After making a foray outside of its traditional home in Austin, Texas last year, SXSW comes to Sydney once again in 2024. Known for exploring and celebrating the best in tech, film, music, business and culture, the multi-day fest promises a series of panels, keynote speakers, activations and performances to promote collaboration, the exchange of ideas, networking and entertainment.
One of the best parts is that there’s an opportunity for established names plus new faces to be platformed in the process.
Last year Missing Perspectives delved into an array of captivating conversations that were covered at SXSW Sydney, from women fighting the pleasure gap to the myth of the single user.
With just over a month to go until the festival kicks off, we’ve rounded up some of the incredibly talented women to keep an eye out for at SXSW Sydney 2024.
Australian gold medallist Noémie Fox – in conversation with Clare Stephens for a live recording of ‘But Are You Happy?
Lucy Lawless, well known for her role as Xena the Warrior Princess, in an ‘In Conversation’ to discuss her directorial debut, Never Look Away, a documentary film about the life of CNN camerawoman, Margaret Moth.
Melanie Perkins, Co-Founder and CEO of Canva for an 'In Conversation' with Mary Meeker, General Partner at BOND.
Global CEO of Ogilvy, Devika Bulchandani, will discuss AI’s transformative power in the marketing world, posing the question: “Will artificial intelligence overshadow human creativity, or can the two forces combine to achieve groundbreaking results?”
Grammy-nominated UK musician Jorja Smith will perform on October 15.
MIT Technology Review CEO and publisher, Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau is set to speak across fields that include AI, biomedicine, climate science, robotics, and more.
Dr Amantha Imber and broadcaster, author and facilitator Lisa Leong discuss “how both employees and entrepreneurs can avoid the tyranny of shallow work, conduct effective meetings, and ultimately design a workday that maximises efficiency while combating burnout”.
Global Head of Touring at WME (UK), Lucy Dickins for an ‘In Conversation’ with Frontier Touring’s Susan Heymann.
The Antoinette's Podcast featuring Antoinette Lattouf and Azzure Antoinette.
A podcast recording of Black Magic Woman with Mundanara Bayles featuring mainly First Nations people from Australia and around the world “sharing their stories about their journey to highlight the diversity amongst First Nations peoples and the resilience of her people”.
Plus other notables names include Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Global Head of Business Marketing at TikTok Sofia Hernandez, human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, music lawyer Priyanka Khimani, musician Ayesha Madon, activist Grace Tame and more.
SXSW Sydney 2024 runs from October 14 to 20. Information about the program and obtaining badges to attend SXSW Sydney is available here.