SXSW Sydney: Every startup panel you’ll want to see

SXSW Sydney is almost upon us, and with it comes an overwhelming amount of startup and SME-focused panels to attend. If you didn’t want to trawl through the entire program to find them, good news! We already did it for you.

And before you ask, yes SmartCompany will be there reporting all week. And because I love a bit of gratuitous self-promotion, I’ll also be hosting and participating in a number of tech and AI-focused panels if you’d like to come along and check them out:

AI has never been a child

The future of journalism, publishing and truth in the age of AI

Turn on the happiness machine

All the SXSW Sydney panels with a startup focus

Now, onto the startup and SME-focused panels! You best believe we’ll be keeping a very close eye on the SXSW Sydney Pitch Sessions in particular.

And we recommend you do too, especially after it was revealed to us that the SXSW Pitch in Austin has resulted in over US$14 billion in capital raises.

Monday, October 16

Creating a workplace do-ocracy and making futurists redundant (10am)

Three elephants in a room: sex, money, and power (10.30am)

Unleashing potential: scaling startups in Southeast Asia (12pm)

The science of a startup (12.30pm)

Work states futures: 5 emerging workplace mindsets (1.30pm)

Tech ecosystem community builders (2pm)

A playbook for scaling startups: is there such a thing? (3.30pm)

Tuesday, October 17

Screw Silicon: welcome to the global south (11am)

How Web3 will transform entrepreneurship and investment for good (12pm)

Talking startups: fireside chat with Yiying Lu and Murray Hurps (12.30pm)

Problem-solving to scale (2pm)

What will VC look like in 2050? (2.30pm)

What happened when money was suddenly not free? (3pm)

Wednesday, October 18

How can cultural and creative industries stimulate innovation and drive inclusive sustainable growth? (10am)

Australia’s future as a tech powerhouse (10.30am)

Startup pitch: sustainability, circular economy & urban innovation (10.30am)

Startup pitch: healthcare, biotech, future of medicine, augmenting humans (11.30am)

Startup pitch: generative AI and robotics innovation (1.30pm)

New Zealand innovators changing the world (2pm)

Startup pitch: space habitation, travel and transport (2.30pm)

Mythbusters: Aussie startup culture edition (3pm)

Startup pitch: law and order in cyberspace, security and fintech (3.30pm)

Startup pitch: game on, let’s play (4.30pm)

Thursday, October 19

Fail fast: the benefits of messing up early (10.30am)

Loam Bio: Have we got a story for you (12.30pm)

Frontiers of tomorrow: pioneering startups Psylo + Cortical Labs (1pm) 

Failing forward: how tech start-ups learn from their mistakes (1.30pm)

Innovating in open innovation: how to be successful dealing with startups (2.30pm)

Startup pitch grand final (3.30pm)

Friday, October 20

Workplace of the future (10am)

Venture Studios: an alternative path to startup success (3pm)

Which of these sessions are you the most looking forward to?