SXSW Interactive is proud to announce that the judging panel has been named for the 2010 Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW competition, and we were lucky enough to gather a stellar group for the job. The blue-ribbon panel will select the grand prizewinner for each category and on Tuesday, March 16, at 6pm the winners of Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW 2010 will be announced.
We wouldn’t trust such an important task to just anyone, so the following esteemed judges have agreed to contribute their expertise toward the success of the event.

On Day 1, Scott Belsky, Chris Brogan, Chi-Hua Chien, David Dunne, Elliott Hurst, Jeff Pulver, Paul Graham, Philip Kaplan, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Brian Wallace, Tim Chang, and Erich Broksas will lend us their insights as they narrow down the finalists to the top 12 companies that will return for round 2.

Picking up the torch on Day 2 we have Omid Ashtari, Tom Conrad, Michael Dodd, Dave Evans, Stacey Higginbotham, Mark Hindsbo, Guy Kawasaki, Fabio Rosati, Naveen Selvadurai, Robert Scoble, Chris Shipley, and Josh Williams rounding out the group.

We couldn’t be more pleased with the personalities we've gathered and we’re excited to say that this innovative competition has an inspired panel of judges to match.

Accelerator imagery by Varick Rosete