Results tagged “keynote”

With a few friends and basic blog tools, Nate Silver built a website (FiveThirtyEight) that wielded tremendous political power in the 2008 election. By figuring out how to be smart about data, Silver trumped pollsters and accurately predicted the margins of Obama's win and of Congressional races across the country.

On March 19, Quincy Jones will deliver the music keynote at SXSW 2009. Jones, who has spent over five decades in the music business, is a legendary impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. Though he's best known for producing Michael Jackson's Thriller, he's also won 27 Grammys, was the first African American nominated for an Academy award in 1968, and conductor of "We Are the World." Jones is expected to discuss music's power to build bridges and and create positive change in the world.

It's official: Lou Reed is the keynote for SXSW music 2008. His speech will be held in conjunction with Julian Schnabel’s film Lou Reed’s ‘Berlin,’ which documents a recent performance of the landmark 1973 album.