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SXSW Interactive 2009 Panel Picker

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As of September 2, Panel Picker voting is closed. You can, however, still leave comments on the proposals you find interesting. We will announce the first set of accepted panels on Thursday, October 2. Stay tuned to the SXSW Interactive Festival website for these announcements, or e-mail us if you have questions.

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1 2 3 4 5	Ethan Bauley, M80	Avoiding Advertising in Business Model Design		Consumers don't want to pay for anything, the web lets you target your audience better than TV, and annual ad budgets are in the billions. Time to throw up some contextual or "targeted" display ads, right? WRONG. Let's explore revolutionary businesses that redefine [or could redefine] what advertising actually is...and help media planners and web services reduce the ad pollution choking the user experience.		Business / Entrepreneurial	T	A
1 2 3 4 5	Ethan Bauley, M80	Network Economics for Entrepreneurs and Engineers		"Technology changes; economics do not." The Chief of Economics at Google wrote that back in 1999. Learning the fundamentals of how durable economic principles apply to the Internet will explode the creativity and vision for any entrepreneur, engineer, or marketer.		Advertising / Marketing	T	A

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