Ok San Francisco Girls, the time is nearing when you trade in your Mary Janes and you put on your Cowboy boots. Today, SXSW Interactive opens for business as the registration process for the 2011 event has now commenced. The 2011 SXSW season gets into full swing on Monday, August 9when the community can register to cast votes for the panels they would like to see at the 2011 conference at http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/.
“After reviewing so many fantastic panel submissions, SXSW Interactive is excited to begin planning and bringing together an amazing event,” said Hugh Forrest, SXSW Interactive Festival Director. “Stay tuned for exciting new details and programming for the 2011 festival.”
New for 2011, SXSW Interactive will have more daytime networking meet-ups, to be included as a part of the programming schedule. The SXSW Interactive Awards will broaden its focus to technologies outside of the browser and the ScreenBurn Game Design Competition will become the SXSW ScreenBurn Game Awards. We are also excited to announce that the SXSW Accelerator music-related technology competition will take place during the SXSW Music Conference on Wednesday, March 16.
The application process is now open for both SXSW Accelerator, enter your product or service for a chance to demonstrate it in front of a live audience and panel of industry expert judges. For more information, visit www.sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator. The SXSW Interactive awards is now open for applications to recognize remarkable digital projects from the past calendar year (2010). For more information, visit www.sxsw.com/interactive/awards.
Register to attend today at www.sxsw.com/attend and join us March 11-15, 2011 for the panels, the parties, the 14th Annual Interactive Awards, the SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade, the SXSW Trade Show, SXSW Accelerator and, of course, the inspirational experience that only SXSW can deliver.
