SXSW Interactive 2014 Program Guide: Tomorrow Happens Here
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SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival 76 77 SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival ART, SCIENCE & INSPIRATION OMNI AUSTIN DOWNTOWN HOTEL: 700 SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD 12:30 PM Omni Downtown: Longhorn The Old Masters vs. Photoshop Do traditional artforms inform gaming and new media art? Will using timeless meth- ods to design complex characters, worlds and gameplay experiences change the way games are consumed? This panel will address these issues, as well as issues regarding whether getting a traditional arts or literature background helps or hurts compared to those who just focus on the digital arts. Chris Solarski, Paul Toprac, Richard Garriott de Cayeux, Sheldon Pacotti Panel • Advanced • #OldMasters 12:30 PM Omni Downtown: Capital Ballroom Curating Serendipity in Online Music Communities Serendipity happens when we stumble upon an unknown book or album tucked away on the shelves... and it thrills us. In this session, we will use the online music community What.CD as a model for thinking about how to meaningfully curate serendipity. We will also consider how user-curated album collages empower us to discover new art- ists, share unique cultures and preserve rare musical traditions. Paul Vinelli Solo • Intermediate • #sxswcurate 12:30 PM Omni Downtown: Lone Star First Signs: Finding Life on Other Planets The James Webb Space Telescope is the world's most ambitious scientific experiment. It is the successor to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, and will be 100x more power- ful. The Webb Telescope, is designed to answer some of the most puzzling scientific questions that humankind faces today. "How did the Universe form," "Is our Solar System unique," and "Are we alone?" Alberto Conti, Amber Straughn, Blake Bullock, Natalie Batalha Panel • Beginner • #FirstSigns 12:30 PM Omni Downtown: Austin Fringe Design: Tackling Disability & Death Every stage of life, planned or unplanned, has its unique set of challenges, yet our fo- cus is on the average, the repeatable and the "target audience." What would happen if we considered audiences at the fringes of life, with real problems that are typically ignored? Join us to learn how designing for the fringe gives us a different perspective to unlock our creative potential. Evan Carroll, Virginia Ingram Core Conversation • Intermediate • #fringe 3:30 PM Omni Downtown: Longhorn Hacking the Hackathon During New York Fashion Week in February 2012, Hearst Magazines teamed with AngelHack, organizer of the world's largest hackathon competition, for its 1st Fashion Hackathon. Learn why companies like Hasbro, McDonalds, and Popular Mechanics are recognizing the value, competitive advantages and strategic business opportuni- ties that can arise from these 24-hour coding competitions. Phil Wiser, Sabeen Ali Dual • Intermediate • #hackhacks 3:30 PM Omni Downtown: Capital Ballroom 3D Printing: Fueling the Manufacturing Renaissance Manufacturing is experiencing a renaissance thanks to advancements in 3D Printing. Join us as we discuss how 3D Printing is disrupting traditional manufacturing and why VCs are taking a fresh look at the space. Peter Weijmarshausen Solo • Intermediate • #3DPrinting 3:30 PM Omni Downtown: Lone Star Ingenuity: Hackathon Uncovered We now live in a collaboration economy where the values of shared ownership and open access to ideas are celebrated. Boing Boing and Ford partnered to invite cre- ators, tinkerers and makers to play around with Ford's OpenXC platform to create "hacks" all in the name of Ingenuity. Get a peek behind the scenes of an event where technology and culture collided and ingenuity-inspired content was born. David Pescovitz, Eric Mcclellan, Liz Boone, Mark Frauenfelder Panel • Intermediate • #Ingenuity 3:30 PM Omni Downtown: Austin Payment APIs & Ecosystem of Finance & Commerce Designed for founders, funders, futurists and developers who are thinking about the future of money, financial institutions, the products they sell and the customers they service, this discussion will cover the challenges and opportunities at the cutting edge where finance and technology meet. Dan Kimerling, Robert Schwentker Core Conversation • Intermediate • #openAPIs 5:00 PM Omni Downtown: Longhorn Good & Great Science Outside the Academy The Virtual Biotechnology Model for either discovering the cause of a disease or to develop a new treatment for a disease is within the reach of a dedicated leader. This session will discuss how to put in place the necessary ingredients for such an effort including the team, the financing and when to exit. Hugh Rienhoff Solo • Advanced • #VirtualSci 5:00 PM Omni Downtown: Capital Ballroom Printing Chocolate: Food on Demand This session will explore questions about our food system that require experimenta- tion, nontraditional approaches, and multidisciplinary ways of thinking. Using the in- novation of 3D printing chocolate, piq Chocolates and Tech Ranch Austin will lead a live chocolate printing session for the audience while exploring some of the concern and ideas of the future of food. Daniel Heron, Levi Lalla Dual • Intermediate • #PrintFood 5:00 PM Omni Downtown: Lone Star The Effects of Internet Use on the Teenage Brain Is the Internet destroying your brain? This session will take the audience through the scientific process and discuss the issues surrounding this controversial topic. Partici- pants will be given a crash course in adolescent brain development and a review of the current evidence regarding the effects of Internet use on brain development during the period of adolescence. Kate Mills Solo • Beginner • #teenbrain 5:00 PM Omni Downtown: Austin A Dude & His Prototype Philosophy: A Love Story This session will "help" define the practice of prototyping. Topics in this session will include the spectrum of prototypes and overly often interchangeable terms, varying types and values across differing disciplines, how activities evolve over phases, and most importantly, the approach from vetting, honing scope, and transitioning to pro- duction (with learnings but no code). Jeff Wilson Core Conversation • Intermediate • #AloveStory MONDAY, MARCH 10 9:30 AM Omni Downtown: Longhorn Change the World: Super Powered Science on the Web Scientists want technologies to be interactive and easy to use, feature rich, and so- cially connected. By leveraging web, mobile, "Big Data" and cloud computing tech- nologies, we can simplify and enable more scientific research, and thus accelerate the pace of discoveries that change the world. Arfon Smith, Mark Hahnel, Maytal Dahan, Nancy Wilkins-Diehr Panel • Beginner • #webscience 9:30 AM Omni Downtown: Capital Ballroom Are We Smarter than the Dinosaurs? NASA's Grand Challenge to "find all asteroid threats to human populations and know what to do about them" is employing open innovation tactics to accelerate the work already being done for planetary defense and engage more than the usual suspects in solving hard problems. This session will explore how a "new NASA" and open innova- tion can meaningfully engage people in space. Jason Kessler, Jenn Gustetic Dual • Intermediate • #AsteroidGC FESTIVAL SESSIONS