Vancouver Takes SXSW by Storm with 80+ Attendees
There are more than 80 Vancouverites going to Austin, Texas this week for the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival including 5 of us from 6S Marketing. As far as we know 6S has the largest contigent from Vancouver attending the show plus we will be showing off at our booth #115.
SXSW is a conference that combines music, film and interactive and 40,000 people are expected to attend. The interactive portion of SXSW is likely to attract the most attendees, now in its 16th year. The music portion of the event is now in its 24th year as a music festival.
All the big technology players will be there announcing their latest products and news. Twitter is rumored to be announcing their ad platform on the 1st day of the interactive portion of the conference, which, if it happens, will likely make waves across the tech world. More likely however, Twitter will be announcing their location based features as part of the new Geolocation War between Twitter and Facebook plus smaller players including Gowalla and Foursquare.
From Vancouver, there are a few veterans of the SXSW Interactive scene including guys like Dave Olson and Kris Krug but last year there only 15 or 20 attendees from Vancouver. This year more than 50 Vancouverites are expected to attend the interactive part of the conference, with the other 30-40 split over music and film.
Some of the advertising agencies like Cossette West and Wasserman are sending a few representatives down as well as individual interactive designers and larger development companies like Engine Digital. The crew of developers and marketers from the Vancouver based Twitter app Hootsuite will be there with their owl mascot in tow.
Below is the list of people going to SXSW Interactive including their Twitter handles. Watch the action on Twitter using the hashtag #SXSWi.
Vancouver Twitter Users Heading to SXSW Interactive
@chrisbreikss
@6s_marketing
@kk
@jennmae
@hootsuite
@lynnerist
@daveohoots
@JohnBlown
@Cossette_West
@cydneyshapiro
@WPAdvertising
@EngineDigital
@_richardrae
@angelsun
@avibryant
@awsamuel
@boyhow
@bpicks
@bwertz
@cathybrowne
@d1337
@dannyrobinson
@david_a_eaves
@ddonat
@erinberube
@escuincle
@fiercekitty
@giacino
@gracibelle
@hemmm
@jameschutter
@invoker
@johnbiehler
@JohnsChannel
@jordanbehan
@justinyvr
@kungfun
@laurenbacon
@lovesocial
@MackFlavelle
@martyyaskowich
@mikejholly
@modmayjoelle
@mrstephenbeck
@nalei
@Nardwuar
@pescatore
@phillipdjwa
@pictbhoy
@quikness
@riacale
@sheyoshida
@Shoesmith
@somisguided
@SteveRKC
@sxsw
@tangenteer
@tinatinatinah
@weecheekysneaky
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