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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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ReleaseIt at SXSW: Round 1 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BSusan Amat • Trey Bowles • Evan Burfield • Shauna Causey • Marc Nager SXSW Global Connections Kickoff Hilton Austin Downtown Salon H

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Austin: The New Gateway for International Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon HThomas Bebis • Jean Belanger • George Koutitas • Dr. Ann-Christine Langselius • Eleftherios Ntouanoglou How Is Big Pharma Interacting with Tech Startups? JW Marriott Room 203-204Jennifer Lannon • Meghan Lopresto • Mike Marett • Shweta Singh • Phyllis Whiteley ReleaseIt at SXSW Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BSusan Amat • Trey Bowles • Evan Burfield • Shauna Causey • Marc Nager

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Capital Factory A-List Pitch Hilton Austin Downtown Salon GJonathan Coon • Penny Pritzker • John Thornton McDonald’s Pitch Session: Restaurant Experience Hilton Austin Downtown Salon D Social Health Startup Bootcamp: Investing in Health Hilton Austin Downtown Salon AShwen Gwee • Polina Hanin

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How to Turn Rejection Into Opportunities ACC Ballroom GJia Jiang Barracuda Bowl: Digital Health Startup Pitch Hilton Austin Downtown Salon AAlaina Adams • Ambar Bhattacharyya • Lynda Brown-Ganzert • Juan Pablo Segura Battle Cry of the Sensible Startup Hilton Austin Downtown Salon EScott Abel • Lara Aldag • Jeff Tangney • Jason Yeung Capital Factory Fast Pitch Hilton Austin Downtown Salon GJD Weinstein Jedi Mind Tricks for Entrepreneurs ACC Ballroom ANicole Glaros Launched From a Dorm Room Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BJessica Cole • Alena Gribskov • David Luan • Victor Wong McDonald’s Pitch Session: Content Creation Hilton Austin Downtown Salon D The Startup Dating Game Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KDr. Nazim Cetin • Lori Cheek • Sebastian Doerfel • Tobias Schiwek • Nikolas Schriefer • Parker Thompson What Tech Startups Should Be Doing Next JW Marriott Salon 5-6Jessica Lawrence

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Building Gender-Balanced Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon EStewart Alsop • Vanessa Camones • Julie Ann Horvath • Colleen Taylor Can Photojournalism Survive the Smartphone Era? Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 2-3Gary Hershorn • Kenneth Jarecke • Benjamin Lowy • William Philpott • Scout Tufankjian Evolving From Founder to Great CEO Hilton Austin Downtown Salon JJoel Trammell Happy Startup Endings: Acquisitions – Partnerships Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ABill Besselman • Alanna Cotton • Nirav Sheth • Robin Thurston McDonald’s Pitch Session: Transportation and Delivery Hilton Austin Downtown Salon D The Meet Up Organizer's Meet Up JW Marriott Room 504Tony Mai Unicorn #2: How Entrepreneurs Choose the Next Idea Hilton Austin Downtown Salon GVinay Bhagat • Jason Cohen • Dean Drako • Bob Fabbio

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Accelerating Startups in Europe: What’s Different Hilton Austin Downtown Salon HMax Gurvits • Elina Zheleva Assume and Make an Ass Out of You and Your Startup Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ANick Rosenthal • Steve Welch Secrets of Growth Hacking: From Zero to $50M Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Tammy Camp • Sean Ellis • Neil Patel Startup Success: From Formation to Exit Hilton Austin Downtown Room 400-402Adam Hull • Rick Jordan • Evan Loomis The Oslo Startup Story Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ECecilie Asker • Hallstein Bjercke • Kjartan Slette • Jostein Svendsen

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Startupland ACC Ballroom GMikkel Svane Build It and They Will Come: Startup Funding Myths Hilton Austin Downtown Salon AAj Bruno • Erica Duignan Minnihan Building A Lean Mean Fashion Business Machine JW Marriott Room 205Daniel Bobroff • Lisa Green • Karinna Nobbs • Kate Walmsley Conflict in the Startup Marriage Hilton Austin Downtown Austin Chamber OfficesGeorge Diab • Thomas Knoll Mentor Session: Dale Larson Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIDale Larson Mentor Session: Nicole Franklin Courtyard Marriott Brazos INicole Franklin Protect Your Startup: IP Law Basics Hilton Austin Downtown Room 400-402Michael Dubner • Terrell Miller • Toby Thomas Rapid Iteration On Mobile JW Marriott Salon AMariya Yao Startup Immigration: A Look Back, the Road Ahead Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KDave McClure • Craig Montuori • Christopher Nicholson • Tahmina Watson SXSW Accelerator: Enterprise and Smart Data Tech 1 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FDavid Aronoff • Christopher Dannen • Dayna Grayson • Fran Hauser • Mohanjit Jolly SXSW Accelerator: Social Technologies 1 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon GThomas Ball • Andrew McLaughlin • Maria Thomas SXSW Accelerator: Wearable Technologies 1 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon JAdam D\'Augelli • Don Dodge • Leah Hunter • Nadeem Kassam • Sonny Vu • Michael Yang

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Fundraising Strategically for Long-Term Success Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ABill Clark • Elliot Menschik • Bharani Rajakumar • Danielle Weinblatt Mentor Session: Hayes Davis Courtyard Marriott Brazos IHayes Davis Public Partnerships and Private Parts Hilton Austin Downtown Salon DJenna Arnold • Anjali Kumar SXSW Accelerator: Enterprise and Smart Data Tech 2 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FDavid Aronoff • Christopher Dannen • Dayna Grayson • Fran Hauser • Mohanjit Jolly SXSW Accelerator: Social Technologies 2 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon GThomas Ball • Andrew McLaughlin • Maria Thomas SXSW Accelerator: Wearable Technologies 2 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon JAdam D\'Augelli • Don Dodge • Leah Hunter • Nadeem Kassam • Sonny Vu • Michael Yang Tap, Swipe, Book: Designing for Mobile JW Marriott Salon ASam Shank

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Building A Startup Ecosystem from Zero Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KDevin Baptiste • Samantha Snabes • Sebastian Vidal From Siberia to Millions of Users JW Marriott Salon 5-6Tim Ferriss • Deena Varshavskaya JOurneY: A Method for Meaning Creation Hilton Austin Downtown Salon DBijoy Goswami • Danny Gutknecht Mentor Session: Tim Varner Courtyard Marriott Brazos IITim Varner Startup Success in Brazil With A Foreign Accent Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ADouglas Almeida • Gustavo Caetano • Felipe Matos • Elton Miranda • Felipe Venetiglio SXSW Accelerator: Digital Health and Life Science 1 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon JMilena Adamian • Stacy Feld • Nina Kjellson • Laurie Segall SXSW Accelerator: Entertainment and Content Tech 1 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon GCharles Hudson • Hany Nada • Mahmud Rowghani • Mood Rowghani • Ralph Simon SXSW Accelerator: Innovative World Technologies 1 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FRenata Akhunova • Sir Mix A Lot • Mia Saini Why Ireland Is Cranking Out Great Tech Companies Hilton Austin Downtown Room 400-402Simone Boswell • Mike Butcher • Patrick Leddy • Joe Mitchell • Brendan O\'Driscoll • Julie Sinnamon

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Brand Sponsorships For Startups Hyatt Regency Austin Zilker Ballroom 2Jodi Arden • Gregory Castronuovo • Chris Denson • Fred Schonenberg • Jack Shannon Democratizing Entrepreneurial Opportunity Hilton Austin Downtown Room 412Torsten Kolind • Angeles Navarro International Investments: Trends and Opportunities in Brazil Hilton Austin Downtown Salon AMariana Donagelo • Humberto Matsuda • Santiago Subotovsky • Allen Taylor • Bedy Yang Mentor Session: Tristan Barnum Courtyard Marriott Brazos ITristan Barnum SXSW Accelerator: Digital Health and Life Science 2 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon JMilena Adamian • Stacy Feld • Nina Kjellson • Laurie Segall SXSW Accelerator: Entertainment and Content Tech 2 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon GCharles Hudson • Hany Nada • Mahmud Rowghani • Mood Rowghani • Ralph Simon SXSW Accelerator: Innovative World Technologies 2 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FRenata Akhunova • Sir Mix A Lot • Mia Saini The Ultimate Startup Pivot: A Pivot from No Idea! Hilton Austin Downtown Austin Chamber OfficesDavid Brown • David Cohen

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Commerce Startup Discussion Hilton Austin Downtown Salon HPatrick Chugh • Cosmin-Gabriel Ene • Ki-Bum Park • Ho Yang • Seong Yang Friend or Foe? How Government Impacts Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon EWill Hurd • Virginia Lam • Veronica O\'Connell • Rachel Wolbers German Entrepreneurship on Speed Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ACurt Simon Harlinghausen • Heiko Hubertz • Katja Nettesheim • Alexander Schlaubitz SXSW Accelerator: Enterprise and Smart Data Tech 3 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FGBrad King • Bob Metcalfe • Bryan Stolle Trilogy: A Killer Network Can Transform Your Town Hilton Austin Downtown Room 400-402Heather Brunner • Scott Francis • John Price • Chris Taylor

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Ayrton Senna's Lesson for International Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon DMichiel Frackers • Arthur van Hoff Designing Austin’s Economy - An Innovation Uproar? Hilton Austin Downtown Room 400-402Jim Butler • Thomas Osha • Michele Skelding • Whurley • William Whurley German Startup Engine: E-Commerce Hilton Austin Downtown Salon AJames Bilodeau • Rick Timmins • Norbert Wangnick How Public Policy Protects Patents and Startups ACC Room 10ABVishal Amin • Alyssa Gowens Betz • April Boyd • Kate Doerksen Raving Fans: How Social Impact Activates Customers Hilton Austin Downtown Room 412Zita Cassizi SXSW Accelerator: Digital Health and Life Science 3 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FGCasper de Clercq • Brad King The Millennial Entrepreneurs Meet Up JW Marriott Room 509Natalie Moss Privacy-By-Design Bootcamp JW Marriott Room 306Elizabeth Canter • Meena Harris

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Going Global: How to Launch International Markets ACC Ballroom CElsita Meyer-Brandt

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1+ Many: The Power of Convening for Social Impact Hilton Austin Downtown Room 400-402Scott Collier • Erin Grey • Brian Schoenbaum • Steve Wanta Disrupting the Venture Capital Landscape Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ETerry Chase Hazell • Joshua Henderson • Lorrie Keating-Heinemann • Ray Leach German Startup Engine: Travel and Mobility Hilton Austin Downtown Salon AClaire England • George Karutz, Jr • Sandeep Kumar How Universities Can Create More Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BMiriam Altman • Tlacael Esparza Latino and Latina Entrepreneur and Startup Meet Up JW Marriott Room 502-503Sara Inés Calderón Mentor Session: Paolo Nagari Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIIPaolo Nagari Running A Non-Profit Like A Start-Up! ACC Room 9ABCKate Courteau • Paul Duan • Edith Elliott • Ryan Seashore SXSW Accelerator: Innovative World Technologies 3 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FGJustin Fishner-Wolfson • Brad King • Benjamin Ling • Bob Metcalfe

1:15pm

The Bitcoin Opportunity ACC Ballroom CPatrick Murck

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SXSW Accelerator: Wearable Technologies 3 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FGDon Dodge • Brad King • Ethan Kurzweil • Bob Metcalfe • James Park UT Austin National Science Foundation I-Corps Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomErrol Arkilic • Keith McGreggor • Heath Naquin

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SXSW Accelerator: Entertainment and Content Tech 3 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FGRichard Garriott • Brad King • Kay Koplovitz • Bob Metcalfe • Hamet Watt SXSW Eco Meet Up JW Marriott Room 502-503Morgan Catalina The Ecosystem Approach to Social Impact Hilton Austin Downtown Room 400-402Philip Berber • Erine Gray • Lewis Hower • Zoe Schlag The Risk and Return of African Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KAngela Bekkers • Omar Cisse • Tahira Dosani • Oltac Unsal Startup Marketing and Growth Hacking on a Budget JW Marriott Salon GAntony McGregor Dey • Ashley McGregor Dey

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Demystifying the Startup Accelerator Journey Hilton Austin Downtown Room 400-402Matthew Cartagena • Luke Deering • Patrick Riley • Diane Tate Here's the Pitch! Student Start Up Pitches Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BJohn Balen • John Ciecholewski • Paul Roman • Rhett Weiss Investors Looking for Diverse Startups to Fund ACC Ballroom ERoss Baird • K.P Reddy • Judy Robinett Israel: Small Country, Big Ideas Hilton Austin Downtown Austin Chamber OfficesZack Miller • Bruce Taragin Selling Your Startup to A Big Company Hilton Austin Downtown Room 412Bill Boebel • Jim Curry SXSW Accelerator: Social Technologies 3 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FGKevin Colleran • Christine Herron • Brad King • Bob Metcalfe SXSW Eco Startup Speed Pitches presented by Austin Energy Hilton Austin Downtown Salon AMitch Jacobson TechDiasporas: African and Asian Startups Fuel Hilton Austin Downtown Salon JSamir Abdelkrim • Arnaud Auger

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ATI Fast Pitch Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KBart Bohn • Omar El-Ayat • Sean Jacobsohn • Bryan Stolle HATCH Pitch Competition for Tech Startups: Part 1 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ASteve Forte • Rick Pleczko • Aya Zook How to Successfully Work with Brand Innovators Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FTarah Feinberg • David Min • Gregarious Narain • John Ross Leading the Startup UX from 0 to 100 Days JW Marriott Salon CUday Gajendar

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CoFounders Austin by The TechMap Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KJohan Borge • Veronika Borge • Christian Monsegue Growing the Innovation Economy: Ecuador ACC Room 9ABCSergio Flores • Gregory Pogue • Fernando Rivera HATCH Pitch Competition for Tech Startups: Part 2 Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ARami Essaid • Sumeet Jain • Kerry Rupp • Jared Stasik How to Create Great Partnerships with Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FPete Blackshaw • Kayode Owens • Gina Squara • Cary Tilds Mentor Session: Will Turnage Courtyard Marriott Brazos IWill Turnage Stand Out and Break In: Startup Go to Market Guide Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomEric Gore • Michael Gresty • Colleen Hayes • Irina Mladenova When New Businesses Hatch at the Public Library Hilton Austin Downtown Austin Chamber OfficesPeter French • Alan Weinkrantz

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Impact Investing Rumble Hosted by Jean Case Trinity HallRoss Baird • Jake Brewer • Jean Case • Jigar Shah • Sonal Shah

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Carnegie Mellon Interactive Technology Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BSophie Lebrecht • Priya Narasimhan • Illah Nourbakhsh • Matt Tesch Fair and Square: Equity Splits for Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Austin Chamber OfficesMike Moyer Giants in Search of Automotive Innovation JW Marriott Room 208Derek Kerton • Jenny Kim • Toshiro Muramatsu • Nick Sugimoto HATCH Pitch Competition: Part 3 and Awards Hilton Austin Downtown Salon AJohn Frankel • Balaji Gopinath • Jon Karlen Innovating Development of Cloud, Mobile and Social Radisson Town Lake Riverside BallroomMoe Abdula • Nathan Vega KITE Presents Startups Pitch for Brand Partnerships Hilton Austin Downtown Salon FJeremy Basset • Alisa Leonard • Mark Silva • Rachel Weiss Longhorn Startup Showcase Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KBen Dyer • Rudy Garza • Lydia McClure • Nick Spiller

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A Must for Startups: 10 Tips About Law Enforcement Hilton Austin Downtown Salon ENate Cardozo • Nick Grossman • Nicole Nearing • Marc Rogers • Jamie Tomasello Asian Connection SXSW Meet Up JW Marriott Room 502-503Hahn Ryu Austin’s Biotech Boom: Five Revolutionary Startups Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KTamsen Barrett • John Burns Bringing Our A-Game to Technical Venture Funds Hilton Austin Downtown Salon DAntonio Arocha • Reid Calhoon • Kirk Coburn • Oliver Diaz • Jeremy Sweek How to Find Success from Failure Meet up JW Marriott Room 508Clay Whitaker Student Startup Madness: Entrepreneurial Eight Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BTim Dickson • Kristina Hahn • Brendon Kim • Raymond Liao SXSW V2V Meet Up JW Marriott Room 504Christine Auten

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Innovation Everywhere: Building Up Startup Cities ACC Ballroom BChase Garbarino

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Starting Up the Enterprise ACC Ballroom BJeffrey Burlin

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Houston Influencers Meet Up JW Marriott Room 501Brian Lang Student Startup Madness: Finals and Championship Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BKristina Hahn • Heather Dawn Miller • Anis Uzzaman Top Ten Ways to Be A Great Technology Startup Hilton Austin Downtown Salon DRebecca Taylor

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Gender Inequality in Entrepreneurship ACC Ballroom BJan Ranade

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Going Slow to Go Fast: The Science of Scaling ACC Ballroom BMatt Ehrlichman

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Accelerators by the Numbers: 2014 Rankings Hilton Austin Downtown Room 412Susan Cohen • Yael Hochberg

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To Hell With Good Intentions Part I: Measuring Social Impact Trinity HallSachin Malhan • Neal Myrick • Adam Thomson • Geoff Zimmerman

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Building Trust in Community Marketplaces JW Marriott Salon 8Steve Kirkham • Corinne Haxton Pavlovic • Jennifer Newman Sharpe • Julia Wilde David Partners With Goliath: BD Hacks for Startups JW Marriott Salon 1Bernie Brenner • Maria Karaivanova • Bob Rosin • Niall Wall Mentor Session: Gregory Green Courtyard Marriott Brazos IIGregory Green Series R: Customer Revenue Is Replacing Series A Hilton Austin Downtown Salon BSarah Bird • Nick Francis • Alex Moore • Chris Savage Six Years and $60 Million for This Stupid Hoodie JW Marriott Room 408-409Peter Kim Turning Big Healthcare into Hubs of Innovation JW Marriott Room 203-204Onil Bhattacharyya • Molly Coye • Erika Pabo • Douglas Wood VCs Investing in Retail Innovation: Why? Where? JW Marriott Room 206Eurie Kim • Stephanie Palmeri • Dan Rosen • Janie Yu

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To Hell With Good Intentions Part II: Designing for Highest Impact Trinity HallStephen Friend • Raj Jayadev • Sachin Malhan • Jill Vialet

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Turning a Pilot into Success JW Marriott Room 201-202Indu Subaiya

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Corporate Capital: A Best Kept Secret Hilton Austin Downtown Salon KLuis Arbulu • Stephanie Hospital • Rafael Torres How Media Companies Build Tech Scenes Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 2-3Tom Cheredar • Eric Hellweg • Joshua Rubin