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.
In the last five years, we're watched giant industries wither online while others have reinvented themselves around the collective input of their customers. Successful companies have learned they have to adapt to the Internet, and not the other way around, explicitly abandoning many of the organizing principles businesses have developed over the last century. Want to survive in this new world? Here are some practical tips for how to get started.