I’m trying to decide if I want to go to SXSW Interactive this year. Every year I think about going, but never do. Well, last year I wandered though the halls for a bit since I was already in Austin, but that doesn’t really count.

Browsing the session list, here are a few that caught my eye:

Saturday: Opening Remarks: Henry Jenkins + Steven Johnson

  • Behind the Scenes at the Onion News Network (Sean Mills)
  • Managing the Media Blur (Douglas Merrill)
  • The Weird Turn Pro: Crowdsourcing For Creatives (Derek Powazek)
  • You’re the Pawn, Sucker: a Google Maps-Nintendo Mash-up (Rodney Gibbs)

Sunday: Keynote Speaker: Mark Zuckerberg

  • Africa 2.0: Affecting Change Using Technology (G. Kofi Annan)

Monday: Keynote Speaker: Frank Warren

  • The Art of Self-Branding (Lea Alcantara)
  • Beyond the Blogosphere: How Online Talent is Being Developed Offline (Omid Ashtari)
  • Blame Canada: 7 Ways We’re Ahead in New Media (Kris Krug)
  • Hardware Mashups: Introducing the Long Tail of Gadgets (Peter Semmelhack)
  • How Piracy Will Save the Music Industry (Jason Schwartz)
  • Make Your Audience Love You (Tom Merritt)
  • Pimp My Non Profit — Real Non-Profits Kicking Ass with Online Technology (Ed Schipul)

Tuesday: Keynote Speaker: Jane McGonigal

  • Driving the Future of Consumer Electronics Devices (Rob Pait)
  • The Future of Corporate Blogs (Lionel Menchaca)
  • MASH Notes: A Miltary Surgeon’s Videoblog from Iraq (Carlos Brown)
  • Roll Over Gutenberg, Tell McLuhan The News (George Kelly)
  • Take Municipal WiFi Back (Joanna Rees)
  • Taking Over the World: the Flickr Way (Simon Batistoni)
  • The Trials and Tribulations of Using Music Online (Elise Nordling)

Once they post the schedule and more details for the panels I can give it more serious consideration. Of course, I’m guessing hotel reservations should have been made a year ago to avoid paying $$$.