Get Ready for SXSW Online 2021

 

Once again South by Southwest (SXSW) will set out to celebrate creativity, ingenuity and innovation in its annual mix of conference formats, music and film festival, trade show and more.

 

SXSW Online 2021 will take place from March 16 – 20 and mark the Austin, TX (USA) based festival’s first digital-only edition. The Creative Industries Exhibition will already open its virtual doors as early as March 1, 2021.

Germany is once again poised to be one of the largest international delegations at SXSW, the world‘s most innovative conference & festival hybrid at the intersections of art x creativity x innovation x social impact.  

As an Official Partner of SXSW 2021, german.innovation will be the main point of contact for German delegates at this year‘s virtual conference. To address the need for meaningful digital interactions amidst a multitude of ubiquitous global challenges, german.innovation will host a number of highly curated, interactive content and networking formats focused on some of the most pressing current (social) issues. 
Formats are designed to showcase German innovation as well as to facilitate transnational knowledge exchange, striving to unlock the interdisciplinary collaboration potential amongst the international SXSW innovator community. 

 

Our Events and Delegates @SXSW ONLINE 2021

Dutch-German SXSW 2021 Kick Off

Monday, March 15
at 5pm CET

Kick off this year’s digital edition of SXSW with New Dutch Wave and german.innovation and meet entrepreneurs, creatives and innovators from the Dutch and German SXSW delegations. In the summer of 2020, members of the New Dutch Wave team and german.innovation have co-founded Innovation Bridge Europe (IBE) with the shared goal of strengthening the European innovator and creative communities and their connection to the world. The joint March 15th networking event will be hosted on airmeet including a serendipity speed-networking round.

The Future is Smart. Are You?

March 15
at 7pm CET (Berlin) 

Join Author Holger Volland for the Release Party for his upcoming new book „The Future is Smart. Are you?,“ an exploration of 100 questions on digital everyday life. The book will be published by publishers Mosaik / Goldmann on Monday, March 15. Join Holger, long time colleague Syd Atlas and friends and colleagues for this digital networking event on Monday, March 15 at 7pm CET via airmeet.

Everybody’s data: Why does tech need – or rather want - so much of our data?

March 16
1.15 pm CDT | 7.15 pm CET

Holger Volland and german.innovation have curated a series of talks to discuss Digital Social Sustainability as part of german.innovation’s digital presence during this year’s SXSW Online 2021. The topics range from accessibility, mobility, digital social gaps, smart cities, digital health, to ethical AI. This series of expert talks is moderated by Holger Volland and hosted on Clubhouse (speaking about “accessibility“ – we do get the irony..,) from March 16 – 20. Todays talk is about why does tech (including Clubhouse) need – or rather want – so much of our data? And why aren’t we allowed to manage it? With Sarik Weber (Mr. Clubhouse) and others.

 

NEXT IN SUSTAINABILITY Germany’s most innovative startups

March 17
11 am CDT | 5 pm CET

Join us for the QVC NEXT>IN SUSTAINABILITY startup pitch finale during SXSW. The public debate on sustainable consumption is here to stay and interest in a sustainable lifestyle is growing. Innovation is essential to overcoming the challenges associated with protecting the climate – and startups play an important part. The category ‚Innovation‘ takes their role as catalysts into account and provides founders with an international platform enabling them to showcase ideas for a sustainable future.

Everybody welcome: What can cities do to support digital social sustainability?

March 17
1.15 pm CDT | 7.15 pm CET

Holger Volland and german.innovation have curated a series of talks to discuss Digital Social Sustainability as part of german.innovation’s digital presence during this year’s SXSW Online 2021. The topics range from accessibility, mobility, digital social gaps, smart cities, digital health, to ethical AI. This series of expert talks is moderated by Holger Volland and hosted on Clubhouse (speaking about “accessibility“ – we do get the irony..,) from March 16 – 20. Todays talk is about what can cities do to support digital social sustainability? With “Progress being made” founder Angela Kesselring, Prof. Alain Thierstein and others.

 

 

SXSW 2021 Pitch Finalist Category Innovative World | ConstellR

March 17 02.00 pm CDT | 8.00 pm CET

ConstellR, based in Freiburg, Germany, is a space data and services company leading the way in delivering daily, global land surface temperature maps to the Agritech industry. ConstellR operates a swarm of infrared monitoring satellites, precisely measuring the actual temperature of crops at a sub-field level on a daily basis on a global scale. This provides the fundamental global data for smart crop monitoring, identifying changes in crop health days to weeks before they become visible and enabling farmers to react early to problems. This advance warning means the risk of crop failure or damage is significantly reduced, allowing more accurate crop yield forecasting.

Lufthansa FlyingLab | Accelerating Sustainable Travel

March 18 | 11am CDT | 5pm CET
At the Lufthansa Innovation Hub we strongly believe that digital technologies can be used to create services and offerings that have a differentiating value for customers. Hence we have taken over the responsibility to unearth new digital business opportunities for the Lufthansa Group. One of the key areas we are active in with our digital expertise is creating a more sustainable travel experience. In her presentation Christine Wang, Managing Director of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub, will dive into results, challenges and future plans regarding developing digital sustainable products for the travel and mobility industry.
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Lufthansa FlyingLab | How Data and AI Fuel the Transition towards Aviation Sustainability

March 18 | 11am CDT | 5pm CET

Lufthansa FlyingLab is pleased to present How Data and AI Fuel the Transition towards Aviation Sustainability, a talk by Manuel van Esch (LinkedIn) and Aman Bhattarai (LinkedIn), data experts with zeroG. Aviation plays a key role in the world’s transition to sustainability, and it is criticized for not doing enough. Manuel and Aman will explore how data science creates new ways of reducing aviation’s carbon footprint that go beyond technical solutions.

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The German Apartment Virtual Austin Edition: LinkedIn-Live for Austin 2021

March 18 | 11am CDT | 5pm CET

 

„The future from scratch. How would we build Germany as an innovation and digital hub if we started from scratch? Which futures has the pandemic made possible and which ones has it already irrevocably prevented? What does a golden future look like for Germany’s core industries such as trade, mobility and technology, among others? And what can we all do to make it happen? Event language is German.

 

 

SXSW 2021 Pitch Finalist Category Entertainment, Gaming and Content | Holoride

March 18
12.00 pm CDT | 6.00 pm CET

Holoride creates an entirely new media category for passengers by connecting XR content with data points from the vehicle in real-time. These data points include physical feedback like acceleration and steering, traffic data, as well as travel route and time.
The tech startup was founded end of 2018 in Munich, Germany by Nils Wollny, Marcus Kuehne, Daniel Profendiner, and Audi, which holds a minority stake in the startup. It was hailed four times “Best of CES” (Las Vegas, January 2019), is part of the global innovation platform “Startup Autobahn” powered by Plug and Play, and has been acknowledged by TIME Magazine as one of “The Best Inventions of 2019”.

!TS Future - Game Changer in Transport & Mobility

March 18
12.30 pm CDT | 6.30 pm CET

Interested in changing the game in intelligent transport and mobility solutions? Then join us for an hour of expert insights and insider discussions leading up to the !TS Future Congress ! Meet some of the most promising startups in the field, showcasing future-facing technologies that will contribute to a safer, more sustainable, and more efficient future. Automated driving, smart infrastructure, drones, you name it – the future is here, and you can watch it live!

Everybody is not equal: Better and diverse AI development. How can we overcome biases?

March 18
1.15 pm CDT | 7.15 pm CET

Holger Volland and german.innovation have curated a series of talks to discuss Digital Social Sustainability as part of german.innovation’s digital presence during this year’s SXSW Online 2021. The topics range from accessibility, mobility, digital social gaps, smart cities, digital health, to ethical AI. This series of expert talks is moderated by Holger Volland and hosted on Clubhouse (speaking about “accessibility“ – we do get the irony..,) from March 16 – 20. Todays talk is about better and diverse AI development. How can we overcome biases? With Z-Inspection founder Prof. Roberto Zicari and others.

 

 

Lufthansa FlyingLab | Beyond Here and Now: Exploring New Realities and the Metaverse

March 19 | 11am CDT | 5pm CET

In a series of short interviews the Lufthansa FlyingLab will be exploring new ways emerging in Sustainable and Smart Travel on Friday, March 19th. We are happy to welcome Dirk Lueth, Founder of Upland.me, Nils Wollny, Founder of SXSW Pitch Finalist holoride and Lutz Leichsenring, Founder of Nighttime.org and Vibelab.

This interview series is part of the 2021 Digital Edition of Lufthansa FlyingLab in cooperation with german.innovation.

Everybody can be rich: What in the world is a Metaverse and why is everybody talking about NFT?

March 19 1.15pm CDT | 7.15pm CET

Holger Volland and german.innovation have curated a series of talks to discuss Digital Social Sustainability as part of german.innovation’s digital presence during this year’s SXSW Online 2021. The topics range from accessibility, mobility, digital social gaps, smart cities, digital health, to ethical AI. This series of expert talks is moderated by Holger Volland and hosted on Clubhouse (speaking about “accessibility“ – we do get the irony..,) from March 16 – 20. Todays talk is about what in the world is a Metaverse and why is everybody talking about NFT with Upland.me founder Dirk Lueth and others.

 

 

Lufthansa FlyingLab | International Startup Pitch | Future of Travel

March 20 | 11am CDT | 5pm CET
Join us for the International Startup Pitch Finale on Saturday, March 20 showcasing entrepreneurs who address the future of travel across a broad field of topics like sustainability, health & safety, data, or inflight entertainment.
Stay Tuned for the Finalist and Jury Announcement on Tuesday, March 16.
The International Startup Pitch is part of the Lufthansa FlyingLab SXSW Online 2021 presence in cooperation with german.innovation.
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Everybody’s everywhere. Mobility: from ownership to subscription – From hardware to software.

March 20
1.15 pm CDT | 7.15 pm CET

Holger Volland and german.innovation have curated a series of talks to discuss Digital Social Sustainability as part of german.innovation’s digital presence during this year’s SXSW Online 2021. The topics range from accessibility, mobility, digital social gaps, smart cities, digital health, to ethical AI. This series of expert talks is moderated by Holger Volland and hosted on Clubhouse (speaking about “accessibility“ – we do get the irony..,) from March 16 – 20. Todays talk is about mobility: from ownership to subscription – From hardware to software. With ebike CEO Sandra Wolf and mobility expert, founder Dirk Evenson and others.

 

 

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