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Speakers SXSW ECO Judith McGeary William McNulty Brian Merchant Executive Director, FARM & RANCH VP, TEAM RUBICON Senior Editor, VICE MAGAZINE FREEDOM ALLIANCE William McNulty is a Marine who served in both the infantry and intelligence. Prior to co-founding Team Rubicon, he worked for multiple agencies in the US intelligence community. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Kansas and an MA in Government from Johns Hopkins University. Startup Showcase: Social Impact TUE, 10/8 12:00PM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC Brian Merchant is a journalist covering climate, clean energy and technology. He's currently the senior editor of Motherboard,Vice's science and technology department, and has contributed to the likes of Slate, Salon, Fast Company, GOOD, Discovery News and others. Previously, he was a contributing editor at Discovery's Treehugger. Shattering the Barriers WED, 10/9 9:30AM, Level 1, Ballroom A The Age of Miracles: Climate Change Fiction WED, 10/9 12:00PM, Level 1, MR 6AB Judith McGeary is an attorney and sustainable farmer. She founded the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance in 2006 to promote common-sense policies for family farms. Judith has been profiled in the Texas Observer and Edible Austin, appears in the documentary Farmageddon and has been interviewed on numerous radio shows across the country. A Discussion of American Meat WED, 10/9 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC Geoff McGhee Creative Director of Media & Communications, BILL LANE CENTER FOR THE AMERICAN WEST STANFORD UNIVERSITY Geoff McGhee develops interactive media for the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University. He spent ten years working in multimedia and data visualization for The New York Times, ABC News and Le Monde. In 2010, he created the acclaimed web documentary Journalism in the Age of Data. Using Data Visuals, Multimedia and Interactivity to Tell Environmental Stories TUE, 10/8 12:40PM, LEVEL 3, AUSTIN SUITE Digital Communication in the Age of Interactivity WED, 10/9 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 10AB Jim McHale VP of RD&E, AMERICAN STANDARD BRANDS Jim McHale is VP of RD&E for American Standard. He leads a global team in developing innovative Bath and Kitchen products, four of which have been ranked #1 by Consumer Reports. His team also has a focus on developing affordable sanitation products for consumers at the bottom of the pyramid. Charity vs. Market Development in Emerging World WED, 10/9 11:25AM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite 98 Mark McWilliams Co-founder / Ocean Educator, KISS THE OCEAN Mark McWilliams is a Professional Photographer, Scuba Instructor and owner of an eco-tourism business located in Dallas, Texas named Kiss The Ocean. He specializes in adventure travel throughout the bio-diverse corridor of Central America inspiring groups to care more for our oceans and tropical forests. Ocean Conservation through Social Innovation MON, 10/7 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB Tom Melling VP Operations, 1ENERGY Tom has over a decade of experience as a software executive and startup entrepreneur. He cofounded Serengeti Law, a legal software services company, and helped lead the company through ten years of revenue and profit growth. Tom served as President from 2010-2012 after the company's acquisition by Thompson-Reuters. Startup Showcase: Greentech Tues, 10/8 10:45AM, Level 1, Ballroom BC SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com Graham Meriwether Director, AMERICAN MEAT In 2008 Graham founded Leave It Better, a documentary production company. In 2010, he founded the nonprofit. Leave It Better Foundation which puts gardens into schools, teaches kids how to compost and grow food and also provides small HD cameras so that kids can create short films about their experience in the program. A Discussion of American Meat WED, 10/9 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC Bob Metcalfe Professor of Innovation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Bob Metcalfe is Professor of Innovation at UT Austin. He was an Internet pioneer at MIT and Harvard starting in 1970, inventing Ethernet at Xerox in 1973. In 1979, he founded 3Com, the billiondollar networking company merged with HP in 2010. In the 2000s, Bob invested in enertech at Polaris Venture Partners. Startup Showcase: Greentech TUE, 10/8 9:30AM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC Startup Showcase: Greentech TUE, 10/8 10:45AM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC