Representing a Client Charged With Murder--It's Not Like TV

A lawyer, a mitigation investigator, as forensic psychologist, and a paralegal/case manager discuss the realities of representing a person charged with murder, and perhaps facing the death penalty. This very experienced team of professionals will share their experiences handling the most serious ca…

Factors Influencing the Future (Core Class)

How do you separate helpful signals from hyped-up noise? We will teach you how to spot important clues that point to the future and tell the difference between trends and trendy. We’ll equip you with practical tools to cut through the clutter, validate what matters, and read critical signals to ga…

Courage Over Chaos: Local Resilience to Combat Instability

Unprecedented events have become more commonplace as we encounter more crises, disasters, and instability with greater frequency and scale. Political shifts, economic insecurity, surging natural disasters, and the prevalence of misinformation and disinformation have created a destabilizing effect t…

The Antidote to a Divided America

Some polls tell us America is divided, others find that we agree on more than we think. Regardless of which polls you believe, the pervasive narrative of political polarization has had a deep impact on civic and social life and work. Let’s break the hold this narrative has on us with insights from …

The Crisis or Hope of Global AI Governance?

As the hype around generative A.I. and other automated decision-making reaches a fever pitch, there is the question of how to govern those technologies for the common good. Even as the governments of the major world powers clamor for an “A.I. arms race” many marginalized and global communities are …

Transforming Boring Messages into Social Media Gold

Bridge repairs, shuttle hours, firework safety and trademark scam alerts don’t make for the most glamorous social media content – but are important messaging for public safety. In this interactive panel discussion, government social media managers will share tangible tactics they use to plan and cr…

Solidarity Not Charity: The Power of Radical Giving

Rejecting business-as-usual grantmaking rife with gatekeeping, appropriation, and the erasure of community, a new movement in philanthropy has arisen that strives to empower people and communities overlooked and underserved by traditional ways of giving. This panel discussion, featuring The Waymake…

Power To The People: Technology For Citizen Participation

This SXSW session will delve into real-world examples of how technology is enhancing and protecting democracy, rather than undermining it. We will explore successful instances of democracies thriving with technology, with a particular focus on Taiwan's experience. The session will also provide prac…

Cleveland’s Collective Impact Approach to Career Pathways

Using a prescribed collective impact approach, Greater Cleveland Career Consortium (GCCC) is aligning the education and workforce systems by convening hundreds of cross-sector partners to implement a 6-12 grade career exploration and readiness curriculum. GCCC youth-serving nonprofit, education, an…

Climate Change, AI, & Future of the Planet

In a year marked by record-breaking temperatures, the Projeto Empatia used recent climate news to educate and inspire action. Students used an AI tool that transforms prompts into images to express their visions for a healthier world. The most-voted image earned the student an invitation to COP-28 …