What (or who) will be your must-see panels (or people)?

Which SXSWi 2008 panels are you most looking forward to attending? Who are you most looking forward to meeting or seeing again?

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Permalink Reply by j. brotherlove on January 22, 2008 at 10:40am: At this point, I'm focusing all of my energy getting to SXSWi 2008!

I generally start out with a massive list of panels to attend which, based on scheduling conflict and how tired I am from staying out too late the night before, changes quite a bit by the end of the conference. This year, most of my panels fall under the Design and Miscellaneous categories. I'm not ashamed to say I give preference to panels lead by people I know (or have heard of).

High on my Panel List

Roll Over Gutenberg, Tell McLuhan The News (George Kelly)
Where Are The Black Tech Bloggers? (Lynne d Johnson)
Does Tomorrow's World Need Designers? (Tim Leberecht)
Social Design Strategies (Emily Chang)
Wireframing in a Web 2.0 World (Richard Rutter)
The Art of Self-Branding (Lea Alcantara)
Self Replicating Awesomeness: The Marketing of No Marketing (Brian Oberkirch)
Africa 2.0: Affecting Change Using Technology (G. Kofi Annan)
Career Transitions: From DIY to Working for The Man (Cindy Li)
Sexual Privacy Online (Violet Blue); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by corey denis on January 23, 2008 at 1:07pm: so far, these are the interactive panels that pique my interest
(are there even panels during music??) ;) kidding. sort of.

Saturday, March 8 (panels run from 10 am to 6 pm)
The Art of Speed (Tim Ferriss)
The Future of Virtual World & Game Development: Rise of the Indies (Corey Bridges)
Social Marketing Strategies Metrics, Where Are They? (Tom Parish)
Social Network Coups: The Users are Revolting! (Annalee Newitz)
You Are Here: Gaming and User's Geolocation in Web 2.0 (Ryan Sarver)

Sunday, March 9 (panels run from 10 am to 6 pm)
Africa 2.0: Affecting Change Using Technology (G. Kofi Annan)
Gossip (Heather Gold)
Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned From Star Wars (Derek Featherstone)
Logos: Why They’re Irrelevant and Can Actually Hurt Your Business (Bryan Zmijewski)
Stories, Games and Your Brand (Rachel Clarke)
Meet The Architects (Molly Wright Steenson)

Monday, March 10 (panels run from 10 am to 6 pm)

Blame Canada: 7 Ways We’re Ahead in New Media (Kris Krug)
How Piracy Will Save the Music Industry (Jason Schwartz)
Independent Film Distribution: It Takes an Online Community (Micki Krimmel)
Self Replicating Awesomeness: The Marketing of No Marketing (Brian Oberkirch)

Tuesday, March 11 (panels run from 10 am to 6 pm)

Ad-Supported Music, A New Hope for the Industry? (Steve Jang)
10 Ways to Green-ify Your Digital Life (Jennifer Schlegel)
Data as Art: Musical, Visual Web APIs (Peter Kirn)
Futurists' Sandbox: Scenarios for Social Technologies in 2025 (Michele Bowman)
How Widgets Influence Music on the Web (Seth Sternberg)
Taking Over the World: the Flickr Way (Simon Batistoni)
The Trials and Tribulations of Using Music Online (Elise Nordling)
Communal Narrative: Exquisite Corpse Filmmaking (Meghan Scibona); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John Biehler on January 25, 2008 at 11:18am: There are so many panels this year that look great.

The problem is always the double and triple booking of panels at the same time and having to decide which to go to.

I posted a huge list of the ones I'm interested in on my blog but will most likely heavily edit the list once more details come out in February.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Aimee Greeblemonkey on February 21, 2008 at 11:30pm: I just added all the ones I am interested in to my iCal today and all days have time slots with multiple possibilities for me. One day there are SEVEN at the same time I would like to attend. ACK.; ▶ Reply to This