--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XPRIZE:
WHAT:
XPRIZE, the global leader in incentive prize competitions, presents a line-up of inspiring panels, screenings and workshops at SXSW in Austin on Sunday, March 13, and Monday, March 14. Please join us. See below for a schedule of XPRIZE events and available experts.
EVENTS & EXPERTS:
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
Panel: “Giving
the Tricorder Life 50 Years After Star Trek”
11:00
a.m.—12:00 p.m., JW Marriott, MedTech Stage, 110 E. 2nd St.
The epic sci-fi series Star Trek was first to imagine a future where we all have portable, handheld wireless devices that monitor and diagnose our health conditions. Now, the Tricorder is coming to life thanks to the Qualcomm Tricoder XPRIZE. Medtech experts and Star Trek: Voyager’s doctor, Robert Picardo, will explore the voyage of science fiction to reality and the future of personalized medicine. Available experts:
- Grant Campany (Prize Lead, Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE)
- John Mattison (Chief Medical Officer, Kaiser Permanente)
- Rick Valencia (SVP, Qualcomm Life)
- Robert Picardo (Star Trek actor, “the Doctor”)
- Sophie Bushwick (Projects Editor, Popular Science)
Panel: “Oceans
vs Space: Which Is Really the Final Frontier?”
5:00
p.m.—6:00 p.m., Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 2-3
While many consider space to be the “final frontier,” humans have only explored an estimated 5% of our oceans. Over 500 people have journeyed into space and a dozen have walked on the surface of the moon, while only three people have explored the deepest known point of the ocean. Which frontier — oceans or space — will have the greatest impact on generations to come?
Available experts:
- Chanda Gonzales (Sr. Director, Google Lunar XPRIZE)
- John Thornton (CEO, Astrobotic)
- Philippe Cousteau (Founder, EarthEcho)
- Noah Robischon (Executive Editor, Fast Company)
MONDAY, MARCH 14
XPRIZE Workshop - SXgood
Lab: Designing the Challenge with XPRIZE
12:00 p.m.—1:00
p.m., Palm Door on Sixth Patio, 508 E. 6th St.
Attend this lab to explore solutions to today’s greatest challenges, and contribute to creating the next XPRIZE. Available experts:
- Jordan Brown (Sr. Director, XPRIZE Visioneering)
- Ali Velshi (Host, Al Jazeera America)
World
Premiere of Moon Shot. The story of the Google Lunar XPRIZE
12:30
p.m., Austin Convention Center, Ballroom C
**The
screening will be followed by a panel and special Q&A with the
filmmakers**
Moon Shot — the documentary web series made in partnership between Bad Robot, Epic Digital, Google about the Google Lunar XPRIZE will have its WORLD PREMIERE at SXSW on Monday, March 14th. This 9-episode series directed by Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel and Executive Producer J.J. Abrams, tells the remarkable stories of the 16 groups vying to win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, a $30 million competition for privately funded teams to land a robot on the surface of the Moon. Available experts:
- Chanda Gonzales (Prize Lead, Google Lunar XPRIZE)
- Orlando von Einsiedel (director, Moon Shot)
- Red Whittaker (Team Astrobotic)
- Robert Boehme (Team Part-Time Scientists)
- Alex Dobrianski (Team Plan B)
- Deepana Gandhi (Team Indus), and more…
Following SXSW, Moon Shot debuts on Google Play on March 15 and on YouTube on March 17.
After Party: Bad
Robot, Epic Digital & Google Present The Moon Shot Celebration
7:00
p.m.—10:00 p.m., The Belmont, 305 W. 6th St.
An after party to honor the Google Lunar X Prize documentary, Moon Shot. Appearances by Google Lunar XPRIZE teams, Series Filmmakers, Lunar Rovers, DJ Michael Brun and a Top-Secret Special Guest.
Founded in 1995, XPRIZE is the leading organization solving the world’s Grand Challenges by creating and managing large-scale, high-profile, incentivized prizes in five areas: Learning; Exploration; Energy & Environment; Global Development; and Life Sciences. Active prizes include the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE, the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE, the $10M Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, the $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE and the $7M Adult Literacy XPRIZE. For more information, visit www.xprize.org.
