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19 INTRODUCTION M O N D A Y TUESDAY WEDNESDAY STARTUP SHOWCASE PLACE BY DESIGN INDEX SXSW Eco 2015 MONDAY SESSIONS 3:30PM - 4:00PM 8BC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIRESIDE CHAT A Beautiful Home for the Price of a Car Payment: The Industrial Design Pathway Kasita is a modular, movable, stackable, attainable and intelligent home. It is a new category of housing aimed at allowing young, single, creatives an opportunity to live in the heart of the city for about half the price of a standard studio. Dr. Jeff Wilson and Remy LaBesque will talk through how industrial design, rather than traditional architecture, is centric to the entire develop- ment process. Dr. Jeff Wilson, Kasita; Remy Labesque, Kasita 3:30PM - 4:30PM 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PANEL Cross-Industry Collaboration Empowers Smallholder Farmers in Haiti presented by Timberland Post-earthquake Haiti is rebuilding with the help of a unique development model created by a partnership between Timberland and the Haiti Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA). What began with Timberland's vision to plant five million trees in five years via the establishment of a completely self-financed, sustainable business has become an inno- vative 3,000-member smallholder farming cooperative. Gabriel London, Found Object; Hugh Locke, Smallholder Farmer Alliance; Margaret Morey-Reuner, Timberland; Timote Georges, Smallholder Farmer Alliance 6B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PANEL From Metaphor to Metrics: Net Positive Businesses presented by Biomimicry 3.8 Learn how companies like Interface and Kohler are using biomimicry as a design tool to switch to more regenerative business models. We'll explore two corporate case studies applying biomimicry at the systems level. Can a business really operate like a rainforest, creating net + value? Can another tackle industrial solid waste streams, utilizing waste as a valuable asset, rather than a liability? Erin Meezan, Interface Inc; Erin Rovalo, Biomimicry 3.8; Theresa Millard, The Biomimicry Institute 10C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WORKSHOP Impact Thinking: A Gateway to Social Change and Mission Accomplished How do we become conduits of impact? Are we reaching our full potential? Is it possible to measure that impact? In this workshop Adam Thomson and Nic Lauten of KK Intl. outline a 4-step process that will help your organization answer these questions. For CSR departments, social entrepreneurs and non-profits alike, impact thinking can take your organization from good intentions to real and lasting change. Adam Thomson, Krochet Kids International; Nic Lauten, Krochet Kids International AUSTIN SUITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PANEL Is Civic Tech Leapfrogging Design? The way we build our cities is adapting to become more accessible and inclusive, but who is leading that charge? Currently tech- nologists have taken on the call and are cre- ating solutions to help improve community engagement, the permitting process, zoning analysis and new business development. Where are architects and designers in this conversation? Where should they be? Alicia Rouault, Civic Design Camp; Anne Guiney, Van Alen Institute; Cristina Garmendia, Our City; Katherine Darnstadt, Latent Design 9C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMPETITION Place by Design: Resilience Place by Design is SXSW Eco's public space design competition. The Resilience category highlights innovative projects that contribute to a more adaptive, sustainable world. These diverse projects demonstrate the range of potential for resilience in our world, to become a not only an integral part of a community, but also a force for social, economic and environmental change. Finalists: A Place to Go, Beirut Riverless, The Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Rapidly Deployable Net Zero Ebola Treatment, The Redd on Salmon Street Emcee: Jeanne Lambin. Judges: Ana Baptista, New School; Amy Chester, Rebuild by Design; Brendan Jones, USGBC; Brett Snyder, Cheng + Snyder; Graeme Waitzkin, Reaction Housing 10AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMPETITION Startup Showcase: Energy presented by Direct Energy The Startup Showcase is a live pitch competition featuring top early stage companies from around the world. In the Energy category, watch presentations from eight startups offering solutions to today's energy challenges followed by Q&A sessions with a panel of judges, made up of utility representatives as well as corporate and VC investors. Finalists: Callida Energy, CO2AL, LLC, ConnectMyEV, Go Electric, Innosys, Quanta3, Sustainable Power Systems, Inc., Yan Engines Emcee: Mitch Jacobson, Austin Technology Incubator. Judges: Jeremy Adelman, Energy Foundry; Liana Berberidou-Kallivoka, Austin Energy Green Building; Garrett Hester, Direct Energy; Willem Rensink, Shell Technology Ventures; Mark Wight, GE Energy Ventures