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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

Neuroplasticity and Tech: Why Brands Have to Change Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDDan Machen • Felix Morgan What Is A Brand Now Anyway? Sheraton Austin Capitol BallroomLaura Gordon • Vinoo Vijay • Russell Wager • James Ward How to Keep Ideas Alive After SXSW JW Marriott Room 301-302Christian Dodd • Nicholas Papagiannis

12:30pm

How to Build a Following Around Your Idea ACC Ballroom GDorie Clark Building an Army of Brand Advocates Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDLuanne Calvert • Amanda Levy • Abby Lunardini • Terry Macko Do You Know the ROI of WOM? Do You Want To? Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Greg Pharo • Beth Rockwood • Peter Storck • Edward Wild En Vogue: Blurring the Line Between Brands and Tech JW Marriott Room 205Jennifer Darmour Lights, Camera, Action: MAKER LABS Live in Austin JW Marriott Salon 2David Alpert • Robert Kirkman • Erin McPherson • Mike Shields

3:30pm

Behind the Social at PBS' Largest Content Provider JW Marriott Salon 7Hannah Auerbach • Molly Jacobs • Tory Starr • Olivia Wong Brand and Deliver: Creating Custom Branded Content Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 4-7Spencer Griffin • Luke Simmons Mastering Adaptive Marketing in a Real-Time World Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDSeraj Bharwani • Billie Goldman • Chris Perry • Matt Soldan Snackability Effect: A New Norm for Brand Content Palm Door on Sixth Main StageGregory Clayman • Ashley Davidson • Jeff Hurlow • Paul Miser • Eliot Rausch • Danielle Strle

5:00pm

The Art of Social Media JW Marriott Salon 5-6Peg Fitzpatrick • Guy Kawasaki The Mosaic Mindset: Building Luxury Brands Palm Door on Sixth Main StageJon Pearce

5:15pm

Inanimate Characters Redefine Authenticity ACC Ballroom BGerard McLean

9:30am

Why Mobile Puts Consumers in the Power Seat Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDPaul Krasinski Adv. Brand and Marketing for Early Stage Companies JW Marriott Salon HPaul Dery • Tomás Puig

11:00am

Forget Loyalty, Build Habits Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 1Leslie Feinzaig Mentor Session: Nicole Franklin Courtyard Marriott Brazos INicole Franklin Use Your Words: Optimizing Content For Growth Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 4-7Evany Thomas

12:30pm

Mentor Session: Elizabeth Quintanilla Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIIElizabeth Quintanilla Turning Talent into Rockstars JW Marriott Salon 5-6Bonin Bough Using Brands to Create Cultural Identity Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 1Jarret Myer • Chris Wink

3:30pm

Are Brands Sabotaging Their Own Content? Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDSeth Coffrin • Emily Luger • Liz McDonnell • Alyssa Vitrano Marketing Through Live Music: What Works? Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Jonathan Azu • Michael Feferman • Mike Raspatello • Courtney Trucksess • Evan Winiker Mentor Session: Brian Thompson Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIIBrian Thompson What Marketers REALLY Need to Know About Big Data JW Marriott Salon FMichael Wu

4:15pm

How a Library Visit Will Differentiate Your Brand ACC Ballroom BJenessa Carder

5:00pm

Brand Sponsorships For Startups Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Jodi Arden • Gregory Castronuovo • Chris Denson • Fred Schonenberg • Jack Shannon Culture Trumps Advertising Every Time Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 1Chris Kneeland Managing a Shit Storm and Restoring Your Brand Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDRobert Gibbs • Liz Jarvis-Shean • Ben LaBolt • Becca Lewis

9:30am

Advocates vs Agitators: the Social Influence JW Marriott Salon 8Jamie Barbour • Meg Bear • Shareen Pathak • Alice Wilson Booming Media Brands Holding Onto Identity Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 2-3Jonathan Hunt • Stacy Martinet • Michael Sebastian • Patrick Yee

11:00am

Adapt or Die: Building a Brand In 2015 and Beyond ACC Ballroom BJoanna Lord Data-Driven Strategy vs Editorial Gut Instinct Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 1Danica Lo • Jessica Novak • Linda Vo • Elizabeth White Market to Win: Success The Era of Engagement Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDSanjay Dholakia The Future Of Native Advertising Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Mitch Brandow • Jill King • Nikhil Sethi • Brewster Stanislaw When Humor Is More Powerful Than the Truth Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 4-7Ben Huh Digital Body Language JW Marriott Salon GVanessa Van Edwards Why Editorial Calendars Make Your Content Suck JW Marriott Salon FAmy Gibson-Grant • Ben Grossman

11:45am

Why Can't We Be More Like Disneyland? ACC Ballroom BMarcus Castenfors

1:15pm

Anythink: The Brand that Sparked a Revolution ACC Ballroom BStacie Ledden

2:20pm

Big Picture Thinking for Creative Communities ACC Room 15Katherine Oliver

3:30pm

A Happy Marriage: How To Integrate Experts and UGC Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 2-3Matt Atchity • Arabella Bowen • Stacey Rivera Inside-Out: Where Corporations and Innovation Meet Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Karl Isaac • Michele McConomy • Michael Phillips • Diana Stepner No Additives or Ads: Mr P Terry On Modern WOM Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 1Heather Carmichael • Patrick Terry Socks, WTF? Or, Taking Your Digital Brand Physical JW Marriott Salon BJeff Zwerner

5:00pm

We’re All ADHD: Social Media & Attention Disorders JW Marriott Salon 7Lizz Pietrus • Michael Pietrus PsyD Why Brands Can't Afford To Ignore Millennials JW Marriott Room 206Melissa Goidel

5:15pm

Love My Job! Changing Culture From Crappy to Cool ACC Ballroom CJo-Dee Benson

9:30am

How to Successfully Work with Brand Innovators Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FTarah Feinberg • David Min • Gregarious Narain • John Ross

10:30am

Personal PowerWorks: Power Your Personal Brand and Career Trinity HallJennifer Batchelor • Zita Cassizi • Laurie Champagne • Liz Heller • Tim McCord • Marc Miller • Robin Fisher Roffer • Jessica Spinks • Mindy Turner • Linda Waste • Jennifer Zammuto

11:00am

Crashing Oculus Rift and Hacking New VR Experiences Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 3Sean Gardner • Ben Tan How to Create Great Partnerships with Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FPete Blackshaw • Kayode Owens • Gina Squara • Cary Tilds

12:30pm

Art vs Purpose: Innovation in Marketing JW Marriott Salon 3Leigh Christie Humanizing Digital Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Joel Beckerman • Abigail Posner • Randall Stone • Charles Trippy KITE Presents Startups Pitch for Brand Partnerships Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FJeremy Basset • Alisa Leonard • Mark Silva • Rachel Weiss Your Company’s Value Proposition Is Clear As Mud Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 3Jacob Shin

3:30pm

How To Keep Your Social Media Game Sincere ACC Ballroom DEva Chen • Michelle Phan The Science of Mind-Blowing Videos Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Gregory Brown • Ezra Cooperstein • Katrina Craigwell • Mitchell Moffit Why Your Content Marketing Is Failing, and the Fix Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 3Jeremy Bencken • Joseph Miller

5:00pm

Apple, Marilyn and The Pope: Why Brands Need Tension Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 3Michael Sussman

11:00am

Mentor Session: Celina Rollon Courtyard Marriott Brazos ICelina Rollon New Earth: A Brand for the Year 2079 Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Nick Dupey • Rodrigo Martinez Where’s Waldo’s Voice: Social Media for Mascots Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDAshley Callahan • Kip Havel • V Murali

12:30pm

Redefining Realness for Brands On Twitter Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDMarie Bonaccorse • Bianca Buckridee • John Colucci • Mariali Hackman • Christina Warren Show and Smell: Marketing Experiences Beyond Visual Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Heather Gately • Warren Kronberger • David Polinchock • Ben Redford

3:30pm

Stubb’s BBQ: Cultivating a Cult Brand Meet Up JW Marriott Room 508Matthew Gase The Skinny on Sonic Logos (& Why You Need One Now) JW Marriott Room 303-304Cheryl Engelhardt

5:00pm

Ecommerce: Why Location Is Still Everything! Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2David Bell

11:00am

Branding Ovation: Advertising Creatives Talk Music ACC Room 11ABPeter Gannon • Sara Matarazzo • Theresa Notartomaso • Steven Scharf

12:30pm

Mad Men (and Women!) of Music ACC Room 10BPaul Greco • Todd Porter • Josh Rabinowitz • Rani Vaz

2:00pm

Untapped Opportunities in (Brand) Sync Placement ACC Room 10BStephen Knill • Daniel Kuypers • Jane Mohr • Nate Woodard

5:00pm

Music x Brands = Creative & $ Awesomeness ACC Room 17BJavier Farfan • Dan Gross • Eric Johnson • John Pantle • Jon Vanhala Step Into Christmas: What Music Brands Want ACC Room 10AMark Gordon • Sam Mumford • Ralph Murphy • Simon Robinson

12:30pm

Emerging Artists and the Retail Experience ACC Room 17BTravis Doster • Katrina Streiner • Sara Sullivan • Danny Turner

2:00pm

Why You Matter to Brands/Why Brands Matter to You ACC Room 10BDiane Andreoni • Wendy Colonna • Eric Sheinkop • Maureen Traynor

3:30pm

At Some Point You Are Going To Need A Team ACC Room 9BCJen Appel • Sharon Jennings • Eric McLellan • Lou Plaia

2:00pm

Do Artist Endorsement Deals Help Brands & Artists? ACC Room 10BDom Hodge • Jack Horner • Alex White

3:30pm

Amplifying Brands with Streaming ACC Room 18DJonathan Barnes • Isaac Bess • Craig Snyder • Drew Thurlow I've Got 99 Problems, But PR Ain't One ACC Room 11ABTito Belis • Natalie Bisignano • Dayna Ghiraldi • Rey Roldan

5:00pm

DIY Screenprinting Tips & Tricks ACC Artist Central in Ballroom EJared Connor • Clay Ferguson • Andy MacDougall • Mark Pedini • Jonathan Rebolloso