Vote for our 4 entries for the SXSW PanelPicker® 2025!
CreativeNL, CLICKNL International and CIIIC jointly submitted 4 immersive sessions for SXSW PanelPicker® 2025: two sessions around leading creative creators and two sessions on public values in Immersive Experiences (IE). SXSW 2025 will take place March 7-15, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
Voting is open from August 6, 7 pm until Monday, August 19, 6:59 am.
The four sessions are:
DEEP IMPACT: DESIGNING EXPERIENCES THAT TRANSFORM
Can immersive experiences change hearts and minds? This session explores how cutting-edge methodologies have been employed to illuminate and address the most pressing issues facing society and features three pioneers in spatial and interactive story design:
Tellart created installations for the World Expo, Olympic Games, and COP to inspire future thinking. Jongsma + O’Neill chart how history impacts the present via XR projects with PBS, The Economist and The Humboldt Forum. Tripleblack Agency focuses on the challenges underrepresented communities face in Africa and beyond.
• Sabrina Verhage (NL), Technology Director Tellart
• Babusi Nyoni (Zimbabwe/NL), Founder Tripleblack Agency
• Kel O’Neill (USA/NL), Co-founder & Director, Jongsma + O’Neill
Vote here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/154150
PIONEERING IMMERSION: 3 GROUNDBREAKING DEMOS
What is immersive tech beyond the headset? This session spotlights three pioneers developing new interfaces between the physical and the digital world. Discover real gloves that enable digital interactions, kits that bring live actors to virtual stages, and fashion that connects human emotions. With three ground breaking demo’s, this is a session you do not want to miss. With:
• Anouk Wipprecht, Engineer and Fashion Designer
• Sarah Ellis, Director Digital Development at Royal Shakespeare Company
• Gijs den Butter, Founder Senseglove
Vote here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/154570
NAVIGATING SUPER TECH: ALIGNING PUBLIC VALUES
Rapid technological innovation is altering how we interact with information and each other. Faced with societal challenges, sustainability crises, and technological disruptions, this transition demands simultaneous transformations in our physical and virtual worlds. How can policymakers shape user-centric policies for these emerging technologies, stimulating creativity and innovation?
In this session, we will explore key issues with three specialists working on policy research and recommendations at both national and international levels.
• Melchior Kanyemesha, CLICKNL/CIIIC
• Verity McIntosh, Principal Investigator and Director of Immersive Arts, Associate Professor of Virtual & Extended Realities at UWE (University of the West of England) Bristol
• Mariette van Huijstee, Lead Digital Rathenau Instituut
Vote here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/154352
KNOWLEDGE NETWORK IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES AND PUBLIC VALUES (Policy Makers and Researchers Meetup)
Join the Creative Industries Immersive Impact Coalition (CIIIC) in exploring the path to an immersive world rooted in public values. Discover strategies to empower creative industries and content creators within the immersive realm, while fostering collaboration between private and public sectors.
This meetup will allow policy makers, researchers and civil servants from around the globe to network and meet with each other, exchange ideas, and plan future collaboration in the field of Immersive Experiences (IE).
Vote here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/154351
For more information visit the CreativeNL website.