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	Yes No	Social Media, Social Capital: Boot Camp Deanna Zandt, Media technologist With today's tools turning everything on its head, people have more of an opportunity than ever to r... READ MORE With today's tools turning everything on its head, people have more of an opportunity than ever to ramp up their influence; we'll discuss the ways we build and use social capital differently. A hands-on learning experience will teach you the common tools for forging and working with your digital social capital. Beginners and advanced users welcome. Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Career / Work Concerns, Community / Online Community, Online Relationships, Social Networking
	Yes No	Building Communities with Online Video John McWeeny, TurnHere As online video matures, companies are turning to the medium in their quest to foster a sense of com... READ MORE As online video matures, companies are turning to the medium in their quest to foster a sense of community with their customers/users. When combined with existing social networks, video has the power to spread messages organically through users’ social graphs and by learning how to get “real” about it, brands can benefit from the personal, emotional bond that comes with online video. Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Community / Online Community, Online Video, Social Networking
	Yes No	The UX of Mobile Kyle Outlaw, Razorfish The term 'user experience' used to be an afterthought in mobile application design. The iPhone chang... READ MORE The term 'user experience' used to be an afterthought in mobile application design. The iPhone changed all that and has set a new benchmark for user experience on mobile devices. This panel will serve as a primer for anyone interested in learning how to apply UX principles to the creation of applications for iPhone, Android, and mobile websites. Mobile Applications
	Yes No	Games and Media: Playing and Learning, Together Hugh Garry, BBC Who says you can't play SingStar on the radio? Games and the media have always had a difficult relat... READ MORE Who says you can't play SingStar on the radio? Games and the media have always had a difficult relationship but Public Service Broadcasters the BBC and Channel 4 in the UK have broken new ground in the convergence of games with TV and Radio. Find out how.
	Yes No	Hacking The Funding Process Jason Schwartz, Angelsoft.net In this session we will share the secret to telling VCs and Angel Investors exactly what they want t... READ MORE In this session we will share the secret to telling VCs and Angel Investors exactly what they want to hear. Investors all want the same questions answered in the same way. Learning what to say and how to say it is the key to getting an investor's interest. Funding / VC
	Yes No	Harnessing The Chaos Of Cloud-Based Data Dave Meeker, Roundarch Information overload! Cloud-based data is turning into a representation of a shared human subconscio... READ MORE Information overload! Cloud-based data is turning into a representation of a shared human subconscious, and there is no way for users tap into it efficiently. It’s time for a change! Roundarch will show how using, intelligent algorithms, meta-data & machine learning, we can create a comprehensible montage of this information. Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Cloud Storage / Delivery, Community / Online Community, Social Networking, User Experience
	Yes No	Pen & Paper Tools to Get From Research to Design Kate Rutter, Adaptive Path In the world of user experience, learning about your customers is key to making great stuff. But des... READ MORE In the world of user experience, learning about your customers is key to making great stuff. But design research reports are dense and boring. Unlock the power of sketching and pen and paper tools to create research outputs that are vibrant, sticky and that reflect personality, human perspective and that move seamlessly into design. Design Thinking, User Experience
	Yes No	They Died For You: Learning Game Development Deals From Prior Failures Henry W (Hank) Jones III, Law Office HWJ / Intersect Tech. Consulting, Austin Like guilds' battles, negotiating new game design/development between publishers and studios require... READ MORE Like guilds' battles, negotiating new game design/development between publishers and studios requires vision, preparation, teamwork, tools, and risktaking. A panel of veteran game "midwives" share the "good gore" of disclosed failed arrangements, including prior pioneers' disclosed contracts, showing you rocky shoals, best sterering, and survival skills. Economic Concerns, Funding / VC, Licensing / Fair Use / Copyright, Open Source, Video Games
	Yes No	Can Social Games Change the Way We Learn? Jesse Pickard, MindSnacks Online games that utilize the power of a person’s social graph have proven to be incredibly compel... READ MORE Online games that utilize the power of a person’s social graph have proven to be incredibly compelling, addictive and successful. In this panel, we’ll examine how social game design principles can be extended to the education space and determine if a new way of learning is on the horizon. Education
	Yes No	Crash Course: Is E-ducation Making the Classroom Obsolete? Kirk McMurray, Cerego/Smart.fm Are Web-based learning applications supplementing or supplanting the traditional classroom, and what... READ MORE Are Web-based learning applications supplementing or supplanting the traditional classroom, and what does the learning curve tell us? As more and more companies offer personalized learning experiences across any number of subjects, both with and without professional teachers, this panel calls upon some innovative startups to chalk out the future. Education, Self-Help / Self-Improvement
	Yes No	Under 30? Underrepresented at SXSW Len Kendall, Golin Harris Digital Natives understand the digital space, but do they understand it from a biz perspective? Has... READ MORE Digital Natives understand the digital space, but do they understand it from a biz perspective? Has personal branding created a false sense of accomplishment and knowledge? Balancing ambition and modesty? Learning, but also applying in real life? We have so much wealth at our disposal, what's the perfect ratio of knowledge vs. experience? (This panel is aimed at marketing professionals) Advertising, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Social Issues
	Yes No	Across Platform Coding – Integrating Web, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Roger Esteban, Friend2Friend Save time and reuse applications across social media platforms by learning to code for integration. ... READ MORE Save time and reuse applications across social media platforms by learning to code for integration. With advance planning, you can build in hooks that will make your code usable on a website, Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, MySpace, and other social networks without starting over from scratch each time. Accessibility / Web Standards, Back-End Programming / Databases, Front-End Programming, Interface Design, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Impact of Social Media on Training & Development Beth Galdieri, Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) Panelists will share stories and lessons learned from T&D projects that have integrated social media... READ MORE Panelists will share stories and lessons learned from T&D projects that have integrated social media in formal and informal workplace learning processes. In particular, we’d like to explore the key cultural, organizational, and technical challenges to social media adoption and use, and compare results with other learning methods and tools. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Case Study, Mobile Applications, User Generated Content
	Yes No	I Heart Interactive Video: Interfaces That Explore the Future of the Medium Gretchen Rinnert, Assistant Professor, School of Visual Communication Design, Kent State University The future of interactive video and its place within online communities has yet to be determined. We... READ MORE The future of interactive video and its place within online communities has yet to be determined. We will present three case studies that demonstrate the interactive potential of video content through visual literacy tools for teens, an online learning space for Middle School students and an online community that assist users in exploring a physical environment in an online space. Community / Online Community, Design Thinking, Interface Design, Online Video, Visual Design
	Yes No	Teaching Web Design Internationally, in Armenia Mandy Messer, Topaz Agency The focus of the panel will be on web development education, with an international twist. Modern Ar... READ MORE The focus of the panel will be on web development education, with an international twist. Modern Armenia is a newly independent country, only 17 years old. An educational program is under development to teach technology & art to high school students, who may or may not be familiar with the English language or computers. This panel will discuss the complexities of adapting the WaSP web curriculum to this learning environment. Accessibility / Web Standards, Education, International, New Technology / Next Generation
	Yes No	Learning from Web 1.0: What's Next? Chris Cox, Facebook Web 1.0 wasn't just about big mobile phones, chat rooms and free AOL CD's - we learned a lot about c... READ MORE Web 1.0 wasn't just about big mobile phones, chat rooms and free AOL CD's - we learned a lot about communication, gadgets and technology too. Join us for a discussion about how the successes and failures of Internet past have brought us to where we are today, changed the way we think about the Internet, identity, and our connections, and how it all effects where we’re going. Community / Online Community, Content, Digital Divide, History of Technology, New Technology / Next Generation
	Yes No	The Future of Education Is Flexible Brian Dixon, High Tech High Given the fiscal crisis of public education and the social presence enabled by current web tools, ho... READ MORE Given the fiscal crisis of public education and the social presence enabled by current web tools, how must education change to truly serve today's students to prepare them for tomorrow's world of work? The future is a combination of self-paced, intelligent tutoring systems and socially connected, project based learning experiences. Students need to both learn essential skills at their own pace and then apply those skills in authentic learning tasks across networks.This represents a paradigm shift for our current educational system, with its roots in industrial revolution era economics. This interactive panel presents a vision for the future of education that is distributed, individualized, and engaging, while being interactive and collaborative. Best practices are shared from innovative schools such as High Tech High, an internationally recognized project-based charter school in San Diego. Career / Work Concerns, Digital Divide, Education, New Technology / Next Generation, Non-Profits
	Yes No	Become a Better Designer by Learning to Let Go Adam Mosseri, Facebook Was Solomon wrong all along? Instead of splitting the baby, we should throw it out with the bath wat... READ MORE Was Solomon wrong all along? Instead of splitting the baby, we should throw it out with the bath water! Designers and engineers alike struggle to improve because we get stuck on our babies -- ideas that are near and dear to our hearts. In this panel, we'll explore how to objectively evaluate and "kill our own babies" so we can move on quickly to the next great thing. Design Thinking, Interface Design, User Experience
	Yes No	Moblizing the Power of Interns and Managing GenY Jennifer Selke, University of California Berkeley This present economy has created a large young workforce willing to trade a salary for work experien... READ MORE This present economy has created a large young workforce willing to trade a salary for work experience yet organizing and managing interns and young workers is more than it appears. Learn how to recruit, train, and manage young workers and an intern program while providing them a learning experience that also gets real work accomplished. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Education, Other / Out There, Self-Help / Self-Improvement
	Yes No	Kids Just Wanna Have Fun - Lessons in Non-Traditional Education Phil Stuart, Preloaded In a world full of digital distractions, how do educators compete for the attention of kids? What le... READ MORE In a world full of digital distractions, how do educators compete for the attention of kids? What lessons can be learnt from game-design, social networks and participatory media when producing educational content and what techniques are already being used to put the fun back into learning? Case Study, Content, Education, Social Networking, Video Games
	Yes No	The University is Dead, Long Live the University Julie Germany, Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet Our university system is an archaic relic – bureaucratic, bloated, and increasingly irrelevant. Ho... READ MORE Our university system is an archaic relic – bureaucratic, bloated, and increasingly irrelevant. How do we use the philosophy, lessons, models, and tactics of the tech world to fix it? What new models of techno-charged, open source learning are working n the U.S. and abroad? How do we reboot the university? Education
	Yes No	Screencasting Lessons Learned Keith Combs, Microsoft - IT Pro and Developer Evangelism Learning to publish screencasts online can be a challenge. Come learn some tips and tricks that wil... READ MORE Learning to publish screencasts online can be a challenge. Come learn some tips and tricks that will help you use Camtasia or Expression Encoder more effectively with your blog. I am actively recruiting other Microsoft MVPs and speakers with the goal of turning this into a panel. Blogging, Online Video, Writing / Technical Writing
	Yes No	Broadscoping(sm), Venture Mapping(sm), and Situation Mapping(sm) Methods: Immediate Applications David Gallagher, SPCI Defined-Interdependency System of Orientation (DISO)(sm) methods may ultimately integrate informatio... READ MORE Defined-Interdependency System of Orientation (DISO)(sm) methods may ultimately integrate information and communities worldwide. DISO 1.0(sm) method concepts can empower individuals and organizations now. Cultivate agile attention, lubricate enterprise adaptation, fathom social capital, decipher agenda setting, facilitate conflict resolution – just learning the concepts. Then integrate them into your practices and IT. Collaborative Filtering, Information Architecture, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Networking, User Generated Content
	Yes No	Web Yourself: Personalization Technologies Meet Viral Marketing Adi Sideman, Oddcast The CEO of Oddcast, a world leader in user generated viral marketing, will give an overview on viral... READ MORE The CEO of Oddcast, a world leader in user generated viral marketing, will give an overview on viral marketing and consumer mash up applications. The presentation will include a brief (and entertaining) history of Viral Marketing, case studies, learnings from the best and worst campaigns of all time, deep dive into data and measurement, and a peek at up and coming technologies. Animation / Cartoons, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, User Generated Content, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Learning To Crawl-How Jazz Musicians Can Succeed Derrick Lucas, WGMC JAZZ 90.1 How can jazz musicians survive and succeed in the new world economy? It can be done but how? By usi... READ MORE How can jazz musicians survive and succeed in the new world economy? It can be done but how? By using social networks and other alternative forms of marketing and promotion success can be had. Branding / Marketing / Publicity
	Yes No	Throwing Your Shoestring At Being Platform Agnostic Shayan Zadeh, Zoosk Facebook, Open Social, iPhone, Android, a destination site. How can a startup afford to have product... READ MORE Facebook, Open Social, iPhone, Android, a destination site. How can a startup afford to have products on multiple channels and not get stuck maintaining 10 different products and code bases? The founder of Zoosk will present how it built a platform agnostic product and their key learnings along the way. Back-End Programming / Databases, Case Study, Mobile Applications, Open Source, Web Apps / Widgets
	Yes No	Fixing the Designers-Are-Terrible-Entrepreneurs Mentality Alan Smith, The Movement Design school, the industry, and studio-business all handicap designers from being good business peo... READ MORE Design school, the industry, and studio-business all handicap designers from being good business people. Business people are learning design thinking basics, how about the best of business thinking for design people? This isn't business tips & tricks or how to run a studio, this is strategic worldview shifting thoughts for how designers specifically need to approach entrepreneurship. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Design Thinking, Education
	Yes No	Harvard Was Wrong: Profs’ Perspectives on Blackboards/Backchannels Lauren Vargas, Radian6 This panel will go beyond the discussion of relevancy of backchannel versus blackboard. Discover how... READ MORE This panel will go beyond the discussion of relevancy of backchannel versus blackboard. Discover how professors are successfully incorporating existing social media tools in the classroom and encouraging participation from all students. No student or professor will be left behind in this r/evolution of learning and teaching. Career / Work Concerns, Education, Online Relationships, Social Issues, Social Networking
	Yes No	Data, Data, Everywhere: Drowning in a Sea of Analytics Marissa Goldsmith, Beaconfire Consulting A Web site gives a nonprofit access to data that makes old school direct marketers salivate. But man... READ MORE A Web site gives a nonprofit access to data that makes old school direct marketers salivate. But many organizations find themselves getting bogged down in producing graphs every month, obsessing over drops in pageviews, throwing their hands up on the air, and deciding they don’t have enough resources to maintain this kind of analytics analysis. Stop obsessing about the small stuff, and start learning about creating a goal-oriented, actionable analytics plan that can help your Web site thrive. Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Non-Profits
	Yes No	Bands, Fans, and Brands John Sykes, Project Playlist Learning from past music industry hits and misses, this panel will evaluate the ways music and techn... READ MORE Learning from past music industry hits and misses, this panel will evaluate the ways music and technology intersects, delighting fans while challenging labels. In discussion of past groundbreaking innovations including music videos, recording formats and emerging platforms, music industry veterans will provide perspective on challenges facing the Album 2.0 era. Digital Distribution, History of Technology, Licensing / Fair Use / Copyright, Music 2.0

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