The digital version of the SXSW V2V Guide is now available! Packed full of information, this guide is a must-read before leaving home, and a great resource on the ground.
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Tom Laurita, PhD Amy Lesnick Heather Libby President and CEO, NEWLEAF Social Innovation/Non Profits, Designer and Digital Strategist, DEEP SYMBIOTICS INDIEGOGO ROGUE RAM MEDIA Tom is founder/CEO of agricultural biologicals start-up, NewLeaf Symbiotics. He is an entrepreneur who lived 15 years in Moscow, he ran Monsanto's USSR operations, co-owned a NY hedge fund and was a professional circus performer. Tom lives in Maine and is chairman of Swans Island Blankets, co-founder of Hope Elephants. BA Brown, MPPM Yale, PhD in Russia; tri-lingual. From the Field: The Financial Conflict for Sustainable Ag MON, 10/7 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB Head of Indiegogo's Social Innovation and Non-Profits division, Amy is an accomplished CEO/Executive with over 20 years experience in leading/scaling/advising early stagehigh growth ventures. She is especially passionate about the intersection of technology and social change and focused on efforts that translate innovative ideas into successful new realities. Fundraising 3.0 MON, 10/7 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 10AB Like so many in her generation, Heather sampled an array of careers before landing right where she belonged: on the Internet. Her most successful infographics, visuals and videos (including last year's hit Weathergirl Goes Rogue) have been viewed millions of times. She lives in Vancouver with her two cats and many, many pairs of shoes. Sustainability Goes Viral: Future360 Short Video Competition MON, 10/7 3:15PM, LEVEL 1, BALLROOM BC Sharlene Leurig Dawn Lippert Senior Manager, Ins and Water Programs, CERES Senior Manager, ENERGY EXCELERATOR Panthea Lee Co-Founder and Principal, REBOOT Panthea Lee is the co-founder of Reboot. She specializes in the applications of ethnography, design and technology in social service delivery. Panthea has led initiatives in over 20 countries for organizations including the World Bank, UNICEF and Internews. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, MIT Innovations, and Fast Company. Designing for the Science of Service Delivery MON, 10/7 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8C Sharlene runs the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Program at Ceres. Before coming to Ceres, she was a fellow in the MIT-USGS Science Impact Collaborative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She holds a BA in Physics and English from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Who Wins the Water? TUE, 10/8 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC Susan Leibrock Jonathan Lewis THE BERRY CENTER Experience Director, HANDSOME Susan Leibrock is a communications strategist for nonprofit organizations. She worked at Sustainable Food Center 2007-2013. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Susan worked in the New York City office of J. Walter Thompson from 2001–2007. She is currently an advisor to The Berry Center. One Food System, Many Faces WED, 10/9 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC Jonathan is currently one of Handsome's UX Directors. Prior to Handsome he was a freelance interaction designer and entrepreneur who started a business that helps communities collaboratively cook and share food. Jonathan is passionate about conscious design and social entrepreneurship and is looking forward to hanging out with the fine folks at SXSW Eco. Digital Communication in the Age of Interactivity WED, 10/9 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 10AB Dawn founded the Energy Excelerator, a startup program dedicated to solving energy problems -starting in Hawaii. She's raised $35M for the program, which helps companies succeed through funding and strategic relationships. Dawn worked on Booz Allen's energy team and founded her first organization at age 20 at Yale University. Rising Stars III: The New Class of Impact Entrepreneurs MON, 10/7 12:00PM, LEVEL 1, Austin Suite Startup Showcase: Greentech TUE, 10/8 9:30AM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC Startup Showcase: Greentech TUE, 10/8 10:45AM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC Hod Lipson Associate Prof of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Computing & Information Science, CORNELL UNIVERSITY Hod Lipson is a professor of engineering at Cornell University and a co-author of Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing. His work on self-aware and self-replicating robots, food printing and bio-printing has received widespread media coverage. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative. 3D Printing: The Answer to Global Food Scarcity? WED, 10/9 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com 95