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Career-enhancing connections make the SXSW Interactive Festival so special to so many digital creatives. Come to Austin in March to connect yourself (or your company) to the new ideas, new technologies and new business opportunities that will shape the future, as well as game-changing insights from the world's most innovative thought-leaders. Registration for the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival opens the first week of August 2013 -- buy your badge early to take advantage of the lowest prices and the best selection of lodging.

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Anne-Marie Slaughter to Speak at SXSW 2013

Created by Sarah Garcia on November 28, 2012
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Anne-Marie Slaughter by Denise ApplewhitePhoto by Denise ApplewhiteMany of the digital creatives who attend the SXSW Interactive Festival struggle to manage the delicate balance between work and life. With this challenge in mind, we are very happy to have confirmed Anne-Marie Slaughter as a Featured Session for the 2013 event.

An academic, foreign policy analyst, and public commentator through the old and new media, Slaughter served as Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department from January 2009 until February 2011. She is currently the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Upgrade Your Badge to Get the Most Out of SXSW

Created by jim on November 27, 2012
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Image from SXSW 2012 Film & Interactive Fusion Party, courtesy Jojo Marion If you are already attending SXSW Film or Interactive take advantage of all that SXSW has to offer by upgrading your badge to Gold or Platinum. Gold badge holders get access to all things Interactive and Film including networking events, film screenings, parties, sessions and more. Gold badge holders get the full SXSW experience by immersing in both events.

SXSW Interactive Announces More 2013 Programming

Created by Sarah Garcia on November 27, 2012
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DreamIt Ventures mentor session Paul WoodruffPhoto by Paul Woodruff

Today, SXSW Interactive announces another round of programming for the 2013 event, most of which was received through the SXSW PanelPicker process. You can view the list of newly accepted proposals below, which includes a new section of accepted Mentors programming.

If your name or proposal title is on the list below, then congratulations. You made it through an extremely competitive process! You can see the complete up-to-date listing on the SXSW Interactive 2013 programming page.

New Trade Show Days, New Friday Opening Night Party!

Created by Sarah Garcia on November 19, 2012
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To make sure you get the most out of SXSW Interactive, we've changed the Trade Show days for SXSW. The new Trade Show days are now Sunday through Wednesday, March 10-13, 2013. The sights, sounds and stories that came out of the event last year showed us how much our converging audience appreciates the SXSW Trade Show. So, mark your calendars and be sure to get an inside look during the 2013 SXSW Trade Show.

SXSW Interactive Awards Announces Hall of Fame Inductee danah boyd

Created by Sarah Garcia on November 15, 2012
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danah boyd by Brooke Nipardanah boyd by Brooke NiparThe 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.

For 2013, we are pleased to announce 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.

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