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.
Social systems being developed on the Web are expediting the way we obtain information, and are helping people sort out the basic problems of what they believe and what they want government to do. This, in turn, is creating new forms of democracy and new ways of thinking about societal issues in a more efficient way.