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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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11:00am

Challenges of Free-to-Play: No Money, No Problem Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 4Cory Butler • Gary Gattis • Matthew Hemby • Jeff Petry

12:30pm

Empowering Cities with Big Data Analytics JW Marriott Room 211-212Charlie Catlett • Marta Gonzales • John Tolva • Roy Truitt

2:30pm

The Casual VR Scene Palmer Events Center Geek StageRobert Brackenridge • Patrick Curry • Neal Nellans • Alex Schwartz • Devin Weidinger

3:30pm

Fast & Furious: Bringing the Legacy to Mobile Palmer Events Center Geek StagePablo Greenham • Bill Kim • Calvin Lim • Steve Martin • Jose Sanchez How SciFi Drives Marketing In the Exponential Age Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Will Kassoy • Marco Mascorro • Kyle Nel • Ari Popper Mentor Session: Rick Yang Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIRick Yang

3:45pm

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

4:30pm

Building Long-Lasting Game Franchises at King Palmer Events Center Geek StageJohn Almbecker • Vince Darley

9:30am

Mobile Beyond Marketing: The Era of UnAdvertising Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomBrent Hieggelke • Sonia Nagar • Arlie Sisson • Brendan Wright Why Mobile Puts Consumers in the Power Seat Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDPaul Krasinski Building Location-Aware Apps Using Open Source JW Marriott Salon FChuck Greb • Matthew Smollinger

11:00am

When Your Devices Decide to Touch You Back Long Center West Pincer LoungeRohit Thawani An AI Future: It's Not What You Think JW Marriott Room 208Amanda Coolong • Ben Medlock • Raj Singh • Lane Wood Driving to Retention: a Simple Roadmap Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomKimberlie Christen • Ben Jones • Alyssa Meritt • Peter Roybal Engineering the Future of Awesome on Any Device JW Marriott Salon BAlex Balazs • Aliza Carpio • Sameera Rao • Dan Shaw Personalization for the People Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Jag Bath • Lindsay Chastain • Ari Levy • Sucharita Mulpuru Rapid Iteration On Mobile JW Marriott Salon AMariya Yao

12:30pm

Beacons for Good: Avoiding the Creepy JW Marriott Room 211-212Steve Hegenderfer Changing the Human Experience with Mobile Location Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomCory Bergman • Kevin Hunter • Michael Richardson • Ajay Waghray Mobile: The Glue Between Online and Physical Retail JW Marriott Room 205Michelle DeVore • Carla Dunham • Tricia Nichols • Alan Tisch Tap, Swipe, Book: Designing for Mobile JW Marriott Salon ASam Shank

1:15pm

Design for Fingers, Thumbs and People ACC Ballroom CSteven Hoober

3:30pm

Mentor Session: Jason Bender Courtyard Marriott Brazos IJason Bender Promise and Pitfalls of Too Much Health Data JW Marriott Room 203-204Shannon Dickson • Dr Robert Glatter • Michael Smith The Camera Reimagined: New Forms, New Tools Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 2-3Hans Peter Brondmo Watch What Happens Next: a World of Wearables Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomJulie Ask • Asif Khan • Richard Ting • Scott Townsend Designing UI in Keynote for Web and Mobile Apps JW Marriott Salon HJoel Beukelman • Ted Boda

5:00pm

The Rise of Mobile eSports Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 4Casey Chafkin • Bo Daly • Andrew Paradise • Mike Vorhaus Narratives, Platforms and Movements Hilton Austin Downtown Salon DJohn Hagel Wallet Wars: Payments are Just the Beginning Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomStephanie Capretto • Brian Kirby • John Lunn • Jordan Mckee • Jeremy Nicholas

9:30am

Privacy Matters: Baking Privacy into Your Apps JW Marriott Salon 7Jon Callas • Gautam Hans • Deepti Rohatgi

11:00am

Beyond The Shelf: Power of Intelligent Packaging JW Marriott Salon ADan Shust The Anatomy of Selfies That Sell Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 1Chris Haines • Pau Sabria Building Responsive Websites Without Code JW Marriott Room 303-304Bryant Chou • Mat Vogels

12:45pm

Mobile Payments: Solution for the Third World ACC Ballroom CFelipe Fernandes

3:30pm

Hiding in Plain Sight, Anonymizing the Internet JW Marriott Room 404 Hiding in Plain Sight, Anonymizing the Internet JW Marriott Room 404Ian MacDowell Mobile Social and Meet Up presented by Bike Hugger Long Center West Pincer TerraceDL Byron

5:00pm

Is Big Data the Next Wonder Drug? JW Marriott Room 203-204Walter De Brouwer • John Nosta • Eric Topol Meet Up: Pinterest Engineering AMA JW Marriott Room 502-503Yash Nelapati Using Biometrics to Find Engagement 'Moments' in Connected Devices ACC Room 18ABCDBrian Wong

9:30am

Death to Passwords: Mobile Security Done Right JW Marriott Salon ATim Messerschmidt Mobile: How to Build Beyond the Phone JW Marriott Salon BKyle Ellicott • Dash Gopinath • Stephane Marceau • Sean O\'Leary • Redg Snodgrass • Grant Wernick Web vs Mobile: The Continuous Delivery Difference JW Marriott Salon DPrathap Dendi • Kevin Rohling

11:00am

Mentor Session: Will Turnage Courtyard Marriott Brazos IWill Turnage Mobile Tech and the Retail Revolution Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCDDaniel Danker • David Van Epps • Laura Heller Race to the Fifth Screen Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 2-3Michael Gorman • Steve Guggenheimer • Austen Mulinder • Nick Rish Think Like an Animator: Motion on Android JW Marriott Salon DKevin Grant • Zack Sultan

11:15am

Why And How to Be Bolder In Healthcare IT ACC Ballroom CChris Moose

12:30pm

Dumb App Design: Yo and the Magic Of Minimalism JW Marriott Salon 7Or Arbel • Josh Constine • Joshua S Constine Mediated Experiences: Technology and Art Today JW Marriott Salon 2Cezanne Charles • Christian Gaines • Joseph Voss • Keir Winesmith The Mobile UX Revolution - Magnificent or Meh JW Marriott Salon BEamonn Carey • Marie Glad • Gabe Karp • Oisin Lunny

12:45pm

Mobile Africa: Look to the Desert, Not the Valley ACC Ballroom BKasi Bruno

3:30pm

IBM and Twitter: The Future of Digital Engagement Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomBrian Fanzo • Bryan Kramer • Will Mayo • Maria Winans

5:00pm

Is Gamification the Key to Engaging Mobile? Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 4-7Howard Kingston It's The End of The Internet As We Know It... Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 1Micha Benoliel • Gautam Chandna • Kevin Fitchard • Jan Standal • Chris Weasler

9:30am

Connected Health: Being Social Helps Your Heart JW Marriott Room 201-202Nancy Brown Disruptive Mobile Technologies in Fashion Commerce JW Marriott Room 206Amy Errett • Manik Singh • Heidi Zak Saving Stores: How Mobile and Data Increase Visits Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomShelly Banjo • Todd Dipaola • David Ervin • Laura Kelso • Alan Wizemann $1 Prototype: Modern Approach to Mobile UX Design JW Marriott Salon FGreg Nudelman What's Before Mobile First? JW Marriott Salon HKen Tabor

11:00am

Contextual Mobile UX in the Beacon Wearable Age Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomJennifer Bordner • Chris Hiland • Laura Kelso • Craig Kostelic • Sohrab Pirayesh Lessons From Africa: Relationships Over Privacy? ACC Room 6ABJessica Colaço

12:30pm

Show and Smell: Marketing Experiences Beyond Visual Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Heather Gately • Warren Kronberger • David Polinchock • Ben Redford Winning the Battle for Digital Airspace Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomChris Borek • Jeff Griffin • Lauren Johnson • Michael Stich

3:30pm

Dazed x Diesel : Insta-Identities & Crowdsourcing ACC Ballroom DNicola Formichetti • Zing Tsjeng 300% Mobile Lift Is A Real and Augmented Reality Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Emery Skolfield • Annie Weinberger Understanding the Beacosystem Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomDave Heinzinger • Molly Hop • Steven Jacobs • Anne Marie Stephen Rapid On-Boarding: Building Password-less Apps JW Marriott Room 306Derek Labian • Tom Langridge

5:00pm

Creating Meaningful Mobile Experiences Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomJohn Costello • Daryl Evans • Erin Kienast • Joseph Tripp

5:00pm

Mobile Music Geekout - Marketing, Content, & Hot Tech ACC Room 13ABOisin Lunny • Daniel Nathan • Stephen O\'Reilly • Jessie Scoullar

2:00pm

How Tech Companies Are Improving Event Discovery ACC Room 17BJustin Boyan • Jackie Chang • Michael Feferman • Aditya Koolwal • Scott Owens • Kristina Wallender