SXSW 2019 Conference Recap

Sharronda Williams

Sharronda Williams at the Rotten Tomatoes 'Your Opinion Sucks' panel

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at the Shooting Stars: How NASA Works w/ Film & TV Featured Session

at the Shooting Stars: How NASA Works w/ Film & TV Featured Session

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Aidy Bryant

at her Featured Session

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T Bone Burnett

Music Keynote

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Elisabeth Moss with Brandi Carlile

at their Featured Session

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Snehal Patel

at the Expanding Your Vision With Full Frame Cinematography workshop

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Snehal Patel

at the Expanding Your Vision With Full Frame Cinematography workshop

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

at her Featured Session

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Bill Nye

in the audience at the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the New Left Featured Session

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bill Nye

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(L-R) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Merrilee Heifetz, Neil Gaiman, Maddy Gaiman, and guest

attended the Featured Session: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the New Left

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Good Omens Chattering Nuns

at Neil Gaiman's Featured Session

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Neil Gaiman and Kirsten Vangsness

at their Featured Session

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Elizabeth McQueen and Amanda Palmer

at This Song Podcast

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Amanda Palmer

at her Featured Session

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Amanda Palmer

at her Featured Session

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Jane Coaston and Jay Inslee

at Conversations About America's Future

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Bill Weld

backstage at Conversations About America's Future

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Senator Elizabeth Warren

at Conversations About America's Future

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Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Ana Marie Cox

backstage at Conversations About America's Future

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Shirley Manson and Lauren Mayberry

at their Music Keynote

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Shirley Manson

at her Music Keynote

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Stacey Abrams

at her Featured Session

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DJ EyeQ

at Pitch & Flow: A Social Enterprise Rap Battle

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Franklin Leonard

at Black List founder Franklin Leonard Explains the Industry

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Trevor Noah and Jake Tapper

at The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Featured Session

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Angela Sheehan

at the Fashion Hacking for Augmented Identity workshop

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Lance Bass

at his Featured Session

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Amber Baldet

at her Featured Session

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Bruce Sterling

at his Featured Session

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Beverly Keel and Priscilla Renea

at the Country Music's Struggle to Define Women panel

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Jenni Sperandeo (Dangerbird Records) Mentor session

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Kasi Martin

at the On-Demand: Localizing Fashion for the Future panel

Photo by Denise Enriquez

Colleen Wolfe

at The Dave Dameshek Football Program Podcast

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Maurice Jones-Drew, Colleen Wolfe, and Dave Dameshek

at The Dave Dameshek Football Program Podcast

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Rachel Hollis

at her Featured Session

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Troy Dayton

at the CANNABIS: From Fringe Issue to Big Industry Featured Session

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Nile Rodgers and Merck Mercuriadis

at their Featured Session

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Kate Parker

at Disrupting Gender Norms: Authenticity in Advertising

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Georgia Scott

at The Public Pubic: Conversations Beyond the Bush

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Jessica Brillhart

at her Convergence Keynote

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Douglas Rushkoff

at his Featured Session

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Beau Lotto and Diane Quinn

at Defining Awe: The Science Behind Cirque du Soleil

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Audience

at at Defining Awe: The Science Behind Cirque du Soleil

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Apollo 50: Celebrating the Past to Awaken the Future

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Nancy Giordano

hands the mic to an audience member during the Write The Future Now! Q&A

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Jim Bankoff and Soledad O’Brien

at their Featured Session

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Brené Brown

at her Opening Speaker Featured Session

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Eugene Mirman

at The Big Picture Live Podcast

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Charlotte Flair, Paul Levesque, and Stephanie McMahon

at The Women’s Evolution in WWE and Beyond Featured Session

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Stephanie McMahon

at The Women's Evolution in WWE and Beyond Featured Session

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Nardwuar's Video Vault

Photo by Camille Mayor

Nardwuar's Video Vault

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Zoe Saldana

at her Featured Session

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Lola Plaku

at her Featured Session

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Wyclef Jean

at the And The Writer Is... Podcast

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AI, Big Ideas, and Shiny Objects Workshop

Photo by Katie McDowell

Olly Oeschle

at the Behind the Scenes: Designing Better Medicines with Big Data & AI Featured Session

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David Byrne

at his Featured Session

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Audience

at the Tinker Hatfield with Scott Dadich Featured Session

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Jason Blum

Jason Blum at his Featured Session with Ethan Hawke

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Ethan Hawke

at his Featured Session with Jason Blum

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Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels

at the RENOVATING DEMOCRACY: A New Framework for Governance book reading

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Dev Seldon

speaks with an attendee at Blurred Lines: Beauty in a Gender Fluid World

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A$AP Rocky

at the Using Design "Differently" to Make a Difference Featured Session

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Music Keynote

Adam Horovitz and Michael Diamond of Beastie Boys with Amazon Music's Nathan Brackett

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Ross Golan

at his Featured Session

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Elise Trouw

at the Guitars and More: Creating New Sounds with Tech Featured Session

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Deanna Marsigliese

at the Designing for Films at Pixar Animation Studios Featured Session

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Andrew WK

at the Heavenly Pop Hit Featured Session

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Karen Glauber

at the Heavenly Pop Hit Featured Session

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Bozoma Saint John and Ashley Graham

at their Convergence Keynote

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Linda Sarsour

at the Mothers of the Resistance: Women Leading the Movement podcast

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Arlan Hamilton

KC Ifeanyi and Arlan Hamilton at their Featured Session

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Booksmart Women Featured Session

(L-R) Jenelle Riley, Olivia Wilde, Katie Silberman, and Jessica Elbaum

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Susan Folwer

at her Featured Session

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Kathy Griffin

at her Convergence Keynote

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(L-R) Tinker Hatfield, Amy Dadich, and Scott Dadich

at their Featured Session

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Tinker Hatfield with Scott Dadich

at their Featured Session

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Tinker Hatfield's shoe

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Closing BBQ and Softball Tournament

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Linnea Miron and Ricky Williams

at the Cannabis and Wellness: The Body and Beyond Featured Session

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Henry Winkler Acting Workshop

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Amber Heard

at the Making Change On and Off the Screen Featured Session

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(L-R) Jo Ling Kent, Chris Urmson, and Malcolm Gladwell

at the Self-Driving Cars: The Future is When? Featured Session

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Guy Kawasaki - SXSW Bookstore

at his Wise Guy - Lessons from Tech, Startups, and Silicon Valley book signing

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Jaclyn Johnson

at Heather Dubrow's World Podcast

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Alexandra Socha

at the Maria Shriver, Alexandra Socha and Farida Sohrabji with Ashley C. Ford Featured Session

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Dylan Byers

at The Next Form of Storytelling: The Future of Technology-Enabled Entertainment Convergence Keynote

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Steve DeAngelo

at the The Cannabis Renaissance: Science Validates Tradition Featured Session

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Mikaila Ulmer

at the Bee-Suite to C-Suite: The Making of Me and the Bees session

Photo by Bianca Hooks

Susan Butler

at the Creator Credits: Providing the Missing Links Featured Session

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Fiona Barbary

at the Digital Music Marketing: The Right Channels Matter session

Photo by Miguel Esparza

David Modigliani

at The Big Picture Live Podcast Featured Session

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