NEWS

04 Apr What Nashville’s tech community can learn from SXSW

In its 22nd year as an incubator of technology and digital creativity, Austin’s wildly popular South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival hit a chord that reverberated well beyond its more than 50,000 attendees: It’s time to level the playing field for more women in tech. Aside from more than a few conference sessions that obviously put the topic on the table at face value, such as “End to Brogramming: How Women Are Shaping Tech,” the conference, which fosters collaboration and innovation of all kinds, put a strong emphasis on encouraging diversity across the spectrum. In fact, this obvious enthusiasm behind empowering women leaders can teach us all in the tech industry how we can create a more inclusive, diverse and creative technology environment.