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AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER: LEVEL 3 11:00 AM Room 5abc 12:30 PM Room 9abc Wanted: Mobile Dev with 40 Years Experience Digital Music Licensing: Navigating the Storm Learn new tips and avoid the mistakes of the past by exploring how experts in the field of disability have approached designing apps and content with everyone in mind, and see how those designers, developers and users are solving mobile problems today. Matt May Solo | Intermediate | Community + Activism | #webdev40yr CLE. This session will focus on cutting edge developments in the digital music licensing arena, including trends related to licenses with record companies for digital services, changes in U.S. publishing licensing structures, and international developments. The focus will be on key issues to consider when seeking licenses for new products and service offerings, as well as identification of perils. Christian Castle CLE | Advanced | Content + Distribution | #licensCLE 11:00 AM Room 6ab Can Crowdfunding Save Local Government Budgets? There are countless local government projects that are not completed due to lack of funding, especially in today���s economy when budgets are tighter than ever. Crowdfunding platforms focused on funding these projects are sprouting up in the U.S. and abroad. This panel will discuss the successes and failures of these startups and will answer the tough questions facing these new business models. Eric Engelman, Jordan Raynor, Rodrigo Davies, Story Bellows Panel | Advanced | Government + Civic Engagement | #crowdgov 11:00 AM Room 9abc 12:30 PM Room 10ab We Want Turtles! Giving Communities What They Want In conversation with Leslie Wolke, Jake Barton, founder and principal of Local Projects will walk through the case study of "Change by Us," an open source application with its first project up and running for New York City. This case study will kick off a far-reaching conversation about how the web is best used to instill and sustain community activism and involvement. Jake Barton, Leslie Wolke Dual | Intermediate | Community + Activism | #sxswchange Device/Service Proliferation: Rights Abomination? 3:30 PM CLE. As technology companies develop new products and services that enable consumers to access and consume music and movies in new ways and places, at the time and choosing of the user, are copyright owners being cheated out of revenue streams or should they have a right to control all manner of distribution? What are the limits of copyright owners' rights? Can they find harmony with technology? Gary Greenstein CLE | Advanced | Content + Distribution | #copyrtCLE Research in accessible transportation has gained new momentum in recent years as a result of some US Department of Transportation (USDOT) research activities. This session will explores some of those. Bill Curtis-Davidson, Charlene Wilder, James Pol, Mohammed Yousuf Panel | Intermediate | Community + Activism | #coolUSDOT DJ Epistemology: Producing & Knowing As terms formerly reserved for DJs and producers permeate discourse on topics that have nothing to do with music, we must ask what this indicates about the nature of knowledge. Through a survey of emerging technologies, pedagogy, and his own research, Zach will argue that a new sort-of epistemology is emerging, presenting opportunities to design more meaningful learning experiences. Zach Kaiser Solo | Intermediate | Community + Activism | #DJLearn 12:30 PM Room 5abc Engaging Government for Fun, Profit & Meaning How and why can people participate in and benefit from government's recent forays into the digital landscape? Panelists from The National Archive, the USDA, and GSA (which runs Challenge.Gov) will answer as they discuss how anyone can leverage government to help create new tools, launch companies, make better decisions, and engage in meaningful work. Amanda Eamich , Gadi Ben-Yehuda, Pamela Wright, Tammi Marcoullier Panel | Advanced | Government + Civic Engagement | #gov20 3:30 PM Room 6ab New Technology for Conflict Prevention Can peace messages delivered via SMS change the course of a conflict? As online and mobile connectivity increases, conflict prevention practitioners search for creative ways to bring about the human connections that bridge opposed positions. This panel will explore how these peacebuilders leverage new technologies to create virtual adaptations of traditional conflict prevention activities. Anne Kahl, Helena Puig Larrauri, Margarita Quihuis, Patrick Meier Panel | Advanced | Community + Activism | #tech4peace 3:30 PM Room 10ab Digital Outcasts: The New Bootstrapping This presentation will detail three real world case studies of digital outcasts ��� members of disenfranchised populations who transformed their communities through a ���grass roots��� approach to technological innovation. Kel Smith Solo | Intermediate | Community + Activism | #bootstrapp 12:30 PM Room 6ab Privacy: Who Is In, Who Is Out? The privacy debate has become a regulatory battle pitting two federal agencies ��� the FCC and the FTC ��� against each other. Which pieces of privacy-centric issues fall under which umbrella? What role should the federal government take? How are start-ups, tech companies, and app developers being heard? Who gets the final say: the federal government, industry led coalitions, or consumers? Christina Gagnier, Harold Ford Jr, Link Hoewing, Sara Kloek Panel | Intermediate | Government + Civic Engagement | #PrivInOut SXSW 2013 Interactive Festival | 129 PROGRAMMING 11:00 AM Room 10ab Room 5abc Making Accessible Transportation Modern & Cool