SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Don’t miss this year’s Beats & BBQ Social to bust a move and revel in the flavors of some good ol’ fashioned BBQ before you bid farewell. Join friends, new and old, to unwind and celebrate an invigorating SXSW EDU 2026! Music provided by Floppy Disko. Please note this event is limited to SXSW EDU registrants only.

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Crossover Day is where the family of SXSW conferences and festivals converge. This networking event is an invitation for SXSW and SXSW EDU registrants to come together for a celebration of innovation in education and creativity. Join Imaginable Futures, presenter of the Crossover Day Mixer, to reimagine the stories we tell about learning in a moment when our relationships with technology—and with each other—are being rewritten. More information here: https://imaginablefutures.com/united-states/

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Please join us in welcoming the Texas High School Shorts to the SXSW EDU Film Program! This block of screenings will feature thirteen short films: “Just ask.” -- A boy fixates over asking a girl out at a subway station after recently being rejected. “The Cookie Quest” -- A young baker contracts an illness that stops her from being able to do what she loves. She struggles with her symptoms, eventually baking one cookie, beginning the transition back to her normal life. “Lyle in Love” -- Ly...

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | The ExxonMobil Foundation is hosting a daily snack break, and you’re invited. Grab a treat, enjoy a beverage, and connect with us. We’ve got giveaways too—come early, they go fast!

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SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | We are in the worst reading crisis in American history, a reflection of an education standard that has stagnated for almost half a century, yet the system is now being transformed through the Science of Reading. Author James Patterson takes us on a journey with several elementary schools throughout Florida that have implemented curriculum based on the Science of Reading provided by the UFLI Foundations program led by Dr. Holly Lane. This new system is rebooting the entire way we teach readin...

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Did you know that clownfish change sex from male to female? (So if Nemo’s mom had died in real life, his dad would have become his mom!) Did you know that albatross, penguins and swans parent in same sex pairs? Or that bonobos, who are just as closely related to us as chimps, are matriarchal and have same-sex sex every day?! Narrated by Elliot Page, Second Nature debunks myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is “unnatural,” following trailblazing Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan R...

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SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Our Blues Make Us Gold explores the enduring legacy of North Carolina A&T State University, tracing its pivotal role in American history. Through archival footage, personal testimony, and powerful storytelling, the film revisits the Greensboro sit-ins, student uprisings of the 1970s, and the rise of iconic alumni like Dr. Ronald McNair, Janice Bryant Howroyd, & Rev. Jesse Jackson. This documentary honors the institution's impact on civil rights, education, and American excellence reve...

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | First Voice Generation follows the stories of three Latinx high school students in Holland, Michigan, during an unprecedented global pandemic year. Each student struggles with their identity growing up in a historically Dutch community, feeling that they don't belong because they are children of Mexican immigrants. They each dream of being the first in their family to go college, but a year of challenges ensue with virtual learning, and the realization that the cost of affording college seems...

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | The ExxonMobil Foundation is hosting a daily snack break, and you’re invited. Grab a treat, enjoy a beverage, and connect with us. We’ve got giveaways too—come early, they go fast!

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Please join us for the inaugural year of the SXSW EDU Short Film Program! This final block of screenings will feature two short films: “Back to the Start: Reflections Behind Bars “-- Inside San Quentin, America’s most notorious prison, a group of incarcerated men share stories of childhood trauma in front of a packed audience of peers, community members and lawmakers. By going back to the start, they begin to change the future. “The Boys of Summer” -- At a remote summer camp in the Vermont...

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SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | The SXSW EDU Expo serves as the central hub for innovations in learning. This collaborative space features curated programming and networking, alongside interactive exhibits showcasing what’s next and new in education. The Expo features dynamic, trailblazing organizations, and thought leaders that are changing the game and looking to share their ideas with thousands of education professionals from around the globe. The Expo will be free and open to the public on Wednesday, March 11. See t...

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Celebrate the Student Impact Challenge winner, finalists, and semifinalists at the Ice Cream Social! Join us after the challenge to hear the announcement of the 2026 winner, meet the student participants, and enjoy a sweet treat.

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | In Our Nature is a 60-minute documentary exploring how nature-based education can help us reconnect amid rising loneliness, political division, and environmental uncertainty. Through three stories - from a flower farm on Chicago’s South Side to a forest school in rural Kentucky and a healing-in-nature program for military families in San Antonio - the film shows how connection to nature can bridge divides, strengthen communities, and support youth mental health. Urgent yet hopeful, it argues ...

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | The Student Impact Challenge celebrates student achievement and agency in solving the most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges by providing a platform for high school students to showcase their innovative ideas. Selected finalists will pitch their idea in front of a panel of judges and live audience. 2026 Finalists: Futr // Mars, Pennsylvania H2Know // Lafayette, Colorado Immunova AI // Singapore PERCH // San Francisco, California Shared Skies Initiative // Dallas, Texa...

SXSW EDU 2026 Schedule | Get ready to brew up some connections! Join us for a coffee break inside of the Expo.