Brian Rudolph
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UPDATE: Topics Announced!  Location Announced!! On May 24th, we are bringing back one of the most talked about and exciting evenings from last year  - and having our SMCATL meeting PechaKucha or Lightning Talk style. For those of you who have never heard of PechaKucha or Ignite, it is a simple, unique, and fast paced presentation style where...

The Barbarian Group & Tumblr are partnering up for the first time ever to take you on a Robotrip. It’s gonna be big. Two venues big.

Join us at Mohawk + Club DeVille for the only official SXSW show that’s free and open to the public.

Doors at 6PM, NO RSVP NEEDED, just be sure to come early to ensure admission.

You'll be enjoying...

Monday, March 12th SoDA unConference #2 at Carmelo's Restaurant, 2-4pm US CST Patent Trolls - A Major Threat to Agencies and Clients Alike.  What can be done (and what SoDA is doing). Unlike a traditional conference, unConference participants help create the agenda themselves and are able to interact with one another in a fun, thought...

Please join AbelsonTaylor for a Texas style brunch at SXSW Interactive! Gain a better understanding of how to utilize the iPad for business presentations, and join in our discussion on smart digital creativity. Our brunch will feature everything from fajitas and steaks and eggs, to various salsas and queso, as well as Mimosas and a build-your-own...

The Mashable SXSWi House 2012 will break the mold of traditional SXSWi events. Working with SXSWi and our partner sponsors, on Sunday, March 11 we will offer an exciting evening of music and networking. In addition, the Mashable editorial team will be in Austin in full force.

DETAILS

Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Time: 9pm-2am
Location: Buffalo...

Last year's hottest party at SXSW Interactive is back! Crowdtap launched at SXSWi 2011 with a bang and an amazing event covered by CNN, check it out here. We've since been named as Mashable's Up and Coming Social Media Startup of the Year and are coming back to where it all started.  This year we are back with what will surely be...

Come hang out with Rebecca Woolf from http://www.girlsgonechild.net, Chris Lambton of Bachelorette fame and host of HGTV's Going Yard along with the rest of the HGTV.com family.  The bar will be open and we'll have plenty of eats from Austin food truck The Peached Tortilla. HGTVGardens wants to meet you in your backyard. Or front yard....

***Note: RSVP'ing here doesn't guarantee admission, but does give us an idea how many people to expect. Thanks***    YOUR RSVP DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE GUARANTEED A SPOT.  YOU WILL NEED A SXSW INTERACTIVE OR FILM BADGE TO GET IN.   Meet part of the team behind "Sherlock": Emmy-nominated creator Steven Moffat (of “Doctor...

Livefyre & Janrain are proud to present: SXSW Fyre Bash 2012 DETAILS: When? Sunday, March 11, 8pm - 2am Where? The Fyre Pit - Across from the Austin Convention Center (141 Red River Street @ E Cesar Chavez Street) Who? Anyone and everyone. Just come party.ABOUT: On March 11, 2012 we are throwing a massive party in Austin. Here is what you...

SapientNitro Rocks SXSW: Sunday, March 11, 8 – 10 p.m. CST

Bring your happy feet to Roial Austin, where SapientNitro will host a rockin’ party featuring DJ Spider, fun & geeky prizes—and of course free booze.

RSVP at http://sapientnitro-sxsw-2012.eventbrite.com/

**Please remember to pick up your 2012 SXSW badge first, you'll need...

Join Streetwise Media as we host a startup happy hour on Sunday, March 11, at SXSW Interactive! Everyone is welcome for some mixing and mingling with cocktails and beers. We'll have team members from Streetwise Media's local innovation news sites: Boston's BostInno, D.C.'s recently launched InTheCapital, and our...

Refuel - Austin Day Party - Powered by Yammer and SocialVibe. Hosted by theMIX agency.    We’ve all been there. Sunday morning. You’ve made it through the first SXSW weekend. It’s time to Refuel and Engage. Join Yammer, SocialVibe and theMIX agency, as we get away from the hustle and bustle of the convention center and unwind at the...

Stop by the IBM Future of Social Lounge in the Austin Convention Center to request an invitation to the IBM/Ascendant party. Requires badge, actual invitation and wristband to get VIP access and attend.

Kirtsy + Guy Kawasaki invite you to the fourth annual

GIRL + GUY PARTY @ SXSW
Saturday, March 10th
6pm-midnight
Stubb's BBQ Outdoor Amphitheater
Free Admission!

Guy Kawasaki and the girls of Kirtsy invite you to celebrate "What's Next" on stage, on tap, and on and-on-and-on in the ATX for SXSW Interactive. And to celebrate...

Join Razorfish at ROIAL as we kick off SXSWi 2012 in style!

Grab a cocktail, enjoy the breathtaking view from the rooftop deck, and mingle with some of the digital industries best and brightest. LdRs (formerly DJ Hot Sauce) will set the mood with his chill dance grooves. And the open bar means you'll have a great time.

Your SXSWi badge or a...

Join TechCocktail.com as we celebrate some of the hottest startups in all the land on the grand stage at SXSW. To wrap up the day of activities at SXSW, Tech Cocktail will be hosting its third annual mixer style event at SXSW (check these links out in case you missed the last two years

★ AUSTIN EVENT TIME: 4pm-10pm on Saturday, March 10

3/10 UPDATE: There is 100% chance of rain today, but we're still determined to have a fun time at our Street Food Fest this evening. We got some rain canopies for us to hang out under - so it's on, Austin!

3/7 UPDATE: The amazing champion eater Kobayashi will be partying with us!...

To view our full schedule including speakers, please click here....

  Startup Weekend, Zaarly and Twilio have teamed up to bring you the must attend party at SXSW this year! Stop by and have some drinks on us and dance into the night with DJ Christian Barbuto and DJ Remmington Steele behind the booth.  Did we mention free drinks?  This is where the whos who of the startup world will be Friday night... and...

We're back for our third straight year at SXSW, and we cannot wait to rock out with all of you!

Join the TechKaraoke team and our sponsors (TBA) as, this time, we begin SXSW Interactive with a real bang! We're taking over The Stage on Sixth venue on Friday, March 9th for an evening full of live band karaoke and classic DJ karaoke...

You are invited to the 3rd Annual Ignite Social Media Party!   Join Jim Tobin, Jason Falls, Tim Hayden, Expion and other gracious hosts to fire up the lights of Austin!   Each March, swarms of bright minds fly into Austin, landing in one corner of town on a Friday night.  This is the place to see and meet them all at once.   Tasty BBQ, drinks,...

Everything is bigger in Texas- including the SXSW parties!

Please join host Jeff Pulver and the State of Now team, along with the kids from textPlus & CardFlick to start SXSW out right with a Texas style cocktail party. We’ll be at Lanai on Friday, March 9th, from 7-9pm.

The lights will be up, the music low, the energy will be high, and you...

TONIGHT!
Don't forget your SXSW Badge and Arrive at 6:30pm to make sure you get in. It's going to be packed!

REID HOFFMAN - STEVE CASE - STEVE BLANK - SCOTT COOK - INGRID VANDERVELDT - AMOS WINBUSH III

Presented by .CO Internet, hosted by Scott Case and Jesse Draper

Showcasing some of the country’s most successful entrepreneurs,...

For the past five years, the Blogger Lounge at SXSW has served as the hub for great minds and friends to celebrate innovation and collaboration. This year, the Samsung Blogger Lounge, hosted by TechSet’s Stephanie Agresta and Brian Solis (@techset), is once again your epicenter for SXSW Interactive! What makes SXSWi so great is you