South by Southwest released a third wave of announcements today about who to expect to see onstage at the annual festival in Austin, Texas this March.
Late Show host Stephen Colbert, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Full Frontal’s Samantha Bee will all be featured speakers at SXSW 2020. Author Tim Ferriss—known for his four-hour hacks for just about everything—will also be featured in conversation with neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris.
Bob Chapek, chairman of Disney parks, experiences and products, will discuss tech-forward experiential storytelling in a featured talk with the company’s “imagineers.”
Researcher and author Brené Brown will host two onstage conversations as part of her new podcast, Unlocking Us, one with #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and another with Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness. Reddit COO Jen Wong, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels and Patreon co-founder Jack Conte, among others, have also been booked as featured speakers. Dorsey will take the stage for a conversation with Axios business editor Dan Primack.
Keynotes for some of the conference’s 22 tracks, which cover interactives, film, music and convergence, will be given by former U.N. diplomat Gabo Arora, DJ and producer Thomas Wesley Pentz (better known as Diplo) and Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective founder and president.
“From amplifying social change to remake our lives and communities better, to imagining new ways to leverage technology in storytelling, we’re truly excited about the programming that we’ve announced today,” said Hugh Forrest, SXSW chief programming officer, in a statement. The roster of talent provides “a compelling destination for people across industries to gather and engage with strong vision for our future.”
Previously announced keynote speakers include musician Kim Gordon, author and filmmaker Erin Lee Carr, former Nintendo executive Reggie Fils-Aimé, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Bumble chief Whitney Wolfe Herd and Blackstone’s Jon Korngold with Gayle King.
SXSW 2020 will take place March 13-22, and marks the 34th year of the festival.
