If you're heading to Austin this year, there are a ton of Harvardians to support! Harvard alumni are debuting several feature films (Dara Ju, Inheritance, and The Archer) and shorts (Waiting for Hassana, Hold Me) at SXSW 2017, and featured guest speakers include Baratunde Thurston AB '99 and Madame Gandhi MBA '15.

Check out our calendar for a list of panels, film screenings, and other events.

Other Harvard-Affiliated Speakers

March 10, 2017

• Dr. Jordan Amadio MD '09, MBA '10 - Mind the Machines: Neurotech & AI for Brain Health
• Dr. Sunita Desai (HMS) - Why Aren't We Shopping for Health Care?
• Rachel Foo AB '14 - Can Affinity Investing Solve the Startup Bias?
• Amy Gallo (Harvard Business Review) - Office Politics: Dealing with Conflict at Work
• Jodi Goldstein (Harvard Innovation Labs) - The Rise of Academic Incubators

March 11, 2017

• Scott Berinato (Harvard Business Review) - The Role of Dataviz in Persuasive Presentations
• Dr. Dylan J. Edwards (HMS) - Brain Training: The Performance-Enhancing Weapon?
• Abby Phillip AB '10 - How Elections Change Next Gen Cause Engagement

March 12, 2017

• Dr. Ifeoma Ajunwa (Harvard Berkman Klein Center) - Wellness or Else: Privacy in Workplace Wellness
• Michael Camuñez AB '91 - Beyond Borders: Mexico's Smart Funds & Innovation
• Dr. Rachel Haurwitz AB '07 - Personalized Medicine: Trends, Challenges, & Future
• Eric Hellweg (Harvard Business Review) - Accelerator Pitch: Security & Privacy Technologies
• Shay Johnson JD '16, Donovan Livingston EDM '16, & Toni Morgan EDM '16 - Crowdfunding Like a Boss: Raising Money on Hype
• Dr. Jessica U. Meir (HMS) - So You Want to Go to Mars?
• Dr. Neel Shah (HMS) - Hey Doc, How Much Will That Cost?
• Stephanie L. Smith AB '98 - Space 360: Experience NASA Missions in VR/AR/Video

March 13, 2017

• Dr. Justin Baker (HMS) - Mind, Body, & Technology Meet Up
• Dr. John Brownstein (HMS) - It's Like Uber for Healthcare
• Dr. Robert Green (HMS) - Sequence Me: Taking Personal Genomics Mainstream
• Dr. Erin Kane AB '05, MD '10 - A #)$%(*% Crisis: Training the Newest Gen of Docs
• Sean Kanuck AB '93, JD '96 - Cyber Arms Control: How to Make Our World Safer
• Rachel Emma Silverman AB '96, NIE '14 - New Architects' Toolkit - Sound, Film, & Projection
• Nick Taranto MBA '10, MPA '10 - How Technology Is Making Meals More Communal
• Adelyn Zhou AB '08, MBA '13 - Artificial Intelligence & Bots: Strategy & Execution

March 14, 2017

• Scott Cook MBA '76 - Make Your Ideas Matter
• Dr. Effy Vayena (HMS) - Can I Trust My AI Therapist?

March 16, 2017

• Dr. Kate Darling (Harvard Berkman Klein Center) - AI: Actually Still Terrible