At the center of the SXSW Conference, Keynotes drive the shared daily dialogue that connects the many industry professionals in attendance from around the globe.
Keynote Issa Rae – SXSW 2025 – Photo by Will Blake
These sessions run for one hour each, showcasing some of the world's most inspired thinkers as they tackle the most timely topics of today and tomorrow. All SXSW Badges have equal access to all Keynote sessions.
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Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
2024 Keynote
“Why did we write Everything, Everywhere All At Once the way we did? The answer is we did it to save ourselves. Every story and every art we make is an act of saving ourselves and our value from a system that wants to devalue us and the people we care about.”
Jack Conte
2024 Keynote
“It's so important to remember to make beautiful things. To make things that light you up and to make things that you care about."
"I realized if I wanted things to change, if I wanted to make my voice heard, I was going to have to shift the paradigm from within."
"Ask me about something I haven’t read on or reported on, I’m not gonna say much about it. When you go into a punch your feet have got to be set."
By Kate Smith, March 10
By Jordan Roberts, March 5
By Kate Smith, February 27
