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SHERATON AUSTIN HOTEL FRIDAY, MARCH 8 2:00 PM Capitol View South Health 2.0 Code-a-Thon Health 2.0's SXSW Code-a-thon is a coding competition designed around building new applications and tools to foster health and wellness. Join fellow developers, designers, health care professionals, biz dev and entrepreneurs for an afternoon of rapid prototyping and creative health-hacking. Jean-Luc Neptune, Jessica Goldband Hackathon | Intermediate | Health + Medicine | #health 3:30 PM Capitol EFGH What Can We Learn from the Unabomber? Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber, is in jail but continues to write anti-technology essays. Philosopher David Skrbina argues that he makes some good points about the unforseen consequences of technology in modern society. Mr. Skrbina is the Unabomber's longtime pen pal who helped publish a book of Kaczynski's writings. Here he debates philosopher Peter Ludlow about the meaning of the Unabomber. David Skrbina, Jeffrey Young, Peter Ludlow Panel | Intermediate | Social + Relationships | #unabomber 3:30 PM Capitol View North 5:00 PM Capitol View North The Comfy Chair! Are We Sitting Too Much? I'll bet you're sitting in a chair while reading this. In fact, the time spent sitting in chairs has increased substantially over the past 30 years, and so have related health concerns. The computer and media industry is just beginning to address these issues. In this interactive session, we'll discuss some of the recent research and tools available. Bring your ideas and experiences. Clayton Aynesworth, Jason Levitt Core Conversation | Beginner | Health + Medicine | #sitsalot 5:00 PM Creekside Quantified Year: 365 Days of Tracking Everything 365 days. Digital health devices, apps and blood draws galore. So why voluntarily commit to such a high-maintenance and occasionally painful lifestyle? I'll share what I tried and what I learned, both about my health and how it changed my general worldview. So whether you're interested in quantified self or even how I maintained this crazy lifestyle and what I learned, you're covered. Leslie Ziegler Solo | Intermediate | Health + Medicine | #QSyear SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Helping Aunt Ginny: Alzheimer���s, Technology & Me 9:30 AM Caring for the elderly is hard. Prioritizing yourself while serving as the caregiver for someone else is even harder. Technology can help both of you. This talk will explore some of the challenges of caring for the elderly, technological advances that help you with daily management and tips for taking control while allowing the loved one to still believe they are in control. Virginia Ingram Core Conversation | Beginner | Health + Medicine | #eldercare A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great spot for you to connect, brainstorm and share ideas with other digital creatives attending the event. Meet Up | Beginner | Social + Relationships | #homeroom 3:30 PM Creekside Designing Habits: From Big Data to Small Changes With the advent of inexpensive sensors and self-tracking apps, we can capture new insights in personal health data. However, the data is only truly valuable if it can be turned into positive behavior change. Leaders in venture capital, research and health tech discuss the key enablers to tackling this challenge: the use of visualization, gamification, social mechanics, and habit design. Jeffrey Holove, Michael V Copeland, Steph Habif, Tim Chang Panel | Advanced | Health + Medicine | #healthdata 5:00 PM Capitol ABCD Female Orgasm: The Regenerative Human Technology PROGRAMMING In a world where technology and social networks have increasingly replaced in-person interaction, female orgasm nourishes our fundamental need for visceral, human to human connection. What the internet did for computers, female orgasm can do for human connection. Through a 15-minute practice, men and women access the universal socket for connection. It's incredibly simple and massively catalytic. Nicole Daedone Solo | Intermediate | Social + Relationships | #OM 5:00 PM Capitol EFGH It's Reddit's Web. We Just Live In It For many years, Reddit, a site that allows people to post, vote on, and comment on links from around the web, was essentially stuck in Digg's shadow. But suddenly Reddit has become the most exciting and influential community online. The site now gets billions of page views every month. How is Reddit's newfound power altering Web culture? And should we celebrate this power, or fear it? Adrian Chen, Farhad Manjoo, Rebecca Watson Panel | Intermediate | Social + Relationships | #RedditsWeb 212 | SXSW 2013 Interactive Festival Creekside Home Room 11:00 AM Capitol ABCD Data, A Love Story: How I Gamed Online Dating When I decided to try online dating, I wasn���t going to let my profile mugshot and a few lines about me decide my fate. So I gamed the system. I studied women using online dating sites and collected data on the popular ones. I then compiled everything, did a deep data analysis and logged back in with a new, ���super profile.��� Within a week, I was the most popular woman online. Amy Webb Solo | Intermediate | Social + Relationships | #datalove 11:00 AM Capitol EFGH Get Ready to Rumble! How WWE Is Crushing Social TV With more than 123 million fans/followers on Facebook and Twitter, WWE ranks among the sports world���s digital leaders. Learn how WWE���s integrated marketing and content strategy is driving bone crushing levels of engagement by connecting Superstars directly with their fans ��� delivering exclusive content, stunning face-offs and real-time experiences that dominate social television. John Cena, Khris Loux, Perkins Miller, Stephanie McMahon Panel | Advanced | Social + Relationships | #WWE 11:00 AM Capitol View North Digital Primitives: The Anthropology of Social The Internet has offered patients and caregivers the opportunity to create spontaneous ���communities of practice.��� These communities are essentially self-governing societies, with interactional norms, defined (if ad-hoc) structures, and identifiable leadership. Anthropology and linguistics are two traditional fields of study that can help make sense of these communities and members��� needs. Brad Davidson, Rob Malouf Core Conversation | Advanced | Health + Medicine | #linganthro