Crossover Day programming for SXSW EDU 2025

SXSW firmly believes in the power of mixing creative communities. We look forward to welcoming back Crossover day For the second year! Experience the last day of SXSW Edu Thursday, March 6th With your SXSW badge for a bonus thrust of inspiration. Connect to colleagues from the SXSW community on a day when all programs for SXSW EDU and SXSW registrians are open and offer only programmed sessions and networking opportunities.

Explore the schedule for the crossover tag and add the following programming dishes to your must-see list of events.

Panel headlights

Share of space: from ISS to the next generation

For anyone who believes that girls, color students, the first generation, weak or other historically underrepresented minorities do not belong in space … Think about it again. Cady Coleman, a former NASA astronaut and a retired colonel of the US Air Force with more than 180 days in space, and three colleagues from the International Space Station National Lab Education Committee want children to belong in space. When this panel share stories about life in space, tips for finding the early finding of space and ISS -TE's resources and looking up the students anywhere.

Cady ColemanRetired astronaut, NASA
Illana RaiaFounder and CEO, être
Stephen WhiteChief Strategy Officer, Cosi Center for Industry and Science
Teresa DrewDeputy Director, Stem Next Opportunity Fund

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Responsible AI: Balancing innovation, effects and ethics

The quick integration of AI into the classroom throws ethical concerns about bias, privacy and digital differences. How can educators, technologists and political decision -makers work together to ensure that the AI ​​promise can be realized responsibly? We will discuss the questions that political decision -makers and educators can ask developers, the design principles that developers can provide for the transparency, objectivity and accuracy of models and tools as well as the role of educators in promoting AI alphabetization among the students.

• Amelia KellyChief Technology Officer, Soapbox Labs
• Isabelle HauExecutive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
• Latha RamananSenior Vice President of AI, Merlyn Mind

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Meet Spotlight

Connection communities: SXSW & SXSW EDU

Every SXSW participant was once a student in the classroom and this journey is the heart of what we celebrate with crossover tag. This year we bring together organizers behind SXSW and SXSW EDU and enthusiastic members of our communities. Regardless of whether you want to chat with SXSW employees about your vision for the event or experienced participants via your SXSW life hacks, this meeting is the perfect place to share your passion for all creative communities that are represented every March in Austin.

Alex CasolaroDirector of login information, SXSW
Julia ShatiloProgramming director, SXSW EDU
Rakeda ErvinDirector of Community Education, Austin Film Society

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All programs on Thursday, March 6th will be open as part of SXSW EDU and SXSW register Crossover day. We'll see you there!

Above: SXSW EDU 2025 session photo by Daniel Poe; SXSW EDU 2025 Registration Photo by Tico Mendoza