Saturday, March 12th
Set your alarms early. At 9:30AM, our founder and CEO, Reza Chowdhury will be moderating an awesome panel that gets inside the mind of Angels and VCs with Ellie Wheeler, Partner at Greycroft Partners and Brian Cohen, Chairman of the New York Angels. The event will be open to SXSW badge holders and will take place at the Hilton Austin – Room 400-402. Find out more here.
Also, starting at 9:30AM, our friends from KITE will be featuring three sessions focused on how brands can embrace innovation and work with startups at the Austin Hilton. Here’s the full line up:
At 9:30AM, join executives from CrunchBase, GSK, and Metalworks, Maxus as they look at Keys to the New Innovation Playbook.
At 11AM, KITE explores Naked Innovation and Branded Startup Partnerships IRL with Tucker Kain of the Dodgers, Jamime Fabricant of PepsiCo, and Shiv Singh of Visa.
At 12:30PM, Brands can learn how to think like VCs when looking at the next billion dollar idea with executives from Coca Cola, Mastercard and LUMA Capital Partners.
Learn more here.
At 11AM, join Creative Capital: Why Agencies are Investing to learn more about the potential benefits that an agency can bring on as a venture investor at the Hilton Austin. Learn more here.
At 11AM, Geek out and learn more about the future of smart cars and smart cities at the Austin Convention Center. Find out more here.
At 11:30AM, Girl Develop It and ChickTech Austin are hosting a luncheon for those who support women in tech at Box. Find out more here.
For all the food techies out there, at 12:30PM the NextGen Food and AgTech Meetup will take place at the JW Marriott. Find out more here.
Also at 12:30PM, Udacity VP of Careers, Kathleen Mullaney discusses how to build a diverse workforce at 0-101: Breaking the Brogrammer Mold at Austin Convention Center. Learn more here.
Calling all data junkies at 3:30PM to join Monaeo’s Vinay Pai as he discusses how Monaeo handled increasing data volumes and user growth through Microservices at JW Marriott. Find out more here.
At 5PM, join FWD.us, along with other leading companies and civic organizations, at Tech The Vote, the unofficial tech + politics party at SXSW 2016 at the Summit Rooftop Lounge. Find out more here.
At 5PM, find out what it takes to design happiness within your company and customer experience from leading experts including Bruce Vaughn of Disney, Gabby Etrog Cohen of Soul Cycle, Mark Wilson of Fast Company, and Randall Stone of Lippincott at the JW Marriott. Find out more here.
At 6PM, our friends from Dreamit Ventures in association with DigitasHealth host a showcase of healthcare innovation with happy hour at the JW Marriott. This event will be attended by the movers and shakers in healthcare at SXSW. Find out more here.
Also, at 6PM Google for Entrepreneurs is hosting a happy hour with CODE2040 to support diverse entrepreneurs at Capital Factory. Find out more here.
It’s Saturday night and it’s time to party. At 7PM check out the Shopgate’s Ritas, Nachos, and Retail @ SXSW which will feature gourmet nachos and margaritas at Shopgate’s new offices. Find out more here.
Later on in the evening, starting at 8:30PM find your way to Crowdtap‘s Annual People Powered Party at the Vulcan Gas Company. This was one of last year’s most talked about events so find a way to get yourself on the list for this invite only soiree that will feature a private concert. Find out more here.
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