I submitted three panel ideas for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Conference. For the past two years I have followed the conference through the blogs of those who attended. I would like to attend this year and if one of my panels are chosen I would get a free pass, thus lessening the financial burden for me to attend. Please go vote on them and leave your comments below. Let’s take a look at them.

A New Kind of Social Media Consulting
A group/network of thinkers, designers, business people, and developers coming together and offering consulting services, thus drawing on everybody’s expertise and offering consulting to brands and companies to get them taking advantage of the new internet, online communities, etc. Could be compared to an artists residency program.

The Internet Creating Real World Interactions
No longer is it just about interacting with people online but take that experience offline and into the real world. Such examples include Meetup, Un-conferences, Co-working, Streetmining, Photowalking, 1000 Journals, and more. Learn how this could work for you and your business and why it is important.

The Future of Learning
Not about why we have to bring blogs, wikis and the internet into the classroom. Rather about how teachers and students can use them to collaborate, connect, and be educated. Take a look at re-structuring the classroom, sustainable education, the design of educational space and more.