Photo by Paul WoodruffToday, SXSW Interactive announces another round of programming for the 2013 event, most of which was received through the SXSW PanelPicker process. You can view the list of newly accepted proposals below, which includes a new section of accepted Mentors programming.
If your name or proposal title is on the list below, then congratulations. You made it through an extremely competitive process! You can see the complete up-to-date listing on the SXSW Interactive 2013 programming page.
* CC = Core Conversation.
All subject to change.
Featured Sessions - Austin Convention Center, Hilton Austin - Downtown, and Long Center
An Audacious Proposal (Dalton Caldwell, App.net)
Apple's Impact on Games: A Historical Perspective (John Romero, Secret Master Plan)
Connecting & Empowering The Creative World (Scott Belsky, Behance)
Foundation: Chad Hurley Interview (Chad Hurley, AVOS)
The Big Power Shift In Media (Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed)
Art and Inspiration - Omni - Downtown
How Minimalism is Changing Entrepreneurship (Joshua Becker, Becoming Minimalist)
Warhol Goes Social: Creativity in the Tech Age (Catherine Coykendall, Critical Mass)
Community and Activism - Austin Convention Center
Indigenous Tweets, Visible Voices and Technology (Kara Andrade, HablaCentro LLC)
Content and Distribution - Austin Convention Center
Death of the Couch Potato: The Future of Social TV (Chris Saad, Echo)
How TV and the Internet are Converging on TMZ (Harvey Levin, TMZ)
How Twitter Has Changed How We Watch TV (Jenn Deering Davis, Union Metrics)
Hype vs Reality: Takeaways from SXSWi 2013 (Barbara Nonas, Digitas)
iCritics: Showrunners Friends or Worst Enemies? (Tim Surette, TV.com)
Louis CK After-Math: Distribution & Ticketing 2.0 (Jaime Sarachit, Ticketmob)
Mythbusting: Engineering a Viral Video (Rob Ciampa, Pixability Inc)
Shooting, Producing, Selling: Secrets of Web TV (Tolly Moseley, Austin Eavesdropper)
The Streaming Future: Inside an On-Demand Industry (Steven Snyder, TIME)
Transmedia Storytelling with Carlton Cuse (Kelle Rozell, A&E Networks)
Culture and Entertainment - Hyatt Regency Austin
Are You a Digital Hoarder? (Edward Smith, Extensis) - CC
Drinking Your Way To The Future (Anthony Stellato, Arnold Worldwide) - CC
Engaging Young Padawans Online With Creative Play (Ivan Askwith, Lucasfilm Ltd) - CC
Food Fight: Web Tech as Battleground for the Local (Susan Leibrock, Sustainable Food Center) - CC
LGBTech - Where We Are and Where We're Going (Matt Conn, GaymerCon) - CC
Selling Free: The Porn Industry's New Economy (Stephen Yagielowicz, XBIZ) - CC
The Bionic Athlete and the Future of Sports (Sarah Reinertsen, Always Tri) - CC
Think Bigger. No, Even Bigger Than That (Jesse Chan-Norris, More Code) - CC
What Do Sensors Mean for News, Society & Science? (Javaun Moradi, NPR) - CC
Why We STILL Love the Honey Badger (Beryl Crofton-Atkins, SoundLounge) - CC
Design and Development - Austin Convention Center
Awe-Inspiring Web Typography You Can Do Now (Richard Rutter, Fontdeck.com)
Fools Fear Failure: Designing Better Ways to Fail (Sean Hewens, IDEO)
You Suck, Cleantech: How Design Can Help (Nicole Rappin, Greenstart)
Diversity and Emerging Markets - Austin Convention Center
The $100bn Mobile Bullet Train Called Africa (Toby Shapshak, Stuff/The Times)
DIY, Hacker and Maker - Omni - Downtown
Industrial Revolution 3.0 & Future of 3D Printing (Peter Weijmarshausen, Shapeways)
Entrepreneurialism and Business - Four Seasons
Growing An Asocial Company in a Social World (Rebecca Sekar, Allison+Partners)
Successful Wif-Fi at Large Events (Michael Brown, SXSW Inc)
The Rise of the Impact Entrepreneur (Halle Tecco, Rock Health)
Future15s - Hilton Austin - Downtown
Creativity is Epidemic: Lessons From Viruses (Sophie Freiermuth, POSSIBLE)
On Creativity, Inspiration, and Doing the Work (Erin Feldman, Write Right)
Plug Me In! - Neural Interfaces for Musicians (Alec Zopf, Next Big Sound)
Political Cartooning: From Dead Trees to Live Wire (Ted Rall, Universal Press Syndicate)
Seven Ways to Fail Magnificently (Jennifer Brown, Izea)
Story Is The World Force (Lynne Duddy, Portland Story Theater)
The Power of Bad Ideas (Steve Portigal, Portigal Consulting)
Unlikely Bedfellows... Yours Awaits (Barbara Nonas, Digitas)
Your Brain on Creativity (Denise Jacobs, PapillonEffect Consulting)
Gaming and Game Development - Hyatt Regency Austin and Palmer Events Center
Art of Akira - About the Art That Made the Anime (Joe Peacock, This Is Not Art! Productions)
Building the Touchy-Feely World of Tearaway (Rex Crowle, Media Molecule)
Games - Anyone. Anywhere. Anytime (Susan Borst, IAB)
Games R Art (Caroline Hammond, Texas Cultural Trust)
Naked Auditioning: The Art of Self Direction (David H. Lawrence XVII, Vo2GoGo) - CC
Never Give Up, Never Surrender: Tips from the Pros (Tricia Skinner, The Guildhall at SMU)
The Best of D.I.C.E. Summit (Randy Pitchford, Gearbox Software)
Government and Civic Engagement - Austin Convention Center
Bots for Civic Engagement (Erhardt Graeff, MIT: Center for Civic Media)
Empowering Communities with Civic Science and Data (Shannon Dosemagen, Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science)
Engaging Government For Fun, Profit, and Meaning (Gadi Ben-Yehuda, IBM Center for the Business of Government)
Health and Medicine - Sheraton Austin Hotel
How to Crowdsource Your Mental Health for Free (Sarah Worthy, Schipul - The Web Marketing Company) - CC
Information Overload and Health Decisions (Michael Zilligen, Ogilvy Commonhealth) - CC
Its Patient First - Not Mobile First! (Jerilyn MacLaren-Hall, Sachs Insights) - CC
Reimagining Health, Technology and Design (Scott Stropkay, Essential) - CC
StartUp Health & Wired Present: Beg, Borrow, Steal (Unity Stokes, StartUp Health) - CC
The Future of Personalized Health (Amy Puliafito, Rock Health) - CC
Meet Ups - Various Locations - Downtown
Cloud Identity Meetup (Michael Schwartz, Gluu)
Community Manager Meetup (Tiffany Duening, Virb)
Event Tech / Event Producers Meet Up (Brian Duggan, Building Alliances LLC)
Health Hacker Meetup (Fred Trotter, Not Only Development)
I Am My Own Social Network (Dave Hepp, CreativeFeed)
IEEE Presents Beer & Bots II: Super Human (Leigh Durst, IEEE)
LGBTQ Meet Up (Kate Messer, Austin Chronicle)
Social Innovation and Emergency Management (Alicia Johnson, San Francisco Emergency Management)
Survival of the Scrappiest: Journalism Today (Dave Mann, The Texas Observer)
Toys for Techies Meet Up (Lizzy Newsome, Toy Joy)
Transmedia Meetup of Meetups (Karine Halpern, TransmediaReady)
Web Series Creator Meet Up (Paul Kontonis, International Academy of Web Television)
Wireless 2.0 - WiFi, MVNOs, Social, and Beyond (Boris Bogatin, Hilltop Management)
You Don't Need a Website (Ana Martinez, CityGrid Media)
Mentor Sessions - Hilton Garden Inn
Dave Cirilli (Sunshine Sachs)
Damon Clinkscales (damonc.com)
Rob Corradi (robcorradi.com)
Leslie Feinzaig (Microsoft)
Cédric Giorgi (Cookening)
Bettina Hein (Pixability Inc)
Jessica Hunt (Gerson Lehrman Group)
David Kaiser (Dark Matter Consulting)
Kathi Kaiser (Centralis)
Amy Mcilwain (Financial Social Media)
Meghan Murphy (Twilio)
Elisa Camahort Page (BlogHer)
Ted Rheingold (SAY Media)
Alexandra Samuel (alexandrasamuel.com)
Anna Beatrice Scott (Vita Vibrare)
Rawn Shah (IBM)
Juliana Stock (Condé Nast)
Bruce Taragin (Blumberg Capital)
Jan Triplett (Business Success Center)
Christine Turner (lululemon)
Brian Wallace (NowSourcing Inc)
Rachel Wilkerson (Theatrics.com)
Brian Wong (Kiip)
Science and Space Exploration - Omni - Downtown
A Manhattan Project of the Mind (or Brain Wars) (Rob Wilson, BBC.com)
@NASA: The User Experience of a Space Station (Sam Hashemi, NASA)
Social and Relationships - Sheraton Austin Hotel
Event Success Through New Tools & Technologies (Brian Duggan, Building Alliances LLC) - CC
How & Why To Travel Around The World (Andy Stoll, NoBoundaries.org) - CC
Identity+30: The Future of Identity (Meredith Chin, Facebook)
Is Social Media Making Us Sick? (Bekah Lockner, AbelsonTaylor) - CC
Libraries: The Ultimate Playground (Andrea Davis, Naval Postgraduate School) - CC
Mosh Pit of Experts: The Future of Social (Sean McDonald, Ant's Eye View) - CC
Shut Up & Breathe: Meditation & Storytelling FTW! (Cathy Brooks, Other Than That) - CC
SNiRL - Social Networking in Real Life (Dave Delaney, Delaney Digital Marketing) - CC
The Internet of Space: The Importance of Geo Data (Erhardt Graeff, MIT: Center for Civic Media)
The Sweet Science Of Virality – You Are Bad At It (Adam Mordecai, Upworthy) - CC
Why Social Ads Work. Ignore Facebook Naysayers. (Jennifer Hyman, Rent The Runway) - CC
Work and Career - Courtyard Marriott - Downtown
Agency Swap: A US/UK Creative Exchange (Jeff Neely, Mason Zimbler) - CC
Bang A Gong, Get Your Biz Speak On (Carla Borsoi, AOL) - CC
Culture is King: An Integrated Life Approach (Connelly Breeland, BuildASign.com) - CC
How to Turn Your Hobby Into A Full-Time Job (Jennifer Gentrup, Autodesk) - CC
The Creative Class in High Tech (Kyla Keefe, The OutCast Agency) - CC
Your Own Yellow Brick Road (Tiffani Jones Brown, Pinterest) - CC
WTF and Beyond - Omni - Downtown
Mapping Experience (Daniel Rosenberg, MIT Sloan)
Omnipresent: When Virtual Meets Reality (Leigh Durst, IEEE)
All subject to change.
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.
