We are getting really excited to visit San Francisco to celebrate the final week to enter proposal ideas to the SXSW Panel Picker. If you live in the Bay Area and want to know more about the PanelPicker process for 2012, be sure to attend the SXSW PanelPicker Meet Up on Monday, July 11 at Slim's. This event is FREE and open to adults 21 & up. Click here to RSVP.

We can't wait to see you all there to get a chance to answer your questions, meet some of the people we follow on Twitter and mark the end of the PanelPicker entry process with a bang. The deadline to submit proposals is end of day Friday, July 15. Online voting for proposals begins Monday, August 15. Learn more at panelpicker.sxsw.com. We hope to have an excellent turnout for this event to help get the word out about the PanelPicker deadline. Don't forget to RSVP today!

Photos of Austin PanelPicker launch party by Adrienne Birney