The South by Southwest Conference and Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas brings together more than 70,000 key players in tech, research, interactive, politics, film, and music industries. SXSW has become the most effective channel for promoting work, building networks, and scouting technologies and startups. SXSW is where Twitter built its first buzz in 2007. Speakers and performers have included Barack and Michelle Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Edward Snowden, Johnny Cash, Tilda Swinton and Jaron Lanier.

This year, for the very first time, Switzerland is coordinating a joint effort to bring a selection of the smartest Swiss people and projects to Texas. 

Panel talks

March 12: Elastic Interfaces for your body  

March 14: Can I trust my AI therapist? 

March 16: How to incubate creativity? 

Exhibition at Tradeshow with Match-Making

March 12-15: Augment Your Creativity

Party

March 13: Swiss Cowboys and Girls Garden Party 

Partners

Greater Zurich Area, swissnex San Francisco & Boston, Pro Helvetia, DART 17, Engagement Migros, ETH Zurich, EPFL, University of Zurich, Digital Festival Zurich, Festival Tous Ecrans, Vitra, Valora, Freitag, Emmi.

Photo: Derived from “Texas,” by The Jamoker from Colleyville, Texas, United States – An Old Homestead, CC BY 2.0, Link