Black Tech Events You Should Attend at SXSW

If you’ve ever been to SXSW, you come to quickly understand that it’s probably the most exhilarating, overwhelming, and anxiety-driven event that you will ever attend in your lifetime. We’ve put together a list of black tech events you should go to so you can streamline your excitement.

Choose ATL House 

Highlight events include:

• Meet THEA: Behind the Launch of Atlanta’s New Video Platform
• Scaling Culture + Community with The Gathering Spot
• Founders’ Therapy: Livin’ Ramen Profitable When Everyone Thinks You’re Ballin’…

Hustle House @ SXSW

Highlight events include:

• How to Secure the Bag and KEEP It
• Black Women & Billion-Dollar Startups
• Blockchain for the People!
• Lessons Learned While Raising a Seed Round
• From 0 to 1, Creating a Physical Product from Scratch
• Top 3 Lessons in Crowdfunding and Hardware
• 5 Hacks for Non-Technical Founders of Tech Startups
• The 4 H’s of a Founding Team
• Ownership in the Innovation Economy
• Self-Preservation While Navigating the System
• Bet on Me, We Win!!!
• Quantifying an Inclusive Culture
• Building a Community from Scratch
• How I REALLY Got Into the Tech Industry
• Healthy Hustle Habits
• How Do You Measure Success?
• Building a Two-Sided Marketplace
• Trends in Sextech
• How to Amplify Your Next Product Launch on a Shoestring Budget
• Why Patriarchy is the OS of the Failed Parts of Capitalism—and How Blockchain Transcends That
• The New Normal in VC: Strategies for Success from Founders of Color
• How to Lead as a Whole Person
• 10 Things No One Tells You (But Really Should) About Starting a Tech Company

HBCU@SXSW

Highlight events include:

• Solutions for Hiring Top Minority Tech Talent
• Hacking the Racial Bias in Artificial Intelligence
• Building Safe Workspaces for Millennials of Color
• Blacks on the Blockchain
• Black Entrepreneurship Beyond Music and Sports
• Trap Goes Tech: A Case Study

SXSW 2018 House of Social Impact

Highlight events include:

Culture House

Highlight events include:

• Culture Brunch
• Culture Day Party
• Culture Night Cap

The Inclusive Innovation House @ SXSW 2018

Highlight events include:

• YurHouse Pop-Up
• Startup Showcases from popular startups, Notearise, Hylux Water, and more…
• The Game Changer Series Featuring Music Tech Industry Leader Adrianne C. Smith
• Panels in the Digital/Tech, Music, and Film sectors
• Fireside Chat with Adolphus Nolan of Notearise
• The Unpanel: A Showcase of Some of the Best Diversity and Inclusion Panels Overlooked by the SXSW PanelPicker

SXSW Hip Hop

Highlight events include:

• An Ode to Hip Hop—The Impact of Storytelling

Africa House at SXSW 2018

• Top secret. You have to contact the organizer for more info.

Add any events that we’re missing in the comments section below.