SXSW Interactive 2014 Program Guide: Tomorrow Happens Here
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SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival 70 71 SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival 12:30 PM Hilton: Salon H Owning Identity: A Conversation with Tony Conrad Tony Conrad recognized the need for people to have one location where they can represent their online identity. about.me was created to serve as that space. Tony has built his brand as a thought leader in establishing identity through investing in WordPress.com, MakerBot and more. With The Wall Street Journal's Evelyn Rusli, Tony will discuss online identity and how to build a personal brand. Evelyn Rusli, Tony Conrad Featured Session • Intermediate • #identity 2:00 PM ACC: Exhibit Hall 5 The Maker Age: Enlightened Views on Science & Art Join Adam Savage as he explores the inextricable ties between art and science in- spired by masters like Leonardo da Vinci. He'll dispel the separatist myth that art and science lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, presenting the benefits that may be de- rived from returning to the clarity that art can be just as rigorous as science, and that science can be just as creative as art. Part of the IEEE Technology for Humanity Series. Adam Savage Keynote • #ieeesavage 3:30 PM ACC: Ballroom D Creativity Is the New Literacy Creative literacy: putting problem solving skills in the hands of every learner to un- leash a new culture that will tirelessly pursue amazing, creative alternatives until a solution is reached. Chase Jarvis Featured Session • Intermediate • #creative 3:30 PM ACC: Exhibit Hall 5 A Conversation with Glenn Greenwald A conversation with Glenn Greenwald on the future of journalism, civil liberties and politics, with Micah Sifry of Personal Democracy Media. Glenn Greenwald, Micah Sifry Featured Session • Intermediate • #GGreenwald 3:30 PM Hilton: Salon H A Global Economy Driven by Platforms & APIs The future, as evidenced by Amazon, will be the compartmentalization of core inter- nal components into platforms served via APIs to 3rd parties, including competitors. The process of understanding what is "core," then properly packaging and managing these internal services for the current economy is one of the largest opportunities of the coming decade. Khris Loux, Werner Vogels Featured Session • Advanced • #APIecon 5:00 PM ACC: Ballroom D Do Algorithms Dream of Viral Content? A live, no-holds-barred showdown on humans vs. robots, algorithms vs. editors, data vs. intuition. And a spirited discussion on whether there should be a Pulitzer for most viral content. This discussion is about what happens when two lesbians have a baby, someone writes an amazing headline about it, builds a business based on the concept and then shows up at SXSW. David Carr, Eli Pariser Featured Session • Intermediate • #Dream 5:00 PM ACC: Exhibit Hall 5 Check Online for Session Scheduled in This Timeslot Featured Session • #schedule 5:00 PM Hilton: Salon H Crowdsourcing Humor It's a cartoonist's job to make jokes. What happens when the audience picks the punchline? Armed with more than two million submissions provided by 500,000 par- ticipants to The New Yorker magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest, Bob Mankoff, the publication's cartoon editor and cartoonist, looks at humor—crowdsourced—exploring how humor works (or doesn't) and what crowds can tell us about a good joke. Bob Mankoff Featured Session • Intermediate • #CrowdHumor TUESDAY, MARCH 11 11:00 AM ACC: Ballroom D FEEDing the Future: The Power of Social Business Purchasing a giveback product is one way to make a difference, but how can social good organizations translate a buyer's single purchase decision into a new found passion for their company's mission? CEO and Founder of FEED, Lauren Bush Lauren, talks about the power of conscious consumerism and the growing demand for social businesses. Sustainably breaking cycles of poverty = FEEDing the Future. Lauren Bush Lauren Featured Session • Intermediate • #FEEDFuture 11:00 AM ACC: Exhibit Hall 5 Check Online for Session Scheduled in This Timeslot #schedule 12:30 PM ACC: Ballroom D Oh Myyy! A Conversation with George Takei With a career spanning five decades, George Takei is known around the world for his founding role in the acclaimed original television series Star Trek. What does the future hold for Takei? Join us as we catch up with pioneering trekker George Takei through space and his many projects through space and time. George Takei Featured Session • Intermediate • #Takei 12:30 PM ACC: Exhibit Hall 5 Biz Stone in Conversation with Steven Johnson Join Twitter co-founder, Jelly co-founder and author of Things A Little Bird Told Me, Biz Stone, with Steven Johnson, celebrated author and now host of PBS' How We Got To Now', in conversation about our connected society, the science and nature of collab- orative networks, creativity, and how great ideas are born into existence. Biz Stone, Steven Johnson Featured Session • Beginner • #SJohnson 2:00 PM ACC: Exhibit Hall 5 Harnessing the Power of Tech and Data for Development Chelsea Clinton Keynote • #Clinton 3:30 PM ACC: Ballroom D Check Online for Session Scheduled in This Timeslot #schedule 3:30 PM ACC: Exhibit Hall 5 TOMS & the Future of the One for One Movement Founder of TOMS, Blake Mycoskie, believes that "doing it different" is as important to success as "doing good." At SXSW, Mycoskie will share how placing a relentless focus on being disruptive by disregarding traditional business wisdom is the only way to take your idea to the next level. On the SXSW stage, Mycoskie will unveil the next product of the One for One ® movement! Blake Mycoskie Featured Session • Intermediate • #TOMSxSXSW 5:00 PM ACC: Exhibit Hall 5 Bruce Sterling Closing Remarks Bruce Sterling's annual closing rant at SXSW Interactive is always unexpected, in- vented on the fly, a hash of trends, trepidations, and creative prognostication. In 2013, Sterling focused on "disruption" (one of the big buzz words of the tech world), arguing that disruption is merely a nicer word than death and destruction. What will he cover in 2014? Bruce Sterling Featured Session • Intermediate • #BSterling FEATURED & KEYNOTE SESSIONS ACC [EH 5, BALLROOM D]: 500 E CESAR CHAVEZ; HILTON DOWNTOWN [SALON H]: 500 E 4TH STREET FESTIVAL SESSIONS