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12:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 210 What's Next For Talking Cars Imagine a transportation system in which cars can see things that you can't. Such cars could warn of a potential crash or icy roads ahead, advise of a traffic jam ahead, or help find a parking space. By the end of the decade this technology may be standard equipment in every new car. Check out this session to see how you can be part of the connected vehicle revolution. Mike Pina, Walt Fehr Core Conversation // Intermediate // #realITS 12:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 211-212 Beacons for Good: Avoiding the Creepy Beacons are small, inexpensive wireless devices that broadcast radio signals to smart devices. The power of beacons extends beyond customer service and into healthcare, education and agricultural infrastructure. This session will explore beacons – their privacy and security concerns, how to elude the creepy factor and using beacons as a champion for good. Steve Hegenderfer Solo // Intermediate // #how2beacon 3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 208 Exploring the Future of Connected Objects This session is an exploration of the future of connected objects and the Internet of things. Using different frameworks to understand human motivations, such as the Seven Deadly Sins and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, the panelists will explore what products and services might arise over the coming decades. Chris McRobbie, Daniel Fogg, Jennifer Dunnam, Matt Webb Panel // Intermediate // #connectobj 3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 210 Designing Tools for Designing Cities In the last century, we've learned a lot about the death and life of great cities. We have a language and a movement around building these great cities. But none of this knowledge is reflected in the tools urban planners use to create them. Instead, our master plans are built in excel. Why is there this gap? And where do we go from here? Sam Hashemi, Tiffany Chu Core Conversation // Intermediate // #citydesign 3:30 PM JW Marriott: Room 211-212 Humans vs. Machines: A Cognitive Revolution By the end of 2015 not all of our peers will be human. The relationship between man & machine will no longer be strange but the norm. IPsoft's CEO Chetan Dube will discuss how true AI will impact humanity, healthcare and finance – unleashing the potential of human creativity while redefining roles, accepting our byte-based brethren, and transforming the very nature of what it means to be human. Chetan Dube Solo // Advanced // #AI 5:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 208 The Building Blocks of a Smart World We're reaching a point where everything in the world around us is connected. But what does it mean to live in a "smart" world and how will it shape our future? Hear from creators of today's smart ecosystems at Nextdoor, SmartThings and Urban Engines to discover why and how this shift is taking place and how cities and residents are adapting and leveraging tech to shape the smart world of tomorrow. Dan Lieberman, Jeremie Beebe, Karen Roter Davis, Leigh Gallagher Panel // Intermediate // #smartworld 5:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 210 A New Authenticity in a Holographic World Reality vs Perception – Sandy Fleischer, Managing Partner of digital agency Pound & Grain and Peter Martin, CEO of VALIS Studios talk about websites, games, film and the changing world of holographic enhanced experiences. Topics: creating holograms, recreated performances, audience, Peter's work, changing possibilities for industries, the future of holograms, the impact of perception on reality. Peter Martin, Sandy Fleischer Core Conversation // Intermediate // #SXSWReal 5:00 PM JW Marriott: Room 211-212 The Writing on the Wall: Our Liquid Ambient Future Data becomes us. It is liquid and in flux. We remix our environment by just being in it. The notion of the liquid electric is embedded in our popular fictions and scientific explorations. Machine ambience operates at the foundation of our interpretation of the farthermost reaches of space and the inner most structures of matter. It colors the otherwise darker vistas of our future networked selves. Mitch Goodwin Solo // Intermediate // #liquiddata SUNDAY, MARCH 15 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Room 208 Quantifying our World Through Open Platforms Imagine a world where our homes, our streets, our favorite places, our entire cities can quantify their activity, communicate signals, and operate off of each other to optimize the way they work as a whole. When physical environments are interconnected and quantified, they will create a transparent, safer and more efficient world. Alexandre Winter, Cameron Clayton, Catherine Cuellar, Jan Erik Solem Panel // Advanced // #quantworld 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Room 210 Would You Torture A Robot? Robots are just machines, right? Human cruelty to robots seems impossible, and yet in reality, it's not so simple. As robots become more lifelike, the way people react to them starts to get unexpected. Studies suggest that people often feel uncomfortable when watching social robots being tortured or harmed. Why is this, and what does it say about us? Richard Fisher Core Conversation // Intermediate // #torturerob 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Room 211-212 Crowdsourcing the World's First 3D Printed Vehicle Local Motors, together with Cincinnati Incorporated and Oak Ridge National Laborato- ry (ORNL), built a life-size, working 3D-printed vehicle. Called the Strati, this first-of-its kind car was 3D printed in 44 hours using a process called direct digital manufacturing. This session will present the challenges inherent to taking an emerging technology from theory to reality. Jesse Smith, John "Jay" B Rogers Jr Dual // Advanced // #3DPrintCar 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Room 208 The Rise of the Social Robot The early 21st century saw the first wave of companionable social robots. As robot- ics become more sophisticated, a new generation of social robots have been born, from humanoids like Pepper and Jimmy, to the software robot Sophie. Hear how our panelists are extending the field in ways never thought possible just a few years ago. Andra Keay, Bruno Maisonnier, Mark Stephen Meadows, Tiffany Schlain Panel // Intermediate // #robots 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Room 210 GroHome: Crowdfunding ADA Homes for Disabled Vets The ADAptable GroHome is a flexible building system that is cost effective in creating ADA compliant homes for disabled vets which can grow with their family or evolve with their financial situation. We are seeking leaders interested in taking a donation of GroHome technology and components back to qualified vets in a community willing to champion a crowdfunding campaign and installation. Scott Burton Core Conversation // Intermediate // #GroHome 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Room 211-212 Will Your Next Lawyer Be a Machine? The legal industry is in the early stages of a major upheaval, caused in part by in- creased competition from software. The presenters will review the technology that is being used in legal to replace or enhance lawyers, its overall effect on consumers and the business of law, and projections for the future of artificial intelligence and other technology in the legal industry. Nicole Bradick, Noah Waisberg Dual // Advanced // #machinelaw INTELLIGENT FUTURE JW MARRIOTT, 2 ND FLOOR: 110 EAST 2 ND STREET FESTIVAL SESSIONS SXSW 2015 Interactive Festival 167