SXSW - Key Note Speakers & Partnership Programming
Client: SXSW Offical
Role: Producer
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Key Note Speaker: Brittany Kaiser, Co-Founder of the Own Your Data Foundation,
Join Brittany Kaiser, as she discusses the issues that Big Tech has presented us with (lack of transparency, uninformed consent, no tracking or traceability, monetization of our data without any value going to us, etc), and explain how she decided to become a whistleblower to protect our human rights in the digital space, as well as the solutions she believes are essential to making technology more ethical and congruent with rights protection.
Key Note Speaker: Whurley, Founder & CEO Strangeworks
“It’s a very modern conjurer’s trick: Create a SXSW talk out of thin air, with the help of generative AI. That’s what whurley did this year in Austin.
It took nine weeks for whurley — a staple of the Austin tech scene — to create and prepare for a keynote at SXSW 2018, where he would debut Strangeworks, a quantum computing startup he co-founded and runs. Five years later, generative AI would complete the task in just a few hours.
And it was actually pretty good. The 45-minute speech was comprehensive, interesting and struck a whurley-like tone. There was one swear word (fuck) and a few jokes (including two lawyer ones) that the audience laughed at. It seemed that the trickiest part, at least while he was on stage, was reading the script the AI had provided off of his tablet. (Whurley is known for his free-wheeling style on the SXSW stage, where he is a regular.)
The kicker? He waited until the end to deliver the punchline.
“Everything today from the slides to the speech I’m reading now is created by generative AI,” he said onstage before launching into the how and why of it all. A buzz of whispers, wows and chuckles spread through the room filled with hundreds of SXSW attendees.”
Strangeworks might be the first startup to rely on AI to create everything it brought to SXSW
Kirsten Korosec@kirstenkorosec / 12:20 PM CDT•March 17, 2023
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Partnership Programming: Infinite Reality
The Ultimate Fan Experience.
Panelists: Shannon Pruitt, Stagwell Global, Globe Chief Content and Partnership Innovation Officer Hope Frank, Infinite Reality, Chief Marketing Officer Grady Miller, National Research Group, Chief Marketing Officer Gerald Youngblood, Lenovo, Chief Marketing Officer
Fandom is the forum for new immersive ways, spaces, and types of connection and how the Metaverse is changing the way audiences are connecting and interacting with sports, entertainment, music, and gaming. The Immersive Fan Experience Levels Up. The Metaverse isn’t a hype cycle, it's how sports teams, athletes, music artists, entertainment companies, and gamers are deeply connecting with their audiences in ways we never imagined. We will reveal brand-new, compelling research data and experiences that will demonstrate how Fandom is Being Reimagined. The Ultimate Fan Experience is being brought to life in the Metaverse.