Meet Up photo by Arthur Van RooyThough our hearts and minds are with our friends and colleagues on the East Coast today, we at SXSW Interactive have decided to stick to our previously released programming announcement schedule. To that end, please see our most recently accepted programming below.
Most of the approximately 80 newly accepted proposals in the list below were received through the SXSW PanelPicker process. If your name or proposal title is on this list, then congratulations – you made it through an extremely competitive process! Beginning Friday, November 2, SXSW will send you detailed confirmation materials. If your name or proposal title is not on the list below, look for a followup email from SXSW by Friday, November 30, with complete information about your options.
Additional programming for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival will be announced on November 13. You can see the complete up-to-date listing on the SXSW Interactive programming page.
All subject to change.
Featured Sessions - Austin Convention Center and Hilton Austin - Downtown
Get Ready for a World Where Everything Is Computed (Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Research)
Tales of American Entrepreneurship Beyond Silicon Valley (Alexis Ohanian, Breadpig)
Art and Inspiration - Omni - Downtown
Art, Activism, and Augmented Reality (Jon Lebkowsky, Polycot Associates LLC)
Brainstorming Technology First (Will Turnage, R/GA)
ConnectiCity (Salvatore Iaconesi, AOS)
Creating Great Analog Souvenirs for a Digital Era (Ryan Bigge, Nurun)
Creative Collaboration Using an Open Source Model (Noriyoshi Sekiguchi, Dentsu Inc)
Creativity: From a Pile of Rocks to a Work of Art (Josh Gosfield, Mighty House of Pictures)
Creator vs Audience: Next Chapter in Storytelling (Aunny De La Rosa, deviantART.com)
From Anarchist to Sell-Out: Punks Make Better CEOs (Nathan Martin, Deeplocal)
Fun and Games with CSS3 (Chris Ruppel, Four Kitchens)
Going Graphic with the News (John Boyer, Virginia Tech)
Idea Orphans (Starlee Kine, This American Life)
Learning Experience Design From Superman (Timothy Parcell, SapientNitro)
Ninjaneering: High Art And Fine Tech (John Taylor, TechShop)
Open Source in Collaborative Arts Praxis (Margarita Benitez)
Poetry in Motion: Sound Culture and Data Mining (Tanya Clement, The University of Texas at Austin)
Presenting Complex Information with Simplicity (Tristen George, AbelsonTaylor)
Show&Smell 2: Marketing Experiences Beyond Visual (Heather Gately, The Marketing Store Worldwide)
Smooth Scrum: Lessons from the Theatre (Gwydion Suilebhan, Threespot)
Spatial Art:Augmentation,Information,Immersioni (Simona Lodi, Share Festival)
The Economy of the GIF (Fernando Alfonso III, The Daily Dot)
The Rise of the Planet of the Creatives (Erica Cerulo, Of a Kind)
The Sketchbook Project: A Global Art Library Grows (Eli Dvorkin, Art House Co-op)
The Smile Epidemic (Jennifer Moss, Spark Plug Consulting)
Utopia/Dystopia: Inspiring The Next Digital Native (Gabi Schaffzin, Dynamic Media Institute at MassArt)
Book Readings - Austin Convention Center
A.I. Apocalypse (William Hertling, williamhertling.com)
Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness (C.C. Chapman, The Cleon Foundation)
Contagious: Why Things Catch On (Jonah Berger, University of PA, Wharton School of Business)
Fake It - Your Online Identity Is Worth Gold. Guide to Digital Selfdefense (Pernille Tranberg, author)
Get Agile!: Scrum for UX, Design & Development (Pieter Jongerius, Fabrique [brands, design & interaction])
How To Measure Social Media: A Step-By-Step Guide to Developing and Assessing Social Media ROI (Nichole Kelly, SME Digital)
HTML5 Hacks (Jesse Cravens, frog)
Inbound: Marketing's New Playbook (Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot, Inc.)
Infographics: The Power of Visual Storytelling (Jason Lankow, Column Five)
Interactive Design: An Introduction to the Theory and Application of User-centered Design (Jason Nunes, Small Media Extra Large)
Likeonomics: The Unexpected Truth Behind Earning Trust, Influencing Behavior, and Inspiring Action (Rohit Bhargava, Ogilvy))
Love at First Click: The Ultimate Guide to Online Dating (Laurie Davis, eFlirt expert)
Mind Over Medicine: Proof You Can Heal Yourself (Lissa Rankin, Owning Pink, Inc.)
Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses (Gary Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association)
Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business (Kerry Bodine, Forrester Research)
Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School (Kevin Smokler, author)
Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship (Maynard Webb, Webb Investment Network)
Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future (Dorie Clark, Clark Strategic Communications)
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us (Michael Moss, The New York Times)
Sexy Little Numbers: How to Grow Your Business Using the Data You Already Have (Dimitri Maex, OgilvyOne Worldwide)
Social Business By Design: Transformative Social Media Strategies for the Connected Company (Peter Kim, consultant)
Sticks and Stones: The New Problem of Bullying and How to Solve It (Emily Bazelon, Slate)
The Art of Doing: How Superachievers Do What They Do and How They Do It So Well (Camille Sweeney, author)
The Book of Business Awesome / The Book of Business UnAwesome (Scott Stratten, Unmarketing)
The Culture Game: Tools for the Agile Manager (Dan Mezick, New Technology Solutions Inc)
The Design Activist's Handbook: How to Change the World (Or at Least Your Part of It) with Socially Conscious Design (Noah Scalin, Another Limited Rebellion)
The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change (Andy Smith, author)
The End Of Your Life Book Club (Will Schwalbe, Cookstr)
The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything (Matthew May, EDIT Innovation)
The Science of Marketing: When to Tweet, What to Post, How to Blog, and Other Proven Strategies (Dan Zarrella, HubSpot, Inc.)
The Tasti D-Lite Way: Social Media Marketing Lessons for Building Loyalty and a Brand Customers Crave (Jim Amos, International Franchise Association)
This Book is About Travel (Andrew Hyde, http://andrewhy.de/)
Virtually True (Adam Penneberg, author)
What's the Matter With Batman?: An Unauthorized Clinical Look Under the Mask of the Caped Crusader (Robin S. Rosenberg, Clinical Psychologist)
When IT Fails: A Business Novel (Gene Kim, IT Revolution Press)
Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz (Frank J. Barrett, (U.S. Navy's Graduate School of Business and Public Policy)
Your Network is Your Net Worth (Porter Gale, Porter Gale, Inc.)
Meet Ups - Various Locations - Downtown
2013 SXSW Newbies Meet Up (Sweet John Muehlbauer, Revolving Events)
ADD Meet Up (Jason Ford, FeedMagnet)
Bike Culture Meetup (DL Byron, Bike Hugger)
Crowdsourced Travel Meetup (Josh Huck, Heyride)
Drupal Meet Up (Bryan House, Acquia)
Fashion & Style Blogger Meet Up (Courtney Kerr, What Courtney Wore)
Freelancer Meet Up (Clay Crenshaw, Clay Crenshaw Design)
Geek Up: Wine Meets Tech (April Wright Collins, Vintage Wine Marketing)
Hacking Transportation Meetup (Matt Ewing, Scoot Networks)
Health & Fitness Social Media Meet-Up (Lucy Danziger, SELF Magazine)
How to Sell Shit That Doesn't Yet Exist (Melissa Young, FeedMagnet)
Indie Game Developer / Designer Meetup (Brandon Wiley, Step Three: Profit!)
Mobile Game Developer & Publisher Meet Up (Sutton Trout, PlayHaven)
Mobile Meet Up (Nicole Forbes, Razorfish)
Reddit Meet Up (Logan Youree, The Daily Dot)
Ruby Developer Meet Up (David Bluestein II, ii inc)
Runners Meet Up (Mark Sullivan, Formula 4 Media LLC)
Social Scientist Unite! (Sam Eder, Ant's Eye View)
"Startup Life After the Fall" (Tarzan Sharif, The Republic @Viralindustries)
Sticky Experiences - A UX Love/Hate Story (Barbara Luciani, Designkitchen)
#SXsingle Meet Up (Kathryn E. Irwin, SXSW Inc)
SXSW Eco Meet Up (Chris Sonnier, SXSW Inc)
SXSWedu Meet Up (Ron Reed, SXSW Inc)
SXSW V2V Meet Up (Christine Auten, SXSW Inc)
The Large Enterprise Social Media Meetup (Noah Kuttler, IBM)
Women Entrepreneurs Meet Up (Melinda Wittstock, NewsiT)
All subject to change.
Interested in hosting a Meet Up around a topic that you don't see listed? Email us and we will contact you with details on how to submit a Meet Up proposal.
Want to get involved with SXSW in the future? Email us and we will contact you in June 2013 when we start accepting ideas for SXSW 2014. As always, keep posted on the programming process by subscribing to the SXSW Interactive monthly email newsletter or RSS feed.
