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• Pocket Film Studio: The iPhone Revolution

  by Caleb Deschanel, Michael Koerbel, Sean Safreed, Serenity Caldwell and Matthew Dessner

  Do you have an iPhone™, iPod Touch™ or iPad2™? Then there’s a film studio in your pocket! Apple iOS devices are powerful filmmaking tools that have dramatically leveled the playing field and now allow anyone with a story to tell access to robust shoot & edit technology that enables them to produce it. Our panel brings together filmmakers and technology experts to discuss the creative possibilities and personal & professional opportunities available because of this new digital filmmaking equipment and the community supporting it.

  • Devices
  • Film
  • Mobile
  • Technology

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Salon K, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage audio clip

• Design and the Mobile Startup

  by Mike Krieger, Ron Goldin, Alexa Andrzejewski and Alex Rainert

  In the evolution of a product, ideas are the seed but the execution is key, and what happens between those two stages can make or break a product's success. Designers are trained to think on their feet, be flexible, and not be afraid to start over or make mistakes. Similarly the key tenets of today's startup culture are to be lean, move quickly, and iterate often. In this environment, where risk and competition make innovation critical, companies must leverage design thinking to help define products, often by adapting the design process. In this multidisciplinary panel of technologists, designers, and entrepreneurs, key players in some of today's most successful mobile products will look at the "textbook" creative process in delivering user-centered results and delightful outcomes. Then, we'll talk about examples of what actually happens in the less black-and-white world of startup culture, and discuss what can be done to leverage design in the making of great products.

  • Design
  • Mobile
  • Startups

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Salon A, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage audio clip slide deck video write-up

• Austin 2032: Shaping Future Cities with Mobile Data

  by Alexander Howard, Chris Osgood, Eric Paulos and Chris Volinsky

  The ubiquity of mobile devices gives us an unprecedented view into human mobility. Smartphones of today provide precise information on location, orientation, and trajectories of their users. Study of anonymized, aggregate collections of data allow insight into human behavior that can greatly benefit our understanding of society while preserving individual privacy rights.

  In this panel we discuss the promise and implications of analyzing mobile device data on a massive scale, specifically towards improving the cities of the future. The goal of almost any urban planner and policy maker is to make cities more user-friendly and more sustainable. Traditionally, improvement initiatives have slow feedback loops. Aggregate mobile data allows for fast understanding of the impact of any policy changes (such as installing bike lanes or congestion pricing), encouraging more of a test-and-learn environment, and ramping up city efficiency.

  Our panel will contain a diverse set of people who can address different aspects of this issue: researchers and data analysts to discuss what we can learn from the data, network carriers to discuss the technologies and infrastructure needed, and policy makers who can address the potential impact of this data.

  • Cities
  • Mobile

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Salon H, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage audio clip