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SXSW Announces Speakers for 2015 Festival By Bruce Furst

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SXSW Announces Speakers for 2015

Festival By Bruce Furst

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Introduction

For nearly 15 years Bruce Furst has led as president of Ashber Corporation, an entertainment-licensing firm located in Austin, Texas. Through his firm, Bruce Furst has worked with artists who have appeared at Austin’s South by Southwest festival.

The South by Southwest festival, more commonly written as SXSW, is a music and film festival that takes place every year in Austin. An interactive event, the festival also features dozens of speakers as part of SXSW Convergence Programming, where notable figures discuss a multitude of modern-day issues, ranging from culture to emerging technologies.

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South by Southwest festival

Speakers planned for the 2015 event include English comedian and activist Russell Brand; accomplished film and television producer Brian Grazer; and Jason Collins, the first openly gay athlete in all of American professional sports. Hundreds of musical acts will also appear at SXSW 2015, as will innumerable films in a range of categories. To learn more about the 2015 iteration of the festival, which will take place in March, please visit SXSW.com.