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2013 SXSW INTERACTIVE AWARDS 2013 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: danah boyd The goal of the SXSW Interactive Festival Hall of Fame is to recognize those trend-setters whose career accomplishments have paved the future of the new media industry. As with 2012 honoree Jeffrey Zeldman, Hall of Fame inductees are essential members of the Interactive community who have made numerous contributions to the underlying SXSW goals of creativity, innovation and inspiration. INTERACTIVE EVENTS For 2013, we are pleased to welcome danah boyd as the second member of the SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame. boyd is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, a Fellow at Harvard���s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, a Research Fellow of the Born This Way Foundation, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. Her research examines the intersection of technology, society, and youth culture. Currently, she���s focused on privacy, youth practices and cruelty, and human trafficking. She co-authored Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media. boyd is currently working on a new book titled, It���s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. MICHAEL CUMMINGS Interactive Awards Premier Sponsor - BLOOMFIRE A knowledge sharing tool for the modern workforce, Bloomfire helps teams capture, display, save, and share information, connecting people who have knowledge with those who need it. Interactive Awards Supporting Sponsor - HOEFLER & FRERE-JONES Since 1989, Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones have helped some of the world���s foremost publications, corporations, and institutions develop their unique voice through typography. As part of its commitment to improving typography in the interactive space, Hoefler & Frere-Jones is proud to be a supporting sponsor of the SXSW Interactive Awards. Interactive Awards Supporting Sponsor - LEASEWEB LeaseWeb is a leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider serving over 15,000 customers worldwide, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Services include Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Dedicated Hosting, Colocation and Hybrid Hosting. SXSW 2013 Interactive Festival | 83