12:00 PM
Creating a History of the
Future in 100 Objects
What are the 100 objects that future historians will pick
to define our century?
Adrian Hon • #future100
12:30 PM
The Myths of Creativity
The truth about how innovative companies and people
generate great ideas.
David Burkus • #MythsBook
1:00 PM
Embeddables: The Next
Evolution of Wearable Tech
Wearables are yesterday's news; tomorrow is about em-
beddables, tiny devices implanted inside your body that
will connect you to everything.
Andy Goodman • #goodmania
3:30 PM
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SUNDAY, MARCH 9
11:00 AM
The Minimalists: Everything that Remains
Everything That Remains is the touching story of what
happened when @JFM decided to let go of everything
and begin living more deliberately.
Joshua Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus • #etrbook
11:30 AM
The Bright Continent:
Not Your Mama's Africa
The author of The Bright Continent shares inspiring
stories of innovation and imagination from her years
reporting across sub-Saharan Africa.
Dayo Olopade • #brightcont
12:00 PM
Your First 1000 Copies: How
to Market Your Book
Learn from seasoned book marketing expert Tim Grahl
how to build direct connections with 1000s of readers.
Tim Grahl • #1kbooks
12:30 PM
The World's Strongest
Librarian: Blog to Book
From librarian to blogger to speaker to author to per-
forming strongman and back.
Josh Hanagarne • #strongman
1:00 PM
Fluent in 3 Months: Learn Any
Language, Anywhere
Ever dreamed of speaking a foreign language, but think
you are too old or don't have the "language gene"? This
book will change your mind!
Benny Lewis • #fi3m
3:30 PM
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MONDAY, MARCH 10
9:30 AM
Social Customer Experience Management
Best-selling author Dave Evans will present his latest
book on enterprise social customer exeprience.
Dave Evans • #Service
10:00 AM
Economics & Online Dating:
The Perfect Match
A provocative, informative, and clever view of modern
microeconomics through the lens of online dating from
Stanford economist Paul Oyer.
Paul Oyer • #DatingEcon
10:30 AM
Status Update: Attention
& Celebrity in Tech
Alice Marwick reads from Status Update an ethno-
graphic look at self-promotion in Silicon Valley tech.
Alice Marwick • #statusup
11:00 AM
The AUDIENCE Imperative: A Book Reading
Insights from the new book, Audience: Marketing in the
Age of Subscribers, Fans and Followers.
Jeffrey Rohrs • #AUDIENCE
11:30 AM
The Naked Future
We'll explore what happens in a future world where your
environment anticipates your every move?
Patrick Tucker • #futurebare
12:00 PM
Loyalty 3.0: Big Data +
Motivation + Gamification
Big Data + Motivation + Gamification = Loyalty 3.0—the
key to engaging design and a competitive advantage in
your market.
Rajat Paharia • #loyalty30
12:30 PM
The Passion Conversation &
Word of Mouth Marketing
The Passion Conversation IS word of mouth market-
ing. Learn to how to spark, spread, sustain and benefit
from it.
John Moore • #PassionWOM
1:00 PM
The Big Pivot: Doing Business
in an Extreme World
Come see a world-renowned, exciting speaker describe
The Big Pivot, a new roadmap for creating better busi-
nesses and a more prosperous world
Andrew Winston • #bigpivot
TUESDAY, MARCH 11
9:30 AM
Hacking H(app)iness
Hacking H(app)iness—why your personal data counts
and how tracking it can change the world. Measure your
worth versus your wealth.
John Havens • #hackhappy
10:00 AM
Why Fanfic Is Taking Over the World
Fanfiction is everywhere, a way fans engage with each
other and the worlds/stories they love. Learn why fanfic-
tion is taking over the world.
Heidi Tandy, Anne Jamison • #SXSWFic
10:30 AM
The Promise of a Pencil
The Promise of a Pencil chronicles Adam Braun's journey
to find his calling and provide children with access to
education.
Adam Braun • #PoPbook
11:00 AM
The Metropolitan Revolution:
Innovation Ecosystems
With uncertainty and lack of national leadership on is-
sues from R&D to immigration, smart cities are step-
ping up with innovative solutions.
Jennifer Bradley • #MetroRev
11:30 AM
Cubed: The Two Futures of the Office
Cubed takes the history of the modern workplace and
applies it to the controlled chaos transforming offices
everywhere.
Nikil Saval • #CUBED
12:00 PM
What Is Your Mother Worth?
(Reputation Economics)
How about a viable alternative to finance, a subversive,
human system with multiple means of value exchange?
Josh Klein • #RepEco
12:30 PM
The Executioner's Tale
Wodtke will share her toolkit for team clarity & commit-
ment. She has refined this process with the startups she
advises and invests in.
Christina Wodtke • #Execute
1:00 PM
Hyperbole & a Half
Allie Brosh reads from her book Hyperbole And A Half.
A Q&A session and book signing follows.
Allie Brosh • #Hyperbole
1:30 PM
Show & Tell: How to Present,
Extraordinarily
Dan Roam's new book illuminates essential ideas
through quick visual examples.
Dan Roam • #ShowTell
3:30 PM
The Smartest Dumbass: Interactive vs. Film
Get ready for an hour of laughs, prizes, convergence
and more laughs!
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