Speakers

Hundreds of speakers with diverse backgrounds and expertise will take the stage at SXSW EDU to share their knowledge and challenge us to think critically about the future of teaching and learning.


Empowering College Hopefuls Through YouTube - SXSW EDU 2023 - Photo by Caleb Pickens_

ABOUT SPEAKERS

 

Thought leaders converge at SXSW EDU to provide professionals, at every stage of their career, with actionable learning, endless inspiration, and resonant insights through sessions and workshops. Speakers on the program offer expertise and cover issues across all thematic tracks.

The majority of conference programming, including the speaker lineup, is fueled by PanelPicker®, the two-part online process that enables the community to lend their voice to the event.

Initially selected sessions from PanelPicker have been revealed. Explore all sessions and speakers in the schedule.

For frequently asked questions and answers, check out the Speaker FAQ.

KEYNOTE SESSIONS

 

Powerful thought leaders kick off each day of SXSW EDU taking the Keynote stage in hour-long plenary sessions that inspire and connect attendees from around the world. Explore the initial lineup of Keynote sessions below for SXSW EDU 2024.

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IT'S TIME TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THE LITERACY CRISIS

Spencer Russell

Founder

Toddlers CAN Read

SCIENCE COMEDY: WHY IT'S A THING & HOW TO DO IT

Sarah Rose Siskind

Science Comedian & Founder

Hello SciCom

UNLOCKING YOUR BEST SELF FOR YOURSELF & OTHERS

Yung Pueblo

Meditator, Writer, & Speaker

Yung Pueblo Inc.

UNRAVELING MYTHS ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN EDUCATION

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Co-Founder & Executive Director

The African American Policy Forum

Jonathan Cox

Vice President, Center for Policy Analysis and Research

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF)

FEATURED SESSIONS

 

Education professionals, innovators, and futurists at the top of their fields take the stage to share their knowledge through powerful presentations that span across our many tracks. Featured sessions are groundbreaking presentations focusing on leading trends and topics across the education space and beyond that highlight each hour of conference programming during the March event. Explore the lineup of featured sessions below for SXSW EDU 2024.

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ACL: 50 YEARS OF LIVE MUSIC, 50 YEARS OF MUSIC EDUCATION

Terry Lickona

Executive Producer, Austin City Limits

Lickonavision

Jackie Venson

Recording Artist

Benjamin Kramer

Chief Education Officer

Austin PBS

Elizabeth Hulse

Music Specialist (K-6)

Manor ISD

AI'S LEAP: SHAPING TAILORED LEARNING

Beth Rudden

CEO and Chairwoman

Bast AI

BRIDGING THE WORLD WITH CREATIVITY THROUGH COLORS & TYPOGRAPHY

Yiying Lu

Founder & Creative Director

YIYING LU

CENTERING BLACKNESS: EDUCATE... INFORM & INNOVATE!

Julieanna Richardson

Founder & President

The Historymakers

Jana Duckett

Assistant Professor

HistoryMakers, Morgan State University School of Global Journalism & Communication

Danielle N. Gray-Singh, Ph.D.

Professor, Biological Sciences

Clark Atlanta University

DOES YOUR CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL HAVE A CULTURE OF GROWTH?

Carol Dweck

Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology

Stanford University

Mary Murphy

Herman B Wells Endowed Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences & Founder,

Indiana University & Equity Accelerator

FACT OR FICTION? MEDIA LITERACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Akoto Ofori-Atta

Co-Founder & Chief Audience Officer

Capital B

Shaniqua McClendon

VP of Politics

Crooked Media

Erin Gieger Smith

Reporter & Author

FINDING YOUR LEADERSHIP SOUL

Bettina Love

Author

Punished for Dreaming

Carlos Moreno

Co-Executive Director

Big Picture Learning

Jacqueline Woodson

Author

Brown Girl Dreaming

Sharhonda Bossier

CEO

Education Leaders of Color

FOR THE WORLD TO COME: EXPLODING HOW WE DO CIVICS IN SCHOOLS

Antero Garcia

Associate Professor

Graduate School of Education at Stanford University

Nicole Mirra

Associate Professor

Rutgers University Graduate School of Education

HOW DO WE FIND THE GOOD AT A TIME LIKE THIS?

Jennifer Gonzalez

Editor in Chief

Cult of Pedagogy

Rebecka Peterson

2023 National Teacher of the Year

Union High School

ON THE RECORD: MUSIC IN EVERY CLASSROOM

Bill Carbone

Executive Director

TeachRock.org / Rock & Soul Forever Foundation

DJ Reborn

DJ and Sonic Artist

DJs for Justice

Imani Wilson

Director, Media & Culture

TeachRock

Rapsody

Emcee & Recording Artist

Roc Nation

PROMISE & PERIL: THE POTENTIAL OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Josh Wyner

Founder & Executive Director

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program

Pascale Charlot

Managing Director

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program

Russell Lowery-Hart

Chancellor

Austin Community College District

PROVIDING A VOICE & MAKING THE NEVERS POSSIBLE FOR ALL

Chris Jackson

Actor & Board Member

KultureCity

Meg Raby Klinghoffer

Sensory Trainer

KultureCity

Michele Kong

Professor of Pediatrics

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Uma Srivastava

Executive Director

KultureCity

TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR FRESHMAN YEAR OF D&D IN SCHOOLS

Dan Ackerman

Editor-in-Chief

Micro Center News

Shelly Mazzanoble

Senior Brand Manager & Senior Lead,

Wizards of the Coast & D&D Classroom Curriculum and Afterschool Kit

Dan Rawson

Senior Vice President, Dungeons & Dragons

Wizards of the Coast

Kade Wells

Educator

Sioux Falls Public Schools & University of Sioux Falls

THE POWER OF PLACE: TRANSFORMING AMERICA ONE BLOCK AT A TIME

Geoffrey Canada

President

Harlem Children's Zone

Christian Rhodes

Deputy Executive Director

Harlem Children's Zone

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