High School Athletics & Exploitation of Athletes Tuesday, March 12 | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCD As a Southerner [specifically, as a homegrown Texan], I can personally attest to the notion that high school athletics reign supreme over many collegiate and professional competitive sports that are consumed by wide audiences […]
PBS has spent the past 40 years cultivating the highest standards in television programming and developing its sterling reputation. How does an organization with that kind of brand evolve and adjust to a rapidly changing media landscape while maintaining its core identity and dedication to quality programming? PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger will explore […]
Time Shifting: Is Sports the Last One Standing? Saturday, March 9 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCD Whether you find yourself engaged in a heated debate about why your Fantasy Sports team still has a shot at winning it all, or if you find yourself casually conversing with your […]
How & Why to Travel Around the World Tuesday, March 12 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Sheraton Austin Capitol View South Andy Stoll has lived in a Buddhist Temple, worked at a dress factory in Bangkok, learned about ranching in a remote town of Austrailia and was a farmer in Zambia. He’s only 26. “I […]
Latinos y Mobile: A Silver Bullet? Austin Convention Center, Room 5ABC Friday, March 8, 5:00PM – 6:00PM It’s hard to imagine life before smartphones, but barely seven years ago, the iPhone was only a twinkle in Steve Jobs’s eye. Today, over half of U.S. mobile phone users utilize smartphones. Without a doubt, the future of […]
Fighting for Funding as a Female Entrepreneur Sunday, March 10 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon ABC, 500 E 4th St A long history of glass ceilings exists for women in entrepreneurship and business, but today, women have more opportunity than ever before to work toward executive leadership positions and to be […]
SXSW Startup Village, part of the Interactive conference, brings together entrepreneurs, startups and investors in the Hilton Austin Downtown. This space houses the SXSW Interactive Accelerator, startup-themed panels and meetups, lounges, pitch events and mentoring/coaching sessions. I had the privilege of chatting with Dr. Bob Metcalfe, professor of innovation at the University of Texas, about the […]