Food- and Drink-Related Panels at 2009 South By Southwest Interactive
Looking through the panel offerings at the 2009 South By Southwest Interactive Festival, I've found a few food- and drink-related panels. South By Southwest Interactive, a series of festivals and conferences centering on digital media, takes place annually in March in Austin, Texas, a week before the more widely known SXSW Music Festival.
Nom Nom Nom: The Secrets of Successful Foodblogging
"What does it take to build a successful food blog? From niche single-food specific blogs like Cupcakes Take the Cake to broader blogs like Midtown Lunch, we'll share the secrets of making readers hungry for more and attracting press and advertisers. Free cupcakes."
Panelists: Zach Brooks (Midtown Lunch), Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cupcakes Take the Cake), Shauna Ahern (Gluten-Free Girl), Cathy Erway (Not Eating Out in New York), Kalyn Denny (Kalyn's Kitchen)
Room 18BCD
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Video Blogging: Turning Wine into Gold
"Gary Vaynerchuk will be discussing his knowledge and expertise about video blogging and self-branding in the ever-growing world of video blogging."
Panelists: Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library TV), Brad Stone (New York Times technology correspondent)
Room A
Sunday, March 15, 2009
5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0
"Are you eating well? Accessing sustainable food is easier with mobile access to databases (Seafood Watch), delivery of hyper local foods (Spud.com), online links for farmers and buyers (Roots of Change), and maps of food grown in your neighborhood (Forage Oakland). Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. With snacks!"
Panelists: Rachel Weldinger (Common Knowledge), Humberto Kim (Monterey Bay Aquarium), Andrew MacRae (iamamacrae.com, Melanie Cheng (farmsreach.com, Jeff Patrick (Common Knowledge)
Room 10
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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11 Comments:
What an awesome lineup! I am excited to see a bunch of my favorite food-writer people on the aptly named "nom nom nom" section.
cakespy at 12:47PM on 02/17/09
Yeah, the Nom Nom Nom panel looks like the one I'd be most likely to attend if I were going. Then again, I'm biased toward food bloggers.
Adam Kuban at 12:51PM on 02/17/09
Yeah, I'm excited! Are any other Serious Eaters going to SxSw?
Zach Brooks at 3:00PM on 02/17/09
I'm obviously also excited about my Nom Nom Nom panel. However, very sadly SXSW doesn't allow outside food into the convention center, so we can't give out free cupcakes (I didn't know that when I put that in). Boo. But...we are planning a cupcake party for sometime during SXSW. Stay tuned to Cupcakes Take the Cake (and we'll let Serious Eats know too of course) for details once it's all booked.
Please do come to Nom Nom Nom though! I think it's a varied panel, with 2 bloggers with book deals and we'll be sharing what we know about how to run a food blog.
rachelkramerbussel at 3:07PM on 02/17/09
I'm going!!! It's one of my fave times in Austin.
nichole at 5:09PM on 02/17/09
@rkb - why you gotta make those of us without book deals feel bad? :-)
Zach Brooks at 9:43PM on 02/17/09
OMNOMNOM!!! :)
omnomnom at 11:10PM on 02/17/09
I will be there (heck, I live in Austin!), and don't forget Rachael Ray will be back for the 2nd year in a row with her day party. Her husband plays for a band called Cringe.
franktex at 6:17AM on 02/18/09
@Zach Brooks - you know I love you, right? You make me missing eating lunch in Midtown. Also: book deals for everyone (on our panel)! (That is my prediction/wish for 2009).
rachelkramerbussel at 10:02AM on 02/18/09
Thanks for the mention! Our lineup has shuffled slightly...here's the description for Sustainable Food 2.0:
Nonprofits and social entrepreneurs are making
access to sustainable food easier with shortcodes, social networks,
advocacy tools, and location-based platforms. The founder of
Farmsreach will share her vision for this web platform for local,
sustainable food. We'll discuss the evolution of Monterey Bay
Aquarium's Seafood Watch to mobile access, and the recent launch of
their iPhone app. The advocacy work of the American Farmland Trust
will be covered, including some surprises about SEM. We'll share how
the Sierra Club's global warming social network Climate Crossroads is
using food to engage users in a challenging issue. With snacks!
rachelweidinger at 5:50PM on 02/19/09
I'm so excited to be going to SXSW this year. Thanks for spotlighting the food-related content.
Kalyn at 11:28PM on 02/19/09