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Join us for the 2026 Big Red gathering in Austin to network with Cornellians visiting for SXSW and those local to Austin! We will cheer on those presenting at the conference and celebrate being together in Austin.
Registration is now live for this year’s gathering:
Cornell Reception in ATX 2026
Sunday, March 15, 2026, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. CT
Lavaca Street Bar – Downtown
405 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX 78701
Questions? cen@cornell.edu
Are you speaking at SXSW? Let us know and we'll add you to the list of alumni, faculty, students, and staff presenting at the 2026 SXSW conference, March 12-18 in Austin, TX. Session times and locations will be updated as they become available.
Graduate School
Vice President Of Experiential Product, Western Governors University
Featured SXSW EDU Session: Actions to Outcomes: A Smarter Path to Better Decisions
Date and Time: Monday, March 9, 2026, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. CT
Location: Austin Marriott Downtown - Room 403/404
College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
President, DC Strategies
Featured SXSW EDU Session: The Honesty Gap: Why Your Kid’s Test Score Lied to You
Date and Time: Monday, March 9, 2026, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown - Room 400-402
Cornell David A. Duffield College of Engineering
Chair & CEO, The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.
Featured SXSW Session: Thrive or Survive: Why Creativity is the Key to an AI-Future
Date and Time: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown - Salon D
Cornell David A. Duffield College of Engineering
Chair & CEO, The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.
Featured SXSW Session: Mentor Session: Andrea Virgin (The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.)
Date and Time: Friday, March 13, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown - Room 400-402
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
CEO, Output
Featured SXSW Session: Breaking the Sound Barrier: Making Creativity Accessible to All
Date and Time: Friday, March 13, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Marriott Downtown, Waller Ballroom C
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Columnist/Editor, Anchor, The New York Times
Featured SXSW Session: Featured Session: A Conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin
Date and Time: Sunday, March 15, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown - Hilton Grand Ballroom (Salon FGHJK)
Cornell David A. Duffield College of Engineering, Bowers CIS
Founder and CEO, DAXO Robotics
Featured SXSW Session: Immigrant Founders: Fueling America’s Future
Date and Time: Sunday, March 15, 2026, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown - Salon B
Former Faculty, Cornell Tech
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, MIT
Featured SXSW Session: Seeing is Believing: XR for Communicating Climate Resilience
Date and Time: Monday, March 16, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: JW Marriott - Room 201-202
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
CMO, Britbox
Featured SXSW Session: Building Hollywood Buzz Without the Hollywood Style Campaign
Date and Time: Monday, March 16, 2026, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CT
Location: Omni Downtown - Bridge Ballroom A & B
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief Patient Officer, Compass Pathways
Featured SXSW Session: Psychedelics: The Paradigm-Changing Future of Mental Health
Date and Time: Monday, March 16, 2026, 4:00-5:00 p.m. CT
Location: The LINE - Topaz Ballroom 1
College of Arts & Sciences
Founder and CEO, Skip the Small Talk
Featured SXSW Session: Finding Belonging in a Disconnected World
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown - Salon D
College of Arts & Sciences
CEO and Founder, Swayable
Featured SXSW Session: No Time for Safe Bets: Creative Impact Under Fire
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CT
Location: Austin Marriott Downtown - Waterloo Ballroom 1
College of Human Ecology
Double Board-Certified MD and Nutritionist, AmyMD Wellness
Featured SXSW Session: Pharma vs. Supplements: Breaking the False Health Dichotomy
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: JW Marriott - Salon FGH
Former Faculty, Weill Cornell Medicine
Founder, CMO of Longevity Place
Featured SXSW Session: Female Voices Shaping the Next Era of Preventive Health
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown - Room 400-402
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
AI Lead, Sr. Partner Manager, Google; Advisory Council Member, Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Featured SXSW Session: Mentor Session: Laurel Prime (Google)
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown - Room 400-402