AUSTIN, Texas — The biggest event of the spring season is weeks away from hitting the streets of Downtown Austin, and it's bringing some of the biggest names in entertainment.
South by Southwest (SXSW) announced another round of the keynote and featured speakers who will be at the 37th annual conference from March 10-19.
Some of the keynote speakers announced include:
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas: actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author
- Jose Andres: humanitarian, culinary innovator, educator and founder of World Central Kitchen
- Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris: members of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-nominated rock bank New Order
- Margo Price: Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter and producer
- Tilda Swinton: Academy Award winner
- Jennifer Salke: head of Amazon and MGM Studios
- Angie Martoccio: associate managing editor at the Rolling Stone
- Eugene Hernandez: director of Sundance Film Festival
“Today's speaker announcement is a fantastic milestone for the 2023 event and spotlights five additional Keynotes and numerous Featured Speakers, including influential icons and up and coming innovators,” said Hugh Forrest, chief programming officer and co-president of SXSW. “We are extremely proud to have assembled a diverse, comprehensive conference program for SXSW, and we can’t wait to share it with our community in March.”
In addition to the newly announced keynote speakers, Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert and Emmy Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Katie Couric were announced to speak at the conference. The SXSW will also feature members of the James Webb Space Telescope team after the continued release of astronomical findings.
The SXSW Conference has 25 separate "tracks," or topics, for guests to participate in and listen to speakers in the field. The keynote speakers will have a variety of sessions within these 25 tracks that guests can attend to hear about specific topics that relate to the speaker, a theme in the conference or otherwise.
Alongside the keynote speakers will be featured speakers, which includes innovators and influential figures in media. The featured speakers have a variety of sessions that cover topics that attendees can go to and learn about a certain focus or skill. The newly announced featured speakers include:
- Mary Barra: chair and CEO of General Motors
- Kyle Vogt: CEO, CTO, president and co-founder of Cruise and co-founder of Twitch
- Kristen Bell: Actress, philanthropist, entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Hello Bello
- Erica Buxton: CEO of Hello Bello
- Dax Shepard: actor, comedian, filmmaker, host of the "Armchair Expert" podcast and co-founder of Hello Bello
- Aliah Berman: CDO of TBWA\North America
- Tarana Burke: activist, advocate, author and founder of the #MeToo movement
- JoeBen Bevirt: founder and CEO of Joby Aviation
- Pam Fletcher: CSO at Delta Airlines
- Conny Braams: chief digital and commercial officer at Unilever
- Jeremi Gorman: president of worldwide advertising at Netflix
- Michael Kassan: founder and CEO of MediaLink
- Tim Mapes: senior vice president, chief marketing and communications officer at Delta Airlines
- Greg Brockman: co-founder and president of OpenAI
- Laurie Segall: founder and CEO of Dot Dot Dot Media
- Jennifer M. Granholm: U.S. Secretary of Energy
- Chloe Targett-Adams: global director of race promotion for Formula 1
The schedule for all the speakers can be found on SXSW's website.