SXSW Interactive 2014 Program Guide: Tomorrow Happens Here
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SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival 74 75 SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival ART, SCIENCE & INSPIRATION OMNI AUSTIN DOWNTOWN HOTEL: 700 SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD 12:30 PM Omni Downtown: Lone Star That's Hot: Visualizing NASA Climate Science Data At NASA, designers and communicators are teaming with climate scientists to put a planet's worth of information in your hand via mobile apps, interactive websites, near- real-time visualizations and social media. Find out how the space agency is studying our home planet and why it's working hard to make its science data accessible and meaningful. Andrew Revkin, Doug Ellison, Michael Greene, Veronica McGregor Panel • Intermediate • #EarthNow 12:30 PM Omni Downtown: Austin The Power of Wordplay: Science Meets Language Through the application of math and big data, language is able to efficiently orga- nized, explored, and analyzed to reveal the untapped power of the words and phrases used on a daily basis. Through this parsing, unique insights are gleaned about the way people react to language. Guy Krief, Michael Collins Core Conversation • Intermediate • #wordtech 3:30 PM Omni Downtown: Longhorn How the DIY Movement Is Reinventing America After decades of outsourcing and offshoring, the Maker Movement is rekindling a DIY spirit in the US. Meanwhile, American companies like Motorola and GE are begin- ning to return manufacturing facilities to the US. Are these trends connected? We'll examine the opportunities and challenges facing the DIY movement and its potential to revitalize the American economy. Alice Brooks, Dylan Tweney, Eric Gradman, Mitch Altman Panel • Intermediate • #DIYAmerica 3:30 PM Omni Downtown: Capital Ballroom Virtual Unreality: Adding 3D to the Live Stage Immersive experiences were invented in the theater where performers and set de- signers transport audiences to different times and places. Merging theater with 3D technology extends the experience by removing constraints of physical staging and eliminating the boundaries between real and virtual. Hear about the first performance to blend these disciplines and how it will revolutionize the stage. Mehdi Tayoubi Solo • Beginner • #3Ddance 3:30 PM Omni Downtown: Lone Star The Indie Science Revolution The new culture of indie science attracts investigators with the freedom to develop their ideas without the confines of politics and bureaucracy often found in academic departments. Escaping the urge to "publish or perish" also affords individuals the flex- ibility to tackle the toughest questions in science. Cindy Wu, Daniel Grushkin, Ethan Perlstein, Jacob Shiach Panel • Intermediate • #indiesci 3:30 PM Omni Downtown: Austin In Defense of Inventors: Yes, We Make Shit So you want to be an inventor? Enter the skeptics, lambasting agencies for throwing around "invention" and "IP" as buzzwords that do more to seem inventive than to be inventive. Join Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners (kbs+) defends and steps up to prove once and for all that agencies can go from concept to market and finally make more than conversation. Ed Brojerdi, Matt Powell Core Conversation • Intermediate • #inventors 5:00 PM Omni Downtown: Longhorn Full of Tomorrow: Brands, Technology and Miracles Panelists Paul Kemp-Robertson and James Kirkham will offer delegates a glimpse into the future by exploring the most significant technological innovations that will redefine how brands connect with people. They will explore how brands can use their scale, reach, data & creativity to be the connective tissue between new technology and real people. James Kirkham, Paul Kemp-Robertson Dual • Intermediate • #fulloftmrw 5:00 PM Omni Downtown: Capital Ballroom Human Connection: The Ultimate Digital Currency Drawing from his experience creating viral hits "Selfless Portraits" and "Snail Mail My Email," interactive artist Ivan Cash explains why people's universal desire for real, meaningful moments leads them to enthusiastically jump past hurdles and engage in ways that research and testing can't predict. Ivan Cash Solo • Intermediate • #human 5:00 PM Omni Downtown: Lone Star Permission Engines: Facilitating Creativity How do organizations such as Burning Man, Google, Maker Faire and The Flux Foun- dation enable people to consistently make such incredible inventions? What can busi- nesses learn from these wildly creative and successful groups? Jessica Hobbs, Louise Glasgow, Robert Wong, Will Chase Panel • Beginner • #permission 5:00 PM Omni Downtown: Austin Visual Strategies for Science Communication Join us in a conversation about the creative side of discovery and the new approaches to communicating science through visual expression. We'll discuss strategies for cre- ating effective visual graphics for use in multiple contexts, and how small changes can vastly improve the success of a graphic image. We'll also explore how designers and scientists can learn from each other while working together. Felice Frankel, Jennifer Jongsma Core Conversation • Intermediate • #visualsci SUNDAY, MARCH 9 11:00 AM Omni Downtown: Longhorn Everyone's a Curator: Do Museums Still Matter? Social media has empowered anyone with an interest in art to assume the roles of cu- rator, artist, and critic, all at the same time. This panel will offer examples of museum projects that have fostered engaging digital art experiences, and examines how the rise of curation points the way towards new methods of fulfilling the ultimate museum mission of being a place of insight and inspiration. Jennifer Yin, Kathryn Jaller, Sarah Bailey Hogarty, Willa Koerner Panel • Intermediate • #curateSXSW 11:00 AM Omni Downtown: Capital Ballroom Building Next-Generation User Experiences at NASA People imagine space software to be sleek and modern. But the tools NASA use look nothing like their Star Trek counterparts; they're text-based, neon-colored, and compli- cated with age. We're a small design team at NASA, working to break this trend. Join us to see redesigned systems for the Mars Curiosity Rover, the Kepler Space Telescope, and the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer. Sam Hashemi, Steve Hillenius Dual • Intermediate • #nasadesign 11:00 AM Omni Downtown: Lone Star Navigating the New Handmade Economy This panel investigates the challenges and opportunities facing handmade entrepre- neurs. This discussion between four expert makers will put a spotlight on the innova- tive solutions DIY business owners are developing to navigate this quickly changing economic landscape. Courtney Klossner, Eleanor Whitney, Rena Tom, Sharon Fain Panel • Intermediate • #Handmade 11:00 AM Omni Downtown: Austin Library Machines: A Lo-Fi Design Conversation Library Machines workshop is the time and space to get folks together to imagine machines that fit this "mad-lib": "It's a special kind of (SITE) (THING) that when you (ACTION) it (REACTION)! It's cool because (TELL US WHY IT'S COOL)."We'll begin with some brief inspiration, jump right into a fun design sprint and finish up with show and tell. Jeff Goldenson, Sidsel Bech-Petersen Core Conversation • Intermediate • #libmachine FESTIVAL SESSIONS