Experience the future at SXSW Sydney, where groundbreaking ideas, innovative concepts, and like-minded professionals come together at the SXSW Sydney Conference.
The SXSW Sydney Conference presents 1,000+ speakers across 400+ sessions and 23 diverse tracks. ICC Sydney and the Darling Harbour precinct host this incredible line up from Monday October 13 to Friday October 17.
With Session Select, your ideas and industry insights could take centre stage. Submit your session idea—whether it’s a panel, talk, workshop, or networking session— and join industry leaders in shaping discussions that matter. Need more information? Then register for our first webinar to learn how to complete your submission.
From panels, workshops, talks and more – there are many formats across the week, one to suit every idea or contributor.
You can watch a recording of the Conference team's first webinar on how to complete your Session Select Submission.
We're looking for innovative, thought-provoking ideas that inspire conversation and drive change in today’s industries:
If you have groundbreaking research, innovative solutions, or a fresh perspective on tech, business, sustainability, or beyond, we want to hear from you.
Submitting through Session Select also guarantees early bird pricing for you and your speakers, no matter the outcome.
Submissions open 30 January 2025 and close 23 March 2025.
Public Voting opens in March, with successful applicants notified in June.
The selection process considers a combination of public voting, feedback from SXSW Sydney's Conference Producers, and comments from our evaluators.
Insights from the SXSW Sydney community play an important role in defining the conversations that are platformed at SXSW Sydney. Public voting takes place 17 – 31 March 2025. During this time, Session Select submissions will be made public so that the community can vote for what they would like to see at the SXSW Sydney 2025 Conference.
The SXSW Sydney Conference Producers will review every submission and evaluate the session content and nominated speakers against the merits of the conversation, topic and speakers submitted. Whilst also weighing it against all other session submissions and feedback from our advisors and evaluators.
SXSW Sydney engages Evaluators who give a lot of their time, industry and academic knowledge to help evaluate sessions submitted via Session Select. Their participation in this process contributes significantly to the event's session programming and ongoing quality.
SXSW Sydney has independent industry and academic advisors who support and evaluate Session Select. Their depth of sector and institutional knowledge allows us to fact check and verify content for relevance and truth. Advisors give ongoing feedback from the start of Session Select, up until our event in October.
Please note that Evaluators and Advisors are recused from applications where there may be a perceived conflict of interest.
From panels, workshops, talks and more – there are many formats across the week.
Panels offer a dynamic conversation around a specific topic with a lively exchange of ideas and have maximum of four speakers, including a moderator.
From deep dives into a specific subject to informative interviews, these sessions range from 30 – 60 minutes, with one or two speakers, or as ‘In Conversation’.
Record an episode of your podcast on our Podcast Stage in front of a live audience.
Workshops provide a hands-on, immersive learning experience led by expert facilitators offering practical skills and professional growth.
Meet ups are an opportunity to connect with others who share similar interests, foster valuable connections and offer a fun and memorable experience.
Impactful short talks can cover everything from innovation to creativity. These 10 to 30-minute talks are your golden ticket to serendipitous discovery.
Exploring AI's expansion across industries and society, from ethics and regulation to workforce impact and robotics integration.
Programming covers safeguarding sensitive data and digital systems, tackling deepfakes, privacy, cyber threats, and future security tech.
Health & MedTech sessions dive into advances in healthcare, from gene editing to personalised medicine, psychedelics, and mental health.
Technology sessions explore innovations driving change, focusing on emerging tech and growth in Asia Pacific, Australia, and globally.
Uniting industry leaders in EduTech, this track covers personalised learning, micro-skills, workplace training, and tech's impact.
Programming explores a tech-driven economy, covering AI, commerce shifts, crypto, inflation, supply chains, and global disruptions.
This track explores workplace evolution—culture, recruitment, remote work, tech, and their impact on people, organisations, and communities.
Entrepreneurs and investors drive innovation—discover bold ideas, unique founders, funders, successes, and failures in new ventures.
Global thought leaders explore data, brand experiences, immersive tech, and creative marketing to help organizations connect with communities.
Global thought leaders discuss data, brand experiences, immersive tech, and creative marketing to help organisations engage communities.
Explore media's challenges and opportunities—press freedom, sustainability, digital shifts, data, misinformation, and audience evolution.
Join bright minds as they share research, breakthroughs, and innovations shaping 2050, offering transformative solutions for our future.
Hear from designers, developers, and creatives shaping our physical, digital, and virtual worlds, and see how design drives innovation.
Explore innovations for a sustainable future, covering energy, renewable sources, ClimateTech, and solutions for climate change adaptation.
Explore tech reshaping transport and smart cities—from electric vehicles to space travel, high-speed rail, and micro-mobility innovations.
Join changemakers in food—chefs, growers, creators, and innovators—shaping production, tech, agriculture, retail, and consumption.
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Hear from trailblazers exploring culture, arts, and language, shaping communities, and highlighting emerging voices defining global culture.
Dive into the reinvention of fashion and beauty—sustainability, tech, trends, and insights from designers and industry leaders.
Explore how customer expectations, sustainability, and personalization are shaping travel’s future, with new destinations, trends, and tech innovations.
From icons to innovators, explore breakthroughs in tech, biometrics, data, fan experiences, and more reshaping the global industry.
Explore how tech reshapes music creation, discovery, and promotion, with insights from artists, labels, brands, and platforms, plus career and touring advice.
Explore the creative and business processes behind screen and episodic content, with insights from producers, directors, and actors on trends in engagement, tech, and distribution.
Explore the games industry's impact on entertainment—tech, development, culture, economy, and cross-industry integration, with insights from experts.
Be prepared for your Conference Submission Application - download the full Guidelines here.
If you can't find what you need in our Submissions Guidelines or FAQs, please email us for help with your application. Our Conference Program team will respond within 2 business days.
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