AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SXSW Eco®, the conference celebrating the power of design, technology and business to drive global change has announced a Keynote Conversation with Architectural Designer Michael Ford, Design Justice advocate Bryan Lee and moderated by Forbes Senior Editor Zack Greenburg. The session will discuss the cultural and colloquial implications of architecture in the built environment through the lens of Hip Hop Culture and Design Justice. The Keynote Conversation will take place Wednesday, October 12 at 2:00 PM. In addition, the full SXSW Eco 2016 conference programming slate has been announced and can be viewed below and online at schedule.sxsweco.com. SXSW Eco will take place on October 10-12, 2016 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX.
The Designing a Just City: Hip Hop Architecture Keynote Conversation joins previously announced SXSW Eco 2016 Keynotes: Dr. Sarah Richardson (Molecular Biologist), William McDonough (Architect, McDonough Innovation), Kate Brandt (Google), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Waterkeeper Alliance) and Bill Nye (Author, Educator and Entertainer).
SXSW Eco features collaborative events to facilitate direct connections, as well as focused panel sessions, one-on-one meetings, mentor sessions, workshops, and exciting competitions that will introduce attendees to transformative technologies, policies, products and ideas.
The SXSW Eco Startup Showcase presented by Austin Energy and Austin Technology Incubator is an exciting, fast-paced pitch competition featuring top impact companies from around the world. Moving into its fifth year, the event has become a launching pad for the latest innovations set to positively impact society and the environment, and serves as a place of discovery for investors, corporations, city and federal government officials, foundations and media outlets.
Place by Design highlights projects that rethink how people use and interact with place, including public art, urban interventions, digital technologies and architecture. The competition is open annually to artists, architects, designers and urbanists at all levels of experience.
SXSW Eco 2016 Programming Sessions by Track:
Cities
Communications
Conservation + Adaptation
Corporate Responsibility
Energy
Food Systems
Place By Design
Policy
Startup Central
Water
About SXSW Eco
SXSW Eco creates a space for business leaders, investors, innovators and designers to advance solutions that drive economic, environmental and social change. The conference will feature collaborative events to facilitate direct connections, as well as focused panel sessions and exciting competitions that will introduce attendees to transformative technologies, policies, products and ideas. sxsweco.com
SXSW Eco 2016 is sponsored by Austin Energy, Austin Recycling Economic Development Program, Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), Bloomberg BNA, City of Austin's Office of Sustainability, Cool Effect, Earth Day Texas, Geostellar, Green Mountain Energy, Hootsuite, Southwest Airlines, The Austin Chronicle and Timshel.
Contact:
Brett Cannon
SXSW Eco Press & Publicity
press@sxsweco.com
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