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.
Back for the third year, SXswag continues to eliminate thousands of pounds of waste by offering a digital version of the ubiquitous conference swag bag.
Available via SXsocial, anyone can access swag, although registrants can unlock extra items. Offers include custom business cards from moo.com and one year of web hosting for $10 from InMotion Hosting.
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Keynotes panels and presentations for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival take place at more than 10 venues in and around the downtown Austin area. Where are these venues and what kind of programming does each venue host? Check out our new venue page for complete answers to these questions.
Finally, as a reminder, keynotes for the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival take place from 2:00-3:00 pm at Exhibit Hall 5 on the first floor of the Austin Convention Center. But if you are attending sessions at one of several SXSW Interactive venues (pictured below), then no worries about returning to the Austin Convention Center to attend this captivating mid-day content.
Image Courtesy of Bike HuggerSubmit your design topic to SXSW and be a speaker for Built 2013: Make & Tell, Magic Revealed on Monday, March 11!
Hosted on Next Stage by Bike Hugger and Make Magazine, this presentation features a series of discussions from a variety of designers and innovators. Give firsthand insight into your creative process and showcase your unique design for the SXSW audience!
Rose Gottemoeller
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Department of State
Big questions need big ideas. Protecting the globe from weapons of mass destruction is no easy task, and a strong work force within the U.S. government is dedicated to finding ways to reduce the risks posed by WMDs. The U.S. Department of State wants to hear your innovative ideas on ways to protect the globe now and for future generations.
SXSW Interactive is happy to present the featured session, Mobilizing Ingenuity to Strengthen Global Security, with Daniel Terdiman of CNET News in a discussion with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Rose Gottemoeller. Rose Gottemoeller serves as Senior Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament. Gottemoeller will talk about open source information and communication technologies for arms control verification and compliance monitoring, as well as recent open prize challenges. To participate in this interactive discussion, tweet your questions using the hashtag #StateDeptSXSW.
After a few requests from our friends up north hunkering down for the storm, we've extended our last registration deadline for SXSW 2013 to 11:59pm (CST) on Monday, February 11th. That means you have more time to get your 2013 SXSW Registration squared away. For those of you not getting buried in snow, you also have until Monday night to save up to $155 off of the walkup-rate.
We hope all those in the northeast stay safe and warm this weekend. We look forward to seeing you all in March!
New! 2014 dates!
Interactive: March 7–11
Film: March 7–16
Music: March 11–16
