Film keynote speaker and Academy-Award nominated director Darren Aronofsky is the founder of Protozoa Pictures and director of mother!, Noah, Black Swan, The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, and Pi, among others.
SXSW captures the attention of our most brilliant minds. It inspires us to play, to solve complex problems with technology, and to continue to push the envelope. When we get together, we wonder about the future of driving, the future of public health, and the future of food systems et cetera—but what is continuously missing […]
Andy Puddicombe, meditation teacher, former Buddhist monk and co-founder of Headspace led the closing keynote at SXSW Interactive 2016. The talk provided insight into Puddicombe’s philosophy behind the possibilities for finding inner peace in the modern world. At an event for young innovators, early adopters and all-around incredibly tech focused and busy people, Puddicombe joked […]
Amid all the discussions at SXSW Interactive about technology and innovation lie those life-changing speakers who remind us why we’re here. Dr. Brené Brown, bestselling author of Daring Greatly and Rising Strong, was one such speaker for many of the people who attended her keynote. Brown started her talk by telling the crowded room she was going to talk about […]
CEO and Founder of Under Armour Kevin Plank was interviewed by Fast Company Editor-in-Chief Robert Safian for the panel “How a Sports Giant is Now Tackling Your Health.” When we think about wearable tech, a FitBit or Garmin might come to mind. Even other brands of step-tracking watches and bands meant to guide us to […]
There was a fervor in the air on the first day of SXSW Interactive. Obama was appearing. Everybody knew this was big. Hugh Forrest even suggested that it might be the biggest thing to have ever happened at the conference. The lucky ticket-winners, which I thankfully count myself among, waited in line for hours. Eager audience […]
On the opening day of SXSW Interactive, Casey Gerald found himself in the unenviable position of delivering a speech that was the opening act for President Obama’s keynote. No doubt, this was a prestigious position to be in, but it cannot have been easy to speak to a house packed with people who had just […]