SXSW Interactive releases 'tease' speaker list, includes Pinterest engineer, Giphy CEO & more

Written by Tessa McLean
Published on Jul. 28, 2015
SXSW Interactive releases 'tease' speaker list, includes Pinterest engineer, Giphy CEO & more

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March may seem like it's far away, but SXSW is wasting no time locking down incredible speakers for next year's event.
 
Today the festival announced a sneak peak of some of the speakers for the technology and innovation event scheduled for March 11-15. SXSW 2016 registration opens Aug 3 at 10 a.m. The speakers were chosen by the SXSW Interactive staff based on anticipated trends in 2016. 
 
Featured Speakers include:
 
Tracy Chou — Engineer at Pinterest quantifying tech's diversity issue
Alex Chung — CEO of Giphy spearheading a vast visual search engine and new tool for self-expression
Esteban Contreras — Director of Strategy at Sprinklr covering enterprise-level social media solutions
Secretary Anthony Foxx — US Secretary of Transportation accelerating smart city innovation
Ryan Hoover — Founder of Product Hunt defining what's cool in tech for investors and reporters
Guy Kawasaki — Chief Evangelist at Canva democratizing access to beautiful design
Josh Kushner — Founder of Thrive Capital and co-founder of Oscar disrupting healthcare through tech, data and design
Amber Venz — President and Co-Founder of rewardStyle and LIKEtoKNOW.it revolutionizing fashion blogging (SXstyle)
Maxine Williams — Global Director of Diversity for Facebook sharing how influencers and individuals can drive more diversity in tech
 
 
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