Event:SXSW Interactive 2010

SXSW Interactive takes place in Austin, TX from March 12-16, 2010. Interactive Festival brings together the world’s most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators, content producers, programmers, widget inventors and new media entrepreneurs. Five days of captivating keynote presentations and provocative panel sessions provide hands-on training as well as big-picture analysis of the future of this industry. In addition to the bountiful business opportunities at the Trade Show & Exhibition and the hands-on gaming fun at the ScreenBurn Arcade, SXSW Interactive provides a full array of exciting evening events to entertain attendees.

Activities

• WORKSHOP: HTML5 workshop, incl. video [incorporated http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3833]

(Paul Rouget, Chris Blizzard, possibly Mark Surman )

• PANEL: What's Open Video and Why Does it Matter? http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4382

(Mark Surman, Mozilla Foundation; Elizabeth Stark, Yale ISP; Jesse Dylan, Free Form; Elisa Kreisenger, remixer; possibly YouTube's General Counsel or another skeptic)

• PANEL: Wikipedia Gets an Upgrade: Collaborative Video http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3886

(Michal Tsur, Kaltura and possibly someone from Wikimedia)

• Mozilla Party at Cedar Door, Saturday, March 13, 2010; 6-8PM
• SXSW Sponsorship - Big Bag Insert
• Chris Blizzard to speak on Open Video discussion panel.

In a world where any video can be viewed on any platform, any time, what does the Web-based video experience offer that can't be found elsewhere? This panel will discuss how the browser experience can provide a more dynamic viewing experience. With experts and data from Dailymotion, the largest independent Web video site, and Mozilla, developer of the Firefox Web browser, the panel will present findings, information and insights on the near and far future of Web video and how to make sure your company is well prepared from a technology, content and marketing perspective.

Topics to be covered include new social media models, what content is succeeding on the Web and why, the impact of Open Video on all Web video and more.

• Jetpack For Learning Design Camp (Philipp Schmidt, JFL Coordinator)
  • Up to 10 participants from the JFL Design Challenge will be in Austin during the week prior to SXSW. They will finalise their prototypes and develop a vision for Jetpack based social learning. A final Design Challenge winner will be selected and announced during Mozilla SXSW event.
  • Design Camp will be run by Allen Gunn, Andy Edmonds, and Brian King.
  • Participants to join in our meetup event and to recognize them at the event.
  • Design Camp planning page
• PCF - video tag uses
• Add-ons/Labs has a synergy with Jetpack, Mobile for add-ons?
• Have a social to highlight the various accomplishments of community members
• Quick 5-10 introduction, and then have kiosks with different people to show off their contributions.
• Possibility to do a hackathon
• Mozilla Foundation may want to leverage a planned Mozilla social event to recognize participants in a proposed Mozilla Education design challenge.

Swag Needed

• Buttons for big bag insert.  Will figure out quantity.

Who is Going?

• Chris Blizzard (if he gets picked to the panel)
• Dean, Ben (PCF)
• Sarah Doherty (Marketing)
• PR Manager (Marketing) TBD -
• Sarah Doherty 12/30/09 3:39 PM
• Aza Raskin (Labs)
• Caitlin Looney (Mobile)
• Nick Nguyen (Add-ons)
• Mark Surman (Mozilla Foundation)
• Brendan Eich
• Arun Ranganathan (Evangelism
• Mike Kaply - I live in Austin, so if you guys need anything, let me know.
• Brian King (Briks) - Mentoring at the final stage of the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge
• Austin King (Webdev)