Otterhop heads to SXSW Interactive 2010

In March, we'll be packing our bags for South by Southwest 2010 in Austin, TX. While we'd love to be with the hipsters who cover the awesome indie music and film scene, we're better suited for (and quite frankly, much more interested in) the Interactive portion of the festival. Specifically, those that deal with emerging trends that affect parents, children, education and culture/society.

Here's the skinny:

SXSW Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer.

The confirmed panel list and speaker list is a virtual snapshot of the industry's top thinkers, movers and shakers -- many of which have risen about the general echo-chamber of the social, blogging and gaming web.

A few things we're looking forward to covering:

• Casting Crib Cutesploitation - Using Your Kids As Content (John Styn, Royal Pink Productions)
• Kids' Online Video: Challenges and Success (Melissa Tennant, theplatorm.com)
• What We Learned Watching Kids with Homemade Flamethrowers (Tim Hwang, ROFLCON)
• ANYONE Can Create a Video Game! (Michael Agustin, Gendai Games Inc.)
• Social Justice and Video Games (Latoya Peterson, racialicious.com)
• Why Keep Blogging? Real Answers for Smart Tweeple (Emily Gordon, Emdashes.com)
• Selling Subculture Without Selling Out (Molly Crabapple, Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School)
• Sex Education in a Web 3.0 World (Herbert Coleman, Austin Community College)
• Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way we Live and do Business (Erik Qualman, EF Education)
• DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education (Anya Kamenetz, Fast Company)
• Sick Clicks: The Evolution of Health Online (Caley Van Cleave, FeelGoodNow.com)

More as the event details unfold and we develop our plan of coverage.