Hugh Forrest, Event Director, SXSW Interactive

A Look at SXSW Interactive Past, Present and Future

As Event Director of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival, Hugh Forrest has presided over this five-day gathering of digital creatives during its massive growth spurt of the last few years. Amongst the many factors that have propelled this sharp rise in attendance is the event's recent history of strong and diverse speakers. Indeed, recent panelists at SXSW Interactive have ranged from best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell to trend-setting game designer Will Wright. For his presentation at The Austin Forum on March 2, 2010, Forrest will talk about some of his most memorable panelists of the last five years at SXSW Interactive. He will outline some of the things he has learned about digital technology, about event-planning, and about life from these speakers. Forrest will also provide an overview of what he expects to be some of the highlights of the 2010 event, which occurs Friday, March 12, through Tuesday, March 16, at the Austin Convention Center.

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Faith Singer-Villalobos
Communications Coordinator
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: info@austinforum.org