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• Tech Superwomen: Mentors and Mentees, FTW

  by Nilofer Merchant, Ekaterina Walter, Cathryn Posey, Margot Bloomstein and Leslie Bradshaw

  From the New York Times to Glamour Magazine, a universal question continues to percolate - why are women underrepresented in the tech industry? Explore the role mentorship plays in building a stronger and more inclusive community, while expanding opportunities for women to ascend to leadership roles. Panel discussion will examine the impact of women mentoring women, the positive results of enriching this community and the importance of empowering such partnerships. This panel will also look at the role men can and should play to open more doors for women in the industry. Engage, contribute and participate as a mentor or mentee! Help build a stronger, more inclusive tech community.

  • Community
  • Leadership
  • Mentoring
  • Women

  At 9:30am to 10:30am, Saturday 10th March

  In Room 9ABC, Austin Convention Center

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• Making Stories: Libraries & Community Publishing

  by Nate Hill, Michael Porter, Char Booth, Amy Buckland and Amy Buckland

  Good libraries are community-minded, technologically-aware, devoted to increasing access to information, and interested in preserving the local cultural heritage. Good newspapers aggregate and curate information for their readers, prioritize the local population, and are the record of a place, a time, a citizenry. Both believe they must tell stories for everyone, not just themselves.
  Libraries have experience with media production, and are already a known community resource. Supporting communication within their community falls within the library’s mandate to increase access to information. Building on the “maker” ethic, how can libraries help their communities make their own news, write their own stories, publish their own histories?

  • Community
  • Libraries
  • Publishing
  • sxswLAM

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Room 6AB, Austin Convention Center

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• Feel Rich: Health is the New Wealth

  by Quincy Jones III, Crystal Wall, Slim Thug, Shawn Ullman and Paul Wall

  Forty-time platinum, multi-Grammy and Emmy Award winning producer and digital guru Quincy Jones III (QD3) has turned his attention to a new creative movement: the creation of a health and fitness culture born from the urban and hip-hop community's respect for music, movement and entertainment.Feel Rich is health on your terms, fitness in your own style, and food choices that make sense on the streets where you live. The company promotes health by showing how it will make your game better, Your concerts livelier, Your grades better, Your hustle stronger. In a short few months the company has grown into a powerful movement with community and artists support. The company's mission statement is: To make every hood in the world healthyThis panel will discuss and explore the cornerstone of this new culture, promoting fitness and healthy living as the way to take your life to the next level.

  • Community
  • creative
  • Culture
  • Fitness
  • Health

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Room 5ABC, Austin Convention Center

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