and 2nd St. from Friday, March 7 through Saturday, March 15.……

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10:00 AM

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Digital Creative Job Market

Exhibition
Digital Creative Job Market

Austin Convention Center

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Presented by Publicis Groupe, the Digital Creative Job Market offers a convenient meeting spot for innovative thinkers and equally innovative companies. Bring your CV and your A-game and match your skills with 21st centu…

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11:00 AM

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Austin Breakfast Tacos: The Food, People & History

Sessions
Book Reading
Content and Distribution

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom G

11:00AM - 11:20AM

Austin: the Breakfast Taco Capital of the World? Hell yeah it is! And why not? The people of Austin love their breakfast tacos; they love them in the morning, for lunch, when they’re hungover, at midnight, on the streets…
Beginner

Presenters

Mando Rayo

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Black Social TV: How Black Programming, Viewers an

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Hilton Garden Inn
Colorado

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Almost every Monday night when the Vh1 reality show Love & Hip Hop Atlanta airs, its black and Latina characters, their actions and the title of the show dominate Twitter’s trending topics (they’re often seven of the 10 …
Advanced

Presenters

Lynessa Williams, Sherri Williams

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Building Relationships Through Real-Time Relevance

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Content and Distribution

Wanderlust
Wanderlust

11:00AM - 12:00PM

ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SX social account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Intermediate

Presenters

Jon-Paul Jacques, Lizz Linabury, Scott Mills, Stuart O'Neil

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Catch A Chevy

Special Event

Austin Convention Center

11:00AM - 9:00PM

Festival-goers can once again count on festival favorite, Catch A Chevy, to beat the heat and help them navigate the busy streets of Austin. Why walk when you can catch a complimentary ride in a wrapped Chevrolet Impala …

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Gaming's Next Gen: Will AAA or Indie Games Win?

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
Dell Hall

11:00AM - 12:00PM

After years of speculation the next generation of gaming consoles have arrived, but does gaming's future belong to traditional publishers producing AAA games or have indie and mobile game creators and the advent of new b…
Intermediate

Presenters

Ben Howard, Casey Lynch, John Davison

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Hackerspaces Unite!

Sessions
Meet Up
Art, Science and Inspiration

SXSW Create
Long Center

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Hackerspaces Unite! is a meetup and workshop for people interested in starting a hackerspace, people who have started a hackerspace, and people who are members of hackerspaces to pool ideas and share experiences. It's a …
Beginner

Presenters

Martin Bogomolni

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Home Room

Sessions
Meet Up
Design and Development

Austin Convention Center
Room 5ABC

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Start your morning at SXSW Home Room. Introduced in 2013, Home Room sessions are part SXSW program information, part meet up. Each session is led by two Home Room Leaders who will help you get the most out of your day, …
Beginner

Presenters

Alix Morrow, Amanda O'Brien

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Home Room

Sessions
Meet Up
Design and Development

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Start your morning at SXSW Home Room. Introduced in 2013, Home Room sessions are part SXSW program information, part meet up. Each session is led by two Home Room Leaders who will help you get the most out of your day, …
Beginner

Presenters

Christopher Walton, Elizabeth Salazar

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Joining the Team: The Startup Seduction

Sessions
Workshop
Work and Career

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 202

11:00AM - 1:30PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP22986 Mi…
Beginner

Presenters

Greg Stock, Lauren Titterud, Miles Parroco

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Making More of Ourselves - Sensory & Multimodal UX

Sessions
Workshop
Intelligent Future

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 104

11:00AM - 4:00PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP23360 An…
Intermediate

Presenters

Alastair Somerville

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OMMA: Should Brands Be Part of the Real-Time Convo?

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

AT&T Conference Center
Salon ABCDE

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Since that famous “Oreo Moment” that turned a Super Bowl blackout into a dubious marketing trend, more brands seem to have failed than succeeded at riding the real time zeitgeist. From Kenneth Cole to AT&T to Urban Outfi…
Intermediate

Presenters

Bryan Jones, Natanya Anderson, Noha Abdalla, Rick Wion

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PlayStation: Data at the Speed of Gaming

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
AT&T Education Room

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Video game development is a fast-paced and competitive industry. Having real-time access to the right data lets you turn on a dime and capture market trends you might otherwise miss. This session discusses how PlayStatio…
Intermediate

Presenters

Tyler Gaede, Zane Mumford

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ReleaseIt at SXSW 2014

Sessions
Pitch Event
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A

11:00AM - 12:00PM

ReleaseIt will give companies a head start on launching a new product or service at SXSW Interactive. Participants will do a short pitch about of their product in front of a live audience of SXSW Interactive, Gold and Pl…
Intermediate

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Scaling at Twitter with Drupal & Thrift

Sessions
Workshop
Content and Distribution

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 106

11:00AM - 1:30PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP26451 In…
Intermediate

Presenters

Arnaud Meunier, Byron Sorrells, Chris Doyle, Guy Oron

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Social Media: Strategies That Work & Future Trends

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Hilton Garden Inn
Red River

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Join us as we examine where social media has been, where it’s going and how you can create and adapt technology to fit your brand. Hear the highs and lows, tip and tricks of artists and execs on both sides of the camera …
Intermediate

Presenters

Adam Argyle, Geoff Walker, Josh Batchelder, Zach Varnell

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Taking the Responsive Web to Windows 8

Sessions
Workshop
Design and Development

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 105

11:00AM - 1:30PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP25597 Fo…
Intermediate

Presenters

Daniel Wilson

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Teeny Tiny Video, Great Big Impact

Sessions
Workshop
Global Impact and Policy

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 203

11:00AM - 1:30PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP21444 Ca…
Intermediate

Presenters

Aaron Bramley, Bill Simmon, Michael Hoffman

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Unstructure: Smashing the Boundaries of Data

Sessions
Workshop
Design and Development

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 101

11:00AM - 1:30PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP25173 Wh…
Advanced

Presenters

Ian Varley

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What Do We Build Next?

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Come learn how Adobe's Innovation Pipeline team goes from just an idea to a functional prototype ready for testing with real users in a matter of weeks for their newest web authoring tools. During this interactive sessio…
Intermediate

Presenters

Devin Fernandez, Winsha Chen

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11:20 AM

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Book Signing - Mando Rayo

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Content and Distribution

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

11:20AM - 11:40AM

Author Mando Rayo will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of his latest release "Austin Breakfast Tacos: The Story of the Most Important Taco of the Day".……

Presenters

Mando Rayo

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11:30 AM

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Lean UX: Applying Lean Methods to Improve UX

Sessions
Book Reading
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom G

11:30AM - 11:50AM

Jeff will read an excerpt from his book, Lean UX: Applying lean methods to improve user experience. Specifically, Jeff will discuss how product design and user experience has to adapt to fit in an agile and lean world. …
Advanced

Presenters

Jeff Gothelf

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11:50 AM

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Book Signing - Jeff Gothelf

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

11:50AM - 12:10PM

Author Jeff Gothelf will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of his latest release “Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience”.……

Presenters

Jeff Gothelf

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12:00 PM

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Digital Disruption - The Next Wave of Innovation

Sessions
Book Reading
WTF and Beyond

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom G

12:00PM - 12:20PM

If iPad Nation were a country, by the end of 2013 it would be the 7th largest in the world, on its way to being 5th by mid-year 2014. From Kickstarter to Mommy bloggers, never before have so many people had so many cheap…
Intermediate

Presenters

James McQuivey

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Pennzoil Presents Mario Karting Reimagined.

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center

12:00PM - 6:00PM

At Pennzoil®, we reimagined synthetic motor oil by creating it from natural gas. Now we’re using our commitment to innovation and technology to reimagine Mario Karting, a unique racing experience like no other exclusivel…

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Startup Village Ping Pong Tournament

Special Event
Startup Village
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400/402

12:00PM - 6:00PM

Join SXSW Startup Village for our third annual SXSW Ping Pong Tournament. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/svpingpong. Participation is free if with an Interactive, Gold or Platinum badge. You need not be a professional, ju…

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SXSW LANFest presented by Intel and Dell

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Room 2

12:00PM - 10:00PM

Come join us again for the good time you always find at LANFest! Expect the FreePlay Area, awesome games, and Raffle. And of course some of the most fun PC tournaments in the Austin area. If you are new, welcome and prep…

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Welcome to SXSW Interactive

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Austin Convention Center
Exhibit Hall 5

12:00PM - 12:30PM

Welcome to the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival. We're excited that you'll be joining us for 5 days of amazing panel content and networking events. SXSW is a community event, so we invite you to come kick off the event wit…
Intermediate

Presenters

Hugh Forrest

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12:20 PM

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Book Signing - James McQuivey

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
WTF and Beyond

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

12:20PM - 12:40PM

Author James McQuivey will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation".……

Presenters

James McQuivey

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12:30 PM

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5 Things Developers Need to Know About Design

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Exceptional design doesn't always have to come from the design department. In fact, designers often play by simple guidelines they follow intuitively that anyone can learn. In this session you will learn the techniques d…
Beginner

Presenters

Paul Trani

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Author Ernie Cline Discusses His New Novel Armada

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
AT&T Education Room

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Ernie Cline, author of the New York Times and internationally bestselling novel Ready Player One, discusses his eagerly anticipated new novel Armada, including the surprising inspirations for the novel and how deeply it …
Beginner

Presenters

Ernie Cline

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Big Data Inverted: The Best Candy from Strangers?

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol EFGH

12:30PM - 1:30PM

In our increasingly digital and technology-driven world, human social relationships are being transformed by data. Your previous online behavior is dictating the news reports, friends’ updates, products and advertisement…
Intermediate

Presenters

Chris Colborn, Dinkar Jain, Maria Bezaitis, Oren Michels

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The BRCK - Designing from the Rest of the World

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 9ABC

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Ushahidi is from Kenya; we know how hard it can be to get connected. Those who lack connectivity are at a disadvantage to their more connected peers. Yet the equipment used to connect in Kenya or India is the same as tha…
Intermediate

Presenters

Erik Hersman, Juliana Rotich, Reg Orton

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Content & Commerce: The Digital Cronut

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Content and Distribution

Austin Convention Center
Room 12AB

12:30PM - 1:30PM

The doughnut and croissant have operated alongside each other for years, each awesome in their own way. Until one day, you bring them together and witness the magic unfold – The Cronut. Content and Commerce is the next e…
Intermediate

Presenters

Ben Lerer

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Digitally Democratizing Education

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 10AB

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Pioneering nonprofit 'Projects For All' is democratizing access to education by implementing digital infrastructure (Hello Hubs) in developing countries. Recently, the nonprofit launched ‘Project: Hello World’, an instal…
Beginner

Presenters

Katrin Macmillan, Lane Merrifield, Roland Wells, Sophie Kelly

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Doctor’s Offices on Their Death Bed

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon F

12:30PM - 1:30PM

“One of my tricks for generating startup ideas is to imagine the ways in which we'll seem backward to future generations. And I'm pretty sure that to people 50 or 100 years in the future, it will seem barbaric that peopl…
Intermediate

Presenters

Dr Dennis Schmuland, Dr Gautam Gulati, Grant Verstandig, Morgan Gress

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Engage or Die: Importance of Market Strategies

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Hilton Garden Inn
Red River

12:30PM - 1:30PM

50% of Americans under the age of 5 are ethnic minorities. Join us as we examine the current and future mind shift from a general market driven approach to a more inclusive total market approach and engaging multicultura…
Intermediate

Presenters

Jesse Minton, Kelly Mayfield, Maurice Rivera, Vonn Butler

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Ethics & Future of Crowdfunding for Communities

Sessions
Core Conversation
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 5ABC

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Crowdfunding is grassroots community engagement. Its powerful approach to fundraising and brandraising leverages the speed and reach of the Internet -- as well as advocates’ networks -- to acquire more donors and raise m…
Intermediate

Presenters

David Neff, Miriam Kagan

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Followers Attached

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol ABCD

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Anyone launching a new brand today hopes that their product, service or solution will become the darling of the industry--the thing that goes viral because people love it. Veteran brand strategist Laurence Vincent will s…
Intermediate

Presenters

Larry Vincent

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FYI Managers: People Don’t Want to Work at Home

Sessions
Core Conversation
Work and Career

Courtyard Marriott
Brazos

12:30PM - 1:30PM

It’s true – studies show people prefer working from an office, but the growing list of today’s unusual perks (onsite haircuts, slides and bowling alleys) do little to address the real plight of today’s office worker: an …
Intermediate

Presenters

Lisa Ross

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Gary Vaynerchuk Tells You How to Rock SXSW

Sessions
Featured Session
Social and Privacy

Austin Convention Center
Exhibit Hall 5

12:30PM - 1:30PM

SXSW Interactive is an amazing event where you can make life and career changing connections. But, do you have a clear strategy for success for the five days and nights ahead? In this session, entrepreneur and social med…
Beginner

Presenters

Gary Vaynerchuk

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Life Automation for Entrepreneurs

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon JK

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Join Dave Asprey, Veronica Belmont & Maneesh Sethi as they discuss automating your life while running your business. Running a startup is an intense, all-consuming undertaking and new entrepreneurs have a hard time keepi…
Intermediate

Presenters

Dave Asprey, Maneesh Sethi, Stephanie Burns, Veronica Belmont

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Life’s a Breach, Don’t Burn Your Brand

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon G

12:30PM - 1:30PM

With several global retailers testifying before congress and the new guard from Silicon Valley taking the NSA to task, illusions around data security and privacy are collapsing, and consumers have a front row seat. As …
Intermediate

Presenters

Jon Swartz, Kelly McGinnis, Neville Letzerich, Vinny Lingham

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Maker to Manufacturing

Sessions
Meet Up
Art, Science and Inspiration

SXSW Create
Long Center

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Covering topics such as manufacturing in America vs China, The Manufacturing Future, and patents in the age of makers.……
Beginner

Presenters

Jonathan Placa

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Marketing As A Service

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Content and Distribution

Wanderlust
Wanderlust

12:30PM - 1:30PM

ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Intermediate

Presenters

David Murphy, Doug Stovall, Helen Ectors, Jim McArthur

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Mosh Pit of Experts 2014 - The Future of Social

Sessions
Core Conversation
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol View South

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Enough of the pontificating panel! In a rapid and fast paced (gameshow like) session, we put the audience (that means YOU) in the hot seat as the experts on the future of social. A combination of format (lightning round …
Intermediate

Presenters

Sam Decker, Sean McDonald

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Music for Video Game Marketing

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
The Kodosky Donor Lounge

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Some of the most creative and successful video game marketing campaigns have tapped into the power of original music production to raise awareness of the game, to expand its creative universe, and to feed fans' insatiabl…
Beginner

Presenters

Jason Menkes, Ravi Krishnaswami, Steve Perkins

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Network Design Thinking & Black Male Engagement

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Hilton Garden Inn
Colorado

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Trayvon Martin makes the headlines because black men are often portrayed as burdens, rather than assets to their communities. The Knight Foundation worked with Context Partners to help change this script, starting with D…
Intermediate

Presenters

Charlie Brown, Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Shaka Senghor, Trabian Shorters

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The New Digital Age

Sessions
Featured Session
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Much of today’s news coverage dwells on images of violence, stories of government instability, and a world in chaos, but there is another story to tell here. Technology is reshaping human society in ways we never imagine…
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Presenters

Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen, Steven Levy

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OMMA: What Do Marketers Want from Mobile?

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

AT&T Conference Center
Salon ABCDE

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Marketers are confronting an “omnichannel” world where consumers consult multiple sources and screens, sometimes making buying decisions in minutes. Brands need to be in customer pockets to capture those impulses at all …
Intermediate

Presenters

Keith Nyhouse, Pamela Naumes, Rachel Pasqua, Scott Carlis

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Online LEGO Fans & the People Who Love Them

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Content and Distribution

Austin Convention Center
Room 18ABCD

12:30PM - 1:30PM

LEGO fans make up one of the most enthusiastic online fan communities in existence. We don’t mean kids within the product target group; we mean the teen and adult fans. That’s right: Adult fans! By nature, these fans bu…
Advanced

Presenters

David Robertson, Frederikke Hoff, Glen Wadleigh, Sara Moore

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The Power of Public Thinking

Sessions
Book Reading
Social and Privacy

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom G

12:30PM - 12:50PM

We write 3.6 trillion words online -- every single day. How is this explosion of online expression changing the way we think? In this talk, based on my book "Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds f…
Advanced

Presenters

Clive Thompson

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Press Start to Begin: UX & Video Games

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
Dell Hall

12:30PM - 1:30PM

'Press start to begin' is the message gamers have been greeted with since the early days of interactive entertainment. Hitting that start button is typically the player’s first interaction with a game after putting in th…
Intermediate

Presenters

David Sinclair, Michael Dunn, Richard Garriott de Cayeux, Ron Burke

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The *Real* Crowdfunding Investment

Sessions
Core Conversation
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 616AB

12:30PM - 1:30PM

You've heard about rewards based crowdfunding (the Kickstarters, and Indigogos) of the world, but do you know about equities crowd funding? With the anticipated Title III new regulations of the J.O.B.S (Jumpstart Our Bu…
Intermediate

Presenters

Chris Tyrrell, Jessica Randazza

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ReleaseIt at SXSW 2014

Sessions
Pitch Event
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A

12:30PM - 1:30PM

ReleaseIt will give companies a head start on launching a new product or service at SXSW Interactive. Participants will do a short pitch about of their product in front of a live audience of SXSW Interactive, Gold and Pl…
Intermediate

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Star Power: Innovative Ways to Engage Millennials

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 6AB

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Engaging millennials now takes more than just traditional outreach methods. Innovative approaches such as leveraging celebrity voices and platforms, new technologies and culturally relevant messaging is critical for impa…
Intermediate

Presenters

Alex Wagner, Rosario Dawson

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Transparency Reporting for Beginners

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Creekside

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Since Google published its first “transparency report” in 2010, many other Internet companies large and small have started issuing there own reports on government demands for user data. And now, in light of recent revela…
Beginner

Presenters

Bart Volkmer, Dorothy Chou, Kevin Bankston, Ryan Budish

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Workplace Redesign: The Big Shift from Efficiency

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Work and Career

Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom

12:30PM - 1:30PM

We have become adept at applying design thinking and methodologies to the design of products and customer engagement experiences. Isn’t it about time we apply this same thinking to our own work environments? We all recog…
Advanced

Presenters

John Hagel

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12:50 PM

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Book Signing - Clive Thompson

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Social and Relationships

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

12:50PM - 1:10PM

Author Clive Thompson will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better".……

Presenters

Clive Thompson

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1:00 PM

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Into the Pixel Art Gallery presented by the Entertainment Software Association

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center

1:00PM - 9:00PM

Into The Pixel is an annual art exhibit showcasing video game artwork and concept artwork. The exhibit is sponsored by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). Each collection features 16 pieces which were selected…

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SXSW Game Jam presented by Air National Guard

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

1:00PM - 9:00PM

A Game Jam is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a multitude of ways using video games – it is very universal. T…

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SXSW Gaming Expo

Exhibition
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Halls 1 & 2

1:00PM - 9:00PM

The SXSW Gaming Expo brings the excitement of video games to March in Austin, mixing this energy with many other well-loved elements of geek culture. Featuring exhibitors, panels, rocking parties and exceptional demos, t…

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SXSW Geek Stage presented by comiXology

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

1:00PM - 9:00PM

ComiXology presents the hottest names in video games, comics, movies, TV, tech and more exclusively at the Geek Stage! Come see the biggest announcements of the SXSW Gaming Expo!……

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SXSW Indie Corner

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 2

1:00PM - 9:00PM

The Indie Corner is where you’ll get time with some of the best indie titles the previous year had to offer and some that haven’t even hit release yet. Come play games and vote on which one you think should be winner of …

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SXSW Table Top and Magic: The Gathering

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

1:00PM - 9:00PM

Learn to Play Magic: The Gathering- FREE. Check out Duels of the Planeswalkers. Drafts and League all weekend long. And are you a hard core table top gamer or just getting started. We can help navigate the experience wit…

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SXSW Tournament Stage presented by Monster and Logitech G

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 2

1:00PM - 9:00PM

See the fantastic world of eSports and watch as teams take each other on in some of the most intense matches in gaming. SXSW Tournament Stage presented by Monster and Logitech is open to the public with free Guest Pass …

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Video Game History Museum presented by NES Remix

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

1:00PM - 9:00PM

The Videogame History Museum was established to document, preserve, and archive the history of the Videogame industry. After over ten years of exhibits at the world-famous Classic Gaming Expo, the 501(c)(3) non-profit Vi…

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Visual Magic in Computers, History & Future

Sessions
Book Reading
Entertainment and Immersion

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom G

1:00PM - 1:20PM

Synopsis: This presentation was designed for anyone who ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or an amazingly complex and rich computer game, or a TV commercial where cars or gas pumps or biscuit…
Intermediate

Presenters

Jon Peddie

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1:20 PM

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Book Signing - Jon Peddie

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Entertainment and Immersion

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

1:20PM - 1:40PM

Author Jon Peddie will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The History of Visual Magic in Computers".……

Presenters

Jon Peddie

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1:30 PM

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Wikia Qwizards [LIVE]: Middle-earth Quiz Show

Sessions
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

1:30PM - 2:15PM

Wikia presents Qwizards, an exciting live-action collaborative quiz show. Fans face-off in a multi-round battle of expert level trivia on the topic of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Round after round, contestants fight t…

Presenters

Eric Moro

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1:40 PM

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Book Signing - Gary Vaynerchuk

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Social and Privacy

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

1:40PM - 2:00PM

Gary Vaynerchuk will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World".……

Presenters

Gary Vaynerchuk

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2:00 PM

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The 10 Best Startups in Austin

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon C

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Come see 10 of Austin's startups pitch at the Capital Factory Demo Day. Austin's startup scene is booming, and we meet every one of them. The best ones join our community and are matched up with successful entrepreneur…
Intermediate

Presenters

Gordon Daugherty

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Allyship: Becoming a Champion for Inclusion

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Entertainment and Immersion

Driskill Hotel
Driskill Ballroom

2:00PM - 3:00PM

This session will bring together a diverse contingent of professional athletes, sports figures and LGBT and ally activists discussing LGBT visibility and allyship in sports. Presenters will use their personal experiences…
Beginner

Presenters

Brittney Griner, Hudson Taylor, LZ Granderson, Sam Marchiano

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A Beginner's Guide to SXSW Film

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Film Festivals

Austin Convention Center
Room 16AB

2:00PM - 3:00PM

A nexus of discovery and collaborative energy, SXSW Film kicks off in high gear with their annual Beginner's Guide. Answering questions like how do I get around Austin during the fest? When should I arrive to get into my…
Beginner

Presenters

Brian Kelley, Jette Kernion, Kelly Williams, Kimberley Jones, Neil Miller

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Biohacker Meetup

Sessions
Meet Up
Art, Science and Inspiration

SXSW Create
Long Center

2:00PM - 3:00PM

For folks of all disciplines interested in biohacking: Calling all biologists, DIYers, engineers, artists, coders, designers, and any others who are bio-curious. Join us! This SXSW Create session at the Long Center is F…
Intermediate

Presenters

Karen Ingram

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Chicapreneurs: Latinas in Technology

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Holiday Inn Town Lake
Sunflower Room

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Women may make up the majority of online users, trendsetters, and consumers, but we have a long way to go to reach proportionate amounts in the field of technology. A 2009 study indicated that Latinas formed only 5% of e…
Intermediate

Presenters

Becky Arreaga, Rebecca Gonzales

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Foreign Startups: US Challenges & Opportunities

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Carmelo Gordian (Partner at Andrews & Kurth), John Edge (a UK Entrepreneur), Lefteris Douanoglou (CEO at Schoox) and Angelos Angelou (Angelou Economics) will identify and address the major issues and challenges internati…
Advanced

Presenters

Angelos Angelou, Dimitris Gerogiannis, John Edge, Tony Defalis

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Getting Started with Teaching Game Design

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
AT&T Education Room

2:00PM - 3:00PM

In this presentation, we will show some beginning basics to get you started, give student examples, and show how Scratch can be applied across the curriculum. You will discover how to get students interested in basic gam…
Beginner

Presenters

Carl Hooker, Juan Orozco, Todd Gratehouse

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OMMA: Do Brands Fit in with Wearable Computing?

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Intelligent Future

AT&T Conference Center
Salon ABCDE

2:00PM - 3:00PM

The next great media tech wave is already here, and it fits like a glove, a watch, eyeglasses, a bracelet, a pendant or maybe a hat or a band-aid. Wearable technology promises a seamless interface of body and machine and…
Intermediate

Presenters

Bachir Zeroual, Rob Garner, Shiv Singh, Sloane Kelley

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Power of Design Principles in a Connected World

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Wanderlust
Wanderlust

2:00PM - 3:00PM

ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Intermediate

Presenters

Aaron Smith, Christine Jones, Michele Silvestri

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Rich Web Experiences & the Future of the Web

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom

2:00PM - 3:00PM

The web has become a rich creative platform. It's so ubiquitous that it's hard to imagine any game changer not being a part of the web. We're reaching a point where ideas we could only dream of in the past from interacti…
Intermediate

Presenters

CJ Gammon

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Seizing the Mobile Opportunity in Latin America

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Holiday Inn Town Lake
Lantana Ballroom

2:00PM - 3:00PM

With 120% of mobile penetration in the region we are on a tipping point. 700 million users are looking for new forms of entertainment, commerce and services in Latin America. What kind of business relationships are neede…
Intermediate

Presenters

Pablo Salazar

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Show Your Work!

Sessions
Keynote
Art, Science and Inspiration

Austin Convention Center
Exhibit Hall 5

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Good work is all about process, yet we tend to only share the products of that process, and not the process itself. Learn how opening up and sharing your process brings you closer to an audience, adds value to your work,…
Advanced

Presenters

Austin Kleon

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Social Health Startup Bootcamp:Investing in Health

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon D

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Following on the success of the 2012 and 2013 Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSHbooty), 2014 will mark the 3rd consecutive year of the event that provides education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health…
Intermediate

Presenters

Ryan Olohan, Shwen Gwee, Unity Stoakes

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Turning Your Gaming Passion into Profits

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
The Kodosky Donor Lounge

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Do you have to be a programmer to have a career in the gaming industry? Join James Lopez as he discusses alternative careers in the gaming industry with gamers who have taken their gaming passion and have created busines…
Beginner

Presenters

Anthony Frasier, Cj Peters, Gerard Williams, James Lopez

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Unearthing the Atari Graveyard: The Search for ET

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
Dell Hall

2:00PM - 3:00PM

In May 2013, creative studio and game developer Fuel Entertainment was officially granted permission to excavate within a 100-acre landfill in the Alamogordo, New Mexico desert. The goal? Search for the fabled Atari E.T…
Advanced

Presenters

Jonathan Chinn, Mike Burns

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2:30 PM

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8 Ways To Scratch and Claw Your Way to a Living Making Videos Online

Sessions
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

2:30PM - 3:15PM

You watch a lot of online videos but how do you make a living making them?? Craig Skistimas, the General Manager of ScrewAttack, is here to teach you in on how you can scratch and claw your way to making a living produc…

Presenters

Craig Skistimas

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3:00 PM

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Book Signing - Ernie Cline

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
SXSW Gaming and Create

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

3:00PM - 3:20PM

Ernie Cline will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign commemorative postcards for his soon to be released book “ Armada” and copies of "Ready Player One: A Novel".……

Presenters

Ernie Cline

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The Emotional Language of Film with Skywalker Sound

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Editing

Austin Convention Center
Vimeo Theater

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Through his work on both independent and studio films, Pete Horner has developed an approach to film sound that explores the unique language of each film. In this presentation, Pete will share clips illustrating the pote…
Intermediate

Presenters

Pete Horner

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Oh My Disney & Mondo present “Nothing’s Impossible”

Party

Mondo Gallery

3:00PM - 10:00PM

Oh My Disney and Mondo invite fans to “Nothing’s Impossible,” a special gallery event to explore decades of beloved Disney films and characters like never before. Come see original and fresh artwork from some of Mondo’s …

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3:10 PM

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Book Signing - Austin Kleon

Special Event
Book/DVD signing

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

3:10PM - 3:30PM

Austin Kleon will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered" and past publications.……

Presenters

Austin Kleon

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3:30 PM

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2014 SXSW Newbies Meet Up

Sessions
Meet Up
Social and Privacy

Meet Up Tent
Meet Up Tent

3:30PM - 4:30PM

A meet-up to talk about SXSW. Discuss how to get through a day of panels and parties and still keeping your particulars. Tips on how to make the most of SXSW during one of the busiest panel sessions offered at a conferen…
Beginner

Presenters

Sweet John Muehlbauer

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Accessibility: Make It Happen!

Sessions
Workshop
Design and Development

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 105

3:30PM - 6:00PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP24940 Yo…
Intermediate

Presenters

Carol Gibson, Susan Hewitt

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Always Be Innovating: Thinking Like a Startup

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon JK

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Every startup raves about innovation, but how does it work within a large company? As technology changes and consumer demand shifts, it’s vital for companies big and small to question and re-evaluate their strategies. Ad…
Intermediate

Presenters

Greg Tseng, Hetal Pandya, Mike Isaac, Ryan Magnussen

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An Insider’s Preview to the SXSW Film Festival

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Film Festivals

Austin Convention Center
Room 16AB

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Kick off SXSW Film right on Day One by getting insider tips, strategies and advice you can use to maximize your time at the film fest, straight from some of today’s most influential film pundits. Offering up a “sneak pre…
Beginning

Presenters

Anne Thompson, Dave Karger, Eugene Hernandez, Meredith Borders

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Arena vs. Couch: The Battle of Game Day Experience

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Entertainment and Immersion

Driskill Hotel
Driskill Ballroom

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Tricked-out home entertainment systems and rising ticket prices make it easier than ever for sports fans to skip the stadium and watch from home. It's increasingly difficult to compete with the creature comforts of a 70-…
Intermediate

Presenters

Bob Morgan, Bryan Srabian, John Ourand, Jordan Maleh

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Beginnings: A Panel About Entrepreneurism with Michael Dell

Sessions
Featured Session
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Exhibit Hall 5

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell, will host a panel of successful entrepreneurs for an insightful discussion about starting and scaling a business, innovating beyond the startup phase, corporate reinvention and lead…
Advanced

Presenters

Carley Roney, Jeff Housenbold, Michael Dell, Steve Kaufer

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Bilingual Communities

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Holiday Inn Town Lake
Lantana Ballroom

3:30PM - 4:30PM

As per the recent Pew poll, Hispanics were more than twice as likely to use reddit than other ethnic groups. There is a subreddit dedicated to all the Spanish speaking countries and cities around the world, and bilingual…
Beginner

Presenters

Elianne Ramos, Lia Navarro-Pennington

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Building Empathic Games for Healthy Outcomes

Sessions
Core Conversation
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol View South

3:30PM - 4:30PM

As anyone who cried when Aeris died knows, it’s easy to fall in love with your favourite game character. One of gaming's biggest strengths is the ability to allow players to form deep emotional bonds with characters. Emp…
Intermediate

Presenters

Michelle Hamilton-Page, Miriam Verburg

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Building Your Startup with the Crowd's Help

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon E

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Building a startup is hard. Really hard. It's a whirlwind experience that requires boldness to win in today’s market. The latest technology companies understand what it takes to win and are adapting their go-to-market s…
Intermediate

Presenters

Jay Hallberg, Susan Etlinger, Tad Hunt, Todd Krautkremer

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Clubbing the Patent Trolls: How We Can Fight Back

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 10AB

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Innovators face a growing epidemic of litigation from so-called "patent trolls" - companies that do not make or produce products, but sue those who do. Last year the majority of patent lawsuits were brought by such enti…
Intermediate

Presenters

Alan Schoenbaum, Hon Hakeem Jeffries, Julie Samuels, Michael Petricone

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The Compelling Image in the Age of Social Media

Sessions
Workshop
Content and Distribution

AT&T Conference Center
Conference Room 301

3:30PM - 6:00PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP24603 A …
Intermediate

Presenters

Marty Coleman

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Data Science: Decode Your Organization's Data

Sessions
Workshop
Work and Career

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 106

3:30PM - 6:00PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP25626 It…
Beginner

Presenters

Amadeus Stevenson, Barry Whyte, Elizabeth Lukas, John Ridpath

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Evil By Design: Leading Customers into Temptation

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Four Seasons
San Jacinto Ballroom

3:30PM - 4:30PM

I'm going to show you how to make your customers happy using techniques that are normally employed by the lowest of the low; con-men, pick-up artists, used car salesmen, and as-seen-on-tv marketers. You'll learn that it'…
Intermediate

Presenters

Chris Nodder

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Fashion Retail Solutions: Beyond the Marketplace

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Intelligent Future

Hyatt Regency Austin
Texas Ballroom 1-4

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Online retail is evolving from a simple shopping cart transaction to an end-to-end emotional engagement with one’s consumer base. While this is true for most industries, it is even more so the case when it comes to consu…
Intermediate

Presenters

Ciara McKenna, Kim Knowles, Liz Bacelar, Liza Kindred

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Filmmaker Pre-Fest Pitches

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Film Festivals

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom G

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Still can't decide which films you wanna check out this week? OR Have a film in the festival and want to get the word out? Then come to this informative and fun SXSW Filmmaker Pitch Session! Filmmakers - Come pitch your…
Beginner

Presenters

Owen Egerton

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Font Nerds Meet Up

Sessions
Meet Up
Art, Science and Inspiration

SXSW Create
Long Center

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Do you dream of perfect serifs, swashes and ligatures? Interested in marketing your newest typeface? Want some feedback on your creative endeavors? Or maybe just have the desire to catch up on the latest gossip in the Ho…
Beginner

Presenters

Jim Kidwell

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Foreign Startups Engage Experts in a Live Pitch

Sessions
Pitch Event
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Five international startups engage in a live pitching event to impress venture capitalists, angels and entrepreneur experts. Startups get up and close to the real challenge of engaging potential investors and customers. …
Intermediate

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Founders Stories: Interviews with Startup Founders

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon D

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Following on the success of the 2012 and 2013 Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSH), 2014 will mark the 3rd consecutive year of the event that provides education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health tech…
Beginner

Presenters

Andrei Zimiles, Birju Shah, Sam Zebarjadi, Samer Hamadeh

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Frugal Innovation: Simple Designs to Improve Lives

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 6AB

3:30PM - 4:30PM

80% of humanity lives on less than $10/day. If you are part of the world's lowest socioeconomic level you may be living in a house that can barely be called that. It's a collection of sticks, cardboard, plastic sheet. A …
Intermediate

Presenters

Jose Briones

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Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming

Sessions
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

3:30PM - 4:15PM

With shows like TableTop, Big Bang Theory celebrating board games plus an open global market, we've entered a golden age of tabletop gaming. Geek & Sundry producer Boyan Radakovich (TableTop, TableTop Day) leads a discus…

Presenters

Boyan Radakovich

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Hacking LinkedIn: The B2B Bible

Sessions
Workshop
Health and Business

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 102

3:30PM - 6:00PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP18020 Ho…
Intermediate

Presenters

Andrew Sanderson, Eric Shelton, Quintin Henry, William Lowe

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Hadouken! Street Fighter Takes on Pop Culture.

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
Dell Hall

3:30PM - 4:30PM

It takes more than a few good uppercuts to fight your way to the top of the entertainment industry. From a #1 selling video game franchise, to an animated and live action feature film success, to an Internet meme generat…
Beginner

Presenters

Craig Skistimas, Josh Kocurek

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How Tech Companies Can Renew Capitalism

Sessions
Featured Session
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D

3:30PM - 4:30PM

The technology industry has reinvented information, commerce, and social connection. But what if we could do more? What if the tech industry, the cornerstone and hope of the new economy, could reinvent business as usual?…
Intermediate

Presenters

Ben Rattray

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Hunting for Elephants: Creating Enterprise Value in Sports Media

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Entertainment and Immersion

Austin Convention Center
Room 18ABCD

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Drawing on more than 40 years as a Hollywood executive and his current roles as co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Peter Guber discusses why sports content “isn’t just programming, it’s pa…
Intermediate

Presenters

Peter Guber

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I'm (Not) A Designer: Accepting the Designer Label

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Hilton Garden Inn
Colorado

3:30PM - 4:30PM

User experience has become a ubiquitous buzzword in the tech and design field. Equally as ubiquitous is the association of "user experience" with the title "designer". Which is irritating. This talk is about my journey …
Intermediate

Presenters

Morgan Burton

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If MOOCs Are So Great, Why Aren't We All Doing It?

Sessions
Core Conversation
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 5ABC

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Does the recent explosion of MOOC’s into the education marketplace threaten to destroy traditional post-secondary educational institutions in it’s path? Or is it just another fad in a long history of educational movement…
Beginner

Presenters

Dave Hinger, Jeff Meadows

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The Internet of Cars

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Intelligent Future

Wanderlust
Wanderlust

3:30PM - 4:30PM

ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Intermediate

Presenters

Dave Knox, Heidi Browning, Scott Lange, Sefi Grossman

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Librarian Meet Up

Sessions
Meet Up
Global Impact and Policy

InterContinental Stephen F. Austin
Ballroom B

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Let's deconstruct & design actionable ideas about why Libraries, Archives, and Museums within the SXSW conversation is important -- beyond rubbing shoulders with meme-enablers and tool creators. You'll leave with new par…
Intermediate

Presenters

Rebecca Stavick

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Make Yourself Big: How the Body Shapes the Mind

Sessions
Featured Session
Work and Career

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon H

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Professor Amy Cuddy’s fascinating experimental research reveals how your nonverbal behavior not only affects how others see you; it also affects how you see yourself, your testosterone and cortisol levels, risk tolerance…
Intermediate

Presenters

Amy Cuddy

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Mentor Session: Ben Thoma

Sessions
Mentor Session
Work and Career

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Ben Thoma

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Mentor Session: Dan Hou

Sessions
Mentor Session
Social and Privacy

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Dan Hou

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Mentor Session: Elijah May

Sessions
Mentor Session
Social and Privacy

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Elijah May

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Mentor Session: Margot Bloomstein

Sessions
Mentor Session
Content and Distribution

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Margot Bloomstein

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Mentor Session: Rena Tom

Sessions
Mentor Session
Health and Business

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Rena Tom

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Mentor Session: Stephen Land

Sessions
Mentor Session
Content and Distribution

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Stephen Land

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Millennials As Supervisors: Strategies for Success

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Work and Career

Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom

3:30PM - 4:30PM

The Millennial generation, born between 1980-2000, is moving into manager and leadership positions rapidly with a desire to excel. They have a workplace style that is vastly different than their predecessors. Raised in a…
Intermediate

Presenters

Jennifer Selke

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Mission-Driven Accelerators

Sessions
Core Conversation
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 616AB

3:30PM - 4:30PM

There has been a proliferation of accelerators across the globe, and now across various "verticals" like energy, finance, hardware, etc. But there is another emergent theme of mission-driven accelerators who marry a publ…
Intermediate

Presenters

Corey Ford, Jake Shapiro

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Monkeys with Lazers: How MailChimp Does AI

Sessions
Future15
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom E

3:30PM - 3:45PM

MailChimp.com enables its 3 million users to send 5 billion email newsletters each month. The site is key to many nonprofits’ and small businesses’ efforts to stay in conversation with their audiences. MailChimp's succ…
Intermediate

Presenters

John Foreman

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The Next Steve Jobs May Be from Africa

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 9ABC

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Africa has a population set to double by 2050, and along with population growth, the continent is reaping the benefits of expansion in the country’s information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. In Sub-…
Beginner

Presenters

Claude Migisha Kalisa, Fred Mweetwa, Gertjan van Stam, Jessica Colaço

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OMMA: Instagram vs. Vine: Real World Smackdown

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

AT&T Conference Center
Salon ABCDE

3:30PM - 4:30PM

The mobile social media titans Facebook and Twitter have declared war over the branded video space. In this corner Instagram with 15 second spots that mirror TV, the medium agencies love. In the other corner vine, 6-seco…
Intermediate

Presenters

Brad Walters, Dave Marsey, Katrina Craigwell, Mark W Smith

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The Onions of Interactive Infographic Design

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom

3:30PM - 4:30PM

HTML is a powerful platform for weaving a story of data through interactivity and motion. What could otherwise be dry, stale, or rather boring information suddenly becomes vibrant, engaging, and entertaining. Interactive…
Intermediate

Presenters

Sarah Hunt

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Open Source Licenses for Makers & Humans

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Art, Science and Inspiration

Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom

3:30PM - 4:30PM

The ideology of open source is simple: Share what you make, collaborate with others to improve it, and repeat. This started out in software, but has exploded into all areas of creativity. Hardware, art, music, and even c…
Intermediate

Presenters

Tom Callaway

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Privacy Under the Covers: The Naked Truth

Sessions
Core Conversation
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol View North

3:30PM - 4:30PM

The privacy landscape evolves dramatically every day. It is a legal, governmental and humanitarian soap opera. Most data privacy conversations to date have done little more than make consumers suspicious and often parano…
Intermediate

Presenters

MeMe Jacobs Rasmussen, Shaina Boone

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Privacy: What Your Car Tells the World About You

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Creekside

3:30PM - 4:30PM

One of the foremost issues today in connected technologies is privacy, and more specifically, who controls personal data – the individual who uses the technology, the company that produced the technology or the governmen…
Intermediate

Presenters

Anna Laitin, Catherine McCullough, Cora Han, Harold Ford Jr

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Re-Creating the Business of Health

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon F

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Sensors, apps, and social networks are converging with new expectations to create better care and an improved user experience. 3-D printing and robotics are moving into the mainstream and must be convenient and accessibl…
Advanced

Presenters

Andy Palmer, Scott Stropkay

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Responsive Web Design When Things Are Teh Sux0r

Sessions
Workshop
Design and Development

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 101

3:30PM - 6:00PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP22681 So…
Advanced

Presenters

Scott Lenger

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The Secret Sauce of Real Time Storytelling

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Content and Distribution

Austin Convention Center
Room 12AB

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Real-time storytelling allows the audience to actively participate in the making of a story or advertisement. A recent example of ours, “Remote Control Tourist,” exemplifies this concept. For this, we used Twitter and Fa…
Intermediate

Presenters

Dustin Callif, Jason Nickel, Jason Zada

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Sesame Street & the Second-Screen with AllJoyn

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
The Kodosky Donor Lounge

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Sesame Workshop, Qualcomm and Two Bulls recently partnered to develop a new type of gaming experience for preschoolers. Using Qualcomm’s AllJoyn technology combined with the Unity SDK, this multi-screen game prototype s…
Intermediate

Presenters

Brian Vogelsang, Jessie Hopkins, John Cameron, Noah Harlan

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Social on the Field: Sports Stars & Social Goals

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Entertainment and Immersion

Driskill Hotel
Maximilian

3:30PM - 4:30PM

"Stop your tweeting and focus!" Sports stars have incredible power through social media - often more than clubs or other organisations. It is a new frontier of fan and brand engagement - but the rough comes with the smoo…
Intermediate

Presenters

Johny Hendricks, Richard Ayers

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Starting Up in a Man’s World

Sessions
Future15
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

3:30PM - 3:45PM

In 2010, I took the stage at an entrepreneurship competition. While I stood up there, I didn’t notice that the other four finalists were male until the organizer gave us our awards. Along with a plaque, they gave me a ma…
Intermediate

Presenters

Catherine Cook

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Step 1 Startup... Step 3 Profit - Here's Step 2

Sessions
Meet Up
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 412

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Start-up executives must sell. You are your company's greatest advocate as well as the one best positioned to understand your company's capabilities and value proposition. In this Meet-up, we will gather start-up exec…
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Presenters

Jason Hochman

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SXSW Meditation

Sessions
Meet Up
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Room 8A

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Like any powerful tool, the human brain needs a bit of a tune-up now and then. Take a break from the bustle of SXSW and give your mind and body a chance to assimilate all the new ideas and energy at the conference. This …
Beginner

Presenters

Ari Stiles

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Taking the Collaborative Economy to Space

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Art, Science and Inspiration

Omni Downtown
Lone Star

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Jeremiah Owyang has shown that the future of business lies in the Collaborative Economy, “an economic model of shared ownership and access between people, startups and corporations all working together.” There’s been a …
Intermediate

Presenters

Andrew Barton, Anousheh Ansari, Bob Richards, Ruben Nunez

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Talking the Talk: Sports Lingo in Pop Culture

Sessions
Core Conversation
Entertainment and Immersion

Driskill Hotel
Jim Hogg

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Sports matter. Their marquee events -- the Olympics, various world championships, most prominently the World Cup in soccer, the Super Bowl,the World Series, the UEFA Champions League Final, the NBA and NHL finals, the Am…
Beginner

Presenters

Andrei Markovits

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Tech Is Finally Disrupting Health Care & Investing

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon G

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Adam Nash, CEO of Wealthfront – the largest online financial advisor – and Dr. Pat Basu, Chief Medical Officer of Doctor on Demand – a virtual medical practice that allow patients to access physicians 24/7 – will discuss…
Intermediate

Presenters

Adam Nash, Pat Basu

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Technology in Higher Ed

Sessions
Meet Up
Work and Career

Driskill Hotel
Citadel

3:30PM - 4:30PM

SXSW provides a fascinating opportunity for higher ed technologists to network and learn about an array of new interactive technology ideas and discoveries. At this meet-up, Penn State IT tech enthusiasts invite you to j…
Beginner

Presenters

Cynde Fleagle, Patti Fantaske

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Think Content First, Navigation Second

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Four Seasons
Four Seasons Ballroom

3:30PM - 4:30PM

As product design, user interfaces and frameworks are all converging to humanize technology and make it all about the complete user experience, valuable, relevant content is the currency of the new digital economy. Users…
Intermediate

Presenters

Jon Setzen

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Toy Meet Up

Sessions
Meet Up
Art, Science and Inspiration

Proof Annex
Proof Annex

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Do you love your toys? Does your desk resemble a small museum to your most passionate pop culture obsessions? Even if your collection isn't complete, we want to hear about it. Join toy lovers, creators, and innovators …
Beginner

Presenters

Lizzy Newsome

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Unity Insider: A Demo Artist’s Bag o’ Tricks

Sessions
Workshop
SXSW Gaming and Create

AT&T Conference Center
Classroom 202

3:30PM - 6:00PM

ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP24210 Th…
Intermediate

Presenters

Beau Folsom

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Viral Sucks

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol ABCD

3:30PM - 4:30PM

It’s the absolute worst word that can come out of someone’s mouth. Whether a colleague, boss, client, or a doctor, if you hear the word “viral” you’re in trouble. Someone probably read "The Tipping Point" but skipped "Th…
Beginner

Presenters

Craig Key

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We Can Help Countries Write Better Constitutions

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Intelligent Future

Hyatt Regency Austin
Texas Ballroom 5-7

3:30PM - 4:30PM

It may come as a surprise, but on average five countries write new constitutions every year. The people who write these documents are often outgunned and under-resourced as they try to search and analyze constitutions fr…
Intermediate

Presenters

Zachary Elkins

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What Social Media Analytics Can't Tell You

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol EFGH

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Social media analytics can help you understand the active members of your social media audience, but what about the people who aren't posting? How do you fill in the gaps in your analytics with insight into your customer…
Beginner

Presenters

Alexandra Samuel, Beth Kanter, Colby Flint, Jeremiah Owyang

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What Would Cesar Chavez Tweet? Latinos & New Media

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Holiday Inn Town Lake
Sunflower Room

3:30PM - 4:30PM

We have witnessed social media’s power to topple governments and change public policy. This shift in political power is enabling the general public to engage in the democratic process like never before. One wonders how c…
Intermediate

Presenters

Aasil Ahmad, Estuardo Rodriguez, Melody Gonzales, Paul Chavez

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Why Content + Scale = A Win for Game Advertising

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
AT&T Education Room

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Gaming is an advertising medium which is driven by engaging content and cross-platform solutions and, increasingly, brands are taking notice with higher advertising spending across console, social and mobile. During thi…
Intermediate

Presenters

David Berkowitz, Jack Koch, Michael Flamberg, Susan Borst

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Win $200,000+ to Move Your Startup to Austin!

Sessions
Pitch Event
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon C

3:30PM - 4:30PM

We don’t need to convince entrepreneurs to move to Austin - almost every day we receive emails from people deciding to do that on their own! Maybe it’s because Austin is the most cost-effective place to launch a startu…
Advanced

Presenters

Andrew Busey, Gordon Daugherty, Kip Mcclanahan, Mike Maples Jr

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Work & Flexibility: Why Women Must Lead the Way

Sessions
Core Conversation
Work and Career

Courtyard Marriott
Brazos

3:30PM - 4:30PM

The last year has seen an explosion of examples of women helping women—in business. From women founding companies at 1.5 times the rate of men, to businesses specifically focused on helping women navigate their careers a…
Intermediate

Presenters

Diana Rothschild, Stacey Delo

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Your Founder Is Your Product Manager

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Hilton Garden Inn
Red River

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Since most start-ups are operating on a tight budget, hiring a Product Manager is often delayed until the business begins to scale. However, for start-ups to be successful the product management function still needs to …
Intermediate

Presenters

Alicia Dixon, Jason Shah, Paul Young, Teresa Torres

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3:45 PM

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CEO at 31: Models, Lingerie, & NYC

Sessions
Future15
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

3:45PM - 4:00PM

In less than 2 years, Morgan Hermand-Waiche, CEO & Founder of intimates eCommerce brand Adore Me, has raised over $11 million in venture capital funding and heads the fastest growing lingerie brand in the industry. With …
Beginner

Presenters

Morgan Hermand-Waiche

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How to Spot a Liar...with Data

Sessions
Future15
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom E

3:45PM - 4:00PM

Can you use data to spot a liar? The answer may not be found in what a person says, but rather in how he/she says it. Prepared liars are always conscious about their spoken content and details, but often overlook the wor…
Intermediate

Presenters

Noah Zandan

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3:50 PM

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Book Signing - John Foreman

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

3:50PM - 4:10PM

Author John Foreman will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight".……

Presenters

John Foreman

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4:00 PM

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Book Signing - Larry Vincent

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Social and Privacy

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

4:00PM - 4:20PM

Larry Vincent will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Brand Real: How Smart Companies Live Their Brand Promise and Inspire Fierce Customer Loyalty".……

Presenters

Larry Vincent

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Entering the Production Era of Cloud Computing

Sessions
Future15
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

4:00PM - 4:15PM

Cloud Economics Inside the Firewall -for many CIOs, data privacy, data residency, and compliance requirements will ensure that certain enterprise applications remain on premise for some time. This doesn't mean the infras…
Intermediate

Presenters

Adam Carter

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IoT: Is the Coming Plague of Devices Too Smart?

Sessions
Future15
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom E

4:00PM - 4:15PM

In the next era of computing, the coming “plague” will bring an elaborate network of devices, sensors and radios that will talk with each other, and collect, store and analyze overwhelming amounts of data. It will delive…
Intermediate

Presenters

Tony Salvador

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Startup Spotlight

Special Event
Startup Village
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown

4:00PM - 6:00PM

A special reception that shines the spotlight on emerging startups. Enjoy complimentary beer and wine while checking out demos from startup participants, all within the heart of Startup Village on the 4th floor of the Hi…

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4:15 PM

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Designing Smart Objects for Emotional People

Sessions
Future15
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom E

4:15PM - 4:30PM

Wearable technology, smart meters, and networked devices have generated an environment of abundant digital chatter. It’s now socially acceptable to compete with your FuelBand, send a text to your thermostat, and argue wi…
Intermediate

Presenters

Jennifer Dunnam

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A Funny Taboo: The Art of LOL for Business Women

Sessions
Future15
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

4:15PM - 4:30PM

Should women in business be funny? It’s proven (2011 psychology study) that men are funnier than women. Women shy away from humor in the work place, and (yet another study) men are not attracted to funny women. Till now,…
Intermediate

Presenters

Amy Harrison

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4:30 PM

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Alternative Careers in Gaming: The Science of Play Redefined as Art via Content Creation in the Ongoing and Evolving Paradigm of the Post-Network Media Environment. What Does It Mean To You? (featuring Rooster Teeth)

Sessions
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

4:30PM - 5:15PM

Join some folks from Rooster Teeth Productions as they discuss the unconventional way they broke into the games industry and helped consumers directly connect with content producers……

Presenters

Burnie Burns, Gustavo Sorola

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4:40 PM

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Book Signing - Anne Thompson

Special Event
Book/DVD signing

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

4:40PM - 5:00PM

Anne Thompson will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "The $11 Billion Year: From Sundance to the Oscars, an Inside Look at the Changing Hollywood System". To learn more about her book visit: http://bit.ly/1c…

Presenters

Anne Thompson

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5:00 PM

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AI: Natural Interactions Between Man & Machine

Sessions
Future15
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom E

5:00PM - 5:15PM

In an increasingly connected world, our devices will become an extension of ourselves, embracing elements of ambient intelligence, voice and natural language understanding to not only deliver desired information, but und…
Advanced

Presenters

Vlad Sejnoha

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Book Signing - Rob Garner

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

5:00PM - 5:20PM

Rob Garner will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Search and Social: The Definitive Guide to Real-Time Content Marketing".……

Presenters

Rob Garner

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Brands Can Champion the Power of Sport

Sessions
Core Conversation
Entertainment and Immersion

Driskill Hotel
Jim Hogg

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Brands want to be loved. Consumers seek happiness. Brands make consumers happy by creating strong emotional connections to the things consumers are most passionate about. Sport is an inspirational power for good. Sp…
Intermediate

Presenters

Simon Wardle

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The Case for the Coding CEO

Sessions
Future15
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

5:00PM - 5:15PM

Coding is a skill that is traditionally held by a select group of individuals within a company. We know them as developers, computer science students, programmers, hackers… and in a few rare cases (perhaps too few), CEOs…
Beginner

Presenters

Lew Cirne

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Dailymotion Happy Hour

Party

Hideout

5:00PM - 7:00PM

After spending a long day enjoying SXSW, kick back with some video eye candy and an adult beverage courtesy of video-sharing site Dailymotion. Come watch the best videos uploaded by Dailymotion’s creative community and m…

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Digital Divide or Sinkhole? Tech Famines in the US

Sessions
Core Conversation
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 5ABC

5:00PM - 6:00PM

What does it mean when low literacy communities are overrepresented on Twitter? When their residents own more cell phones than computers? When their shopping districts have liquor stores and wig shops but no libraries o…
Advanced

Presenters

Candis Best, Sian Morson

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Digitalundivided: From the “Valley” to the “Hood”

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Hilton Garden Inn
Colorado

5:00PM - 6:00PM

digitalundivided (DID) is a tech based social enterprise founded by black women, that is leading the charge to develop a model for tech entrepreneurship and education created by the community, for the community. 25% of t…
Intermediate

Presenters

Ashley Scott, Elisa Camahort Page, Tobias Wright, William Crowder

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Dolby Sound Exchange

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Stop by to recharge, play games, and enter to win a Kindle Fire HDX or gaming headset. And don’t miss happy hour daily 5:00 - 7:00pm: free drinks and music by DJ Pinky. Dolby Sound Exchangei s open to the public with fr…

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Evolution of Storytelling: Brands As Broadcasters

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Content and Distribution

Wanderlust
Wanderlust

5:00PM - 6:00PM

ATTENTION: Priority Seating is available for this session. To take advantage of this opportunity, you will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To get your priority seating, please go here:…
Intermediate

Presenters

Toby Barlow

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A Fearless Approach to Social Change

Sessions
Featured Session
Global Impact and Policy

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon H

5:00PM - 6:00PM

What would you do if you were not afraid? What would the world look like if we took a more "fearless" approach to solving our biggest social challenges - if we were willing to take more risks, create unlikely partnership…
Beginner

Presenters

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Jean Case

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Foreign Startups Engage Experts in a Live Pitch

Sessions
Pitch Event
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Five international startups engage in a live pitching event to impress venture capitalists, angels and entrepreneur experts. Startups get up and close to the real challenge of engaging potential investors and customers. …
Intermediate

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Fuck Cancer's Yael Cohen Challenges the Status Quo

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 6AB

5:00PM - 6:00PM

I think the cancer space is broken. By using tech, humor & humans we've managed to challenge the status quo & create a truly different cancer movement. I'll talk about why we've made the decisions we have, how they've ma…
Intermediate

Presenters

Yael Cohen

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The Future of Making

Sessions
Featured Session
Design and Development

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D

5:00PM - 6:00PM

The idea of making isn’t just reserved for handmade bikes, artisan pickles, and Arduino helicopters. The future of making is a product of our human needs and the possibilities we create through technology. This is about …
Beginner

Presenters

Joi Ito, Tim Brown

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The Future of Sports Can Be Found in the Data

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Entertainment and Immersion

Driskill Hotel
Driskill Ballroom

5:00PM - 6:00PM

With millions of dollars on the line, sports teams are demanding the latest technology to maximize their players' performance. Whether it's wearable sensors with GPS capability or motion-tracking cameras capable of captu…
Intermediate

Presenters

Adir Shiffman, Ben Alamar, Brian Kopp, Kirk Goldsberry

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Going Viral: Success vs. FAIL

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Intelligent Future

Hyatt Regency Austin
Texas Ballroom 1-4

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Is there a formula for making content go viral? Is it just plain luck? While there’s not a lot to explain the weird virality of LOLcats and "Charlie bit my finger!" videos, there is a formula, honed and mastered by the I…
Intermediate

Presenters

Courtney Buie, Henri Mazza, James Moody

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How Latino Entrepreneurs Can Win With Content

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Holiday Inn Town Lake
Sunflower Room

5:00PM - 6:00PM

To thrive in 2014 and beyond, Latino entrepreneurs need to go beyond social media and begin to establish their own media platforms based on a content marketing strategy. But this requires a change in mindset. Latino e…
Beginner

Presenters

Fernando Labastida, Manuel Delgado

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How Twitter Humorists Landed Sweet Real World Gigs

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Content and Distribution

Austin Convention Center
Room 12AB

5:00PM - 6:00PM

The hilarious tweets written by funny people Megan Amram @meganamram, Jenny Johnson @JennyJohnsonHi5 and Josh Hara @yoyoha have not only attracted hundreds of thousands of followers, they've also landed these social medi…
Beginner

Presenters

Jenny Johnson, Josh Hara, Matt Silverman, Megan Amram

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Interview with Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
Dell Hall

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA, will sit down in a fireside chat to talk about his background in game development, what he's learned about developing immersive game experiences and how he will use that to inform his vision for…
Intermediate

Presenters

Andrew Wilson, Noah Robischon

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Investigative Reporting in the Digital Age

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Entertainment and Immersion

Driskill Hotel
Maximilian

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Award-winning investigative sports journalists Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports and Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated will discuss how the digital age has transformed their roles as hell-raisers, um, hard-nosed reporters…
Intermediate

Presenters

Charles Robinson, Pete Thamel

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Invisible Steps: Behavioral Economics Driving Design

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Four Seasons
Four Seasons Ballroom

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Achieving financial bliss, or even organizing everything in one place, is no easy task. There are many obstacles to maintaining stability like: How much am I spending on necessities? What’s the best way to handle debt? A…
Intermediate

Presenters

Vince Maniago

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Is Privacy a Right or an Illusion?

Sessions
Core Conversation
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol View North

5:00PM - 6:00PM

As U.S. citizens, we have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But do we have a right to data privacy? Or is privacy just an illusion? Privacy has become a touchy subject (see: NSA); consumers want to f…
Intermediate

Presenters

Barrie Vanbrackle, Greg Cohen

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Killed By Code: Freedom in My Heart & Everywhere

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon F

5:00PM - 6:00PM

When Karen discovered she had a life threatening heart condition, the last thing she expected was to have to worry about software. Now, with a heart device implanted in her body, she has come to understand not only how v…
Beginner

Presenters

Karen Sandler

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Latinos Use Technology For Culture Sustainability

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Holiday Inn Town Lake
Lantana Ballroom

5:00PM - 6:00PM

How CulturEdge are you? Whether Latino or not, you could be on the CulturEdge, that place where cultures mesh, influence and are influenced by one another. It’s not stagnant, it’s a remix of familiar and new. It’s abou…
Intermediate

Presenters

Adrienne Pulido, Cristina Garcia Gamboa

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Location Deception: Yacht vs. GPS Spoofer

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Creekside

5:00PM - 6:00PM

The answer: Yes. The question: Could you hijack my yacht? The backstory: It all started at SXSW. After hearing professor Todd Humphreys report in his 2013 SXSW Interactive panel that he had brought down an unmanned aeria…
Beginner

Presenters

Andrew Schofield, Jahshan Bhatti, Kenneth Himschoot, Todd Humphreys

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Made with China: Hackers, Makers & Manufacturers

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Art, Science and Inspiration

Omni Downtown
Capital Ballroom

5:00PM - 6:00PM

China is often portrayed as an enormous factory that pumps out products invented elsewhere. But as global "maker culture" is transitioning from a hobby into a profession, China is playing a significant role in changes to…
Intermediate

Presenters

Silvia Lindtner

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Make It Rain: The New Healthcare Funding Landscape

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon G

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Digital Health is a burgeoning space, with relatively few prolific angel and venture investors, but entrepreneurs are getting creative about finding capital. This presentation will dissect the funding options for variou…
Intermediate

Presenters

Andrew Farquharson, Breanna DiGiammarino, Halle Tecco, Sarah Kessler

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Makers & Megabrands Meet Up

Sessions
Meet Up
Art, Science and Inspiration

Meet Up Tent
Meet Up Tent

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Democratized innovation is fuelling a new industrial revolution. Traditional brands need to disrupt themselves before someone else does it for them. Smart CEOs know that innovation doesn't happen at head office any more…
Intermediate

Presenters

David Caygill

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Mentor Session: Cesar Vazquez

Sessions
Mentor Session
Work and Career

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Cesar Vazquez

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Mentor Session: Eugene Hsu

Sessions
Mentor Session
SXSW Gaming and Create

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Advanced

Presenters

Eugene Hsu

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Mentor Session: Michael Robin Manning

Sessions
Mentor Session
Work and Career

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Michael Robin Manning

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Mentor Session: Nazli Yuzak

Sessions
Mentor Session
Work and Career

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Nazli Yuzak

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Mentor Session: Rick Timmins

Sessions
Mentor Session
Health and Business

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Rick Timmins

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Mentor Session: Russ Somers

Sessions
Mentor Session
Content and Distribution

Hilton Garden Inn
10th Floor Atrium

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner

Presenters

Russ Somers

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Mobile Addicts Anonymous Meet Up

Sessions
Meet Up
WTF and Beyond

InterContinental Stephen F. Austin
Ballroom B

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Do you love your phone? Do you love your phone so much that you cannot imagine life without it? That the thought of being “disconnected” creates an incredible sense of anxiety? This is THE meet up of SXSW where mobile ad…
Beginner

Presenters

Denzil D'Sa, Jenviev Azzolin

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More than Child’s Play: Apps that Create Change

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
SXSW Gaming and Create

Long Center
The Kodosky Donor Lounge

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Mobile and tablet devices are critical platforms for communicating social good messages with young children and their parents. But in this decidedly new frontier, what are the rules? The youngest generation is a captive…
Intermediate

Presenters

Alison Bryant, Anastasia Goodstein, Judith Beauregard, Scott Traylor

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Next Level Online Advocacy

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 10AB

5:00PM - 6:00PM

This panel will uncover new & exciting ways to use technology to power social change. We will go beyond the basics—sending targeted action alerts & creating online petitions—& discover fresh & innovative virtual campaign…
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Presenters

Anastasia Khoo, Joel Bartlett, Marah Lidey, Noah Cooper

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Non-Tech Women in Tech Startups: Achieving Success

Sessions
Core Conversation
Work and Career

Courtyard Marriott
Brazos

5:00PM - 6:00PM

If you walk into the office of a tech startup, from B2C to B2B businesses, chances are you'll see a room full of men and maybe one or two females. There is a lot of great work being done to promote women in tech, but oft…
Intermediate

Presenters

Adena DeMonte, Casey Taylor

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Not Enough of Us – We Are Not Black Twitter

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Hilton Garden Inn
Red River

5:00PM - 6:00PM

The number of people utilizing and explicating social media in oversimplified or academic-driven terms far outweighs the number of individuals using these tools in creative ways that are supported by interactivity, perso…
Intermediate

Presenters

Adrian Walker, Justin Roberson, Kiana Fitzgerald

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OMMA: The Best Mobile Ad Campaigns You Haven’t Seen

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

AT&T Conference Center
Salon ABCDE

5:00PM - 6:00PM

It is not just app ads and direct marketing come ons. Mobile has already generated some wildly creative uses of the small screen and mobile technology’s unique attributes. We ask senior mobile ad execs to show us campaig…
Intermediate

Presenters

Drew Neisser, Rob Griffin, Webster Lewin

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Online Learning & Maybe the End of Professionalism

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Work and Career

Courtyard Marriott
Rio Grande Ballroom

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Online learning has been around long enough that the effects on the workplace are starting to become clear. Anyone with patience and an internet connection can advance their career and skill set. For developers, web foru…
Advanced

Presenters

Jeff Diana, Luca Bonmassar, Nikhil Abraham, Vivienne Ming

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Open Bar with Austin’s Best Startups

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon C

5:00PM - 6:00PM

After a startup wins a $50,000 investment to move to Austin and the 10 best Austin startups compete for the top spot, you can meet them and mingle with other entrepreneurs and investors. The drinks are on us! Please reg…
Intermediate

Presenters

Gordon Daugherty

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Orgasm: The Broadband of Human Connection

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol ABCD

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Orgasm is different than what we've been taught. What is Orgasm? Science shows Orgasm is a vital nutrient to the body. It activates the parasymapthetic and the sympathetic nervous systems, simultaneously. As a result, …
Intermediate

Presenters

Nicole Daedone

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Poster Designer Meetup

Sessions
Meet Up
SXSW Gaming and Create

SXSW Create
Long Center

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Poster Designer meet up will consist of local and international artists and designers getting together to hang out and network. Designers of all mediums and skill level are encouraged to attend. Free screen printed poste…
Beginner

Presenters

Bobby Dixon

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Project Estimation: 3 Firms Light Up the Dark Art

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Four Seasons
San Jacinto Ballroom

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Estimating digital & software projects has long been considered a dark art. Many luminaries have written books, articles, blog posts, and rants on the subject. Steve McConnell, the guru of project estimation, has suggest…
Intermediate

Presenters

Brett Porter, Deborah Hanamura, Joshua Philips, Trevor Kale

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Raising Capital for Startups Meet Up

Sessions
Meet Up
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 412

5:00PM - 6:00PM

I will talk about the steps startups can take to raise venture capital quickly and successfully. Our startup, Speek, raised $2.8m in less than 2 months - and outside Silicon Valley. I have 8 steps that are crucial to rai…
Intermediate

Presenters

Konrad Waliszewski

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Show Me the Money: Where to Find Funding

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon D

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Following on the success of the 2012 and 2013 Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSH), 2014 will mark the 3rd consecutive year of the event that provides education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health tech…
Intermediate

Presenters

Dwayne Spradlin, Jody Holtzman, Katya Hancock, Thomas Tsang

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Space Tech Startups that Will Change Everything

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Art, Science and Inspiration

Omni Downtown
Lone Star

5:00PM - 6:00PM

What would you do with a tricorder? The space industry inspires us to dream and has spent billions of dollars to overcome incredible challenges. As CEO of Astrotech Corporation, I am daily tasked with discovering how t…
Intermediate

Presenters

Thomas Pickens

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Speed Networking – LGBT Meet Up

Sessions
Meet Up
Health and Business

Proof Annex
Proof Annex

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Quickly connect with an entire room of LGBT professionals in various fields and backgrounds from all over the country! Speed-networking is your opportunity to have multiple one-on-one brief introductions, talk about your…
Beginner

Presenters

Christopher Wood

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Sports & Social Media Intelligence Happy Hour

Party

SXsports

Driskill Hotel
The Crystal Room

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Want to know how LeBron beats Kevin Durant off the court? Join us at the MVPindex Sports Lounge to engage with a platform that measures real-time digital brand value of athletes, teams and leagues and learn how top athle…

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Starting a Company While Staying a Couple

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol EFGH

5:00PM - 6:00PM

What's it like starting a company with your significant other? Your work and home life will lose separation. Some VCs won't fund you as a matter of principle. But at the same time, you get to obsess about work together, …
Beginner

Presenters

Alexander Moore, Aye Moah, Derek Langton, Mendel Chuang

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Super Fandom in the Digital Age

Sessions
Featured Session
Social and Privacy

Austin Convention Center
Exhibit Hall 5

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Moderated by Bravo’s Andy Cohen, host of Watch What Happens Live, this panel will bring together two of YouTube’s hottest stars—Tyler Oakley and Grace Helbig—with BuzzFeed’s EVP of Video, Ze Frank, to spark a discussion …
Beginner

Presenters

Andy Cohen, Grace Helbig, Tyler Oakley, Ze Frank

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SXSW Eco @ The Contemporary Austin

Party

The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Experience CATALIN, the art of Charles Long, plus hear a talk by “dark ecology” theorist Timothy Morton, an inspiration for Long’s work.……

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SXSW Film Happy Hour

Party

InterContinental Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F's Bar

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Head to the beautiful Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel Terrace Bar for nightly happy hours. Conveniently located directly next door to the Paramount Theatre, this is the perfect spot to meet up with friends for a…

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Time to Put the Brakes on Accelerators?

Sessions
Core Conversation
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 616AB

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Accelerator programs are here to stay. Or are they? As the startup ecosystem evolves and as mainstream industries incorporate technology in everyday systems and products, what is the best way to support early-stage busin…
Intermediate

Presenters

Paul Smith, Tristan Watson

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Ubuntu Leadership: Leaders for a Connected Africa

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Global Impact and Policy

Austin Convention Center
Room 9ABC

5:00PM - 6:00PM

It is projected that by 2050 Africa's GDP will be bigger than the GDPs of the U.S and China combined. The continent as a whole has been growing at over 5% annually for close to a decade. This trend if maintained means th…
Beginner

Presenters

Frank Aswani, John Kidenda, Rick Reeder, Takalani Malivha

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The Ultimate Developer’s Tool: Theory & Discussion

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Design and Development

Radisson Town Lake
Riverside Ballroom

5:00PM - 6:00PM

What do iOS, Android, and the Internet all have in common? They were all built using source code editors driven by talented people. It’s often said that the editor is the most powerful tool in the arsenal of a develope…
Advanced

Presenters

Jonathan Dunlap

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Welcoming the Robot Workforce

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Intelligent Future

Hyatt Regency Austin
Texas Ballroom 5-7

5:00PM - 6:00PM

In the near future, humans will increasingly rely on robots to manage agriculture, infrastructure, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing and security. Advanced human-robot interaction will transform industries and ch…
Intermediate

Presenters

Dawn Tilbury, Elena Messina, Heather Knight, Henrik Christensen

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What Is the Future of Non-profits?

Sessions
Meet Up
Global Impact and Policy

Driskill Hotel
Citadel

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Many individuals at SXSW stand at the intersection of for-profit, brands, social good startups and nonprofits. This is a session for those like minded folks to come together and talk about what the future holds for the m…
Intermediate

Presenters

David Neff

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What's the New "Having It All"?

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Content and Distribution

Austin Convention Center
Room 18ABCD

5:00PM - 6:00PM

A panel of highly successful digital media professionals (who in no way set out to be highly successful digital media professionals) discuss their views on career paths, success, failure, and professional satisfaction. …
Intermediate

Presenters

Laura Lee, Lauren Zalaznick, Michael Slaby, Steven Waldman

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Why Going Backward Is the Surest Path to Success

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Startup Village

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon E

5:00PM - 6:00PM

You have a breakthrough concept. Soundboarding with advisers yields a patronizing “good luck with that” and pleas to pursue something more practical. Time to re-start and the place to start is at the end, where success h…
Intermediate

Presenters

Peter Burrows

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Why It Pays Not to Rush the Process of Innovation

Sessions
Solo / Dual / Panel
Health and Business

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon JK

5:00PM - 6:00PM

In the era of Kickstarter, we have become trained to believe being the first and fastest to market is better than patiently developing an idea. It seems the days of five years of toil in a garage are gone. This “early bi…
Beginner

Presenters

Austin Carr, Boris Sofman, Matt Rogers

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Your #Hashtag Is Your Event

Sessions
Core Conversation
Social and Privacy

Sheraton Austin
Capitol View South

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Twitter changes everything. That’s especially true for events. So do smart phones, tablets, Instagram, YouTube, Vine, and lots of other new tools and technologies. Please join us for our 3rd annual Interactive Core Conve…
Intermediate

Presenters

Brian Duggan, Tom Spano

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5:10 PM

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Book Signing - Chris Nodder

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Design and Development

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

5:10PM - 5:30PM

Chris Nodder will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us into Temptation".……

Presenters

Chris Nodder

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5:15 PM

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Know Thyself: Self Actualisation by Numbers

Sessions
Future15
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom E

5:15PM - 5:30PM

My car gives me feedback on my driving. My bracelet helps me understand my sleep patterns. Smartphone apps monitor my mood, diet and social life. We're entering a Quantified Self revolution, as every product we interact …
Intermediate

Presenters

Ben Essen

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Memes w/ Meaning: Why We Love Crazy Gifs & Videos

Sessions
Future15
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

5:15PM - 5:30PM

Last year, we spent the equivalent of 1 million years watching cat videos online, uploaded ½ million different versions of Harlem Shake and took more pictures of what we ate for dinner last night than who we ate dinner w…
Intermediate

Presenters

Abigail Posner

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5:20 PM

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Book Signing - Margot Bloomstein

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Content and Distribution

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

5:20PM - 5:40PM

Margot Bloomstein will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Content Strategy at Work: Real-world Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project"……

Presenters

Margot Bloomstein

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5:30 PM

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Burning Platforms: The Future of Gaming Ecosystems

Sessions
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

5:30PM - 6:15PM

In the constantly changing world of video games, there is only one constant: gamers ultimately define the path forward. Join this discussion about current and future gaming platforms and the consumer behaviors that will …

Presenters

Aaron Davies, Brandon Barber, Dan Morris, Tommy Palm

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Giving Your Fans Brand Ownership

Sessions
Future15
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

5:30PM - 5:45PM

Created in 1935 on a kitchen table, Monopoly has been played more than 1B times, available in 111 countries in 43 languages and sold more than 275M games. The goal was to reinvigorate the fan base, utilize a medium to c…
Beginner

Presenters

Victor Lee

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5:40 PM

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Book Signing - Beth Kanter

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Social and Privacy

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

5:40PM - 6:00PM

Beth Kanter will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World ".……

Presenters

Beth Kanter

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5:45 PM

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Decoding the Cult Brand Genome

Sessions
Future15
Health and Business

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom F

5:45PM - 6:00PM

The theory of the traditional purchase funnel has been debunked. And consumers now believe each other more than advertising. As such, a new breed of marketer is emerging. One with the competence to leverage new tools and…
Advanced

Presenters

Chris Kneeland

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The Machines Will Free Us All

Sessions
Future15
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom E

5:45PM - 6:00PM

Artificial intelligence has advanced to the point where it’s no longer just science fiction. Computers now perform intelligent tasks such as collect bridge tolls, drive cars, deliver newspapers, make and serve food, and …
Intermediate

Presenters

George John

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5:50 PM

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Book Signing - Hod Lipson

Special Event
Book/DVD signing
Intelligent Future

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom D Foyer

5:50PM - 6:10PM

Hod Lipson will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of "Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing".……

Presenters

Hod Lipson

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6:00 PM

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SXsports Kick-Off Reception presented by Octagon

Party

SXsports

Chicago House

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Connect with fellow SXsports enthusiasts while enjoying tasty libations and good food at the SXsports Kick-Off reception celebrating the launch of SXsports.……

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SXSW Gaming Happy Hour presented by Bulltiger Productions

Special Event
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Enjoy drinks, conversation, and entertainment with the team from Bulltiger Productions, Austin’s most innovative Transmedia company. SXSW Gaming Happy Hour presented by Bulltiger Productions is open to the public with f…

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That Guy Dick Miller

Screening
Documentary Feature
Documentary Spotlight

Alamo Ritz 1

6:00PM - 7:31PM

Dick Miller is the last of the great American character actors. Whether sharing the screen with Nicholson, DeNiro, Schwarzenegger or The Ramones, Dick has been stealing scenes since his screen debut in 1955. He has worke…

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6:15 PM

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Safe Harbor Room

Special Event
Meet Up

Austin Convention Center
Room 5ABC

6:15PM - 7:15PM

The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. Conferences and large gatherings can be a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All ar…

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6:30 PM

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Chef

Screening
Narrative Feature
Headliners

Paramount Theatre

6:30PM - 8:25PM

When Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman), he is left to figure out wh…

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The Desert

Screening
Narrative Feature
SXGlobal

Alamo Ritz 2

6:30PM - 8:08PM

Axel, Jonathan and Ana live together in a house that seems like a bunker in a post-catastrophic world. Outside is a threatening landscape. Once they were a perfect love triangle, with strong bonds of friendship, but toda…

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From Tabletop to Tablet

Sessions
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

6:30PM - 7:15PM

With the rise of mobile gaming, many traditional paper games have made the transition to the digital space. Stone Blade Entertainment began as a traditional game company with their hit deckbuilding game Ascension, and ha…

Presenters

Brian Kibler, Justin Gary

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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Screening
Documentary Feature
Festival Favorites

Vimeo Theater

6:30PM - 8:14PM

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbre…

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Things People Do

Screening
Narrative Feature
Narrative Spotlight

AMC Theater at VCC

6:30PM - 8:20PM

In "Things People Do", Bill Scanlin loses his job and, unable to tell his wife Susan for fear of losing his family, embarks on a life of crime. He befriends a detective, Frank, who has chosen to uphold the law for a livi…

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6:45 PM

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Take Care

Screening
Narrative Feature
Narrative Spotlight

Stateside Theatre

6:45PM - 8:18PM

"Take Care" is a comedy about a woman (Leslie Bibb), who returns home from the hospital after getting hit by a car, only to realize no one wants to take care of her. After being brushed off by her sister, (Nadia Dajani)…

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7:00 PM

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The Dog

Screening
Documentary Feature
Festival Favorites

SXSatellite: Alamo Slaughter

7:00PM - 8:41PM

In 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his lover’s sex change operation. The story was the basis for the film "Dog Day Afternoon". "The Dog" captures John, for the first time, telling his sto…

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The Frontier

Screening
Narrative Feature
Narrative Spotlight

Rollins Theatre at The Long Center

7:00PM - 8:29PM

Sean, a retired literature professor and civic activist, writes a letter to his estranged son, Tennessee, a ranch hand. Tennessee is uncertain how to respond, but knowing he should see his aging father, he decides to go …

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She's Lost Control

Screening
Narrative Feature
Narrative Spotlight

SXSatellite: Alamo Village

7:00PM - 8:30PM

Fiercely independent and in her mid-30s, Ronah works as a sexual surrogate in New York City, teaching her clients the very thing they fear most -- to be intimate. Her life unravels when she starts working with a volatile…

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SXSW Eco Light Garden

Special Event

SXSW Eco

Republic Square

7:00PM - 12:00AM

Join us for innovative and inspiring sculptures of light at the SXSW Eco Light Garden. The park has been curated with art from around the world, and this event is free and open to the public. Pieces include: Huckleberr…

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Texas Shorts

Screening
Shorts Program
Short Film Program

SXSatellite: Marchesa

7:00PM - 8:25PM

DIG Director: Toby Halbrooks A young girl makes a connection with her father, after watching him dig a hole in their backyard. EASY Director: Daniel Laabs A character study about the relationship between two brothers, o…

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Thank You a Lot

Screening
Narrative Feature
Narrative Spotlight

Topfer Theatre at ZACH

7:00PM - 8:25PM

Jack Hand is a two-bit hustler and bottom-rung music manager with a questionable reputation. His dwindling social circle is made up of his only remaining clients; a hip-hop artist and an indie rock band. Jack's next be…

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7:30 PM

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Beyond the Cutscene: Designing “That Dragon, Cancer”

Sessions
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

7:30PM - 8:15PM

When telling stories, videogames often copy their “older brother” film and use cinematic sequences to advance the plot. These moments in videogames are often passive experiences the player is tempted to skip over to retu…

Presenters

Josh Larson, Ryan Green

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8:00 PM

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A Grand Experience with RAPP

Party

The Citadel Room at The Driskill

8:00PM - 11:00PM

Kick off Interactive with RAPP and friends at this exclusive soirée! Network with industry brains and tech-nuts over cocktails http://rapp.com……

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The SXSW Interactive Opening Party Presented by join.me

Party

Palmer Events Center

8:00PM - 11:00PM

Join us and join.me at the Palmer Events Center on Friday evening, March 7 to get SXSW Interactive 2014 underway with an unforgettable evening. #bettermeetingsforall……

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Umbel + VOX Media Party

Party

ACL Live at the Moody Theater

8:00PM - 12:00AM

ACL Live at The Moody Theatre transforms into an unforgettable party featuring live music by Local Natives, preceded and followed by a dance party hosted by Austin’s own DJ Chicken George. Don’t miss out on what will be …

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8:30 PM

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The Plaid Jackets

Sessions
Gaming Expo

Palmer Events Center
Exhibit Hall 1

8:30PM - 9:00PM

Leading the Geek Rock revolution, The Plaid Jackets are a high energy band with Brandon Adkins on lead guitar and vocals and Matt Johannesen on drums. Their mission is to bring geeks and rockers from around the universe …

Presenters

Brandon Adkins, Matt Johannesen

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8:45 PM

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Premature

Screening
Narrative Feature
Visions

Alamo Ritz 1

8:45PM - 10:18PM

Rob is facing the biggest day of his life. He needs to nail a college interview ensuring his admittance to his parents’ beloved alma mater, keep his cool when life-long crush Angela (nicknamed ‘After School Special’ for …

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9:00 PM

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Wetlands

Screening
Narrative Feature
SXGlobal

Alamo Ritz 2

9:00PM - 10:49PM

She experiments with vegetables while masturbating and thinks body hygiene is greatly overrated. She shocks those around her by speaking her mind in a most unladylike manner on topics that many people wouldn’t dare to th…

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9:30 PM

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The Infinite Man

Screening
Narrative Feature
Visions

Stateside Theatre

9:30PM - 10:54PM

Dean is an inventive yet unorthodox scientist who uses his technical expertise to create grand romantic gestures for his girlfriend Lana. After an anniversary weekend goes terribly wrong, a guilt-ridden Dean is spurred t…

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Kelly & Cal

Screening
Narrative Feature
Narrative Spotlight

Rollins Theatre at The Long Center

9:30PM - 11:17PM

Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been…

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LADY VALOR: The Kristin Beck Story

Screening
Documentary Feature
Documentary Spotlight

AMC Theater at VCC

9:30PM - 11:00PM

Former U.S. Navy Seal Chris Beck embarks on a new mission as Kristin Beck. Kristin’s journey in search of the American ideals that she protected: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have a whole new meaning as sh…

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The Legend Of Shorty

Screening
Documentary Feature
Documentary Spotlight

Vimeo Theater

9:30PM - 10:56PM

From the Producer of ‘Searching for Sugarman’, The Legend of Shorty goes after the leader of the biggest drugs cartel in history. Spurred on by specially composed songs by Jackson Scott, and Tyrone Power as Zorro, the …

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Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton (This Is Stones Throw Records)

Screening
Documentary Feature
24 Beats Per Second

SXSatellite: Alamo Village

9:30PM - 11:03PM

"Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton" is a feature-length documentary about avant-garde Los Angeles-based record label Stones Throw Records. Under the direction of founder and world-renowned DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw has co…

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Ping Pong Summer

Screening
Narrative Feature
Festival Favorites

SXSatellite: Marchesa

9:30PM - 11:02PM

The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experie…

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9:45 PM

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The Case Against 8

Screening
Documentary Feature
Festival Favorites

SXSatellite: Alamo Slaughter

9:45PM - 11:37PM

A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson and David Boies, political foes who…

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10:00 PM

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Bad Words

Screening
Narrative Feature
Festival Favorites

Topfer Theatre at ZACH

10:00PM - 11:28PM

Jason Bateman ("Identity Thief") makes his feature directorial debut with the subversive comedy Bad Words. In the movie, he stars as Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill nation…

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COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey

Screening
Narrative Feature
Episodic

Paramount Theatre

10:00PM - 10:43PM

**Extended Q&A to follow screening "COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey" is hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and written by Carl Sagan's collaborators on the legendary original series, Ann Druyan and St…

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Interactive After Party hosted by mobi

Party

One American Center

10:00PM - 2:00AM

Head to mobi for an authentic Austin after-party with homegrown music, drinks, and food on our 16th floor patio.……

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SXSW Film Opening Party presented by A+E Networks

Party

Buffalo Billiards

10:00PM - 2:00AM

Kick off SXSW Film at the Opening Party presented by A+E Networks, home of A+E, Lifetime, HISTORY and A+E IndieFilms. There’s no better place to network and connect with your friends on the first night of the festival. G…

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11:45 PM

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Honeymoon

Screening
Narrative Feature
Midnighters

Alamo Ritz 1&2

11:45PM - 1:12AM

Young newlyweds Paul (Harry Treadaway) and Bea (Rose Leslie) travel to remote lake country for their honeymoon where the promise of private romance awaits them.  Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disor…

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11:55 PM

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SXSW Late Night Saloon

Party

InterContinental Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F's Bar

11:55PM - 2:00AM

Wanting to unwind after hitting the nightly parties or spending the day in the theaters? Swing back by the InterContinental Bar to check in on the action.……

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11:59 PM

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13 Sins

Screening
Narrative Feature
Midnighters

Stateside Theatre

11:59PM - 1:27AM

A cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of risks for Elliot, a down-on-his luck salesman. The game promises increasing rewards for completing 13 tasks, each more sinister than the last.……

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Exists

Screening
Narrative Feature
Midnighters

SXSatellite: Marchesa

11:59PM - 1:25AM

When brothers Brian and Matt Tover secretly sneak out to their Uncle's long abandoned cabin in East Texas for a party weekend with their friends, they find themselves stalked by the legendary Sasquatch. Cut off from the …

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