(1) The Future of Work: How to Innovate with Inclusion
In today’s workplace, managers and employees need to be as skilled as ever in building diverse, inclusive teams. In this talk, Pinterest’s head of diversity CANDICE MORGAN talks about her journey to Silicon Valley and the lessons she’s learned while building a diversity and inclusion program from the ground up. She’ll share insights on recruiting underrepresented talent in a competitive market, creating a sense of belonging to teams and influencing decision-making.
Mar 13, 2017 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Austin Convention Center Ballroom EFG 500 E Cesar Chavez
(2) Future Fashion: Designing in a Digital World
Head of Fashion Innovation Agency MATTHEW DRINKWATER discusses how Technology is breaking down the doors of the fashion industry and seeping into every element of, what was, a very traditional business model. From wearable tech to artificial intelligence and mixed reality – designers and brands are exploring innovative ways to make, show and sell their collections. Discover how technology is redesigning the fashion industry and what it means for you.
Mar 13, 2017 | 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Salon 1-2
(3) AI: How Tech’s Next Revolution Will Change Lives
Intel‘s, DIANE BRYANT and BRANDEN WENZLOFF, Clinc‘s JASON MARS, FarmLogs‘ LUCA CANDELA and AMY VAN DONSEL, Program Mgr at Pikazo take it to the stage to discuss how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will deliver the next wave of societal transformation on parallel with the industrial, technical and internet revolutions that preceded it.
As our AI-fueled future evolves, we have a tremendous opportunity to address opportunities from scare resource utilization and scientific exploration to inclusion and human rights expansion. Intel Executive VP Diane Bryant will share Intel’s vision for unleashing AI as well as a perspective on how to accelerate the delivery of #AIforgood. Recognized as one of the top 50 women in business by Fortune, this is a unique opportunity to hear from an industry leader on how we will create a new generation of computing experiences.
Mar 14, 2017 | 9:30am – 10:30am | Center Room 18ABCD 500 E Cesar Chav
The other great thing about this year’s SXSW is the explosion of influencers attending. Make sure to take a moment to chat to:
Anina Net
Anina is an international fashion tech entrepreneur based in San Francisco and Beijing. We have profiled her on FashNerd.com before. As a woman in tech and a public speaker, she specializes in topics like entrepreneurship and fashion technology. She has held court at Fashion Tech Berlin, China National Garment Association and China Fashion Week. She is the executive producer of the 360Fashion and Tech Events in China.
Sabine Seymour
SUPA is a low-fi, hi-tech lifestyle AI connecting textile based SUPA sensors in clothing with the Internet of Things. SUPA is biometrics + sports + fashion + math Sabine has curated the MAK Fashion Lab at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, co-directed the research project BODYMetaphor at The New School, and was on the steering committee for ZeroPower Smart Fashion. She also authored “Fashionable Technology, The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology.”
Lady Kinvara Balfour
Kinvara is a director, producer, writer and speaker. Her work spans the worlds of fashion and technology. She has also spoken at conferences around the world about fashion, tech and the zeitgeist. Kinvara has advised and directed the launch of several major tech startups in the UK and has become known for her Fashion in Conversation with Apple Inc., an exclusive series of interviews with creative icons, Metail, BFC Fashion Forum, Beyman, Canon, Jimmy Choo and Coutts.
Tom Emrich
Community builder, Tom Emrich, who we met at the Wearable Technology Show in London last week, is the founder of We Are Wearables. It is the largest wearable tech community of its kind. Emrich is recognized as a global influencer for both wearable tech, virtual reality and regularly appears in the media as a wearable tech expert including The New York Times, CNN, BBC, CBC, Readers Digest and FASHION magazine. His passion for this space is driven by his belief that wearable tech plays a critical role in our human evolution.
Lakisha Greenwade
LaKisha Greenwade is a wearable tech innovator, marketing strategist, business professor and founder of the Glam Retreat, a wearable tech expo created in 2015 where she coaches women, youth, and those underrepresented in tech to learn new skills and build products.
Founding editor-in-chief of FashNerd.com, Muchaneta is currently one of the leading influencers writing about the merger of fashion with technology and wearable technology. She has also given talks at Premiere Vision, Munich Fabric Start and Pure London, to name a few. Besides working as a fashion innovation consultant for various fashion companies like LVMH Atelier, Muchaneta has also contributed to Vogue Business, is a senior contributor at The Interline and an associate lecturer at London College of Fashion, UAL.