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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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11:00am

Get Big Things Done with Connectional Intelligence ACC Ballroom GErica Dhawan

11:30am

How Stress Can Guide Us to Health and Happiness ACC Ballroom GAmanda Enayati

12:30pm

#nofilter: Pros and Cons of Constant Connection JW Marriott Salon 8Krystine Batcho • AJ Scherbring • Jenny Stoltenow • Paul Tyma New Social Networks Are Changing Entire Industries JW Marriott Salon 7Carmel DeAmicis • Nate Gross • Jay Hallberg • Manish Kothari The Internet: F@#% Free Speech, F@#% Fair Use JW Marriott Room 404Sarah Feingold • David Wong Why Is My Company More Transparent Than My Family? JW Marriott Salon 4Darren Reid

3:30pm

Trusted Filters and the Rise of Data Loyalty ACC Ballroom CJason CranfordTeague Behind the Social at PBS' Largest Content Provider JW Marriott Salon 7Hannah Auerbach • Molly Jacobs • Tory Starr • Olivia Wong Mentor Session: Dan McKernan Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIIDan McKernan Mosh Pit of Experts 2015: The Future of Social JW Marriott Room 404Sam Decker • Sean McDonald Security of Things: Who Will Save Us? JW Marriott Salon 4Nicholas Percoco Sex, Lies, and the Internet JW Marriott Salon 8Katherine Cross • Allyson Kapin • Emily May • Rinku Sen Technology in Higher Ed Meet Up JW Marriott Room 502-503Cynde Fleagle • Kevin Morooney

3:45pm

Beyond BFFs: Using Texting to Promote Empathy ACC Ballroom CSara Konrath

4:00pm

Rethinking Privacy in the Internet of Things ACC Ballroom CSteve Shoaff

5:00pm

The Contagion Cookbook ACC Ballroom CMarcus Collins #FeelingBeautiful: Social Media and Women's Egos JW Marriott Salon 8Amanda de Cadenet • Gabi Gregg • Angela Matusik • Katherine Schwarzenegger Don't Hire Robots: The Human Touch in Social Media JW Marriott Room 404Jeanette Gibson Perks of Being a SXSW Newbie JW Marriott Salon 4Sweet John Muehlbauer The Meet Up Organizer's Meet Up JW Marriott Room 504Tony Mai The Real Risks of 'Keepin' It Real' JW Marriott Salon 7Denise Cheng • Jenn Louie • Matt Stempeck When Quickies Aren’t Satisfying: Loyalty on Social Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomErika Brookes • Rebecca Harris • Michelle Lapierre • Holly Spaeth Working Moms Meet Up JW Marriott Room 509Terri Koen

5:15pm

When Haters Show Up in Your Social Stream ACC Ballroom CJanice Person

5:30pm

Wi-Fi Privacy: When Sniffing Becomes Snooping ACC Ballroom CAdam Tyler

9:30am

Are You in a Social Media Experiment? JW Marriott Salon 8Jason Baldridge • Jennifer Golbeck • Philip Resnik • Michelle Zhou Digital Shift: Tomorrow's Relationships and Ideals JW Marriott Salon 7Daniel Bluzer-Fry • Kristy Richards NextGen Privacy: Educating Kids in A Digital World JW Marriott Room 404Janell Burley Hofmann • Katie Stephens World War A: Humans vs Algorithms JW Marriott Salon 4Ceren Paydas

11:00am

A Walk Through the Identity Ecosystem in 3D JW Marriott Salon 4Suzanne Barber Changing Face of Fame: Social Media Celebrities JW Marriott Salon 7Rob Fishman • Cubby Graham • Paula Veale • Jeremy Welt Mentor Session: Sairah Hearn Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIISairah Hearn NetwalkingATX Meet Up JW Marriott Room 509Jessica Tunon Support Community Managers Unite! JW Marriott Room 404Laura Feeney • Bill Johnston The Unbundling Effect: Who’s Next? JW Marriott Salon 8Brad Hargreaves • Jared Hecht

12:30pm

Being Flawsome: 5 Digital Habits to Rock Your Brand JW Marriott Salon 7Erik Qualman Creating the Open Source Society JW Marriott Room 404Jesse Cooke • Stephanie Geerlings • Joe Nelson How CNN and The New York Times Moderate Comments JW Marriott Salon 8Bassey Etim • Patrick O\'Keefe • David Williams Lesbians Who Tech (and Friends) Meet Up JW Marriott Room 502-503Leanne Pittsford We Are Mapping Your World, Inside: What's Private? JW Marriott Salon 4Carol Politi

3:30pm

Future Crimes From the Digital Underworld JW Marriott Salon 4Marc Goodman Geek Up: Wine Meets Tech Meet Up JW Marriott Room 501April Wright Collins • Craig Collins MS Get Verified or Go Home JW Marriott Room 404Drew Lewis Marketing in the Era of Engagement Meet Up JW Marriott Room 508Matt Zilli NASA’s Giant Step in Social Media JW Marriott Salon 7Rodney Mason • Veronica McGregor What Keeps the Internet’s Leading CPOs Up At Night JW Marriott Salon 8Erin Egan • Keith Enright • J Trevor Hughes • Brendon Lynch

5:00pm

#SXsingle Meet Up JW Marriott Room 501Kathryn Irwin 15 Minutes of Shame: A Survival Guide JW Marriott Room 404Megan Wintersteen Beyond Privacy: Surveillance's Threat To Liberty JW Marriott Salon 4Bruce Schneier • Ben Wizner How Technology Created America’s Tweethearts JW Marriott Salon 7Laurie Davis • Thomas Edwards, Jr. Mentor Session: Danny Fraser Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIIDanny Fraser The Future of Privacy JW Marriott Salon 8Michael Beckerman • Suzan Delbene • Blake Farenthold • Darrell Issa

9:30am

Advocates vs Agitators: the Social Influence JW Marriott Salon 8Jamie Barbour • Meg Bear • Shareen Pathak • Alice Wilson Fingerprints Are Usernames, Not Passwords JW Marriott Room 404Dustin Kirkland Human and Robot: Friends or Foes in the Digital Age? JW Marriott Salon 4Steve Garrity Privacy Matters: Baking Privacy into Your Apps JW Marriott Salon 7Jon Callas • Gautam Hans • Deepti Rohatgi

11:00am

Data Discrimination: Exploring Big Data and Bias JW Marriott Salon 7Mallory Duncan • Michael Farrell • Sascha Meinrath • Nicole Wong Give Me Your Data, but Stay Away From Mine! JW Marriott Room 404Damien Patton • Tim Sparapani Hacker to InfoSec Pro: New Rock Star Generation JW Marriott Salon 8Kent Bloomstrand • Tom Edwards • Tiffany Rad ISA Meet Up JW Marriott Room 508Monica Sack The Empathy Gap: Why Stalin Nailed Big Data JW Marriott Salon 4Martin Harrison Cyber-Insecurity: You’re Not As Safe As You Think JW Marriott Room 307Lauren Cucinotta • Amadeus Stevenson Privacy-By-Design Bootcamp JW Marriott Room 306Elizabeth Canter • Meena Harris

12:30pm

Mentor Session: Catherine Cook Courtyard Marriott Brazos ICatherine Cook Screw Privacy, Just Give Me Value for My Data JW Marriott Room 404Lee Maicon • Lisa Pearson The Kickass Project Management Meet Up JW Marriott Room 504Christine Holcombe The Urban Legend of Social Media Marketing JW Marriott Salon 4Jordan Kretchmer Unfiltered: Do Women Need to Get Real on Instagram JW Marriott Salon 8Ashley Ford • Lori Leibovich • Stacy London • Busy Philipps Youth Activism in a Post Snowden World JW Marriott Salon 7Zeynep Tufekci • Marco Werman

3:30pm

Data (in)Security: MIT Scientists Tackle Privacy JW Marriott Salon 8Sam Madden • Ronald Rivest • Danny Weitzner Growing Up Digital: Raising Tech Savvy Kids JW Marriott Salon 4Paul McAleer • Elysse Zarek Hiding in Plain Sight, Anonymizing the Internet JW Marriott Room 404 Hiding in Plain Sight, Anonymizing the Internet JW Marriott Room 404Ian MacDowell Lost in Translation: Slang, Search and Social JW Marriott Salon 7Farzad Ehsani • Howard Lau Official Reddit SXSW Meet Up! JW Marriott Room 508Logan Youree Google Analytics Hacks to Track Almost Anything JW Marriott Room 303-304Dylan Spencer

5:00pm

Everyone's a Little Gay: Thanks, Social Media! JW Marriott Room 404Graham Nolan • Edward Revis Mentor Session: Richard Botto Courtyard Marriott Brazos IRichard Botto Serial, Social Engagement to Build Global Fanbase JW Marriott Salon 4Candice Faktor • Anna Todd We’re All ADHD: Social Media & Attention Disorders JW Marriott Salon 7Lizz Pietrus • Michael Pietrus PsyD When Should Privacy Trump Free Speech? JW Marriott Salon 8Mike Godwin • Zach Graves • Emma Llansó • Jillian York

9:30am

Money Can’t Buy Happiness but Data Can Teach It JW Marriott Salon 7Ofer Leidner • Acacia Parks Social Media Strategy Swap JW Marriott Room 404Martín La Rocca • Jessica Warren Surveillance Photography: Personal, Public, Profit JW Marriott Salon 8Katrin Eismann • David Fine • Oskar Kalmaru • Stephen Mayes What’s Next? Surveillance Reform Post-Snowden JW Marriott Salon 4Robert Chesney • Hanni Fakhoury

11:00am

Is Privacy a Human Right? JW Marriott Room 404David Gorodyansky Is Using Your Users OK? Debating User Monetization JW Marriott Salon 7Sofie Pompa • Damon Reeve • Reggie Wideman • Tyler Willis The Changing Privacy Landscape JW Marriott Salon 4Nuala O\'Connor • Lee Rainie

11:30am

The Digital Mystique ACC Ballroom GSarah Granger

12:30pm

Dumb App Design: Yo and the Magic Of Minimalism JW Marriott Salon 7Or Arbel • Josh Constine • Joshua S Constine Effective Partnerships: Privacy in a Connected World JW Marriott Salon 4Robert Butler Rumors During War Time JW Marriott Room 404Lior Kodner Surveillance, Trust & Ethics: Restoring the Faith JW Marriott Salon 8Stewart Baker • Emily Bell • Jemima Kiss • Michael P Lynch

3:30pm

A Look Inside DARPA JW Marriott Salon 4Dan Kaufman • Danny Yadron Anyone Can Prevent Cyberwar: Here's How JW Marriott Salon 8Collin Anderson • Eva Galperin • Ryan Lackey • Bill Marczak • Morgan Marquis-Boire Digital Afterlife: 6 Feet Under and 6 Years Later JW Marriott Room 404Evan Carroll IBM and Twitter: The Future of Digital Engagement Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomBrian Fanzo • Bryan Kramer • Will Mayo • Maria Winans Mentor Session: Kyle Britt Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIKyle Britt

4:30pm

Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture ACC Ballroom GWhitney Phillips

5:00pm

A Framework for Privacy by Design JW Marriott Salon 7Parry Aftab • Mat Honan Creepy or Cool: Privacy Risks & Social Norms JW Marriott Salon 8Jedidiah Bracy • StJohn Deakins • Joseph Lorenzo Hall • Karen Levy How Framing Affects Privacy Decisions JW Marriott Salon 4Matthew McGlone Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: Fallacy of Social at Work JW Marriott Room 404Joanna Belbey • Julian Mills

9:30am

What the IoT Means For Public Safety JW Marriott Salon 8Jeffrey Carr • Max Meyers • Claire Niech

11:00am

Building Trust in Community Marketplaces JW Marriott Salon 8Steve Kirkham • Corinne Haxton Pavlovic • Jennifer Newman Sharpe • Julia Wilde Look Away: Managing Online Persona Expectations JW Marriott Salon 3Brenda Berkelaar Malware in the Wild: Evolving to Evade Detection JW Marriott Salon 7Engin Kirda Our Digital Selves: What Privacy Means Now Parkside Restaurant UpstairsJake Brewer • Casey Oppenheim • Amie Stepanovich • Janice Tsai We're All Related. The (Big) Data Proves It JW Marriott Salon 5-6Katarzyna Bryc • AJ Jacobs • Joanna Mountain

12:30pm

Feels X Gains: Emotions, Masculinity and Support JW Marriott Salon 8Christopher Gandin Le • Emily Lindin • Marcus Morieko • David Tuck • Jamia Wilson Follow the Money: Cyber Crime and the Black Market JW Marriott Salon 3Byron Acohido • Joel Lang Privacy in the Age of Drone Fever JW Marriott Salon 7Lisa Ellman The ISIS Twitter Census ACC Ballroom AJ.M. Berger • Jonathon Morgan

3:30pm

Fighting Surveillance Can Be Good for Business JW Marriott Salon 3Alex Abdo • Matthew Prince How to Rob a Bank: Vulnerabilities of New Money JW Marriott Salon 8Josh Alexander • Bob Blakley • Boe Hartman The Biggest Issues in Digital Ethics JW Marriott Salon 7Susan Etlinger • Don Heider • Erin Reilly • John Thomas The State of Surveillance ACC Ballroom ABill Binney