Featured Session: Multiplayer Futures: Co-Creating a Vision of SXSW 2030 (live!)
Summary
What if the future isn't predicted by one speaker, but imagined by thousands? In this radically inclusive and participatory session, you won't just hear a keynote – you'll co-create one. Sketch your vision of SXSW 2030, and watch your idea become part of a map of the room's collective imagination and intelligence. Then we’ll explore its signals, themes and provocations, and leave you with a clearer lens to navigate the rest of the week. All live. All together. While this will be one of the most interactive talks you’ll experience all week, it will also give you a visceral experience of what an AI-first innovation culture – where everyone has the capacity, agency and confidence to contribute – really feels like.
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Contributors
- Henry Coutinho-Mason
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