Ron Howard, ‘Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein & Brendan Hunt, Gillian Jacobs & Pete Buttigieg Among Final Speakers Set For SXSW
deadline.comSouth by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced a final round of Keynotes and Featured Speakers for the 36th annual Conference taking place in Austin, TX from March 11-20, with Ron Howard, Ted Lasso stars Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt, actor-filmmaker Gillian Jacobs, U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. representative Beto O’Rourke, and musicians Brian Eno and Nathaniel Rateliff among the notable additions.Jacobs, Buttigieg, O’Rourke and more will serve as featured speakers, with Howard, Goldstein, Hunt, Eno and Ratefill respectively taking part in featured sessions on Changing the Future of Food, Ted Lasso Season 2, Art & Climate and Music & The Movement.Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters and EP and host of The New York Times podcast Together Apart, will serve as Opening Speaker, with writer Nabil Ayers (My Life in the Sunshine), MediaLink founder and CEO Michael E.
Kassan, Candle Media, DAZN Group and Smash Ventures’s Kevin Mayer and author and musician Michelle Zauner among those taking part in new keynotes.Also announced today was the lineup for SXSW’s podcast stage, which will host everyone from The Daily Show’s Roy Wood Jr.
and filmmakers Richard Linklater and Jon Favreau to radio host Dan Le Batard and Deadline’s own Valerie Complex.“We’re excited about today’s final additions to the 2022 Conference lineup,” said Chief Programming Officer Hugh Forrest. “These speakers join a roster that represents some of the most innovative, and dynamic talent in the many different industries that make SXSW the global destination for creative professionals.”The SXSW Conference is organized into 15 programming tracks presented in a variety of session
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