Welcome! I’ve been scouring the SXSW 2019 schedule for the best sessions to share with you, dear reader. I’ll be sharing a new post each day of SXSW 2019 providing my top recommendations for sessions and keynotes (i.e., the sessions I’m geeking out about the most) each day. I will only provide recommendations for solo or dual sessions and keynotes (panels are usually terrible, sorry SX, it’s not you, it’s the panel!). Side Note: If you’re looking for music recommendations, I highly recommend checking out and listening to the NPR 100. They always include excellent music artists for every listener. Now, what you’ve been waiting for…

SXSW 2019, Day 1 recommendations:

  • AI Creates Cashless Cities and a Borderless World by Shanying Leung
    • Track(s): artificial intelligence; design; international
  • Creating Context Aware Media for the AR Cloud by Mandy Mandelstien
    • Track(s): experiential storytelling; VR/AR/MR
  • Featured Session & Opening Speaker: Brene Brown
    • Track(s): social & global impact; social impact; storytelling
  • New Yorker’s Liza Donnelly: Drawing Disruption
    • Track(s): Media & Journalism
  • Rising Fundamentalisms and Women’s Rights by Musimbi Kanyoro
    • Track(s): social & global impact; social impact; women
  • Big Ideas in AI: Solving Problems…Since 1696 by James Scott
    • Track(s): artificial intelligence; intelligent future
  • Featured Session: Esther Perel
    • Track(s): future workplace; health
  • The End of Killing by Rick Smith
    • Track(s): book reading; intelligent future
  • Unlock Team Potential with Business Chemistry
    • Track(s): future workplace
  • How Feminism also Liberates Men by Alexander De Croo
    • Track(s): women; special event
  • 7 Non-Obvious Trends Changing The Future in 2019 by Rohit Bhargava
    • Track(s): intelligent future
  • Featured Session: Behind the Click: Securing the Future for Black Women and Girls in Tech by Kimberly Bryant
    • Track(s): entrepreneurship & startups; science
  • Featured Session: Jailbreaking the Simulation with George Hotz
    • Track(s): artificial intelligence; intelligent future; VR/AR/MR
  • UBERLAND: Algorithms and the Future of Work by Alex Rosenblat
    • Track(s): book reading; future workplace
  • The Economic Case for Gender Equality by Alexander De Croo
    • Track(s): diversity & inclusion; gender equality; tech industry & enterprise; women
  • Is America Ready for Universal Basic Income by Andrew Yang
    • Track(s): cities, government, & politics; diversity & inclusion; social impact
  • Increase Your Ask by Carol Sankar
    • Track(s): future workplace; workshop

Contact me and tell me your SXSW 2019 recommendations. Also, let me know what you think of the recommended sessions above.