Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Food on Monday 12th March

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• Eat. Drink. Be Human with Skype.

  Unwind toward the end of the SXSW Interactive Festival and break bread with friends, new and old. Test drive our video booths, enjoy family-style food, and listen to live music from bands playing on an interactive stage. Drink tickets will be issued upon arrival. Cheers to the human alternative experience at SXSW!

  • Food
  • Music
  • Party
  • Skype

  At 12:00pm to 10:00pm, Monday 12th March

• iPlant: Advanced Computing to Feed the World

  by Dan Stanzione and Matt Vaughn

  In the developing world today, the average person consumes 25% more calories than in 1960. This tremendous progress has come from many sources: improved irrigation, new fertilizers, and the breeding of hybrid species, to name a few. But there are signs that traditional techniques for improving production are stagnating while pressure to produce more mounts. Limited supplies of water, fuel, and land combine with climate change, population growth and changing food habits to put increasing demands on our ability to grow plants. Surprisingly, the future of agriculture turns out to be a computational challenge. By exploring genomic and metabolic networks, scientists are gaining critical insights into how plants work, but the amount of data produced and the computational power required is growing exponentially. This session will describe The iPlant Collaborative, a large-scale project bringing high-end computing, data, and software resources to bear on the grand challenges of plant biology.

  • Computing
  • Ecology
  • farming
  • Food

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Monday 12th March

  In Salon E, AT&T Conference Center

  Coverage audio clip

• 10th Annual SXSW Nuclear Tacos Night

  10th Annual Nuclear Tacos Night at SXSW Interactive. Join a loose confederation of geeks to share tears of joy that only come from experiencing Austin's hottest underground tradition: nuclear tacos.

  • Food
  • Party

  At 6:00pm to 9:00pm, Monday 12th March

  In East Tent, Brush Square Park

• Bazaarvoice Party

  Bazaarvoice sends you home from SXSWi with a bang. Food, drinks, games, giveaways, and a surprise musical guest. RSVP www.getyourinvite.com .

  • Food
  • Needs RSVP
  • Party

  At 6:00pm to 11:00pm, Monday 12th March

  In Lustre Pearl