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The full program<\/a> for the me Convention<\/strong> is now live! Join us in Frankfurt from September 15 to 17<\/strong> as we explore the future through a lens of technology, design and art with today\u2019s makers and thought leaders.<\/p>\n We\u2019re thrilled to welcome prolific curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery Hans Ulrich Obrist<\/strong> for a keynote address on Saturday, September 16. He will present on \u201cThe Handwriting Project,\u201d a digital protest promoting the preservation of this analog form of expression. The project has evolved into an open, ongoing public art exhibition called POST_, produced with Los Angeles organization ForYourArt.<\/p>\n The full me Convention program<\/a> includes the Startup Cities pitching event<\/strong> as well as talks and workshops with the likes of astronaut and rocket scientist Buzz Aldrin<\/strong>, communication strategist Symone D Sanders<\/strong>, Head of Industrial Design at X – The Moonshot Factory, Nick Foster<\/strong>, avant-garde artist and cyborg Neil Harbisson<\/strong>, Director of Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher<\/strong>, Honest dollar founder whurley<\/strong> \u2013 plus these speakers you\u2019ll recognize from past SXSW events:<\/p>\n Amber Valletta, Andrew Keen, Doug Newcomb, Dr. Sarah Richardson, Marta Riggins, Oliver Blank, Sasha Samochina, Bryan Lee Jr, Cristina Murphy, Dieter Zetsche, Amber Mac, Guy Kawasaki, Danny Shapiro, and many more.<\/p>\n Explore Frankfurt\u2019s hip Bahnhofsviertel community during Urban Hot Spots<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0the evening program invites you to enjoy the coolest in bars, clubs, restaurants, arts and live music that the German metropolis has to offer. Don\u2019t miss performances by cloud rapper Young Hurn<\/strong> and German\u2019s famed hip-hop group Beginner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Register today<\/a> and book your hotel room.<\/p>\n Want to find out more? Checkout the me Convention<\/a> website.<\/p>\n Stay up to date with announcements and happenings: subscribe to the newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n Hans Ulrich Obrist \u2013 Photo by Wolfgang Tillmans<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n The post me Convention Announces Keynote Hans Ulrich Obrist & Full Program<\/a> appeared first on SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: SxSW Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The full program for the me Convention is now live! Join us in Frankfurt from September 15 to 17 as we…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":1850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2017\/08\/HUO-by-Wolfgang-Tillmans-2-blog-640x360.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-tP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}