The egalitarian spirit of the South By Southwest conference encourages anyone to attend and participate. "Anyone" includes information professionals in libraries, archives, museums, and information technology - all view it as an opportunity to promote core community issues such as open access, copyright, design, and digital stewardship to a receptive tech community.
The iSchool's own Tanya Clement and master's student Paul Vinelli will be representing the iSchool at Poetry in Motion: Sound Culture & Data Mining
With over 3,000 panels and events in the ten-day span of SXSW, the challenge becomes choosing from the wealth of creative offerings. Not to worry! The iSchool community will have ample opportunities to select from sessions in categories including:
- Design and Development,
- Gaming and Game Development,
- Health and Medicine,
- Diversity and Emerging Markets,
- Entrepreneurialism and Business,
- Science and Space Exploration,
- Social and Relationships, Startup Village,
- Work and Career,
- Art and Inspiration,
- Community and Activism,
- Content and Distribution,
- Culture and Entertainment,
- and WTF and Beyond.
See all events: http://schedule.sxsw.com/?conference=&lsort=speaker&day=ALL&a=c#
Special events and panels of interest include:
- Crowdsourcing Digital Device Design
- Online Activism Meet Up and Power of Good: Activate Your Audience for a Cause
- Visual Voice: Branding on Photo Networks
- Virtual 2Pac: Setting the Stage for a New Form of Entertainment
- Futurist Meet Up
- Fair Play: Music Tech Startups and Artists
- SXSW Interactive Accelerator: Entertainment and Gaming Technologies
- Analogue Anonymous
For fun, recreation, and entertainment around Austin, check out some of these offerings. There is something for everyone! Austin is full of green spaces, lakes, parks, and trails. In addition to the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail adjacent to Cesar Chavez Street (formerly First Street), there is Sculpture Falls - a 2 mile hike into the Barton Creek Greenbelt. A list of 25 Austin favorites.
Good food and restaurants of all kinds abound in Austin, from the South Congress Avenue and South Lamar districts, to the downtown and East Austin areas to the casual eateries surrounding the University of Texas and the popular Lake Travis venues. Every neighborhood and area around the city and suburbs has its delicious specialties. Uchi and Uchiko are award-winning restaurants, as is Franklin's Barbeque, and the Southwestern/Mexican/Tex-Mex offerings are everywhere. Presidents and celebrities alike enjoy Austin's culinary offerings, including Guero's, East Side Cafe, Bess' Bistro, Mother's, Trio, Azteca, E-Z's Diner, Hudson's on the Bend, Mandola's, Corazon, and more.
Live music is everywhere in Austin. Musicians play in everything from grocery stores (Central Market, Whole Foods) to the airport to city council meetings. They play outdoors, at clubs, coffeehouses, bars, taquerias, auditoriums and concert halls, in over 200 live music venues. Search SXSW musical offerings.