The 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival features keynote presentations from top thought leaders in the industry on Saturday, March 9; Sunday, March 10; Monday, March 11; and Tuesday, March 12. These keynote presentations typically occur from 2:00-3:00 pm in the afternoon. Stay tuned to this website in the coming months for specific dates and more announcements regarding other keynotes at the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival. Register today for a SXSW Interactive, Gold or Platinum badge to attend SXSW Interactive keynotes.
Elon Musk of SpaceX
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
2:00pm-3:00pm
Exhibit Hall 5, Austin Convention Center
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Elon Musk courtesy SpaceXElon Musk, the CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO / CTO of SpaceX, will serve as our second keynote next March in Austin. Musk will be interviewed by Chris Anderson. Author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More, he held the position of editor-of-chief at Wired from 2001 until 2012. Anderson currently serves as co-founder and chairman of 3DRobotics, a robotic manufacturing company.
At SpaceX, Musk is the chief designer, overseeing development of rockets and spacecrafts for missions to Earth's orbit. In 2008, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft won the NASA contract to provide a commercial replacement for the cargo transport function of the Space Shuttle, which retired in 2011. SpaceX is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low Earth orbit, which it accomplished in December 2010. In 2012, SpaceX became the first commercial company to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station – a feat it completed twice in one year. SpaceX is currently modifying its Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts to and from the station as well.
At Tesla, Musk has overseen product development and design from the beginning, including the all electric Tesla Roadster, Model S and Model X. Prior to SpaceX, Musk co-founded PayPal, the world's leading Internet payment system, and served as the company's Chairman and CEO. Before PayPal, he co-founded Zip2, a provider of Internet software to the media industry.
Tina Roth Eisenberg
SUNDAY, MARCH 10
2:00pm-3:00pm
Exhibit Hall 5, Austin Convention Center
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Tina Roth Eisenberg
by Julia RobbsTina Roth Eisenberg, often referred
to as "swissmiss", will deliver the keynote address on Sunday, March 10 at the Interactive Festival. Eisenberg grew up in mountainous Switzerland, influenced by renowned Swiss design and a lot of fresh air. She runs her popular design blog out of Brooklyn, broadcasting with a European viewpoint and a love for clean, Swiss functional design. Swiss-miss.com has a growing audience of 1.3 million monthly unique readers from all over the world and was selected by The Times as one of the world's Top 50 design blogs.
Eisenberg also runs a Brooklyn-based collaborative workspace called Studiomates, organizes a monthly lecture series called CreativeMornings, is the inventor of the popular to-do app called TeuxDeux and is the force behind the temporary tattoo shop Tattly. She will share passion and knowledge from her diverse business experience, and how taking your side projects seriously will lead to your success.
Julie Uhrman of OUYA with Joshua Topolsky of The Verge
MONDAY, MARCH 11
2:00pm-3:00pm
Exhibit Hall 5, Austin Convention Center
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Julie Uhrman
courtesy OUYAIndie developers and open source principles provide the power and the passion for the SXSW Interactive Festival. With this core value of community collaboration in mind, we are very pleased to announce that game industry veteran Julie Uhrman (pictured left), founder and CEO of OUYA, will participate in a keynote interview on Monday, March 11 at 2:00pm.
Much more than a record-breaking Kickstarter darling, OUYA is the $99 free-to-play game console built on Android and designed by Yves Behar. It is slated for release in March 2013.
Joshua Topolsky
by Ben Shaul Interviewing Uhrman will be Joshua Topolsky (pictured right), co-founder and founding editor in chief of the technology news network The Verge. Before launching The Verge in 2011, Topolsky was the editor in chief at Engadget. He regularly appears as the technology correspondent for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
This keynote will no doubt spark an inspiring dialogue about the real-world challenges of crowdfunding, how open source approaches are disrupting traditional markets and how you can find startup success by daring to follow your dreams.
Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
2:00pm-3:00pm
Exhibit Hall 5, Austin Convention Center
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Matthew Inman
by Koa MetterMatthew Inman is the artist and best-selling author behind the comedy website known as The Oatmeal. Inman championed two successful crowdfunding campaigns in 2012, including "Operation BearLove Good. Cancer Bad" where he turned a lawsuit on its head by raising over $200,000 for charity instead of paying $20,000 in damages to a rival website. In addition, he generated over $1M in nine days to try to buy the laboratory formerly owned by Nikola Tesla, a turn-of-the-century engineer who many consider a geek hero. Matthew lives in Seattle and really, really likes Sriracha rooster sauce.
