SXSW Interactive
March 13-17, 2009
The SXSW Interactive Festival features five days of exciting panel content and amazing parties. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology. Whether you are a hard-core geek, a dedicated content creator, a new media entrepreneur, or just someone who likes being around an extremely creative community, SXSW Interactive is for you!
2009 Panel Ideas: Online Submission Process Now Open
Do you have a great idea for a panel discussion or a presentation at the 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival? If so, we want to hear about it.
The online application for submitting these ideas has now been launched – and it will remain live through Friday, July 11. Programming ideas submitted via this interface will be posted on the 2009 version of the SXSW Panel Picker, thereby allowing the web community to vote on which ideas they feel are most appropriate for 2009. Click here for more information on getting involved with next year’s event!
2008 Recap: Collecting Your SXSW Interactive Experiences
Check out the online event recap page with day-by-day summaries of keynotes, panels, parties and other fun activities. Got a SXSW-related link that you’d like to see posted on this page? The more the merrier! Send us the link and we will add it to this community archive.
Hear the Brightest Minds in Emerging Technology with SXSW Interactive Podcasts
Quench your thirst for all things SXSW Interactive by checking out the SXSW Podcast Page, which contains tons and tons of FREE audio content. Then make sure you are subscribed to our SXSW Podcast RSS Feed.
2008 Program: Complete List of Panels and Speakers Announced
The SXSW Interactive Festival features forward-thinking new media experts from across the United States and around the world. The bulk of programing for the 2008 has been posted online. Be sure to check out the Panels Schedule, as well as two new features for this year's event; Book Readings and Core Conversations. About 75% of programing for 2008 came via ideas from the online community, as generated by the SXSW Panel Picker.
Pictured above: March 9 keynote speaker Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook. Other keynotes for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival include Frank Warren (March 10) and Jane McGonigal (March 11). Opening Remarks (March 8) will be delivered by Henry Jenkins and Steven Johnson.
Live Chat About Interactive Panel Sessions with meebo
Meebo is a website for instant messaging and synchronous social activity. As the official live chat at SXSW Interactive, meebo allows you to discuss and interact real-time with other attendees at any panel during the festival. Visit www.meebo.com/sxsw to get your feet wet and dive full-force into the platform that is the next phase of instant messaging.
SXSW 101: Watch this Video and Know Where to Go
Where do I go to get my SXSW Interactive badge? How do I find all the panels I want to see? OH NO! I don’t have the slightest idea where to get my Program Book!! If thoughts like these haunt your dreams, send a chill down your spine and turn your stomach upside-down – or if you just want a sneak peek at the Austin Convention Center before the action starts on Friday, then get your own personal video tour of the new room layout for 2008. Whether you are a grizzled veteran of SXSW or this is your first time to the event, watching this video will help minimize onsite confusion.
Special thanks to the great folks at SUPER!ALRIGHT! for helping produce this content.
The Interactive Hub: Be Part of the SXSW Online Community
Event attendees (past, present and future) have a place to talk all things SXSW on the Interactive Hub. This community blog covers whatever you want to cover, from panels to Austin restaurants to ride shares to job openings to SXSW evening events. Posting is easy. Just create a user account, then you are off to the races! Got questions on how this all works? Contact us with any questions or concerns.
Upcoming Events
Below are events of interest to the SXSW crowd, many featuring former and current SXSW speakers:
March 14-15, 2009
ScreenBurn is the portion of SXSW Interactive that focuses on the newest trends in the video game industry. Located on Level One of the Austin Convention Center, the ScreenBurn Arcade enables attendees to play with the coolest new gaming platforms, titles and technologies. Get in on all the fun on Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15.
March 13-17, 2009
2009 SXSW Interactive Festival
It is never too early to start planning for next spring! The 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival runs Friday, March 13 through Tuesday, March 17. Stay tuned to this website for complete details.
September 5
Located in Brighton, England, dConstruct is the affordable one-day conference for people designing and building the latest generation of social web applications. The theme for the this year’s event is “designing the social web.” 2008 speakers include Steven Johnson, Daniel Burka, Tantek Celik and Jeremy Keith.
September 1
Web Awards Entry Process Opens
The SXSW Web Awards showcase the hottest new trends in the new media industry. Entries for the 2009 competition will be accepted beginning Monday, September 1. Stay tuned to the Web Awards page for complete information.
July 30
It’s a Mashable invasion in Austin for the fourth stop on the U.S. Summer Tour. Mashable’s traveling team (Pete Cashmore and Karen Hartline) are meeting up with local Texan Masher, Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins and want you to join the party. Food, drinks and the best of the best are ready to rock for this way-cool event.
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2009 is Here! The New SXSW Webite is Now Up and Running
Hey there, if you are looking for information related to the 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival, then you are at the wrong place! Instead of looking at this page, click here to access the brand new website for next year’s event. Special thanks to Blue Flavor for providing the all-new site architecture, as well as to Sibley/Peteet Design Austin for assisting us with an all-new identity. Rock!
Posted 08/04/08 in Latest News +
SXSW 2009: Registration Process Opens on Friday, August 1
As mentioned in a previous post, the SXSW Interactive website will re-launch on Friday with all-new artwork and site architecture. August 1 is also the first day that you can purchase a registration for the 2009 event. Remember, the earlier you register for the event, the lower the price to attend. Registration early also gives you the most possible downtown lodging options. In other words, book your room now via the SXSW Housing Desk before your hotel of choice sells out!
What were those dates again? The 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival begins Friday morning, March 13 and ends Tuesday evening, March 17.
Posted 07/30/08 in Latest News +
Spore Rules: Will Wright Wows the Crowd at Comic-Con
During his 2007 SXSW Interactive Festival Keynote address game developer Will Wight (SimCity, The Sims) opened the door on his newest creation “Spore” for the enthusiastic crowd. Last Thursday at Comic-Con International in San Diego he opened the door even more, showing the packed room of eager geeks and media another glimpse into this highly anticipated game’s playspace. Read all about Wright’s inspirational Comic-Com 2008 appearance by clicking on the ScreenBurn Gaming Fest link. And click here for an in-depth look into his 2007 SXSW Interactive talk.
Posted 07/29/08 in Speakers in the News +
SummerMash Austin Comes to 6th Street on Wednesday
Hey Central Texas geeks! Be sure to stop by Buffalo Billiards (201 East 6th Street) at 7:00 pm on Wednesday evening, July 30 for SummerMash Austin. This event features networking with prizes, food, drinks, music, and all sorts of other fun. Hosts for the July 30 event Austin include Mashable CEO, Pete Cashmore, plus Texas resident and Mashable editor Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins. Click here for complete details.
Posted 07/29/08 in Latest News +
NY Times Reviews New Books From Two SXSW Authors
Two former SXSW Interactive speakers are featured in the July 27 issue of the New York Times Book Review. The first of these authors is Rob Walker, whose new book is titled “Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are”. According to the review by Farhad Manjoo, “Few observers have plumbed the subterranean poetry of marketing as thoroughly as Walker. Mining research from psychology and economics to explain the unlikely rise of several brands, [he] argues that our susceptibility to marketing arises from our ignorance of its pervasiveness.” Less flattering is Katie Hafner’s assessment of “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0″, which is the new release by Sarah Lacey (pictured above). Hafner contends that the author “draws a fascinating portrait of Marc Andreesen and his need not just to best himself but to equal the success of his mentor Jim Clark, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who financed netscape. Otherwise, the title seems to bear little relevance to the book.” Ouch.
Posted 07/28/08 in Speakers in the News +
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