Big SXSW Announcements on Tues, Nov 27
The Forrest Four-Cast: November 25, 2018
Watch the SXSW website and social media channels on the morning of Tuesday, November 27 for another big announcement of forward-thinking Keynotes and Featured Speakers for the March 2019 event.
The new additions revealed this week will join an already stellar lineup that includes folks like Susan Fowler (Technology Editor of the NY Times Opinion Section), Joesph Lubin (ConsenSys), Marti Noxon (writer / producer), Amanda Palmer (singer, songwriter, playwright, pianist, and blogger), Zoe Saldana (actress), Howard Schultz (entrepreneur), Maria Shriver (award-winning journalist), and Kevin Systrom (entrepreneur).
Above and beyond the nearly one hundred Keynotes and Featured Speakers, March Magic in Austin includes more than 1500 panels and presentations in 25 tracks such as “Brands & Marketing,” “Design,” “Entrepreneurship & Startups,” “Future Workplace,” “Health & MedTech,” “Social & Global Impact,” and “Tech Industry & Enterprise.”
Click here to preview the 2019 schedule. Use the search bar at the top right corner of the interface to find the content that is most focused on your particular profession and interests.
Also, remember that you will save $300 on the walkup rate for SXSW 2019 if you register before the end of the day on Friday, December 7. Special discount rates apply for groups and for students.
After you buy your badge, then book your lodging via SXSW Housing and Travel. Click here to see hotel rooms that are currently available in March in Austin. Remember that many properties have lower rates during the second half of SXSWeek, when new tracks like Blockchain & Cryptocurrency and Cannabusiness occur.
More Austin events for the week of November 26
Nov 27: SXSW Office Hours at Capital Factory
Nov 27: Startup Coffee and Connect
Nov 27: Open Pitch Practice and Pizza
Nov 27: Travel Tech Meet Up
Nov 27: Data Science Fundamentals: Intro to Python
Nov 27: Developing Your Personal Advisory Board
Nov 27: Austin Developing Product Managers Meet Up
Nov 27: VR Cafe: XR Deep Dive with 3Data
Nov 27: Austin on Rails
Nov 27–28: Solar Business Festival
Nov 28: Janis Powers Book Reading: “Health Care Meet the American Dream”
Nov 28: Getting Started in Data Science
Nov 28: Founders Live
Nov 28: Speed Mentoring for Women in Tech
Nov 28: Lisk Austin: Blockchain Meet Up
Nov 28: Ethereum Meet Up
Nov 28: Product School Meet Up
Nov 28: Introduction to Machine Learning
Nov 28: Campfire Entrepreneur Networking: Tech Ranch and IncubatorCTX
Nov 28: Tech Networking for IT Pro’s & Software Developers/Engineers
Nov 29: Austin Coding Academy Open House
Nov 29: Data Science Info Session
Nov 29: So You Want to Be a Project Manager: Making the Transition
Nov 29: Austin Marketo User Group Meet Up
Nov 29: NonProfit Tech Club Austin
Nov 29: Austin Big Data AI Meet Up
Nov 29: Austin Startup and Tech Holiday Mixer
Nov 30: 2018 Fall Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition
Dec 1: LULAC’s Latinx Tech Summit
Dec 1: Austin Startup Holiday Market
Dec 1: JavaScript Basic Training
More Upcoming Austin Events
Dec 4: Austin Forum on Cities & Technology
Dec 4: SXSW Office Hours at Capital Factory
Dec 4: Keyholder 2018: She Is Key
Dec 4: Capital Factory Winter Job Fair
Dec 6: Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs Venture Expo
Dec 6: Medical Device Summit
Dec 7: Deadline to Save $300 on SXSW Registration Fees
Dec 7: Sputnik ATX Launch & Learn with Live Oak Partners
Dec 11: Smart Series: Powerful Goal Setting for 2019
Dec 13: Hiring and Workplace Culture for Nonprofits
Jan 26: Level Up Games Austin
Jan 26: Smart City Saturday Teen-Only Hackathon
March 8–17: SXSW 2019
May 7: Philanthropitch Austin
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
