SXSW Conference 2022 | SXSW | 11 March 2022 | TBA, Austin, TX

The SXSW Conference provides an opportunity for the global community of digital creatives to encounter cutting-edge ideas, discover new interests, and network with other professionals who share a similar appetite for forward-focused experiences.

Featuring a variety of tracks that focus on the most important breakthroughs in technology, film, culture, and music, SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together.

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Reggie Fils-Aime
Award-Winning Innovator and Disrupter, American businessman

Alexis McGill Johnson
President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America & Planned Parenthood Action Fund

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Claire Atkin
Co-Founder, Check My Ads

Nandini Jammi
Co-Founder, Check My Ads

Yves Béhar
CEO of fuseproject & Co-Founder, August Home, FORME Life and Canopy Space

Sarah Bond
Corporate Vice President, Game Creator Experience and Ecosystem, Microsoft

Albert Bourla
DVM PH.D, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer

Amber Venz Box
Co-Founder, LTK

Dario Calmese
Artist & Designer, The Institute Of Black Imagination

Julia Cheek
CEO & Founder, EverlyWell

Kate Ryder
Founder & CEO, Maven Clinic

Deena Shakir
PartneratLux Capital

Tiffany Lin
Filmmaker, Decentralized Pictures

Barbara Bruni
Entertainment Attorney

Roman Coppola
Filmmaker, American Zoetrope

Leo Matchett
CEO, Decentralized Pictures Foundation

Jim Breyer
Founder & CEO, Breyer Capital

Michael Dell
Chairman & CEO, Dell Technologies

Maëlle Gavet
CEO, Techstars

Ghazi
EMPIRE CEO & Founder, EMPIRE

Kathryn Paige Harden
ProfessoratThe University of Texas, Austin

Ann Hiatt
Leadership StrategistatHipergiant

Wes Hurt
Founder, Clean Cause

Jason Isbell
Grammy Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter

Laura McKowen
Author, Founder & CEO, The Luckiest Club

Jan Rader
Director of the Mayor's Council on Public Health and Drug Control Policy, Huntington, WV, City Of Huntington

Jeffrey Katzenberg
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WndrCo

Hari Ravichandran
Founder & CEO, AURA

Eriona Hysolli
Head of Biological Sciences, Colossal Biosciences

Ben Lamm
CEO & Cofounder, Colossal Biosciences

John Maeda
SVP Chief Customer Experience Officer, Everbridge

Stephanie McMahon
Chief Brand Officer, WWE

Erika Nardini
CEO, Barstool Sports

Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink

Jessica Blevins
Manager, Team Ninja

Tyler Blevins
Creator, Team Ninja

Jessica Nordell
Science and Culture writer, The End Of Bias: A Beginning

Janice Omadeke
CEO & Founder, The Mentor Method

Sage Ke'alohilani Quiamno
Global DEI Tech Leader, Future for Us

Arlan Hamilton
Founder & Managing Partner, Backstage Capital

Carrie Colliton
Co- Founder, Record Store Day

Ericka J Coulter
SVP of A&R at Warner Records/CEO TheBasement Series, Warner Records

Linda Perry
Producer, Songwriter, Philanthropist, LPM

Tierney Stout
Director of Global Music Marketing, Vans

Bruce Sterling
AuthoratBruce Sterling

Vlad Tenev
CEO & Co-Founder, Robinhood

Bridget Todd
Host of IHeartRadio’s There Are No Girls on the Internet podcast

Joost van Dreunen
Writer, New Breukelen

Margrethe Vestager
Executive Vice President, A Europe Fit For The Digital Age, European Commission

Khoi Vinh
Senior Director of Design, Adobe

Amy Webb
Quantitative futurist, author and founder and CEO, Future Today Institute

FEATURED SESSIONS:

Rohit Bhargava
Founder, The Non-Obvious Company

David Droga
CEO + Creative Chairman, Accenture Interactive

Ukonwa Kuzi-Orizu Ojo
Global Chief Marketing Officer, Prime Video & Amazon Studios

Dara Treseder
SVP, Head of Global Marketing & Communications, Peloton

Vicki Dobbs Beck
VP, Immersive Content Innovation, ILMxLAB at Lucasfilm

Val Vacante
Director of Strategy, Product Experience & Innovation, LiveArea // Collabsco

Ebro Darden
Global Editorial Head of Hip-Hop and R&B, Apple Music, Apple Music

Henry Donahue
Executive Director, Save The Music Foundation

Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau
CEO & Publisher, MIT Technology Review

Rana el Kaliouby
Deputy Ceo, Smart Eye

Peter Moore
Senior Vice President & Gm, Sports & Live Entertainment, Unity

Jack Conte
CEO & Co-Founder, Patreon

2022 Sponsors

SUPER SPONSORS:
• White Claw
• Blockchain Creative Labs
• Austin Chronicle

MAJOR SPONSOR:
• Audible