SXSW Eco

3 Full Days of Speakers, Sessions, Workshops, Networking Opportunities with Experts and Industry Leaders, Film Screenings, Welcome Reception, SXSW Eco Awards Ceremony, Closing Party, Mentor Sessions, Exhibition, Meet Ups, Startup Central and more!

A registration badge is required for admission to SXSW Eco 2013 and any related activities. Register now online at the current fee. Your email confirmation will include instructions for picking up your badge onsite at the Austin Convention Center. For more information, read the Registration FAQ or email reg@sxsweco.com.

Early registrants benefit from discount rates which expire at 11:59 CST on the deadlines shown below.

Get to know your fellow registrants over organic food and organic conversation at the Eco Welcome Dinner and Round Table Dinners. These enriching experiences are quickly becoming staples for many Eco attendees. Come see why–purchase your Welcome Dinner ticket when you register. If you've already purchased your registration and would like to add a Welcome Dinner, call our Registration Team at 512.467.7979. More info: http://sxsweco.com/attend

Following an amazing second year, SXSW Eco has quickly become a significant connector for professionals working to solve the complex challenges facing civil society, the economy and the natural world. Hosting an international audience of thought leaders and decision makers, this three-day event serves as the platform to evolve these critical matters towards actionable and profitable solutions. SXSW Eco provides unique networking opportunities and cross-sector discussion for diverse, passionate and pragmatic professionals in the public, private and academic sectors. SXSW Eco is for those individuals and organizations at the razor's edge of this effort, as well as for those ready to learn and get down to business.

Join us in 2013 and share your visionary ideas for a better world.

SXSW Eco 2012 Recap from SXSW Eco on Vimeo.

SXSW Eco is proud to partner with Sustainable America to help achieve a zero-waste event, with almost all food waste captured, composted, and returned for use in city parks and gardens. We will work together at the Austin Convention Center and satellite venues on education, outreach, and waste diversion.

Sustainable America is an environmental non-profit focused on the intersection of food and fuel, and works to make both systems more sustainable. They hope to reduce national oil consumption by 50% and increase food availability by 50% over the next two decades. Part of that mission is accomplished through public awareness campaigns, and investments in innovative companies developing new ways to improve sustainability.

Thanks to Green Mountain Energy Company, SXSW Eco attendees can travel with a greener footprint! For the third year in a row, Green Mountain is supporting SXSW Eco by providing carbon offsets to help balance out the carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions created by the event attendees’ estimated travel.

Given SXSW Eco’s focus on finding solutions for a sustainable world, Green Mountain is a perfect partner to help green the conference. The company was founded in 1997 with the mission “to change the way power is made” and began its relationship with SXSW Eco in 2011 during the inaugural conference. Green Mountain is the nation’s longest serving renewable energy retailer and offers consumers and businesses the choice of cleaner electricity products from renewable sources, as well as a variety of carbon offset products and sustainable solutions for businesses.

The ECO installment of this SXSW essential is an environmentally friendly and fun alternative for exploring downtown Austin! This full service bike share program, presented by the City of Austin's Office of Sustainability, equips you with a complimentary Tern Link D8 folding bicycle, lights, lock and helmet, as well as, tips on how to get around town. Bicycle numbers will be limited, so come early to get moving!

SXcycles is located in the Southeast corner of Brush Square Park, across the street from the Austin Convention Center, and will be open October 7-9 from 12:00pm-10:00pm. Stop by the Eco Exhibition to learn more about how the City of Austin's Office of Sustainability encourages people to Rethink Transportation!

As an event, SXSW is a varied and elaborate production that encompasses conventions, tradeshows, music and film festivals, and various marketing platforms. As a corporation SXSW believes in the benefits of responsible corporate citizenship and recognizes that environmental issues are an important measuring stick that distinguishes one event from another. 
 Read more on the SXSW.com Sustainability Blog