SXSW Sydney returns inviting session applications for 2024

SXSW Sydney will return this year to engage Asia Pacific's creative industries in the unique event which combines a festival, conference, music screen and games festival, tech & innovation expo, and parties. 

The inaugural event last year attracted 287,014 attendees for its 1,178 sessions and events, drawing representatives from 41 countries. The event included speakers such as Nicole Kidman, Chance The Rapper, Charlie Brooker, Naomi Watts, Amy Webb and Cindy Gallop. 

Geoff Jones, SXSW Sydney chair, said, “To say SXSW Sydney left a mark on the city in its inaugural year is an understatement. The team pulled together a remarkable grand-scale event that brought together APAC’s creative communities in a way the region had never seen before." 

To build on the success of the event, SXSW Sydney has opened its Session Select for panel & speaker submissions for the 2024 festival. The festival is inviting proposals for panels, presentations, workshops, meet-ups or podcasts. 

In 2024, the festival will have 23 conference tracks to choose from, including new ones. SXSW Sydney has included tracks for the Creator Economy, Cyber & Your Data, Education & Skills, Fashion, Lifestyle & Beauty, and Food.   

SXSW Sydney’s managing director, Colin Daniels, said, “Session Select is the spark for the SXSW Sydney Conference. It is how our brilliant creative community sets the agenda with their ideas for the conversations and stimulating content that shapes the conference. I am so excited to see and hear what our global thought leaders come up with for the second SXSW Sydney.” 

The SXSW Sydney Games, Music & Screen festivals are also now accepting showcase applications  for Games, Music and Screen Festivals. SXSW Sydney is looking for innovative, abstract feature films, shorts, games, bands, solo projects, music videos and episodic works. They are also now accepting applications for fiction and non-fiction projects that use virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR). 

Daniels said, “For artists and creatives in the Music, Screen and Games industries their submission to be a part of the SXSW Sydney Festivals showcase and screenings line-up is the first step to having their work revealed and announced to the wider international world of early discoverers, tastemakers and industry champions that flock to SXSW Sydney. Don’t hesitate to make that submission and be on the path to achieving your global artistic and creative goals."

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