[Intergen] September Update: SXSW INTERACTIVE: PANEL PICKER VOTING PLUS FREE STUFF

Tue Sep 4 10:49:45 CDT 2007

Welcome to the September 2007 edition of the South by Southwest (SXSW) 
Interactive Festival monthly listserve. Read below for more information 
on how you can shape the look and feel of the 2008 event via the SXSW 
Panel Picker. Also, if you like video games, then be sure to attend the 
ScreenBurn Mixer on September 5 at the Beauty Bar. Additionally, this 
listserve contains an easy-to-answer trivia question. Provide the 
correct answer and you are eligible to win a FREE FREE FREE registration 
to next year's SXSW Interactive Festival. The 2008 event is scheduled 
March 7-11 in Austin, Texas, the worldwide capital of creative thinking.

In the September 2007 installment of the SXSW Interactive Festival 
e-mail update:

1. Don't Delay, Register Today: Early-Bird Rates and Tons of Hotel Options
2. Henry Jenkins to Deliver Opening Remarks on Saturday, March 8
3. SXSW Panel Picker Allows You to Help Program the 2008 Event
4. Free Podcasts of 2007 SXSW Interactive Panel Content Available Online
5. 2008 Web Awards: SXSW is Looking for the Most Innovative New Sites
6. ScreenBurn Mixer: Wednesday, September 5 at the Beauty Bar in Austin
7. Community Technology: Nominations Needed for 2008 Dewey Award
8. Buy Now and Save: SXSW Marketing Rates Increase After September 28
9. Virtual Worlds Forum Europe Scheduled October 23-26 in London, England
10. AIR Austin, AIR Houston & AIR Dallas: Who is the Champion of 
Accessibility?

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1. Don't Delay, Register Today: Early-Bird Rates and Tons of Hotel Options

If you are planning to attend the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival (March 
7-11), be smart and register right now. The current registration rate is 
just $325 for five days of learning, inspiration, networking and fun! 
Paying your registration fees now also give you the most choices on 
downtown hotel options -- these hotels that will begin to sell out as we 
get closer to the event. Get full details at 
http://2008.sxsw.com/register_to_attend/ . Registration rates increase 
after Friday, September 28.
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2. Henry Jenkins to Deliver Opening Remarks on Saturday, March 8

SXSW is pleased to announce that Henry Jenkins will deliver the Opening 
Remarks for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival on Saturday, March 8. The 
Co-Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT, Jenkins has 
also authored numerous books including "Convergence Culture: Where Old 
and New Media Collide" and "Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring 
Participatory Culture." His engaging conversation with danah boyd at the 
2007 SXSW Interactive Festival drew rave reviews from attendees – so we 
are extremely excited that he will make a return visit in 2008. Read 
more about Jenkins at 
http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/opening_remarks/ .
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3. SXSW Panel Picker Allows You to Help Program the 2008 Event

Help SXSW Interactive determine the daytime programming content for next 
March by logging onto the Panel Picker. This web application empowers 
the online community to give their feedback on all the great ideas we 
have received for 2008. Signup is simple, the search function is cool 
and voting is easy -- so what are you waiting for? Panel Picker voting 
remains open through 11:59 CST on Friday, September 21. See how it works 
at http://panelpicker.sxsw.com .
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4. Free Podcasts of 2007 SXSW Interactive Panel Content Available Online

Speaking of superior panel content, be sure to visit the SXSW Podcast 
Page to listen to audio recordings from the 2007 event. New content is 
added to this site every week, so check back frequently to find the 
stuff that you want to hear. The Podcast Page is located at 
http://2007.sxsw.com/coverage/podcasts/ .
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5. 2008 Web Awards: SXSW is Looking for the Most Innovative New Sites

Are your innovations reshaping the look and feel of the Internet? If so, 
then we encourage you to enter your work in the 2008 SXSW Web Awards. 
Submissions are now being accepted at 
http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/enter/ . This URL also 
contains the official rules about this competition (including 
information on the three new categories "Activism," "Gaming" and 
"Mobile"). To check out winners of the 2007 SXSW Web Awards, see 
http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/ .
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6. ScreenBurn Mixer: Wednesday, September 5 at the Beauty Bar in Austin

ScreenBurn is the new element of the SXSW Interactive Festival that 
focuses on video games. Learn more at http://www.screenburnfest.com -- 
or come to the ScreenBurn Mixer from 8:00 to 10:30 pm on Wednesday, 
September 5 at the Beauty Bar in Austin (617 E 7th Street). In addition 
to free drinks, hip tunes and lots of great networking opportunities, we 
will be giving away one FREE registration to the 2008 SXSW Interactive+ 
ScreenBurn Festival. If you want to attend the ScreenBurn Mixer, please 
RSVP to Lindsay at sxsw.com. Hurry, space on the guest list is very 
limited. The ScreenBurn Mixer celebrates the Austin Game Developer’s 
Conference (AGDC), which occurs September 5-7 at the Austin Convention 
Center.
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7. Community Technology: Nominations Needed for 2008 Dewey Award

The Dewey Winburne Community Service Award honors the innovators who are 
using new media to help level the playing field between the haves and 
the have nots. Nominations are now open for 2008. The ten finalists for 
this award will be honored at SXSW Interactive next spring. All 
finalists will also speak on panels related to the power of community 
technology. Read more about the nomination guidelines for the 2008 Dewey 
Award at http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/dewey_award/guidelines/ .
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8. Buy Now and Save: SXSW Marketing Rates Increase After September 28

Purchase a stand in the SXSW Interactive & Film (iF!) Trade Show & 
Exhibition. Advertise in the SXSW Program Directory. Place promo 
materials in the SXSW Big Bags. Save 20% on any (or all) of these 
marketing opportunities if fees paid by Friday, September 28. Trade Show 
exhibitors enjoy two additional benefits from purchasing early -- best 
booth placement and best hotel selections. Complete details available at 
http://2008.sxsw.com/market_at_sxsw/ or email sales at sxsw.com. We also 
have early-bird discounts for SXSWorld, the quarterly magazine for all 
things SXSW. Through September 28, buy three magazine ads and get one 
FREE. Your accompanying ad in the SXSW Program Directory also qualifies 
for a 20% discount. Distributed across the world, SXSWorld is read by 
over 35,000* Professionals from three key entertainment industries -- 
Music, Film, Interactive. Contact sales at sxsw.com for all the specifics.
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9. Virtual Worlds Forum Europe Scheduled October 23-26 in London, England

If you like the SXSW Interactive Festival, then we think that you will 
also like the Virtual Worlds Forum Europe, scheduled Tuesday, October 23 
through Friday, October 26 at Canvas in Kings Cross, London. Designed to 
enable businesses to harness the power of virtual worlds to engage with 
clients, suppliers and customers, this two-day conference and expo is 
accompanied by three optional workshops. The event is dedicated to 
helping you understand why brands, corporations and not-for-profits are 
taking the business possibilities of virtual worlds seriously. For more 
information, visit http://www.virtualworldsforum.com .
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10. AIR Austin, AIR Houston & AIR Dallas: Who is the Champion of 
Accessibility?

SXSW Interactive supports Knowbility in their efforts to make the web 
more accessible to all users. In 2007, Knowbility is celebrating the 
10th Anniversary of its Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) with a new 
twist. The year, teams will be competing to build accessible, standards 
compliant web sites for local non-profits -- and local winners will also 
go on to compete in a statewide “shootout” to see who has built the most 
accessible web sites in Texas! Come join teams from Austin, Houston and 
San Antonio as Knowbility crowns the Champions of Accessibility. Read 
more about how you can be involved in making all the information on the 
Internet more easily accessed by all users at 
http://www.knowbility.org/air/?content=home .

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BONUS: Answer Trivia and Win FREE 2008 SXSW Interactive Registration

As noted in point #6 of this listserve, the ScreenBurn Mixer is 
scheduled for Wednesday evening, September 5 at the Beauty Bar in Austin 
(617 E 7th Street). For a chance to win a FREE registration to the 2008 
event, please name one of the four cities where SXSW Interactive hosted 
mixers in January 2007. Hint: The answer to this trivia question can be 
found by referring to the archives of the website -- see 
http://2007.sxsw.com/blogs/ia.php?disp=arcdir .

THE FINE PRINT: E-mail your answer to hugh at sxsw.com. Please title this 
e-mail "SXSW Interactive September Trivia Question." Answers must be 
received by 5:00 pm CST on Friday, September 7. Only one answer / entry 
per person. Winning entry will be selected randomly from all the correct 
answers received. Winner is given a FREE registration to the 2008 SXSW 
Interactive Festival, but this prize does not cover travel or lodging 
expenses.

Person who wins registration will be notified by e-mail. This person's 
name (as well as the correct answer to the September trivia question) 
will be posted on the SXSW Interactive website shortly thereafter.