Featured Speakers
SXSW Featured Speakers are leading figures in society and industry, presenting mind-expanding ideas to shape today and tomorrow.
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Looking for mind-expanding presentations by industry leaders? Spanning the many themes and trends of SXSW, Featured Speakers present a snapshot of the ideas that can most transform our future.
SXSW Conference Featured Sessions bring together some of the biggest and brightest names of our time. Dive into previous Featured Sessions below including politician Stacey Abrams; musician Brandi Carlile and actress Elisabeth Moss; television host and comedian Trevor Noah and The Daily Show News Team; best-selling author Neil Gaiman; U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; and more.
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Trevor Noah and The Daily Show News Team on Changing Media at SXSW 2019
CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper sat down with The Daily Show host Trevor Noah and correspondents Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic, Dulcé Sloan, Roy Wood Jr., and Jaboukie Young-White to panel harder than anyone has ever paneled before at SXSW 2019.
Brandi Carlile Interviews Elisabeth Moss at SXSW 2019
Grammy winning singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile interviews Emmy Award-winning actress Elisabeth Moss about her intense transformation to play punk rocker Becky Something in the acclaimed film Her Smell.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Government and Courage at SXSW 2019
New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sat down with The Intercept‘s Senior Politics Editor Brihna Gray for a conversation at SXSW 2019 about identity, the race/class divide, and how these factors are likely to play out in the years ahead.
Tinker Hatfield on Design with Scott Dadich at SXSW 2019
Tinker Hatfield, Nike’s VP of Creative Concepts and legend among sneaker-heads, breaks down the creative process, exploring how different disciplines of design influence, inform, and inspire each other along with Abstract co-creator Scott Dadich.
Stacey Abrams: Making Change Out of Defeat at SXSW 2019
Sit down with Stacey Abrams for a conversation covering how to stay mad but stay busy and ultimately drive lasting and meaningful change.
Neil Gaiman on Taking Good Omens from Book to Screen
Prepare thyself, something wickedly good this way comes. Best-selling author Neil Gaiman took to the SXSW stage for a conversation with writer and actress Kirsten Vangsness about his mini-series adaptation of Good Omens.
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