Keynotes and Featured Sessions
Top experts in their respective fields converge during SXSW to offer insight and inspiration to festival attendees looking for career growth, mind expansion, entertaining exchanges, and thought-provoking discussion.
Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist
Timnit Gebru
Founder & Executive Director
Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
Beyond the Exit: The Founder’s Next Act
Allison Ellsworth
Founder
poppi
Mike Hofman
Editor-in-Chief
Inc.
A Conversation with Timm Chiusano on the Art of Appreciation
Timm Chiusano
Principal
Chiusano & Daughter
Social Media Masterclass with Ex-YouTube & Instagram Insider
Jon Youshaei
YouTuber
Youshaei Studios
Amy Webb Launches Technology Convergences 2027
Amy Webb
CEO
Future Today Strategy Group
Growth Beyond the Horizon: Moving Past Innovation Paralysis with Strategic Foresight
Joanna Lepore
Global Foresight Strategist
Dig Insights
Think Outside the Boss: How Autonomy Beats Bureaucracy in the AI Era
Mike Bechtel
Futurist
University of Notre Dame
SuperJoost State of Play: Games, AI & Disruption
Joost van Dreunen
Video games professor
SuperJoost Playlist
From Founder to Acquirer: Lessons From Both Sides of M&A
Rebecca Torrence
Startups & VC Reporter
Bloomberg
Rahul Vohra
Founder and Head
Superhuman Mail
In an Age of Bullying, Can We Make Social Bravery Contagious?
Amy Cuddy
Social Psychologist