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Below is a preliminary list of the many speakers who will lend their expertise to the 2007 event. Total number of industry experts who will participate on panels at SXSW Interactive will eventually reach about 450. New names are added daily to this list, so be sure to check back frequently to this page.

For list of 2007 titles, see the Panels page.

Cameron Adams (themaninblue.com)
Jay Adelson (revision3.com)
Craig Allen (sparkunlimited.com)
Jay Allen (jayallen.org)
Larry Allen (Tacoda)
Jed Alpert (Rights Group)
Shahed Amanullah (altmuslim.com)
Erin Anderson (cancer.org)
Lisa C. Anderson (Intuit)
Michael Anderson (University of Texas)
Betsy Aoki (Microsoft)
Daniel Appelquist (Vodafone)
James Archer (fortymedia.com)
Gordon Atkinson (reallivepreacher.com)
Irene Au (Google)
Wagner James Au (nwn.blogs.com)
Lauren Bacon (raisedeyebrow.com)
John Bacus (Google)
Rachel Barenblat (Velveteen Rabbi)
Andrew Michael Baron (Rocketboom.com)
Ben Batstone-Cunningham (Alt-Zoom)
John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
Glenda Bautista (agendacide.com)
Alex Beauchamp (girlatplay.com)
Lane Becker (Satisfaction)
Jeff Beckham (att.com)
Kristian Bengtsson (futurelab.se)
Frances Berriman (fberriman.com)
Milena Berry (amiglia.com)
Gina Bianchini (ning.com)
Billy Bicket (NetSquared)
Carrie Bickner (roguelibrarian.com)
Jen Blackert (brandterra.com/)
John Blakely (Sony Online Entertainment)
Julian Bleecker (techkwondo.com)
Kimberly Blessing (kimberlyblessing.com)
Sarah Bloomer (sarahbloomer.com)
Violet Blue (tinynibbles.com)
Andrew Blum (andrewblum.net)
Silona Bonewald (silona.com)
Jeff Bonforte (Yahoo!)
Betsy Book (there.com)
Jonah Bossewitch (alchemicalmusings.org)
Mark Boulton (markboulton.co.uk)
Jonathan Boutelle (uzanto.com)
Douglas Bowman (Google)
danah boyd (danah.org)
Melanie Boyer (About Last Night)
Hart Brachen (soxaholix.com)
Nick Bradbury (bradsoft.com)
Amy Brady (PMS Clan)
Greg Brannan (mobitv.com)
Johanna Brewer (UC Irvine)
Kent Brewster (Yahoo!)
Corey Bridges (multiverse.net)
Mark Bristol (edgeofreality.com)
Ben Brown (consumating.com)
Glenn Otis Brown (Google)
Colin Brumelle (mixedcontent.com)
Jonathan Bryce (mosso.com)
John Buckman (Magnatune)
Andy Budd (clearleft.com)
Michael Buffington (michaelbuffington.com)
Kyle Bunch (blogebrity.com)
David Burks (Seagate Technology)
Denise Burton (Frog Design)
Douglas Busk (gosinglepoint.com)
Rachel Kramer Bussel (rachelkramerbussel.com)
Elisa Camahort (blogher.org)
Ryan Campbell (particletree.com)
Rob Capps (Wired Magazine)
Tom Carden (stamen.com)
Nicole Carrico (AOL)
Ryan Carson (carsonsystems.com)
Sally Carson (fixpert.com)
Jamais Cascio (openthefuture.com)
Jose Castillo (thinkjose.com)
Rev Daniel Catt (geobloggers.com)
Edward A. Cavazos (UT Law School)
Dan Cederholm (simplebits.com)
Tantek Çelik (tantek.com)
Ben Cerveny (Playground Foundation)
Heather Champ Powazek (Flickr)
Steven Champeon (hesketh.com)
Emily Chang (ideacodes.com/)
Gary Chapman (The 21st Century Project)
Chris Charla (Foundation 9)
Casey Charvet (blastro.com)
Sande Chen (girlsingames.com)
Kevin Cheng (kevnull.com)
Lili Cheng (Windows Research)
Fiona Cherbak (Enterprise Talent)
Steve Chipman (AOL)
Brian Clark (gmdstudios.com)
Andy Clarke (stuffandnonsense.co.uk)
Matt Cockerill (biomedcentral.com)
Eddie Codel (eddie.com)
J. Todd Coleman (KingIsle Entertainment)
Ben Combee (palm.com)
Amanda Congdon (amandacongdon.com)
Dan Connors (telltalegames.com)
Tom Conrad (Pandora)
Tony Conrad (oddpost.com)
David Cook (Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment)
Aaron Straup Cope (Flickr)
Henry Copeland (blogads.com)
Edward Cossette (bambinoscurse.com)
Jim Coudal (Coudal Partners)
Douglas Coupland (everythingsgonegreen.com)
Alec Cove (cove.org)
Ann Crady (mayasmom.com)
Jeff Croft (jeffcroft.com)
Dennis Crowley (dodgeball.com)
Christian Crumlish (Pattern Detective, Yahoo!)
Shannon Cusick (Orbis Games)
Gregory Cypes (AOL)
Amber Dalton (PMS Clan)
Liz Danzico (bobulate.com)
Julie Davidson (30boxes)
Lauren Davis (Liemandt Foundation)
Brendan Dawes (brendandawes.com)
Laina Dawes (Writing is Fighting)
Aaron de Orive (Star Wars Galaxies)
Virginia DeBolt (vdebolt.com)
Jay Dedman (ryanishungry.com)
Alex Delyle (thedailyreel.com)
Corey Denis (iodalliance.com)
Jory Des Jardins (blogher.com)
Dwipal Desai (youtube.com)
Rodger Desai (ravewireless.com)
Dustin Diaz (dustindiaz.com)
Zadi Diaz (zadidiaz.com)
Molly Ditmore (mollybloom.com)
Asha Dornfest (parenthacks.com)
Nick Douglas (journalist)
Allan Doyle (MIT)
Dan Dubno (dubno.com)
Terri Ducay (cheskin.com)
David Dudas (eyespot.com)
Matthew Dunn (Music IP)
Andrew Dupont (andrewdupont.net)
Brendan Eich (Mozilla)
Danny Evans (dadgonemad.com)
Zack Exley (zackexley.com)
Robert Fabricant (Frog Design)
Christopher Fahey (behaviordesign.com)
Rob Faris (Berkman Center)
Derek Featherstone (furtherahead.com)
Dan Ferguson (blockdot)
Alexander Fernandez (Streamline Studios)
Tim Ferriss (timferriss.com)
Mark Fischer (Fish & Richardson)
Bill Flagg (RegOnline)
Evan Fleischer (IFC)
Brian Fling (blueflavor.com)
Bill Flitter (pheedo.com)
Andrea Forte (Georgia Tech)
Dawn Foster (Compiere)
Ze Frank (zefrank.com)
Jennifer Fraser (Corel)
Libby Freligh (brightcove.com)
Limor Fried (ladyada.net)
Denise Fulton (Midway)
Amelia G (blueblood.net)
Josh Gabriel (MixMan)
Ed Garana (hoovers.com)
Richard Garriott (NCsoft)
Tracey Gaughran-Perez (sweetney.com)
Brett Gaylor (Basement Tapes)
Julie Germany (ipdi.org)
Rodney Gibbs (Amaze Entertainment)
Eileen Gittins (blurb.com)
Scott Gledhill (standardzilla.com)
Aliza Gold (Digital Media Collaboratory)
Anastasia Goodstein (ypulse.com)
Chris Gore (Film Threat)
Bijoy Goswami (bootstrapnetwork.com)
Chris Gottschalk (Kula Media Group)
Alex Graveley (vmWare)
Joel Greenberg (GSD&M)
Josh Greenberg (George Mason University)
Will Griffin (H20-Hip Hop OnDemand)
Alla Gringaus (Time Inc)
Rufus Griscom (Nerve)
Austin Grossman (sooniwillbeinvincible.com)
Eric Gruber (MTV)
John Gruber (daringfireball.net)
Steve Guengerich (guengerich.com)
Aaron Gustafson (Easy! Designs)
Carlon Haas (carlonhaas.com)
Melissa Hagemann (Open Society Institute)
Gano Haine (Lime Life)
Kevin Hale (particletree.com)
Justin Hall (links.net)
Mikki Halpin (itsyourworldonline.com)
Kaliya Hamlin (Identity Woman)
Jane Hamsher (firedoglake.com)
Patrick Haney (patrickhaney.com)
John Hanke (Google Earth)
Timo Hannay (nature.com)
Jessica Hardwick (swapthing.com)
John Hargrave (zug.com)
Steve Harper (ripplecentral.com)
Jenny Hart (sublimestitching.com)
Matt Haughey (haughey.com)
Chip Heath (Made to Stick)
Dan Heath (Made to Stick)
Marc Hedlund (wesabe.com)
Eric Hellweg (Harvard Business Review)
Paul Hemp (Harvard Business Review)
Liz Henry (BlogHer)
Shawn Henry (W3C WAI)
Arif Hirani (criticalmass.com)
Chris Hock (adobe.com)
Mary Hodder (dabble.com)
Ryanne Hodson (ryanishungry.com)
Tjeerd Hoek (Microsoft)
Robert Hoekman Jr. (rhjr.net)
Jeremy Hogan (lulu.com)
Molly E. Holzschlag (molly.com)
Dan Hon (mindcandydesign.com)
Dave Hornik (August Capital)
Vickie Howell (vickiehowell.com)
Tony Hsieh (zappos.com)
Mike Hudack (blip.tv)
Andrew Huff (gapersblock.com)
Robin Hunicke (Maxis)
Tara Hunt (horsepigcow.com)
Marrit Ingman (marrit.info)
Shaun Inman (shauninman.com)
Joi Ito (neoteny.com)
Jacinta (chunkymusic.com)
Melinda Jackson (Enspire Learning)
Nishant Jain (Design for Use)
John Jantsch (ducttapemarketing.com)
Don Jarrell (digitalthinkinginc.com)
Henry Jenkins (MIT)
Lynne d Johnson (fastcompany.com)
Bronwyn Jones (Apple)
Evan Jones (mysteryjones.com)
Glenn Jones (madgex.com)
Matt Jones (Nokia)
Jan Kabili (photoshoponline.tv)
Brewster Kahle (archive.org)
Maninder Kahlon (Level Playing Field Institute)
Jeffrey Kalmikoff (skinnycorp.com)
Michael Kaply (IBM)
Amit Kapoor (PLoS One / Topaz)
Jeremy Keith (adactio.com)
George Kelly (allaboutgeorge.com)
Sean Uberoi Kelly (eTonal Media)
Min Jung Kim (minjungkim.com)
Simon King (Yahoo!)
Marshall Kirkpatrick (splashcastmedia.com)
Erin Kissane (A List Apart)
Peter-Paul Koch (quirksmode.org)
Raph Koster (areae.net)
Kevin Koym (enterpriseteaming.com)
Micki Krimmel (mickipedia.com)
Patrick H. Lauke (splintered.co.uk)
Will Law (hostcast.com)
Kevin Lawver (lawver.net)

Updated: 3/5/07
All subject to change

Cheryl Lead (moltn.com)
Bill Leake (Apogee)
Jon Lebkowsky (weblogsky.com)
Seska Lee (seskuality.com)
Richard LeGrand (Charmed Labs)
Will Leitch (deadspin.com)
Rosalyn Lemieux (neworganizing.com)
Aaron Levie (box.net)
Cindy Li (cindyli.com)
Alex Lindsay (TWIT)
Emily Listfield (Sex & the Single Mom)
Ian Lloyd (accessify.com)
Carlo Longino (mobhappy.com)
Karina Longworth (vidiocy.com)
Franklin Lopez (submedia.tv)
Gary Lopez (The 21st Century Project)
Michael Lopp (Apple)
Brant Louck (World Wrestling Entertainment)
Kyle Machulis (Nonpolynomial Labs)
Steve Mack (luxmedia.com)
Hugh MacLeod (gapingvoid.com)
Rob Maigret (revver.com)
Ethan Marcotte (sidesh0w.com)
Dr. Judith Mariscal (cide.edu)
Tom Markiewicz (tmarkiewicz.com)
Pablo Marques (pablomarques.com)
Alice Marwick (tiara.org)
Chris Massey (accessibleuniverse.com)
Rachel Matney (Target)
Tucker Max (tuckermax.com)
Dr. Victor Mbarika (vmbarika.com)
Dean McCall (salsa.net)
Patrick McCarthy (Right Media)
Charles McCathieNevile (Opera)
Michael McDerment (freshbooks.com)
Elliot McGucken (artsentrepreneurship.com)
Jake McKee (biggu.com)
Casey McKinnon (galacticast.com)
James McNally (consolationchamps.com)
Mark Meadows (bore.com)
Emira Mears (raisedeyebrow.com)
Kellie Mecham (experoinc.com)
Paul Medcalf (blockdot.com)
Peter Merholz (adaptivepath.com)
David Merkoski (Frog Design)
Charles Merrin (RealNetworks)
Tom Merritt (CNET.com)
Eric Meyer (meyerweb.com)
Aaron Meyers (USC Interactive Media Divison)
Dr. Mark David Milliron (University of Texas)
Sean Mills (the Onion)
Marcel Molina, Jr. (vernix.org)
Cameron Moll (cameronmoll.com)
Laura Moorhead (Wired)
Patrick Moorhead (avenuea-razorfish.com)
Bob Morgan (ShoZu)
Keith Morris (electricsheep.com)
Randal Moss (cancer.org)
Samhita Mukhopadhyay (feministing.com)
Matt Mullenweg (automattic.com)
Casey M. R. Muller (Jamglue.com)
Thor Muller (rubyredlabs.com)
Aaron Myers (John Edwards for President)
Ted Nadeau (Dot Line, Inc.)
Garrett Nantz (bigspaceship.com)
Tim Napoleon (akamai.com)
Robert Nashak (Yahoo! Games)
David Neff (cancer.org)
Tom Negrino (negrino.com)
Sarah B. Nelson (adaptivepath.com)
Shava Nerad (The Tor Project)
Annalee Newitz (techsploitation.com)
Kent Nichols (Ask a Ninja)
Linda Norman (ariesnet.com)
Patrick Norton (DL.TV)
George Oates (Flickr)
Brian Oberkirch (lightbox5.com)
Justin Oberman (mopocket.com)
Joe Orr (NYCircuits)
Jerry Paffendorf (electricsheep.com)
Nate Pagel (podaddies.com)
David Parmet (parmet.net)
Hemai Parthasarathy (PLoS Biology)
Ali Partovi (iLike)
Anders Pearson (Columbia University)
Anton Peck (antonpeck.com)
Gil Penchina (Wikia)
Chris Peterson (Heavy Melody Music)
Kristen Peterson (inveneo.org)
Bre Pettis (brepettis.com)
Tony Pierce (busblog.com)
Veerle Pieters (duoh.com)
Jane Pinckard (gamegirladvance.com)
John Poisson (Tiny Pictures)
Neal Pollack (nealpollack.com)
Derek Powazek (8020 Publishing)
Linda Powers (NCsoft)
David Prager (revision3.com)
Francis Preve (fap7.com)
Annette Priest (Dell)
Evan Prodromou (wikitravel.org)
John Purdy (redknightlearning.com)
Todd Purgason (juxtinteractive.com)
Chris Rabb (Afro-Netizen)
Laurie Racine (Eyespot)
Scott Rafer (mashery.com)
Bianca Ramos (Center for 21st Century Skills)
Arun Ranganathan (AOL)
Hussein Rashid (islamicate.com)
Aza Raskin (humanized.com)
Dan Rather (journalist)
Sheri Graner Ray (sirenia.com)
Kate Raynes-Goldie (takingitglobal.org)
Byron Reese (pagewise.com)
Bob Regan (Adobe)
Erin Brockette Reilly (platformshoes.org)
Greg Reinacker (newsgator.com)
Ted Rheingold (dogster.com)
Eric Rice (ericrice.com)
David Richard (Design for Use)
Ben Rigby (mobilevoter.org)
Brian Ring (ScopeSeven)
Erica Rios (Anita Borg Institute)
Ryan Ritchey (theflux.tv)
Gabe Rivera (techmeme.com)
Frank R. Robles (neopolitan.com)
Narendra Rocherolle (30boxes.com)
Francesca Rodriquez (Creative Commons)
Morgan Romine (Frag Dolls)
Kevin Rose (revision3.com)
Zack Rosen (ChapterThreeLLC)
Heath Row (mediadiet.net)
Dan Rubin (superfluousbanter.org)
Patrick Ruffini (patrickruffini.com)
Kelsey Ruger (themoleskin.com)
Sharron Rush (knowbility.org)
Richard Rutter (clagnut.com)
Liza Sabater (culturekitchen.com)
Bob Sabiston (Flat Black Films)
Dan Saffer (Adaptive Path)
Erik Sagen (kartooner.com)
Jason Santa Maria (jasonsantamaria.com)
Doug Sarine (Ask a Ninja)
Cruce Saunders (ariesnet.com)
Dylan Schiemann (dylans.org)
Christopher Schmitt (christopher.org)
Toni Schneider (automattic.com)
Max Schorr (Good Magazine)
Mark Schraad (schraadsblog.com)
Paul Schreiber (Apple)
Will Schwalbe (Hyperion East)
Jason D. Schwartz (supernovainc.com)
Meghan Scibona (girlwithagun.com)
Robert Scoble (scobleizer.com)
Nancy Scola (nancyscola.com)
Rhonda Grindstaff Sesek (runthinkmeasure.com)
Dave Shea (mezzoblue.com)
Doug Shehan(the C-Level Group)
Alyssa Shelasky (See Alyssa Date)
Maxine Sherrin (westciv.com)
Alan Shimel (stillsecure.com)
Dan Shine (AMD)
David Shipley (New York Times)
Andrea Shortell (MTV)
Kathy Sierra (Creating Passionate Users)
Cory Silverberg (Come As You Are)
Cody Simms (Yahoo!)
Lindsey Simon (Google)
Glenda Sims (University of Texas)
Thom Singer (thomsinger.com)
Michael Sippey (sixapart.com)
Kevin Slavin (playareacode.com)
Paul Slocum (treewave.com)
Dori Smith (dori.com)
Harvey Smith (Midway Games)
Scott Smith (soctech.com)
Steven Smith (fiveruns.com)
Will Smith (Maximum PC)
Dave Snider (comicvine.com)
Jonathan Snook (snook.ca)
Odin Soli (odinsoli.com)
Warren Spector (junctionpoint.com)
Molly Wright Steenson (girlwonder.com)
Alex Steffen (World Changing)
Reuben Steiger (Millions of Us)
Bruce Sterling (viridiandesign.org)
Eric Steuer (creativecommons.org)
Martin Stiksel (last.fm)
William Stingone (New York Public Library)
Lisa Stone (blogher.org)
Amy Corbett Storch (amalah.com)
Greg Storey (airbagindustries.com)
Bryan Stratton (randomhouse.com)
John Halcyon Styn (cockybastard.com)
Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs)
Elisabeth Sylvan (MIT media lab)
Beatrice Tarka (Mobissimo.com)
Mike Tatum (CNet)
Alice Taylor (wonderlandblog.com)
Jonas Tempel (Beatport)
Brooke Thompson (mirlandano.com)
Kevin Thurman (tomvilsack08.com)
Chris Tolles (topix.net)
John Tolva (IBM)
Jason Toney (negroplease.vox.com)
Phil Torrone (makezine.com)
Laurel Touby (mediabistro.com)
Gina Trapani (ginatrapani.org)
Stephanie Troeth (unadorned.org)
Penelope Trunk (penelopetrunk.com)
Eliot Van Buskirk (Wired News)
Ricky Van Veen (collegehumor.com)
Thomas Vander Wal (vanderwal.net)
Timo Veikkola (Nokia)
Samantha Velez (Center for 21st Century Skills)
Bryan Veloso (avalonstar.com)
Michael Verdi (michaelverdi.com)
Amy Vickers (avenuea-razorfish.com)
Bill Victor (Halcyon Worlds)
Shanalyn Victor (pixelgirlshop.com)
Sergio Villarreal (slide.com)
Tom Vilsack (tomvilsack08.com)
Khoi Vinh (The New York Times)
Colette Vogele (Vogele & Associates)
Ellen Wagner (Adobe Systems)
Mark Wallace(3pointD.com)
Joan Walsh (Salon)
Tony Walsh (secretlair.com)
Gordon Walton (bioware.com)
Matt Walton (Red)
Justin Ward (feedburner.com)
Dineen Wasylik (csklawfirm.com)
Scott Watson (Disney)
Rick Webb (barbariangroup.com)
Jonathan Weber (NewWest.net)
Jane Wells (schematic.com)
Rob Weychert (robweychert.com)
Lauren Wheeler (Three Rings Design)
Ian White (Urban Mapping, Inc.)
John Wilbanks (Creative Commons)
Nick Wilder (30 Boxes)
Jon Wiley (google.com)
Anita Wilhelm (Caterpillar Mobile)
Alex Williams (SplashCast)
Amanda Williams (UC Irvine)
Evan Williams (Twitter)
Josh Williams (firewheeldesign.com)
Valerie Williamson (electricsheep.com)
Stephen Wilmarth (Center for 21st Century Skills)
Chris Wilson (Microsoft)
Megan Winget (University of Texas)
Christina Wodtke (Boxes and Arrows)
Jenna Woodul (liveworld.com)
Rebecca Woolf (Girl's Gone Child)
Will Wright (Maxis)
Luke Wroblewski (lukew.com)
Susan Wu (reality.org)
Jason Zada (EVB)
Jeffrey Zeldman (zeldman.com)
John Zeratsky (FeedbBurner)
Linda Zimmer (MarCom:Interactive)
Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center)