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Join us for the 2025 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 2025
March 9, 2025, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. CT
The Austin Club, 110 E 9th St, Austin, TX 78701
We’ll be joined by:
Anne Meinig Smalling ’87, incoming Chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees
Brooke Duffy, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, CALS
Questions? cen@cornell.edu
Check out the Cornell Guide to SXSW below!
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 2025 SXSW conference, March 7–15 in Austin, TX. Session times and locations will be updated as they become available.
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
CEO, coLeague
Featured SXSW EDU Session: Mentor Session: Laura Cover
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor, Duke University
Featured SXSW EDU Session: The Power of HBCUs & Their Legacy in American Politics
Date and Time: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center, Ballroom G
College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Founder & Principal, Oppenheim Architecture
Featured SXSW Session: The Future of Architecture in the Face of Climate Change & AI
Date and Time: Friday, March 7, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: JW Marriott, Salon 6
College of Engineering
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, The Aerospace Corporation
Featured SXSW Session: Startups at the Starting Gun of the New Space Race
Date and Time: Friday, March 7, 2025, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon G
College of Arts and Sciences; College of Engineering
Founder and Creative Director, Practice for Architecture Urbanism (PAU); Visiting Critic in Architecture, Thomas J. Baird, Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Featured SXSW Session: Designing Architecture for Nature, Culture, and Joy
Date and Time: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CT
Location: JW Marriott, Salon 7
Faculty, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Founder, Zoning Atlas; Professor; Associated Member, Cornell Law School; Professor, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate; Director, Legal Constructs Lab
Featured SXSW Session: What Texas Teaches About Solving America’s Housing Crisis
Date and Time: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Realtor.com Austin Tech Center, Realtor.com Austin HQ
College of Arts and Sciences
Co-Managing Partner, Siddhi Capital
Featured SXSW Session: SXSW Pitch: AgTech & Food
Date and Time: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon DE
Cornell Tech
Postdoctoral Researcher, The Cognitive Futures Lab, Duke University
Featured SXSW Session: Brain, Sleep, and Tech: Navigating Ethics and Innovation
Date and Time: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CT
Location: JW Marriott, Salon AB
College of Arts and Sciences
Chief Strategy Officer, Meat Institute
Featured SXSW Session: Can Meat, Plants, Blue Foods Proteins Serve People & Planet?
Date and Time: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: JW Marriott, Salon 3-4
Faculty, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Associate Professor, Cornell University
Featured SXSW Session: The Creator Economy's Labor Revolution
Date and Time: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Assistant Professor of Media Studies, North Carolina State University
Featured SXSW Session: The Creator Economy's Labor Revolution
Date and Time: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 6AB
Cornell Law School
Founder And President, Montee Law Firm, APC
Featured SXSW Session: Mentor Session: Kevin Montee (Montee Law Firm, APC)
Date and Time: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:30 - 3:45 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
Partner Manager, Google; Advisory Council Member, Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Featured SXSW Session: Mentor Session: Laurel Prime (Google)
Date and Time: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
External Communications and Podcast Strategy, Pfizer
Featured SXSW Session: The Future of Scientific Comms Through Podcasting
Date and Time: Monday, March 10, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center SXSW Expo, Podcast Lounge, Exhibit Hall 3
Faculty, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Featured SXSW Session: Weighing In on Weight Loss Medicine
Date and Time: Monday, March 10, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CT
Location: JW Marriott, Salon AB
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Talent Agent, Creative Artists Agency
Featured SXSW Session: From Screen to Mic: Transitioning from TV to Podcasting
Date and Time: Monday, March 10, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center, Ballroom B
College of Engineering; Johnson Graduate School of Management
Former CEO, AT&T Business
Featured SXSW Session: Lead Bigger: The Power of Inclusion - from (Gen) X to Z
Date and Time: Monday, March 10, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 10AB
And:
Book Signing Session: Lead Bigger: The Transformative Power of Inclusion
Date and Time: Monday, March 10, 2025, 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center, Room 10C (Level 3)
School of Industrial and Labor Relations; Johnson Graduate School of Management
Editor, TechDirt
Featured SXSW Session: Keynote: The Future of Social with Jay Graber, Bluesky CEO
Date and Time: Monday, March 10, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. CT
Location: Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Nolan School of Hotel Administration
Co-Founder, The Equity Practice
Featured SXSW Session: Mentor Session: Alli Myatt (The Equity Practice)
Date and Time: Monday, March 10, 2025, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 400-402
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Senior Vice President, ESRB Privacy Certified
Featured SXSW Session: Access to Play: Protecting Children and Privacy
Date and Time: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CT
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon K
College of Arts and Sciences
Writer, Director, and Producer, Secret Engine
Featured SXSW Session: Death of a Unicorn