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3:30 PM Ballroom E
Monkeys with Lazers:
How MailChimp Does AI
Hear from MailChimp's Chief Data Scientist John
Foreman on how MailChimp does AI. There will be
monkeys, and possibly lasers.
John Foreman
How to Spot a Liar...with Data
Can you use data to spot a liar?
Noah Zandan
IoT: Is the Coming Plague of
Devices Too Smart?
Peter Biddle will explore the implications of devices be-
coming too smart in this connected world.
Peter Biddle
Designing Smart Objects for
Emotional People
Exploring the impact of technology on human emotion,
and how conversations with ourselves, our devices, and
one another are evolving.
Jennifer Dunnam
3:30 PM Ballroom F
Starting Up in a Man's World
Catherine Cook will discuss co-founding MeetMe at 15,
a $100 million deal, and the qualities that are important
for entrepreneurial success.
Catherine Cook
CEO at 31: Models, Lingerie, & NYC
Adore Me CEO shares how to raise three rounds of fund-
ing and build fastest growing brand in intimates, aimed
at taking down Victoria's Secret.
Morgan Hermand-Waiche
Entering the Production
Era of Cloud Computing
Dave Wright will discuss how enterprises are delivering
their own internal cloud infrastructure.
Dave Wright
A Funny Taboo: The Art of LOL
for Business Women
Funny business women? Women should appreciate
comedy, not create it, right? WRONG. Business women
are killing it with humor...you can too.
Amy Harrison
5:00 PM Ballroom E
AI: Natural Interactions
Between Man & Machine
How do we make man and machine come together so
our interactions are organic?
Vlad Sejnoha
Know Thyself: Self Actualisation
by Numbers
Will the quantified self revolution hone our intuition to
make us smarter? Or will the deluge of data cloud our
natural instincts?
Ben Essen
Drive Me: Robotic Drivers &
Re-Inventing the Wheel
Driving is the next human-led activity where robots will
soon take the wheel, literally, changing the way we live
and work.
Hod Lipson
The Machines Will Free Us All
The rise of the machines: can AI help free humans from
mundane tasks and create a more just society?
George John
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Future 15
These sessions are a series of 12-minute
solo presentations that are curated from
ideas submitted through the PanelPicker.
These short form presentations have proven
to be immensely popular with SXSW attend-
ees who generally want to digest as much
information as quickly as possible. Future 15
presentations are grouped into two-hour-
long blocks of programming that relate to a
single theme. If you're interested in attend-
ing these sessions, please keep in mind the
quick format and capacity is limited.
Please also note that on Tuesday, March 11
Ballrooms E and F will be used for traditional
hour-long sessions.
All Keynote sessions will be simulcast live in
all session rooms equipped with a projector.
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