More On Tap For SXSW On Wednesday

AUSTIN, TX — SXSW continues Wednesday with interesting and entertaining offeirngs hoping to strike the right note with participants.

Scheduled is a Keynote with YouTube’s Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen. Earlier, he conducted an interview with celebrity talk show host Diego and today will be at the Austin Convention Center at 11 a.m. for A Journey of Zigs and Zags: Embracing the Future of the Music Industry. Featured sessions today include Behind the Band with Shakey Graves, and conversations with Rubén Blades and Kim Deal and Steve Albini.

Today also is the last chance to attend the Trade Show, which offers a chance to network with businesses from around the world.

Last night, the Music Festival struck all the right notes with the North American premiere of Max Richter’s Sleep. For its part, the Film Festival continues to delight as it heads towards its Closing Night Film, Isle of Dogs.

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

PROGRAMMING

• Sizzle: VR/AR for Cuisine, Content, and Commerce 11:00am – 12:00pm | JW Marriott, Salon 1-2
• LET’S GET REAL: Practical Uses of Art & Science 11:00am – 12:00pm | JW Marriott, Salon 3-4
• The New Activism of Film & TV Storylines 11:00am – 12:00pm | Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3
• Exploring Music Through the Lens of Neurodiversity 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Austin Convention Center, Room 11AB
• Blockchain for Refugees: Economic Passports 2:00pm – 3:00pm | JW Marriott, Salon D
• No Legacy Software Here: The Cannabis Tech Stack 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
• Beyond Bars: Art and Incarceration 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Westin Austin Downtown, Continental 3
• Blockchain and Civil Liberties 3:30pm – 5:30pm | JW Marriott, Room 402-403
• Music and the Brain: How Sounds Become Pleasurable 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Austin Convention Center, Room 11AB
• Measuring What Matters in a Playlists-First World 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Austin Convention Center, Room 17B

FESTIVAL

• Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center 12:00pm – 5:40pm | Radio Day Stage
• Narcissister Organ Player 1:30pm – 3:01pm | Alamo Ritz, Alamo Ritz 2
• International Day Stage Austin Convention Center 2:00pm – 5:40pm | International Day Stage
• Jazz Re:Freshed Outernational at The Main II 8:00pm – 1:40am | The Main II
• Chi-Town 8:15pm – 9:36pm | Alamo Lamar, Alamo Lamar A
• JanSport Bonfire Sessions at Cheer Up Charlie's 9:00pm – 1:45am | Cheer Up Charlie's
• Most Likely To Murder 9:45pm – 11:24pm | Alamo Lamar, Alamo Lamar E
• Pussy Riot presented by: John Lennon Educational Tour Bus 12:00am – 12:40am | The Belmont
• RZA of Wu-Tang Clan feat. Stone Mecca 1:00am – 1:50am | The Belmont

NETWORKING

• tiny house of smart. 11:00am – 10:00pm | Palm Park
• Casa Peru SXSW 10:00am – 12:00am | 84 Rainey

ENCORE SESSIONS

• NASA's Universe of Storytelling Tools 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
• The Quantifiable Business Benefits of Blockchain 5:00pm – 6:00pm | JW Marriott, Salon D
• Augmented Minds – VR That Pushes Perceptual Limit 5:00pm – 6:00pm | JW Marriott, Salon FG

Check out the full schedule for Wednesday by clicking here.

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