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/PRNewswire/ -- The South by Southwest® Gaming Awards (SXSW®), celebrating the wide reach of gaming across areas such as art, design, narrative, gameplay,...
The South by SouthWest ( SXSW) festival, which takes place in Austin Texas, is affectionately known as ‘South By’ and is a yearly collection of film, interactive media, innovative technology, music festivals and conferences. The inaugural festival was in 1987 and since then it has grown not only in size but also in prestige, as corporate sponsorship, big-name acts, innovative technology and hundreds of undiscovered bands, filmmakers, and tech innovators flocking there every year. Unfortunately, last year’s physical festival was cancelled last year due to the pandemic and went digital an...
SXSW Adds Pete Buttigieg As Keynote; Ava DuVernay, George W. Bush And More Set For Featured Sessions Deadline 2/24/2021 New York Times podcast Together Apart Priya Parker, and Interior Chinatown author Charles Yu join the Keynote lineup that includes previously-announced sessions from political leader and game-changer Stacey Abrams as well as music icon Willie Nelson. More from Deadline “The three Keynote Speakers we’re announcing today are a perfect complement to our Conference lineup for SXSW Online 2021,” said Hugh Forrest, Chief Programming Officer. “Charles Yu’s amazing n...
What do Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Governor George W. Bush have in common (aside from having laid dibs on bedrooms in the White House, to varying success)? They've both just been added to the speaker line-up at this year's SXSW virtual conference. The final wave of speakers for this year's virtual conference (running March 16-21) presents President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Transportation (and SXSW 2019 veteran) Buttigieg making his return as one of three new keynotes, among a stellar selection of talents and worthies throughout the roster of speakers. Joining Buttigieg, an...
Two bestselling authors in one go: Fair Fight founder Stacey Abrams (left) will be in conversation with celebrated sci-fi/fantasy novelist N. K. Jemisin at SXSW Online this March. (Photo Credits: Abrams photo courtesy of Fair Fight. Jemisin photo courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.) The Venn diagram sweet spot of people who are going to fangirl over voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams and sci-fi/fantasy author N. K. Jemisin is – I suspect – very large. I’m in the overlap. You’re in it, too, right? SXSW is definitely in it. The multidisci...