SXSW 2024 Announces Impressive Lineup of Featured Speakers
The South by Southwest conference for the year 2024 has announced the initial lineup of featured speakers, which includes renowned personalities such as Rosario Dawson, Grimes, and Alex Cooper, the host of the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast. The conference, which is in its 38th edition, will have 24 programming tracks that celebrate the intersection of film, television, music, and technology. Besides the aforementioned speakers, other notable names include Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, the author of “How to Be an Antiracist,” Peter Deng, who heads ChatGPT, and Matt Kaplan, the CEO of ACE Entertainment.
The conference will address a wide range of topics such as how AI will revolutionize the way we create, and how storytelling can be used to represent communities fully. The conference aims to discuss how the future will impact our world and will host world-renowned experts such as Peter Deng, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, and Amy Webb, who can provide expert insights into the fast-developing industries.
SXSW 2024 runs March 8-16 in Austin, Texas.
See the full list of newly announced featured speakers below:
- Josh Constine, venture partner at SignalFire; Peter Deng, OpenAI’s VP of consumer product and head of ChatGPT
- Andreea Gleeson, CEO of TuneCore; Grimes, multidisciplinary artist; Daouda Leonard, CEO of CreateSafe
- Amy Webb, CEO of the Future Today Institute and professor at NYU Stern School of Business
- Chris Dixon, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and founder and managing partner at a16z crypto
- Alex Cooper, “Call Her Daddy” podcast host and executive producer; Matt Kaplan, founder and CEO of ACE Entertainment
- Mike Bechtel, Deloitte Consulting’s chief futurist
- Brooke Hooper, principal designer for emerging design, AI/ML at Adobe; Debbie Millman, “Design Matters” podcast host and co-owner and editorial director of PrintMag.com
- Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author, and director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research; Amber Payne, publisher and general manager of “The Emancipator”
- Cheryl Miller Houser, CEO of Creative Breed
- Tim Ferriss, investor, and author; Kevin Rose, investor, and co-founder and CEO of Proof
- Rosario Dawson, actor, producer, and founder of the Rio Dawn Foundation; Tara Houska, tribal attorney and founder of the Giniw Collective; Gingger Shankar, musician and filmmaker; Justin Winters, co-founder and executive director of One Earth
- Radha Agrawal, author, co-founder of Thinx and co-founder, CEO and chief community architect of Daybreaker
