2016 SXSW Interactive

2016 SXSW Interactive Program Guide

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• Sunday March 13 from 7:30–9:00pm • Meeting Rooms 201/202 • JW Marriott: 110 East 2nd Street • FREE: No SXSW badge required • Inspirational Talks • Music by The Altered Five Kara Andrade HablaCentro • Austin, TX Andrade is a PhD student, researcher, journalist and entrepreneur focusing on Latin America, media and technology. She founded HablaCentro.com, a network of regional citizen information web- sites. Built on mobile phone networks and Internet hub sites, the HablaCentro model has rapidly spread. Andrade promotes citizen-based investigative journalism and built the platform to facilitate community action calls like sending help to disaster zones or disseminating information about political events. karaandrade.com Richard Bbaale BanaPads • Kampala, UG Bbaale is a social entrepreneur who founded BanaPads (a 2012 Global Social Benefit Incubator Social Enterprise), which manu- factures affordable, eco-friendly, biodegradable sanitary pads to keep village girls in school and create jobs for local women. Bbaale also holds an MBA and founded SOVHEN – an NGO supporting orphans' and vulnerable children's health, education and nutrition. Recently, he has focused on the design, manufacture and distri- bution of affordable health care products through locally sourced materials. banapads.org Maria Rose Belding MEANS Database • Washington, DC Belding is the cofounder and executive director of the MEANS Database, a nonprofit online communication platform for emer- gency feeding systems and their donors. MEANS users in 19 states have rescued thousands of pounds of food since February 2015. Belding is an expert food insecurity writer and advocate. She is the principal author of Fighting for Food, a guide for high school students running food drives, which has been distributed free of charge to more than one thousand students and schools. meansdatabase.com Emile Cambry Jr BLUE1647 • Chicago, IL A business professor, filmmaker and social entrepreneur, Cambry founded the technology entrepreneurship incubator, BLUE1647. He is also President of the Chicago International Social Change Festival, showcasing films that heighten public consciousness. Cambry is one of Crain's Chicago Tech 50, a Top 100 Innovator by the Chicago Tribune, an Urban Business Round- table Game Changer Under 40, a Social Enterprise Alliance Impact Award recipient and sits on Depaul University's Social Enterprise Collaborative. blue1647.com Robi Damelin Parents Circle Families Forum • Ramat-Efal, IL Damelin is a spokesperson of the PCFF, a group of Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost family members to the conflict, working together for reconciliation and a just resolution. Her son, David, was killed by a Palestinian sniper while guarding a checkpoint during his army ser- vice. Damelin was named a 2015 Woman of Impact by Women in the World, selected by the Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice as a Woman PeaceMaker and is featured in the documentary, One Day after Peace. theparentscircle.com Ali Gohar Just Peace Initiatives • Peshawar, PK A scholar, restorative justice expert and the founder of Just Peace Initiatives, Gohar sought public awareness for community develop- ment and peace building in 258 Afghan refugee camps. A Fulbright Scholar, he holds a master's in Conflict Transformation, was awarded a grant by United States Institute for Peace and worked with Oxfam to end "honor" killing and violence against women in Pakistan. Gohar is also the founder of an initiative for sustainable peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan. justpeaceint.org Marissa Jennings SOCIALgrlz • Washington, DC Jennings is CEO of SOCIALgrlz, the first mobile web publishing company creating content specifically for African American girls ages 13–17. SOCIALgrlz provides resources and a safe space for the voices of girls to be heard. A visionary leader encouraging tech development among African American girls, Jennings has worked with national organizations like Girls Inc., Girl Scouts of America and the BET Foundation. She was recently honored by the White House as a 2015 Champion of Change. socialgrlz.com Meghana Reddy Limbs with Love • La Mesa, CA Reddy builds and provides custom prosthetic hands to children and adults all over the world using 3D printer technology. Passionate about innovative tech and underprivileged youth, she founded non- profit Limbs with Love to provide limbs at no cost to the recipient. Her outreach strategy includes dealing directly with local community members and partnering with nonprofits in developing countries. Reddy is currently developing a prosthetic with increased finger functionality and a variety of sensory perceptions. limbswithlove.org Marty Tenenbaum, PhD Cancer Commons • Cambridge, MA Tenenbaum is the founder of Cancer Commons, a nonprofit net- work of physicians, scientists and patients, dubbed the "LinkedIn of Cancer," which provides treatment recommendations from experts, based on clinical results. It optimizes the use of existing drugs with the potential to save millions of lives. Tenenbaum is a Fellow of AAAI, a founder of successful startups and an advisor to Austin-based Cognitive Scale. He has been honored by both the Mela- noma Research Foundation and the Society for Melanoma Research. cancercommons.org Priya Verma, Child, Youth, Women & Environment • Alberta, CA The founder of the Child, Youth, Women and Environment non- profit, Verma has worked to better the world since childhood. Verma received the Diana Award from UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the United Nations Outstanding Youth Achiever Excellence Award for her contribution to humanitarian services and social entrepreneurship. A member of UNEP, UNO, UN CHRONICLE, UNESCO, World Bank and British Council, she continues to be actively involved in environmental and youth programs. cywe.org COMMUNITY FUND GRANTS For organizations, SXSW has created the SXSW Community Fund Grants to recognize good work being done within local commu- nities and help further that work by funding a project or program. This is a merit-based application process whereby qualified 501(c) (3) public charities may apply for one of five $10,000 grants from the SXSW Community Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas. SXSW feels that promoting good is one of many ways to help foster creative innovation. Learn more about the 2016 SXSW Community Fund Grant recipients at sxsw.com/grant. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS Dewey Winburne served as one of the original cofounders of the SXSW Interactive Festival. But he was also many other things in the Austin community: a family man, a teacher, a visionary, a connector and an innovator. He believed that technology could bridge the digital divide and help those less fortunate than others. Although Winburne passed away in 1999, his legacy exemplifies how one individual can truly make an impact in their community. The Dewey Awards celebrate the spirit of com- munity in Austin that we think is unique to SXSW. Each spring, 10 recipients are recognized for their use of digital technology to help others. Each honoree will receive a complimentary registration to SXSW, a $1,000 grant to their favorite 501(c) (3) and a chance to spread the word about their work to the SXSW community. DEWEY WINBURNE AWARDS THE DEWEY AWARDS CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY WE THINK IS UNIQUE TO SXSW EVENTS & AWARDS 5 1 2 0 1 6 S X S W I N T E R A C T I V E P R O G R A M G U I D E D E W E Y AWA R D S

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