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3 6 SXS W O R L D | P R E V I E W G U I D E | F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 7 | SXSW.COM FILM PRIORITY Entertainment Influencers: Inspiration from thought leaders, experts, and innovators that will last beyond your time at SXSW. Film & TV Industry: Learn about the inner workings of the film and TV industry. Sessions will focus on the business side of things. Making Film & Episodics: Learn everything you need to know about developing and crafting your project, from screenwriting to working with your subject to post- production, and beyond. MUSIC PRIORITY Making Music: Explore the future of making music, and how you can make your music better, more easily, and more creatively. Music Industry: Experts and thought leaders will guide you through today's multifaceted and global music business. Music Influencers: Music has a rich history, with amazing and legendary stories to tell. Find inspiration, insight, and guidance from the brightest in the music world. Touring & Live Experience: Venues and festivals, large and small, support the dynamic touring industry that many artists increasingly rely on. Discover new innovations and sage advice on today's touring and festival industry. TRACK FORMATS Book Readings: The Book Readings at SXSW Interactive last twenty minutes and showcase the latest, most innovative titles, from Entrepreneurialism to Health and MedTech, and all things in between. Demo Listening & Pitch Sessions: Demo Listening Sessions provide artists and registrants direct feedback from music professionals like producers, A&R reps, publicists and venue talent buyers. Pitch Sessions offer the same sort of feedback from licensing, sync, and music supervision experts who provide honest opinions on licensing music to film, commercials, TV and more. We will be accepting music submissions prior to the 2017 SXSW Music Conference. Featured Sessions: Featured Sessions present a snapshot of the most transformative ideas shaping our future. Featured Speakers: Looking for mind-expanding presentations by industry leaders? SXSW Conference Featured Speakers bring together some of the biggest and brightest names of our time. Keynotes: These powerful presentations by diverse visionaries from the ever-evolving worlds of Interactive, Film, and Music are the center of the SXSW Conference. Mentor Sessions: Mentor Sessions offer one-on-one interaction with professionals from all aspects of the music, film, and interactive industries. Advance sign-up is required and access is limited to badge type. Round Tables: Three industry experts and SXSW attendees get together for informal and enlightening discussions. Solo / Dual / Panels: Most Solo, Dual and Panel programming is sourced through PanelPicker®. Solo and Dual presentations offer a deep dive look into more targeted topics. Panels typically feature a moderator and 2-3 additional experts who represent different perspectives and opinions in a given area, making for a lively discussion. Workshops: Offer in-depth, hands- on, advanced level information enabling registrants to gain more expertise in their particular area of interest. Sessions are two to four hours. Advance sign-up is required and access is limited to badge type. SXSW SPECIAL PROGRAMMING Book Signings: Provide attendees the opportunity to meet their favorite authors, purchase their latest work, and return home with an autographed copy. Music Startup Spotlight: The SXSW Music Startup Spotlight focuses on some of the most innovative new companies in the music world. The Spotlight coincides with the popular Music Startup Village programming, where VCs, entrepreneurs, and the tech-minded music industry will be meeting/mingling/discussing in sessions across the hall. Tech Startup Spotlight: Discover emerging startups at an engaging reception that provides two unique opportunities to meet with and get demos from some of the brightest startups today. SXSW Hackathon: 24 straight hours of buzzing, high-tech creativity as music, VR/AR, and film hacker/creators use their programming knowledge and our collection of music, visual APIs, and coding assets to develop their industry-changing prototypes and compete for cash prizes, awarded by our panel of celebrity judges. Photo by Robert A Tobiansky

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