Top Picks for SXSW PanelPickers 2011

SXSW is celebrating its 25th anniversary!  The most anticipated music and media festival comes back full fledge in Austin, TX in 2011. SXSW Music and Media Conference generate new and shared ideas through networking and continuous flow of outlets. SXSW is the place to produce and preview tech and media presentations hosted by world industry experts and new emerging talents.  Talk submission and panel proposals are up on the web for the SXSW 2011 conference. Let the panel picking begin!  Remember, voting ends this Friday, August 27th. Check out our top 5 picks for the SXSW Interactive panels: 

Social, Sharable, & Mobile-Friendly: 11 Web Design Tips for 2011 

360i's President of Creative Design & Technology, David Levin, and a panel of design pros 
will give their tips on social media marketing objectives and design strategies that will help enhance the web interactive experience. Panelists will share their stories and challenges on creating designs for the digital age.

Topics to cover:  Strategy and implementation of design layout and interface that best suit clients and other markets

TV Apps: Transforming the Living Room

What says a SXSW session without any mention of Google and Apps? Hey guys! The web isn't dead, but what are your thoughts on combining Google's web search, apps, and your TV?   Product manager of Google TV, Ambarish Kenghe, will demonstrate a preview of all the excitement surrounding Google TV's platform release this fall.  Kenghe will guide you step-by-step on how  to navigate through Google web search, and show users how to personalize content on their TVs with adding GTV and Android apps.  

Topics to cover: How will developers create apps to enhance user experience?  How to show personalize content.

The Legalities Behind APIs and Mashups

Sharing, creating user and web content are not just about fun and games. Before using any third party content and delivering it to your company's platform, be aware of some copyright and restrictive issues. 2006 Weblog Award Finalist, Brett Trout, will present the legal problems that challenge today's top web companies and the talk will focus on strategies that protect your own content.

Topics to cover: Examining the current online intellectual property protection law and future changes to the law, how to utilize patent, copyright, fair use laws and use licenses to guard your own web applications and online business

OMG - My Pancreas Just Texted

More and more people stay connected and share their knowledge through iPhone and Android applications. John Pettengill from the digital marketing agency, Razorfish, is exploring mobile technology and apps for healthcare patients.  Patients with chronic illnesses like diabetes need to take the initiative to update their current health status so that health providers and the connected community will be able to discuss and identify the condition and provide suitable treatments.

Topics to cover: How could technology help patients meet those needs? Discuss mobile app concepts for the health community and beyond.

You Should Be an Internet Personality

Justin Beiber may be the most loved or hated person on the internet, but Bieber Fever is everywhere. This is a panel for all web personalities and guests include not Bieber, but Tumblr's very own, 'TopherChris' aka Christopher Price and Meaghan O'Connell, producer of YouLookNiceToday.com, Adam Lisagor, and twitter user and web-comic, Jason Sweeney.  In other news, Luckyshirt's Darrin Robertson, is still waiting for another web personality to add on the list. Who will it be?  In order for this panel to be approved, you must send in your votes! 

Topics to cover: What are the different approaches to social networking?  How to reach the masses on these social sites?  Is the quality or quantity of web posts that important?

Update:

SXSW PanelPicker voting hours extended through the weekend!  Pick your favorites!