Christine Ngo
Digital Strategist at Ogilvy. Women 2.0 core team member. Loves shoes, vintage dresses, macaroni & cheese and (bad) pop music from the 90's.

With the incomparable Kevin Dugan (Bad Pitch Blog, Empower MM) and Krista Neher (Bootcamp Digital)

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What's f8?
f8 is a Facebook conference where developers and entrepreneurs collaborate on the future of personalized and social technologies.

At f8, members of the Facebook team and the developer...

Over the past twenty years, technology has morphed the computer into a TV. Now, with the emergence of Internet-connected TVs, widgets, and access to free content sites like Hulu, is the TV becoming a computer? This session will examine the key technological and business issues that are shaking up the traditional...

Put aside the negative stereotypes of entitled, rebellious 20-somethings and take a minute to dig deeper and see what makes us tick. At almost 80 million strong, the Gen Y workforce is shaping the cubicle nation and the way brands are forced to engage consumers. Its more than a desire to...

Williams has co-founded several Internet companies, including Pyra Labs (creator of weblog-authoring software Blogger) and Twitter, the now ubiquitous social media platform that hit its tipping-point at SXSW in 2007. In addition to his role as Director of the Havas Media Lab, Umair Haque founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique...

Only a fraction of business financing comes from Sand Hill Road. Yet entrepreneurs still obsess over traditional big meeting/big money Silicon Valley venture capital. This heated panel debates what types of companies actually benefit from VC and reviews concrete examples of alternatives to traditional venture capital.

For todays online audience, consuming Internet video is a full contact sport, with the initial viewing experience acting as a gateway to broader social interactions. Many brand marketers have attempted to tap into this new class of consumer behavior with hopes of seeing their ads š„²go viral and pick up millions...

New media and old media have a lot to learn from one another. Follow Amanda as she walks you through her 5 year career in the fields of web and mobile television. Learn the positives and negatives of both "mainstream" and "independent" paths in the world of video, and how to...

TECH cocktail will be showcasing over 30 start-ups to kickoff the SXSW Accelerator. Wear your favorite black hat and be ready to connect with entrepreneurs, innovators and technology enthusiasts.

Everyone is a photographer: a camera in every cellphone, a powerful point-and-shoot in every pocket and bag, a digital SLR camera in every bag or home. With new platforms to create, distribute and sell to a wider range of clientele, everyone can be a *professional* photographer and sell photography in its...

The Block Party, modeled after the popular pub crawl, was so popular last year that were bringing it back to the 2010 Trade Show. Mix and mingle with exhibitors in a festive atmosphere while enjoying complimentary appetizers and beverages.

The online audience is increasingly fractured into passionate niches. Companies seek to infiltrate subcultures, and alt.tastemakers covet financial backing. But interactions between the underground and The Man have been marked with more distrust than respect. This panel will teach marketers have to work with subcultural tastemakers, and indie cool...

2010 is the year that Africa will finally connect to the global undersea cable network powering todays broadband internet traffic. How can Africa use the arrival of this high speed super highway to its advantage? What impact will broadband communications have on Africas development? Are we looking at Africa 3.0?

The legend lives on as frog design returns to host the Interactive Opening Party. This not-to-be-missed event brings together digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs for an unforgettable evening. How much is too much?

Augment your reality at SXSW with a few frosty beverages as Razorfish kicks off the conference upstairs at the Paradise. But don’t forget your badge! Your conference badge or a Razorfish business card is required for entry.

Many startups look at venture capital as the Holy Grail--the key to their startup success. This panel will be comprised of former venture professionals who have switched sides--from funding companies at VC funds to starting companies. Apparently, VCs dont know everything about startups and each of these entrepreneurs has had to...

A discussion on maintaining successful and active blogs and social networking sites that are geared toward the LGBT community and its niches.

50 word version: User experience is the result of your interactions with a product or service, specifically how its delivered and its related artifacts according to the design. In this presentation we will explain how following the ten commandments can boost your projects ease of use, appeal, conversion rates, and more....

This will follow-on from the "Browser Wars" panels of the past few years. I propose to this year focus on an important shift happening in the Web: a shift towards mobility and towards use of the browser as an application platform, including advances such as widgets, HTML5 and Geolocation.