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Unofficial Guide to South By Southwest 2015

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11,217 official + unofficial events during SXSW (last updated March 23, 2015). Our goal is to be the most complete guide. Anything missing?
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3:30pm

Storytelling Superheroes ACC Room 18ABCDAlison Bechdel • Maria Hinojosa • Joshua Oppenheimer Publishing Innovation: Next Century Reading ACC Room 12ABAshleigh Gardner • Jason Hovey

5:00pm

Streams, Shuffles and Statutes: Congress and Music ACC Room 18ABCDGreg Barnes • Jason Chaffetz • Elizabeth Frazee • Katie Peters Audio Drama in the 21st Century ACC Room 12ABChris Cox • Buzz Moran • Jason Neulander • Kc Wayland

9:30am

Hyper-Reality TV and Online Video Are a Perfect Fit ACC Room 18ABCDDermot McCormack • Morgan Spurlock Use Computer Vision to Find Nudity, Guns or Bieber ACC Room 12ABSteve Callanan

11:00am

Analog and Digital: Synching an Engagement Campaign ACC Room 18ABCDKeven McAlester • Lauren Prestileo • Mark Samels From Alien to Alien: Isolation ACC Austin SuiteMark Bristol • Alistair Hope Civic Lessons From Superheroes ACC Room 12ABChristian Blauvelt Mentor Session: Don Levy Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIDonald Levy

12:30pm

Movies in My Head: Audiodrama & Film ACC Austin SuiteMatthew Boudreau • Fred Greenhalgh • Sonia James • Sibby Wieland Trailblazers in VR Domain ACC Room 18ABCDWolfgang Bergmann • Amit Breuer • Jason Rubin • Thomas Wallner GXGW: The Doctor Who Meet Up JW Marriott Room 501Noah Kuttler The Future Of Distributed Media ACC Room 12ABSummer Burton

2:00pm

An Internet Odyssey: The Next Gen Of Webseries ACC Austin SuiteHannah Cheesman • Mackenzie Donaldson • Matt Eastman • Julian De Zotti

3:30pm

A Conversation with Jeff Nichols and Michael Shannon ACC Room 16ABJeff Nichols • Michael Shannon • Michael Tully UCB on TV: How Improv Is Changing Everything ACC Room 18ABCDMatt Besser • Katie Dippold • Nick Kroll • Shannon O\'Neill Zero Day: What Will Be The Weapons Of World War 3? ACC Room 12ABDave Anthony • August Cole

5:00pm

A Conversation with Jimmy Kimmel ACC Ballroom DJimmy Kimmel • Kevin Ryder Cinema VFX & Immersive VR: Virtual Worlds Converge ACC Room 18ABCDIkrima Elhassan • James Madigan • Cory Strassberger A Clickable Feast: Pursuing The Modern Music Video ACC Room 12ABSimon Wiscombe • Matt Yoka

5:30pm

The Biological Power of Push and Pull ACC Ballroom BPete Trainor

9:30am

Worlds Without Boundaries: Books, Games, Films ACC Room 18ABCDJames Frey • John Hanke Storytelling with the New Screens ACC Room 12ABAlisa Katz • Geoffrey Long • Francesca Marie Smith

11:00am

The Cast of Community on Moving to Digital ACC Room 18ABCDDan Harmon • Joel McHale • Chris Mckenna • Jim Rash What Does An Art and Design Incubator Look Like? ACC Next StageJulia Kaganskiy • Lisa Park • Drew Seskunas • Sabine Seymour • Allison Wood The Future of Storytelling: the Event ACC Room 12ABAaron Koblin • Ari Kuschnir • Charles Melcher

12:30pm

19 Reinos - A Game of Thrones Immersive Experience ACC Austin SuiteRobert Pratten • Miguel Salvat • Belén Santa-Olalla A Conversation with YouTube Celebrities iJustine and Lizzie Velasquez ACC Room 18ABCDJustine Ezarik • Lizzie Velasquez #SXSW 2015 Pop Culture Meet Up JW Marriott Room 508Tolly Moseley YouTube Grows Up: Community and Culture ACC Room 12ABCorey Lubowich • Rae Votta • Sarah Weichel • Megan Westerby

2:00pm

Stand for Something ACC Room 15Emily Best

3:30pm

A Conversation with Sally Field ACC Room 16ABSally Field • Michael Showalter BedPost Confessions: True Tales of Sex and Tech ACC Next StageJulie Gillis • Mia Martina • Sadie Smythe LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner in Conversation w/ Dazed's Tim Noakes ACC Room 18ABCDShia Labeouf • Tim Noakes • Nastja Säde Rönkkö • Luke Turner Are You Smarter Than Your Brain?: The Big Picture of Big Data ACC Room 12ABDavid Konschnik • Kal Penn • Lillian Pierson

3:50pm

Hand-drawn Animation: Magic Between the Sheets ACC Room 15Danny Madden

5:00pm

NPR and PBS: Public Media, Reaching New Publics ACC Room 12ABShereen Marisol Meraji • Lauren Saks Toy Meet Up JW Marriott Room 501Lizzy Newsome

9:30am

How Serialized Fiction Is Rewriting the Book Four Seasons Ballroom ABJerry Fan • Jennifer Lee • Michelle Miller • Jon Nathanson Tech My Mind: The Age of Instant Gratification Four Seasons San JacintoJulie Barrios • Shanice Johnson • Ayori Selassie • Andrew Yee Unlock Revenue Streams with Digital Asset Rights ACC Room 18ABCDTarek Fadel • Edward Klaris Behind The GIF: The Future of Online Visual Culture ACC Room 12ABAlex Chung • Tim Hwang • Selena Larson • Alan Schaaf • Victoria Taylor

11:00am

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Audience Participation in the Digital Age Four Seasons San JacintoPeter Girardi • Marc Goodchild • Julian McCrea • Jon Schnitzer Exploring Storytelling in the Digital Age Four Seasons Ballroom ABAndrew Cochrane Forget Screens: Immersive Content Lives Everywhere ACC Room 18ABCDBill Galusha • Chad Hutson The VEEP Speaks ACC Ballroom DAnne Fulenwider • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Sam Richardson • Timothy Simons • Matt Walsh Mentor Session: Dean Serletic Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIDean Serletic People with Disabilities Can 'Be There' Too ACC Room 12ABHenry Evans • Kavita Krishnaswarmy • Erin Rapacki

12:30pm

A Drama Nirvana: How to Create a Multiplatform Hit Four Seasons San JacintoBeth Hoppe • David Levine • Pam Veasey • Sue Vertue • David Zucker Storming The Gates of the Digital Frontier ACC Room 18ABCDAnthony Deptula • Lauren Francesca • Todd Luoto • Derek Waters Cable Cutting Enthusiasts Meet Up JW Marriott Room 509Jeff Lawrence Mentor Session: Megan Adams Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIMegan Adams Mentor Session: Nick Lippman Courtyard Marriott Brazos IINick Lippman Technology, Story, and the Art of Performance ACC Room 12ABMichael Monello • Elena Parker

3:30pm

Love & Sex - A Provocative New Transmedia Series Four Seasons San JacintoOlivia Bee • Nusrat Durrani • Matt Lambert • Molly Soda Owning Your Work: The Future of All Things Comedy ACC Room 18ABCDDoug Benson • Bill Burr • Chris Kerns • Al Madrigal Virtual Reality: Video Reinvented ACC Next StageMatt Apfel • Nancy Bennett • Jeffrey Marsilio • Mark McClusky Storytelling Engines for Smart Environments ACC Room 12ABMeghan Athavale • Jonathan Belisle • Vincent Routhier • Lance Weiler

5:00pm

AR and VR: Moving Beyond the Square Screen Four Seasons San JacintoAllen DeBevoise • Gaia Dempsey • Steven Masur • Anthony Mattana • Vivian Rosenthal Game of Thrones: Creating Immersive Entertainment Four Seasons Ballroom ABSabrina Caluori • Melissa Eccles • Jim Marsh Infinity and Beyond: Pixar and 20 Years Since Toy Story ACC Room 18ABCDEd Catmull • Pete Docter • Jim Morris • Galyn Susman Evolving 3D Production Into Immersive Technologies ACC Room 12ABAlastair Green • Brian Vogt • Michael Wilken

9:30am

3D Printing in the Movies Four Seasons San JacintoChuck Alexander • Jason Lopes Beyond Live, Why the L+3 Social TV Convo Matters ACC Room 18ABCDNatan Edelsburg • Michael Scogin • Sima Sistani • Don Steele Hollywood to Silicon Valley: Making a Megahit Four Seasons Ballroom ABFred Graver • Paul Holland • Ann Sarnoff Making Music Physical Again ACC Room 12ABCharlotte Brimner • Kate Stone

11:00am

Astrophysics Goes Hollywood: Cinematic Science ACC Room 18ABCDDonna Cox • Robert Hurt • Frank Summers Data and Spoon Benders: Hacked Music and Design ACC Room 15Michael Hendrix Live Music Streaming as Means for Brand Engagement ACC Room 12ABJimmy Chamberlin • Andrew Klein • Hank Neuberger • John Petrocelli Podcasters Meet Up JW Marriott Room 508Espree Devora The New TV Star: How to Build an Audience Online Four Seasons Ballroom ABMichelle Castillo • Kelly Day • Tyler Oakley • Max Polisar • Tom Ryan Web Series Meet Up JW Marriott Room 502-503Tim Street Mentor Session: Dwayne Cathey Courtyard Marriott Brazos IDwayne Cathey

12:30pm

A Conversation with Henry Rollins ACC Room 18ABCDDana Harris • Henry Rollins The Art, Joy and Power of Creating Musical Programs Four Seasons Ballroom ABDavid Koelle Who's Going To Fund Your Web Series? Four Seasons San JacintoKarim Ahmad • Jay Bushman • Amy Dotson • Marc Hofstatter Mentor Session: Ann Greenberg Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIAnn Greenberg Mentor Session: Trey Shelton Courtyard Marriott Brazos IITrey Shelton Russell Brand's Revolution Will Be Televised ACC Ballroom DRussell Brand • Brian Solis

2:00pm

Making Art While Entertaining the Internet ACC Room 17BSean Carney • Yung Jake • Whitney Mallett • Jillian Mayer • Jayson Musson • Molly Soda YouMake ReMake: YouTube Meets Stage ACC Next StageRenana Raz

3:30pm

A Conversation with the Cast of NBC's Undateable ACC Room 18ABCDChris D\'Elia • Ron Funches • Rick Glassman • Bill Lawrence • Brent Morin Austin Music People Meet Up JW Marriott Room 501Jennifer Houlihan Fanboys and Fangirls of Digital Marketing Meet Up JW Marriott Room 502-503Angela Vesagas Let's Meet Up: Collaboration for the 21st Century JW Marriott Room 504Andres Faucher Meet Up: Discuss Debugging the Gender Gap in Tech JW Marriott Room 509Robin Hauser Reynolds Music as Personalized Medicine: Experiment at SXSW ACC Room 17BJessica Grahn • Tristan Jehan • Alexis Kopikis • Daphne Zohar

5:00pm

She-Runners Hulu's Funny Women Creating Today’s TV Four Seasons San JacintoCody Heller • Dannah Phirman • Danielle Schneider • Beatrice Springborn