SXSW organizers shared an early look at their plans for 2021 👀
Next spring, SXSW will hold an online conference and festival from March 16 to March 20, 2021, featuring its usual slate of keynotes, panels, showcases and exhibitions in digital form. In lieu of the usual showcase application process for musicians, programming staff will curate the music festival, with priority given to artists who had been scheduled to perform at the canceled 2020 event.
An in-person edition could still happen:"SXSW is working with the City of Austin and public health authorities on plans for a physical event in 2021," a"The challenge of building a new future is one that we’re excited to tackle," SXSW co-founder/CEOsaid."This has been such a year of change and we, like the entire world, are reshaping our perspective on how we connect.
SXSW's education-focused conference, SXSW EDU, will also be held virtually from March 9 to March 11, 2021. The application to propose panels for both virtual conferences opens Oct. 6, as does the application for film festival submissions. Regardless of the form it takes, SXSW's 2021 programming looks to dissect the pandemic's widespread impact on every aspect of our lives. Themes for 2021 listed on SXSW's panel proposal platform,, revolve around how creativity has blossomed in the face of the pandemic ; rebuilding the global economy ; the consequences of social isolation and more, as well as one theme focused on combatting racial injustice, poverty, the climate crisis and global pandemics themselves .
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