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Friday 8th March 2013

  1. Opening Remarks from Bre Pettis to

    Featured Session by Bre Pettis on Friday 8th March

    Makerbot co founder and CEO Bre Pettis talks about the present and the future of the ongoing 3D printing revolution. Pettis will also cover one of the lessons he has ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

  2. Tales of US Entrepreneurship Beyond Silicon Valley to

    Featured Session by Alexis Ohanian on Friday 8th March

    Erik Martin (GM, reddit) and Alexis Ohanian (cofounder, reddit) crowdfunded a bus, the Internet 2012 Campaign Tour bus, to collect, document and share stories throughout the American heartland. I'm going ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

  3. Technology, Imagination & Exponential Thinking to

    Featured Session by Jason Silva on Friday 8th March

    Today we live in a world where the exponential progression of technology is increasingly shrinking the lag time between what we can imagine and what we can create. We are ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

  4. Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming to

    Gaming Expo by Chris Roberts, Cliff Bleszinski, Nate Mitchell, Paul Bettner, Palmer Luckey on Friday 8th March

    SXSW GEEK Stage - We'll chat with Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus, Paul Bettner, CEO of Verse HQ, Chris Roberts, creator of Wing Commander and Star Citizen, and Cliff Bleszinski, ...

    At Palmer Event Center, Exhibit Hall 1 (map)

Saturday 9th March 2013

  1. Startups & Media to

    by Eric Markowitz, Hamish McKenzie, Sarah E. Needleman at Startup America LIVE at SXSW on Saturday 9th March

    Media coverage can be huge for startups; hone your pitch and get feedback from these leading startup reporters.

    At Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 412 (Startup America) (map)

  2. Al Gore on The Future to

    Featured Session by Al Gore, Walter Mossberg on Saturday 9th March

    From the former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes An Inconvenient Truth for everything—a frank and clear-eyed assessment of the emerging forces that are reshaping our ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

  3. Indy Gaming: Why Publishers Must Evolve or Die to

    Solo / Dual / Panel by Ben Cousins, Jenova Chen, Mitch Lasky, Roy Bahat on Saturday 9th March

    The video game business is currently undergoing an upheaval similar to the one that shook the movie business in the 1970s. Enabled by new technologies and new platforms, independently produced ...

    At Palmer Event Center, Room 4-5 (map)

Sunday 10th March 2013

  1. Racism on YouTube to

    Solo / Dual / Panel by Andre Meadows, Franchesca Ramsey, Jenny Korn, Chase Hoffberger on Sunday 10th March

    The Racism on YouTube panel will take a hard look at the various struggles that black members of the YouTube community face each day. YouTube is an expansive, diverse community, ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB (map)

  2. Go Fund Yourself to

    Featured Session by Slava Rubin on Sunday 10th March

    Stop asking the question: “What are the chances my crowdfunding campaign will be successful?” You are not at the Kentucky Derby or Las Vegas. Crowdfunding is not a lottery — ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D (map)

  3. Tina Roth Eisenberg Keynote to

    Keynote by Tina Eisenberg on Sunday 10th March

    Tina Roth Eisenberg grew up in mountainous Switzerland, influenced by renowned Swiss design and a lot of fresh air. She is often referred to as "swissmiss," her popular design blog, ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

  4. Naturally Social: Growing Your Hair, Growing Your Audience & Growing Your Brand to

    by Franchesca Ramsey, Kristin Braswell, Jamala Johns, Myliek Teele, Patrice Yursik at Blacks in Tech at SXSW Interactive on Sunday 10th March

    Join us as we examine how the natural hair movement has grown in recent years, largely in part to the social media savvy of natural hair bloggers and brands. Hear ...

    At Hilton Garden Inn Austin Downtown, BiT House | Colorado Room (map)

Monday 11th March 2013

  1. Stephen Wolfram: The Computational Future to

    Featured Session by Stephen Wolfram on Monday 11th March

    Stephen Wolfram will be giving his vision of what computation will do for people in the future. Not only as it applies to science and knowledge discovery, but also as ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

  2. 100 Year Starship: Interstellar Travel & Beyond to

    Featured Session by Benjamin Palmer, Dr Mae Jemison, Jill Tarter, LeVar Burton on Monday 11th March

    Private space exploration projects have made headlines recently with companies like Space X, Planetary Resources and Virgin Galactic, but the first woman of color in space, Dr. Mae Jemison, has ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D (map)

  3. Julie Uhrman & Josh Topolsky Keynote to

    Keynote by Joshua Topolsky, Julie Uhrman on Monday 11th March

    Indie developers and open source principles provide the power and the passion for the SXSW Interactive Festival. With this core value of community collaboration in mind, we are very pleased ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

Tuesday 12th March 2013

  1. Jane Pratt: Secrets of a Publishing Renegade to

    Featured Session by Jane Pratt on Tuesday 12th March

    Jane Pratt, founder of Jane and Sassy magazines, reveals what went on behind the scenes as she burnt bridges, said things she shouldn't say out loud, and built a platform ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

  2. Matthew Inman Keynote to

    Keynote by Matthew Inman on Tuesday 12th March

    One of the core missions of the SXSW Interactive Festival is to showcase those who use their creativity and artistic talent to make the world a better place. With this ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)

  3. Peter Thiel: You Are Not A Lottery Ticket to

    Featured Session by Peter Thiel on Tuesday 12th March

    Discourse and action in our society are increasingly dominated by the idea that the world cannot be known. But to what degree issuccess in this world dominated by luck? How ...

    At Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 (map)