Welcome to the electrifying world of South By Southwest (SXSW), where Moxie AI is set to make waves with the formal launch of Moxie Media. As we step into the bustling tech-arts festival, we're not just here to witness; we're here to amplify unheard voices and celebrate innovation from BIPOC founders.

This marks Moxie Media's inaugural appearance at SXSW, and we're here to make an impact. Stay tuned for their coverage as we dive deep into the narratives that deserve the spotlight, weaving together stories that reflect the rich diversity and creativity within the startup world. This is more than an introduction; it's a celebration of voices that need to be heard.

This iconic festival is hitting its 37th year, and it's shaping up to be a blast. And guess what? AI is stealing the spotlight, with a deep dive into climate solutions, electric vehicles, and the journey to 2050. But that's not all – alongside Hollywood glitz, carnival rides, and live tunes, there's a treasure trove of sessions to help you rub shoulders with venture capitalists, team up with government agencies, and make some serious industry connections.

Now, rewind a bit to pre-pandemic times when almost half a million folks flocked to SXSW in 2020. Fast forward to today, and we've got Rolling Stone's parent company, Penske Media, swooping in with a 50% stake in 2021, ensuring that SXSW stays on the map. With over 300,000 people expected to make a comeback this year, it's still the go-to place for big ideas.

Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Waymo's cofounder Anthony Levandowski, Figma's CEO Dylan Field, Facebook's cofounder Andrew McCollum, popsci YouTuber Mark Rober, and heavyweight AI investors like Vinod Khosla, Chris Dixon, Michael Dell, and Mark Cuban are all in the lineup. And that's not all – keep your eyes peeled for Airbnb's cofounder Joe Gebbia.

Oh, did we mention the star-studded cast of celebrities gracing the event? Kirsten Dunst, Selena Gomez, Elijah Wood, Seth Green, and many more will be there. Picture red carpet glam with Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, and a slew of other A-listers. And hold your breath, because the Cinema Center is hosting premiere parties for Sydney Sweeney, Nicholas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Mark Duplass, and surprise guests – more names to drop soon!

But wait, don't get stuck in those lines. Grab your badge at the Austin Convention Center in Exhibit Hall 1 before the show kicks off. SXXPRESS passes in the app are your golden ticket to skip lines at the hottest events. And hey, there are free shuttles running from 9 am to 2 am to zip you to the main venues.

Hungry for details? Here's a taste of the programming, along with where to find the coolest attractions, open bars, and gourmet bites. Some of the top talks will be livestreamed at youtube.com/sxsw. I'm even hopping on a panel about AI powering talent development at the workplace on Saturday, March 9, from 4 to 5 pm at the Austin Marriott Downtown, Waller Ballroom DEF.

And don't miss out on unique workshops like "How to Train Your Humanoid Robot to Cook, Clean, and Deliver Goods" and "How to Build Your Own 5G Tower." Oh, and did we mention a live NASA astronaut AMA from the International Space Station? Keep things up-to-date by downloading the app and checking the website before you head out. And if you stumble upon a must-see event, share the love in the comments! See you there! 🚀 #SXSW #TechMeetsArts

Want the full scope? Here's the breakdown of each day:

Friday, March 8

9:30/10:30/11-7pm, Snap Sanctuary from 9:30/10:30 corepower yoga, 10:30 mud water breakfast, 11am cold plunges, acupressure, mushroom classes, 1-1:45pm Rise of Women in Fitness panel, 2-2:45 keynote, 4-4:45pm personal health, Therabody, 5-7 cocktails and sunset DJ set, chill at this exclusive takeover of Pershing House, 2415 E. Fifth St., https://snapsanctuary.splashthat.com, https://sanctuaryyoga.splashthat.com

9:45-10-11am, Opening Remarks with Hugh Forrest, followed by the reading of a poem being sent on NASA’s Europa Clipper mission this October, ACC Ballroom D

10-4pm, Healthtech Interactive Journey with snacks, J&J Innovation Lounge, Austin Marriott, 304 E Cesar Chavez, Waterloo Ballroom 1-2 through Monday, March 11 (Also: 11am-12am, Sharpie X Paper Mate Studio, Icenhauer’s, 83 Rainey, through 3/11; 11-7pm, Bruichladdich whiskey tasting, Registrant Lounge, 611 E 6th parking lot across from the Hilton, corner of 5th and Red River, through Sunday, March 10; 10-5 UKG Workplace Track Mini Golf, JW Marriott)

11:30-12:30pm, Securing the Future of Autonomous Mobility with coffee and bites, Tulsa House, Augustine, 86 Rainey (Also: 11-6pm, Porsche Macan EV Debuts with Ruby Star Drive In experience, Brazos Hall, 204 E 4th, through Tuesday, March 12)

11:30-12:30pm, First CRISPR Foods Have Arrived, JW Marriott, Room 201-2

11:30-12:30pm, Daring Disruption with Mark Cuban, Austin Marriott Downtown, 304 E Cesar Chavez, Waterloo Ballroom 4-6 (Also: Rare Disease Revolution: Life Science’s New Frontier, The Line, 111 E Cesar Chavez, Topaz Ballroom 1-3)

11:30-12:30pm, 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2024, ACC Ballroom D (Also: Atomic Energy & AI, ACC Room 6AB)

11:30-12:30pm, Finding ET: Then What? SETI shares how advanced technology is being used to detect signals from non-Earth civilizations, JW Marriott, Salon ABC

11:30-12:30pm, The Great E-Migration of LATAM Tech, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C

11:30-12:30pm, AI & Productivity: A Workplace Love Story, JW Marriott, 110 E 2nd, Salon D (Also: Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel and Trevor Noah, JW Marriott, 110 E 2nd, Salon 5; Power of Belonging: How Ending Loneliness Will Save Our Planet with Daybreaker’s Radha Agrawal, Hilton Downtown, Salon H; and 2:30-2:55pm Chip Conley Book Signing, ACC 3FL Room 10C)

11:30-12:30pm, State of Comedy with Universal Television, ACC Room 12AB (Also: Actor & Filmmaker Meet Up with Netflix Casting Directors, Hilton Room 406)

12-5pm, Audible Sound Experience, ferris wheel, carnival games and prizes, 3rd & Congress

12-6pm, Amazon Prime Video presents Fallout, a post-apocalyptic shanty town where danger lurks in every corner. Hunt for bottlecaps to trade and gamble, find Easter eggs from the classic video game to guide your way. Wasteland snacks, lassoing and a shooting gallery await! Hotel San Jose, 1316 South Congress.

12-8pm, Tide Experience with food, drinks, 610 N Interstate Hwy 35, through Sunday

2-10pm, Birmingham Tech Talks, bites, beats, drinks, pizza demos, 1809 Pearl

2:30-3:30pm, De-Extinction Progress: Fact-Checking Jurassic Park with Colossal Biosciences founder Ben Lamm in conversation with comedian Seth Green as they discuss efforts to bring back extinct animals like the Woolly Mammoth, Tasmanian Tiger and Dodo Bird, JW Marriott 3FL Salon D

2:30-3:30pm, How Gene Editing is Fueling a CRISPR Revolution, Austin Marriott Downtown, Waterloo Ballroom 3

2:30-3:30pm, Heat, Dust, Smoke, Disease: What NASA Measures in Our Air, Austin Marriott Downtown, Waterloo Ballroom 4-6 (Also: Space Exploration Meet Up, Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 408; From Rust to Tech in America’s Heartland, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F)

2:30-3:30pm, AI-Enabled Robots with Amazon’s Bill Smart, Antone’s, 305 E 5th (Also: How AI Will Change the Way Brands Market and People Shop, JW Marriott, Salon 3-4; Defending Reality vs Gen AI: The War Against Deepfakes, Hilton Austin Downtown Salon J)

2:30-3:30pm, Good One Podcast About Jokes with Judd Apatow, JW Marriott Salon 5 (Also: 2:45-4:17pm, The Hobby screening, about the value of meaningless pursuits, Alamo Lamar 8, 1120 S Lamar, with second show at 3:15-4:47pm, Alamo Lamar 7; 2:15-3:47pm, Backspot screening, produced by Eliot Page, starring Evan Rachel Wood, Violet Crown Cinema 1)

4-5pm, From Antarctica to the Stars: NASA’s South Pole Research, JW Marriott, Salon ABC (Also: Energy Earthshots: Eight Technologies to Save the Planet, a look at DOE investments in hydrogen, long duration energy storage, carbon dioxide removal, floating offshore wind, enhanced geothermal, industrial heat, clean fuels and home energy, ACC Room 6AB)

4-5pm, Investing in the Future of AI with NVIDIA, Hilton Downtown, Salon G (Also: Vergecast Live with Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz and David Pierce, JW Marriott, Salon 5; Fireside Chat with Guy Kawasaki and Mark Rober, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C; Your First Million: Why You Don’t Have To Be Born Into A Legacy of Wealth To Leave One Behind with Arlan Hamilton, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H; 5:30-5:55pm Arlan Hamilton Book Signing, ACC Room 10C)

4-5pm, Non-Obvious Thinking with Rohit Bhargava, ACC 4FL Ballroom D (Also: 5:38-5:45pm, Non-Obvious 7 Minute Meetup swag giveaway, Registrant Lounge, 611 E 6th parking lot across from Hilton, corner of 5th and Red River; and Sa 3/9 11am-11:25am, Rohit Bhargava Book Signing, ACC Room 10C)

4pm-12am, The Lodge: A Paramount+ Experience, themed cocktails and immersive experiences from Halo, Survivor and Star Trek: Discovery, Clive Bar, 609 Davis off Rainey Street

5-7pm, Happy Hours: Film & TV Industry drinks, Stephen F Bar, 701 Congress; Healthtech Mixer, The Line, 111 E Cesar Chavez; Tulsa House drinks and bites, Augustine, 86 Rainey; 5-7pm Second Play Stage with a 3-6pm Bucking Bed Bull Ride, CitizenM Hotel, 99 Trinity Street

6-9pm, Startup Crawl, Capital Factory, 701 Brazos, house.capitalfactory.com (Also: 6-8pm, Experience by Dell with AI demos, The Riley, 219 W 4th)

8-10pm, Audible Sound Experience After Dark Party with House of Yes live music and refreshments, 220 Congress at West 3rd

9:45-10:38pm, Netflix’s 3 Body Problem series premiere, set in 1960s China, time travelers confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history, executive producers Brad Pitt and Rian Johnson, Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress (Also: 6-7:54pm, Road House premiere, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress; 5:30-7:18pm, Gasoline Rainbow screening, Alamo Lamar 9, second show at 6-7:48pm, Alamo Lamar 3; 6:15-8pm, Billy Preston documentary screening, with commentary by Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton, Alamo Lamar 8, with second show at 6:45-8:30pm, Alamo Lamar 7; 8:15-9:56pm, High Tide screening, with Marisa Tomei, Violet Crown Cinema 2, second show at 8:45-10:26pm Violet Crown Cinema 4; 9:45-11:16pm, Secret Mall Apartment screening, Alamo Lamar 8, 1120 S Lamar, executive producer Jesse Eisenberg, second show at 10:15-11:46pm Alamo Lamar 7)

TBA: 8-11pm, Interactive Opening Party; 9:30-11pm, Alamo Lamar surprise screening; 10pm-1am, Film & TV Opening Party; Also: 7:15-8:30pm, Variety Comedy Awards with Brooke Shields, Samantha Bee, Jean Smart, John Leguizamo, ACL Live at Moody Theater, 310 Willie Nelson Blvd

Saturday, March 9

9/10:30/11-7pm, Snap Sanctuary, 9 mud water breakfast, 9:30/10:30 set intentions and corepower yoga, 11am cold plunges, acupressure, mushroom classes, fireside chat, 12-12:30 Pvolve demo, 1-1:45 Democratizing Gen Z Self-Expression with AR + AI, 2-4:45pm panels, 5-7 cocktails and surprise DJ dance party, chill at this exclusive takeover of Pershing House, 2415 E. Fifth St, https://snapsanctuary.splashthat.com, https://sanctuaryyoga.splashthat.com

9am+, Transformative Science with Brooke Shields, Sophia Bush and Katie Couric, 206 E 4th, shemedia.com/sxsw-2024/schedule

10-11am, Life After Big Tech: Where Are Laid Off Workers Now? with MarketWatch’s Jon Swartz, Austin Marriott Downtown, Waller Ballroom DEF

10-11am, Decoder Live with Figma CEO Dylan Field, JW Marriott, Salon 5

10-11am, AI’s Role in the Future of Hollywood with SAG-AFTRA, ACC Room 12AB

10-11am, Space Architecture for Spaceship Earth with Blue Origin’s Daniel Iocente, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon K

10-11am, Future of Food with Shake Shack’s Jay Livingston and NotCo’s Fernando Machado, JW Marriott, Room 201-2

10-11am, Emerging Tech Trends Report, ACC Ballroom D (Also: Emerging Trends from the Science of Happiness, ACC Ballroom EF; How To Thrive In An Age of Conflict with William Ury, ACC, Room 10AB, and 11:15-11:40am, William Ury Book Signing, ACC, Room 10C)

10-11 Investing in Aerospace with drinks and bites (Also: 2:30-3:30pm, Is AI the Secret to Increasing Connection in a Remote World, 5-7pm happy hour), Augustine, 86 Rainey

10-6:30pm, Inc. Founders House Tech Talks, appetizers, cocktails, Foxy’s Proper Pub, 201 Brazos, https://events.inc.com/inc-founders-house-austin-2024, through Monday, March 11

10-6pm, Amazon Prime Video presents Fallout, a post-apocalyptic shanty town where danger lurks in every corner. Hunt for bottlecaps to trade and gamble, find Easter eggs from the classic video game. Wasteland snacks, lassoing and a shooting gallery await! Hotel San Jose, 1316 South Congress.

11:30-12:30pm, Quantum Computing: Facts, Fiction and the Future with Google Quantum AI, JW Marriott, Salon D (Also: SXSW Pitch: AI, Voice & Robotics, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon DE)

11:30-12:30pm, Putting Americans in the Clean Tech Driver’s Seat, DOE on how $20 billion in the Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act is being deployed to manufacturing and energy supply chains, ACC Room 5ABC (Also: Safe Reporting with Ashley Judd, ACC Room 9AB; When We Walk By: Ending Homelessness in America featuring Miracle Messages founder Kevin F. Adler, ACC Room 10AB and 2:30-2:55pm, Book Signing, ACC Room 10C)

11:30-12:30pm, Paramount’s CTO Phil Wiser Reimagines Modern Media with AI, ACC, Room 17AB (Also: 10:30-6pm, WWD Wear House with Tommy Hilfiger and Rosario Dawson, 800 Congress, through Sunday, March 10; 11:30-12:30pm, TV and Movie Influence on Fashion, JW Marriott, Salon 3-4; 11am-12:36pm, MoviePass, MovieCrash screening, producers Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson with appearances by Daymond John, Alamo Lamar 8; second show 11:30-1:06pm, Alamo Lamar 7)

12:45-12:55pm, Robotic EDM with Moritz Simon Geist, ACC Ballroom D (Also: 12-1:13pm, Doppelgängers³ screening, sci fi thriller music by Pussy Riot, Alamo Lamar 9, second show at 12:30-1:43pm, Alamo Lamar 3; 12-1:04pm, Hacks Season 3 premiere, starring Jean Smart, Paramount Theatre)

12-5pm, Audible Sound Experience, ferris wheel, carnival games and prizes, 3rd & Congress

12-6, 7-11pm, The Lodge: A Paramount+ Experience, themed cocktails and immersive experiences from Halo, Survivor and Star Trek: Discovery, Clive Bar, 609 Davis off Rainey Street

1-10pm, Seduction of the Honeybee craft cocktails and art in ultraviolet light, Banger’s Basement, 81.5 Rainey Street

2:30-3:30pm, Biohacking Your Recovery with Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin, Four Seasons, Ballroom CD (Also: Conan O’Brien with Nick Kroll, ACC Ballroom D)

2:30-3:30pm, Greatest Hits of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, JW Marriott, Salon D

2:30-3:30pm, Getting Grain-ular, US Department of Agriculture discusses a new wheat varietal to address fiber deficiency in the American diet, JW Marriott, Room 201-2 (Also: Building Trust at Speed: Scaling Offshore Wind, ACC Room 6AB (Also: 2:30-3:30pm, Virtual Power Plants Unlocking Renewable Energy, ACC Room 5ABC; NSF Meet Up, Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 408)

2:30-3:30pm, Path to Conscious AI, JW Marriott, Salon ABC (Also: Will AI Replace Healthcare Workers? with Amazon and J&J, Austin Marriott, Waterloo Ballroom 4-6)

3-5:15pm, Immersive Wonders: The Sphere, Dubai & Beyond, Innovation Bridge Europe House, Thompson Hotel, 506 San Jacinto 4FL

4-5pm, Quantum Computing with IBM, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon K (Also: Pivot Podcast with Kara Swisher and Professor Galloway, ACC, Ballroom D; Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon Book Signing, ACC 3FL 10C; 2050: Reimagining Future Cities Without Homelessness, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H)

4-5pm, NASA’s Traveler’s Guide to the 2024 Eclipse, ACC Room 9C

4-5pm, Personalized Upskilling Will Win The Talent War, how AI is helping employees chart the career of their dreams and managers staff star performers for key assignments, featuring Martine Paris in conversation with J&J’s Michael Ehret and Workday’s Chris Ernst, Austin Marriott Downtown, 3FL, Waller Ballroom DEF

4-5pm, Celebrating 25 Years of Office Space with Mike Judge, Ron Livingston and Cast, ACC Ballroom EF (Also: 3-4:17pm, Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story screening, Alamo Lamar 8, second show at 3:30-4:47pm, Alamo Lamar 7; 3-4:41pm, My Dead Friend Zoe screening, dark comedy executive produced by Travis Kelce, with appearances by Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman, Paramount Theatre)

5-6:30pm, Happy Hours: Fast Company Grill, Cedar Door, 201 Brazos; Sound Summit Happy Hour, The Thompson Hotel Austin Podcast Lounge; 5-7pm, BlackRock Innovation Happy Hour, cocktails and bites, Moonshine Grille, 303 Red River; Film & TV Industry Happy Hour, Stephen F’s Bar, 701 Congress; 6-7pm, Healthtech Happy Hour with apps and drinks, Fogo De Chao, 200 Congress (Also: 9-5 Reddit House tastings (Sa 5:30-8:30 party), Two Hands Austin, 1011 S Congress through Sunday, March 10; 4pm-12am, Sharpie X Paper Mate Studio crafts workshop, Icenhauer’s, 83 Rainey, through Monday, March 11)

6-9pm, Muck Rack Party, ATX Cocina, 110 San Antonio St #170, https://info.muckrack.com/sxsw2024

7pm-12am, Industry Party open bar, bites until 10pm, Anthem, 91 Rainey Ste 120

10-11:33pm, Y2K screening, disaster comedy directed by Kyle Mooney, produced by Jonah Hill, Paramount Theatre (Also: 6:30-7:27pm, Ren Faire screening, Zach Theatre; 6:30-8:03pm, Whatever It Takes screening, Alamo Lamar 8, second show 7-8:33pm, Alamo Lamar 7; 9-10:21pm, How Music Got Free screening, produced by LeBron James, with commentary from Eminem, 50 Cent and Timbaland, Stateside Theatre)

Sunday, March 10

11:30-12:30pm, Is The Electric Grid Ready For All These EVs? ACC Room 6AB (Also: 10am-6pm, Valeo EV/AV Arena, Comedor, 501 Colorado, through Tuesday, March 12; 11:30-12:30pm, Solar Meet Up, Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 408; 9-12am, Amplifiy Philly House live music, cheesesteaks, Stay Put, 73 Rainey, through Monday, March 11; 9-10am, Suburban Propane refreshments, ACC 3FL Palazzo Foyer; 9-11am, Film & TV Coffee with breakfast bites, Stephen F Austin, Capital Ballroom B; 10-11am, Dare to Lead with Dr. Brene Brown, JW Marriott, Salon 5; 10-11:30am, Sunday Service, BBQ gospel, Stubb’s; 10am-10pm, Euro Tech House panels, music, cooking demos, Parkside, 301 E 6th)

11:30-12:30pm, How Humanoid Robots Expand Our Potential in Space & On Earth with NASA and Apptronik, JW Marriott, Salon D

11:30-12:30pm, Using AI To Predict Fashion Trends, JW Marriott, Salon 1-2 (Also: A Tale Sewn Through Time: Dickies 100-Years of Design, JW Marriott, Salon 3-4)

11:30-12:30pm, Scaling Up with Mark Cuban and Andrew McCollum, Facebook cofounder and Philo CEO, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C (Also: Point Forward podcast with Andre Iguodala, JW Marriott, Salon 5)

11:30-12:30pm, How Technology Can Revolutionize the Age-Old Sleep Dilemma, with the National Sleep Foundation and Samsung, Thompson Hotel, 506 San Jacinto, Red River Ballroom (Also: Building Brands in the Unhappiness Era, JW Marriott, Salon FGH; Mayim Bialik Breakdown, ACC Room 9AB; Better Beef with Tyler Florence, JW Marriott, Room 201-202)

12-5pm, Audible Sound Experience, ferris wheel, carnival games and prizes, 3rd & Congress

12-6pm, Seduction of the Honeybee craft cocktails and ultraviolet light art, Banger’s Basement, 81.5 Rainey Street

12-6pm, 7-11pm, The Lodge: A Paramount+ Experience themed cocktails and immersive experiences from Halo, Survivor and Star Trek: Discovery, Clive Bar, 609 Davis off Rainey

2-3pm, The Established House startup pitch competition, San Jac Saloon, 300 E 6th, https://house.established.us

2:15-4:05, Freddie Wong’s We’re All Gonna Die screening, beekeeper roadtrip amid alien invasion, Zach Theatre (Also: 2:30-3:30pm, Death of Peak TV, ACC room 16AB)

2:30-3:30pm, Ray Kurzweil in conversation with The Atlantic’s Nick Thompson, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H (Also: Conversation with FTC Commissioner Lina Khan, ACC Ballroom A; Mindfulness Over Perfection with Selena Gomez, ACC Ballroom D; On with Kara Swisher and Mark Cuban, JW Marriott, Salon 5; 1-2pm, Sue Bird & Jessica Robertson Growth of Women’s Sports, ACC Ballroom D)

4-4:30pm, Mining for the Climate Crisis Without Destroying The Planet, ACC Room 5ABC

4-5pm, Why We Should Be Talking About Quantum with Moderna and IBM, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon J (Also: The Sixth Sense: Quantum Sensors, The Line, Topaz Ballroom 1-3; Defense Market’s Tough-But Good For Business, working with the DOD, The Line, Onyx Ballroom 1)

4-5-6:30pm, Powering the Future of Clean Energy followed by Happy Hour, Thompson Hotel Austin, 506 San Jacinto, Red River Ballroom (Also: Fueling the Future: Turbocharging the Hydrogen Economy, ACC Room 6AB)

4-5pm, When Beer Goes Viral with Dylan Mulvaney with Human Rights Campaign Happy Hour at 5pm, ACC, 4th Floor Ballroom D+foyer

5-6:30pm, Happy Hours: Fast Company Grill Happy Hour, Cedar Door, 201 Brazos; 5-7pm, Film & TV Industry Happy Hour, Stephen F’s Bar, 701 Congress; Sports Track Happy Hour, Four Seasons; Tech Happy Hour, Moonshine Grille, 303 Red River; 6-9pm Mobility Happy Hour Mexico City food and cocktails, Comedor, 501 Colorado; 7-10pm, Euro Night drinks bites, beats, Parkside, 301 E 6th; 1-5-7 Canada House + Frontier VIP Party, Swan Dive, 615 Red River

6:15-7:55pm, I Saw The TV Glow, produced by Emma Stone, Paramount Theatre (Also: 6-7:17pm, Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story screening, Violet Crown Cinema 1, second show at 6:30-7:47pm, Violet Crown Cinema 3; 6-7:30pm, Every Little Thing screening, hummingbird heroics, Rollins Theatre at The Long Center; 6-7:36pm, Resynator screening rock documentary with Peter Gabriel, Gotye and Fred Armisen, Alamo Lamar 4; 9:15-10:38pm, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show screening about the HBO comedian, Zach Theatre; 9:15-10:52, Love Machina screening, AI futurists Martine and Bina Rothblatt biopic, Alamo Lamar 8, second show 9:45-11:22pm, Alamo Lamar 7; 10:15-11:50pm, Sew Torn screening about a seamstresses perfect crime, produced by Ronnie Lott, Alamo Lamar 5)

Monday, March 11

10-11am, Confidentiality Paradox: GenAI Roadmap with Cohere, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C (Also: 10-11am, Scientific Storytelling with NASA, Pfizer and Wonder Media, ACC Creative Expo Podcast Lounge, Exhibit Hall 3; Thriving at Work: Nurturing Wellbeing in Modern Workplaces with CNN’s Van Jones, Austin Marriott Downtown, Waller Ballroom DEF; Culturally Confronting Loneliness with Hinge, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H)

10am-12:30am, La French Touch Rendez-Vous, tech demos, immersive experiences, drinks, bites and beats, The Venue ATX, 516 E 6th (Also: 11:30-12:30pm, Visitations Podcast with Elijah Wood, ACC Room 16AB; 11-12:37pm, The Uninvited screening, thriller starring Pedro Pascal, Stateside Theatre)

11:30-12:30pm, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in conversation with Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H

11:30-12:30pm, AI and Humanity’s Co-Evolution with OpenAI’s ChatGPT lead Peter Deng in conversation with SignalFire’s Josh Constine, ACC Ballroom D

11:30-12:30pm, Designing Apollo, an Approachable Humanoid Robot with NASA and Apptronik, JW Marriott, Salon 6

11:30-12:30pm, Predicting Our Future Off-Earth, JW Marriott, Salon D (Also: Moonshot Culture: Innovating to Outdo Yesterday with Pfizer, ACC Creative Expo Podcast Lounge, Exhibit Hall 3)

11:30-12:30pm, How AI is Changing the Art of the Job, Austin Marriott Downtown, Waller Ballroom DEF (Also: AI and the Future of Loneliness, EU House at Parkside, 301 E 6; Indie Business Meet Up with the Freelancers Union, Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 406; Episodic Pitchfest, ACC Room 12AB)

12-6pm, The Lodge: A Paramount+ Experience themed cocktails and immersive experiences from Halo, Survivor and Star Trek: Discovery, Clive Bar, 609 Davis off Rainey

11:45-1:14pm, Sasquatch Sunset screening; starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, Paramount Theatre (Also: 12:15-1:51pm, I Don’t Understand You screening, starring Nick Kroll, Italian adventure comedy, Alamo Lamar 4; 2:15-3:45pm, Trouble with Mr Doodle screening, Stateside Theatre)

12:45-1:15pm, Fireside Chat with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Fast Company Grill, Cedar Door, 201 Brazos, events.fastcompany.com/grill_2024/schedule

1-2pm, AMD’s Lisa Su Keynote, ACC Ballroom D

2:30-3:30pm, Artificial General Intelligence: Possibility & Responsibility with Google DeepMind’s Shane Legg in conversation with Semafor’s Reed Albergotti, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon DE (Also: AI and the Future of Truth with NYU’s Gary Marcus, Thompson Hotel Austin, Red River Ballroom; NASA’s Work in Quantum Science, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon K; Looking Up: Integrating Drones Into Future Mobility Systems, Marlow, 700 E 6th; Science Will Win Podcast with Jeremiah Owyang, ACC Creative Expo Hall 3 Podcast Lounge;

2:30-3:30pm, Managing China’s Rise & Geopolitical Competition with former Australian Prime Minister Dr. Kevin Rudd with former NSA advisor Ben Rhodes, Australia House, Lucille, 77 Rainey

2:30-3:30pm, Future of Indie TV with Mark Duplass, ACC Room 16AB (Also: 3-4:32pm, Arcadian screening, produced by Nicolas Cage, Paramount Theatre; 3:30-5:11pm, Clemente baseball documentary produced by Richard Linklater, with commentary by Rita Moreno, Michael Keaton, Tom Morello and Bob Costas)

3-3:30pm, AI News Fit To Print with NYT’s Zach Seward, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C

5-7pm, Happy Hours: AI Happy Hour, Moonshine Grille, 303 Red River; 5-6:30pm, Fast Company Grill Happy Hour, Cedar Door; 5-7pm, Film & TV Industry Happy Hour, Stephen F’s Bar, 701 Congress; 6pm, Ukranian House Happy Hour with TechCrunch’s Mike Butcher, Capitol Factory, Voltron Room, 701 Brazos; 4:3-5-6:30pm, Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia at Inc. Founders House, appetizers, cocktails, Foxy’s Proper Pub, 201 Brazos

5pm-12:30am, Cinema Center premiere parties for Arcadian with Nicolas Cage, The Uninvited with Pedro Pascal, Duplass Brothers Indie Episodic Showcase with Mark Duplass and special guests, next to the Paramount Theater, invite-only.

5:30-6:30pm, Star Trek Discovery Final Season premiere, Stateside Theatre (Also: 6:15-7:45pm, This Is A Film About The Black Keys screening, Paramount Theatre; 8:45-10:16pm, Brandy Helville & The Cult of Fast Fashion screening, Rollins Theatre at The Long Center; 9:30-11:30pm, Dev Patel’s Monkey Man screening, fight club infiltrates city’s sinister elite to settle the score, produced by Jordan Peele, Paramount Theatre)

Tuesday, March 12

10-11am, Humanoids or Augmented Humans: Accelerating Autonomy with AI presented by the US Army, Thompson Hotel Austin, Red River Ballroom

10-11am, Enabling AI Everywhere with Intel, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon DE

10-11am, EVs: A Big Bet Needing Big Data, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F

10-11am, Can Aviation Really Go Green? with Embraer, The Line, Onyx Ballroom (Also: eFuels from Hydrogen, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G)

10-11am, Longevity Cities: Optimal Environments for Healthy Aging with the Milken Institute, Austin Marriott Downtown, Waterloo Ballroom 3 (Also: The Critical Path Forward for Affordable, Accessible Health with CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and MSNBC’s Vin Gupta, ACC Ballroom A)

10-11am Live From The International Space Station: NASA Astronaut AMA, ACC Ballroom D (Also: Star Trek Discovery panel with David Ajala and cast, ACC, Room 16AB; 11-12:31pm, Diane Warren: Relentless screening, rock doc with commentary by Clive Davis, Common, Gloria Estefan, Jerry Bruckheimer, Cher, Jennifer Hudson, Randy Jackson and Quincy Jones, Zach Theatre)

11:30-12:30pm, Key to AV Mainstream Adoption Is Off-Road Practice, Bloomberg’s Max Chafkin with Pronto and Pollen Mobile’s Anthony Levandowski, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F

11:30-12:30pm, Rewards and Risks of Multimodal AI with OpenAI, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon DE

11:30-12:30pm, Sustaining Coral Reefs with Digital Twins, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

11:30-12:30pm, Pre-Flight Check: What Needs To Happen To Make eVTOL Flights Reality?, The Line, Onyx Ballroom 1

11:30-12:30pm, Revolutionizing Astrophysics with AI presented by The Smithsonian, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C

11:30-12:30pm, Unleashing Design for the Digital and Physical Realm in AVs with Ford, JW Marriott, Salon 6

11:30-12:30pm, LA’s Roadmap to Zero Emission Transportation: 2028 and Beyond, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G

11:30-12:30pm, It’s About Timing For A Quantum Leap in Timing with Boeing, JW Marriott, Salon ABC

1-2pm, Daniels: How We Pulled Off Everything Everywhere All At Once, ACC Ballroom D

2-7pm, ICON’s Domus Ex Machina festival with AI demos, music and food, Long Center for the Performing Arts

2:30-3:30pm, How Autonomous Vehicles Provide Accessible Transportation with Waymo, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F

2:30-3:30pm, How To Make AGI Beneficial and Avoid A Robot Apocalypse with Hanson Robotics and SingularityNet, JW Marriott, Salon D

2:30-3:30pm, Powering the EV Revolution: Transforming Street Cabinets, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G (Also: Future of Urban Micromobility Meet Up, JW Marriott, Brazos Room; Sydney Sweeney, ACC Ballroom EF))

2:30-3:30pm, Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: All-Hands On Deck with the DOE, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

2:30-3:30pm, Salvador Dali, AI and The Future of Creativity with the Dali Museum, ACC Room 9AB

2:30-3:30pm, I Miss You When You’re Next To Me: A Conversation with Jay Shetty, ACC Ballroom D (Also: 2:30-3:30pm, Grandfluencers of TikTok, ACC Room 5ABC)

2:30-4pm, Make Your Own Personalized AI Companions Workshop, Courtyard Marriott, Guadalupe Room, RSVP required in the app

2:30-4pm, Build Your Own Open Source 5G Tower Workshop, Courtyard Marriott, Brazos 1, requires RSVP in the app

3-3:30pm, Untethered: Wireless Charging for EVs with WiTricity, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G

3-6pm, Tour Juno East Austin carbon sequestering apartments, TBA

4-4:30pm, New Blue Economy: Shifting Our Relationship with the Ocean with X, the moonshot factory, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

4-5pm, AI and Journalism: Massive Consequences When Truth Is AI with WSJ, CNN and Washington Post, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C

4-5pm, AI Lifehacks Meet Up, Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 408

4-5pm Digital Twins, Real Time 3D with Volvo, Farimont, Manchester Room

4-5pm, Future-Proofing Computers For An Evolving World, with Google Quantum AI, Johns Hopkins and the US Navy, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon K

4-5pm, How Sustainable Mobility is Transforming Last Mile Delivery with Uber’s Abby Wheeler, Cartken’s Anjali Naik and Lowercarbon Capital’s Shawn Xu, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G

4-5pm, Home Is The New Brick and Mortar for Healthcare with MSNBC’s Vin Gupta and Best Buy Health’s Deborah Di Sanzo, Austin Marriott Downtown, Waterloo Ballroom 3

4:30-5pm, Designing the World’s First Microreactor with DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A

4-5pm, Author Your Life with Bonnie Wan, ACC 4FL Room 16AB (Also: 5:15-5:40pm, Bonnie Wan Book Signing, “The Life Brief: A Playbook for No-Regrets Living,” ACC 10C; 2:30-4:33pm, Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie, Paramount Theatre; 4-5pm, Def Jam Renewed with Public Enemy’s Chuck D, ACC Ballroom EF; 4:30-4:55pm, New Yorker’s Charles Duhigg Book Signing, ACC room 10C)

5-6pm, Happy Hours: Music & AI Happy Hour, Hilton Austin, 500 E. 4th; 4:30-6pm, UK Immersive Takeover Party, Downright Austin, 701 E 11th; 5-6:30pm, Soy Soiree bites and cocktails, Thompson Hotel Austin; 5-7pm, Film & TV Industry Happy Hour, Stephen F’s Bar, 701 Congress; 5-8pm, EarthX: Party for the Planet Happy Hour, Electric Shuffle, 91 Red River

6-9pm, Music Opening Party with Pourri fun, drinks and bands, lineup TBA, Palm Door on Sixth, 508 E 6th (Also: 5-6:32pm, Doin ‘ It screening, starring Lily Singh, Stateside Theatre; 5:30pm-12am, Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase, ACL at Moody Theater, 310 Willie Nelson Blvd )

6:15-8:20pm, The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, Paramount Theatre (Also: 10-11:30pm, TBA screening, Alamo Lamar 3)

7:30-1:30am, Cinema Center premiere parties for DOIN IT with Lilly Singh and Immaculate with Sydney Sweeney and special guests, next to the Paramount Theater, invite-only

Wednesday, March 13

10-11am, Scaling Safely: Waymo’s Roadmap for a Multi-City AV Service, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H

10-11am, Beyond Code, Regulatory Matrix of AI with Anthropic, ACC room 8ABC

10-11am, Mobility at the Speed of Trust: AVs with Volkswagen, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F

10-11am, Sky’s The Limit: How AI Will Reimagine Airports, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G (Also: 10-11am, Building Resilient Public Spaces For Disasters, ACC Room 9ABC)

10-11am, The New Normal: AI in Music Creation with Rolling Stone’s Ethan Millman, ACC Room 18CD (Also: 10-11am, How Generative AI is Empowering Creators to Standout with Warm Robots’ Goldie Chan. and Adobe’s Jordan Dene Ellis, ACC Room 6AB; 10-11am, Kurt Cobain’s Sweater: Music Promoter Tales with Goldenvoice/AEG’s Elliott Lefko, ACC Room 12AB)

10-11:30am, How To Train a Humanoid Robot Workshop with UT Austin Human Centered Robotics Lab-including cooking, cleaning, and delivering items through a live, hands-on demo with VR, session is full but there may be walk up slots available.

11:30-12:30pm, Amazon’s Vishal Sharma on the Future of AGI, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H

11:30-12:30pm, Beyond Generative AI: Multimodal Narrative Experiences with Volvo’s Timmy Ghiurau, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C (Also: 11am-12:47pm, Omni Loop screening, starring Mary Louise Parker and Ayo Edebiri, Stateside Theatre; 11:30-11:55am, Laurie Segall Book Signing: Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech’s Titans and Misfits, ACC Room 10C; 11:30-12:30pm, Acts of Random Kindness Meet Up, Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 408)

12pm-2am, Marshall Funhouse, carnival with live music by The Black Angels, Dry Cleaning, Therapy, Shannon and The Clams, The Armed, Parish and Brushy Street block (Also: 12pm-11pm, Camp Funk live music with Pourri games and swag, 5th and Trinity; 12-5pm, New Zealand House, 13th Floor, 711 Red River, live music and open bar)

2:30-3:30pm, AI in the Public Interest: Credit, Consent, Compensation with BBC’s Miranda Marcus, ACC Room 6AB

2:30-3:30pm, Beyond ChatGPT: What Will the Next Generation of AI Bring? with NSF, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C

2:30-3:30pm, Can AI Solve the Extreme Weather Pandemic?, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon B

2:30-3:30pm, EVs and Utilities:Friend or Foe? with GM and Duke Energy, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F

2:30-3:30pm, Supercommunicating with The New Yorker’s Charles Duhigg, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H

3:15-4:11pm, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story screening, starring Jon Bon Jovi, Paramount Theatre (Also: 2:30-3:30pm, Justice EDM keynote, ACC Ballroom EF; 2:30-3:30pm, John Oates keynote, ACC Room 16AB)

4-5pm, Who Will Benefit Most From Drone Delivery? with USA Today’s Jennifer Jolly, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F

4-5pm, Paradox of Loneliness and Tech with Headspace, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon K (Also: 4-5pm, Reimagining America’s National Parks with the National Park Service, ACC Room 9AB; The Evolving Landscape of Record Labels for Recording Artists with Taylor Hanson of the band Hanson, ACC Room 17AB)

5-7pm, Happy Hours: Film & TV Industry Happy Hour, Stephen F’s Bar, 701 Congress; 5-7pm, Music Industry Happy Hour with drinks and bites, Fairmont Rules & Regs, 101 Red River; 5:30pm-12am, Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase - Peso Pluma, Young Miko, Kevin Kaarl, J Noa, and Pink Pablo, ACL at Moody Theater, 310 Willie Nelson Blvd

6-7:49pm, Pet Shop Days starring Willem Dafoe and Peter Sarsgaard, Stateside Theatre

10pm-1am, Film & TV Intermission Party, Zach Theatre

Thursday, March 14 - Happy Pi Day!

10-11am, Magnetizing Mobility: Journey to Maglev in the US with Formula 1’s James Hinchcliffe, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F (Also: 10-11am, Bigger Isn’t Better, Lasting Effects of Too Much Parking, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G)

11:30-12:30pm, Tomorrow’s Journey: The Future In-Car Experience with NIO’s Charlie Prather and VW’s Lyse Martel, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F

11:30-12:30pm, Global to Local: Advancing AV Experiences with VW and Mobileye, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G

11:30-12:30pm, Robotic Renaissance: Dawn of Humanoid Innovation, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H (Also: Michael Dell, ACC Ballroom D)

11:30-12:30pm, What’s Next in Robotics, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon J

12pm-2am, Marshall Funhouse, carnival with live music by Shannon and The Clams (Also: 11am-6pm, Floodfest feat. Chromeo, Mohawk Outdoor, 912 Red River; 12pm-11pm, Camp Funk live music with Pourri games and swag, 5th and Trinity; 11:30-12:30pm, Creating an Equitable Future for Artists in Streaming with TOKiMONSTA, ACC Room 16AB; 1-2pm, The Black Keys Keynote, ACC Ballroom D; 1pm+, The Funk Factory by ~Pourri x Rolling Stone, Terrace59, 412 Congress Ave. D)

2:30-3:30pm, Beyond Mint.com: Unleashing AI for Patient Health with Mint/Vital founder Aaron Patzer, Hilton Austin Downtown, 4F Salon DE

4-5pm, What Does An AI Utopia Look Like? with Vinod Khosla, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H

4-5pm, Charging Forward - Solutions for the EV Revolution with Tesla and ChargePoint, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G

4-5pm, Art of Crossword Puzzles, ACC Room 9C

4-5pm, Jane Fonda on Climate Activism, ACC, Ballroom D

9:30-11pm, TBA Screening, Alamo Lamar 9 (Also: 6-7:49pm, Civil War starring Kirsten Dunst, Paramount Theatre)

12:15-1:45am, The Black Keys, Mohawk Outdoor, 912 Red River (Also: 5:30pm-12am, Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase, ACL at Moody Theater, 310 Willie Nelson Blvd; 7:30-8pm, Gruff Rhys show, British Music Embassy at Sheraton Downright Austin Backyard, 702 E 10th; 12:10-12:40am, Gruff Rhys show, Creek and the Cave Backyard, 611 E 7th)

Friday, March 15 - Ides of March

10-11am, Advanced Air Mobility with USDOT and FAA, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G

10-11am, Future of Fueling: Deploying an EV Fast Charging Network, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon F

10-11am, Artist Protection in the Age of AI, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon DE

10-11am, Are You For Real? How To Identify AI-Generated Music, ACC Room 17AB

10-11am, AI: Prosperity or Doom for Human Workforce with Amazon, HP and IEEE, Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C (Also: 1-2pm Death of the Follower by Algorithm with Patreon founder Jack Conte, ACC Ballroom D)

11:30-6pm, Full Irish Breakfast, hearty eats with band showcase, Flamingo Cantina, 515 E 6th (Also: 11:30-12:30pm, Civil War Cast with Kirsten Dunst, ACC Room 16AB)

12pm-2am, Marshall Funhouse, carnival fun and games with live music by Shannon and The Clamsand more, Parish and Brushy Street block (Also: 12pm-11pm, Camp Funk live music with ~Pourri games and swag, 5th and Trinity; 5:30pm-12am, Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase ACL at Moody Theater, 310 Willie Nelson Blvd; 12-5p-2am, The Funk Factory by ~Pourri x Rolling Stone, Terrace59 Rooftop by day, Future of Funk showcase and speakeasy performances by night with DJ Johnny Jane aka Janelle Monae and more, 412 Congress Ave. D)

7:30-9pm, TBA Screening, Stateside Theatre

11-12pm, Shannon and the Clams, Stubb’s, 801 Red River

12:30-2am, The Black Keys, Stubb’s, 801 Red River

Saturday, March 16

12pm-11pm, Camp Funk live music with ~Pourri games and swag, 5th and Trinity (Also: 12-3pm+, The Funk Factory by ~Pourri x Rolling Stone, Terrace59 Rooftop open by day, Speakeasy performances by night with DJ Questlove and more, 412 Congress Ave. D)

7-8:55pm, The Idea of You premiere starring Anne Hathaway, Paramount Theatre (Also: 3:15-4:45pm, TBA Screening, Paramount Theatre)

TBA, Illenium, Moody Amphitheater @ Waterloo Park, 500 E 12th

Main Venue Locations

• Austin Convention Center aka ACC (500 Cesar Chavez)
• Austin Marriott Downtown (304 E Cesar Chavez)
• Courtyard by Marriott (300 E 4th)
• The Driskill (604 Brazos)
• Fairmont Austin (101 Red River)
• Hilton Austin Downtown (500 E 4th)
• JW Marriott (110 E 2nd), The Line Hotel (111 E Cesar Chavez)
• Westin Austin Downtown (301 E 5th)
• Stephen F Austin Hotel (701 Congress)
• Paramount Theatre (713 Congress)
• Stateside Theatre (719 Congress)
• Stubb’s (801 Red River)
• Mohawk (912 Red River)
• ACL Live @ Moody Theater (310 Willie Nelson Blvd)
• Violet Crown Cinema (434 W 2nd)
• Alamo Lamar (1120 S. Lamar)
• Zach Theatre (202 S Lamar)
• Rollins Theatre (701 W Riverside Drive)
• Hotel Vegas (1502 E 6th).

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