It’s that time of year again, when the end of summer is in sight, students are back in school, football is on TV again, and your social feeds are flooded with “vote for my panel at SXSW” updates. While it feels like our team was just at SXSW, it’s already time to start planning for SXSW ‘16. If these topics interest you, please take a minute to vote for them!

How to vote:

1. Create an account here

2. Enter your name & email address, then confirm your account

3. Log-in with your new account and go to the “PanelPicker”

4. Click “search/vote” and search for presentations by title

5. VOTE!!

***Voting ends on Friday, September 4th!

Just like last year, PanelPicker voting counts for 30% of a panel/presentation’s acceptance to SXSW. Check out the previews of our sessions below. Every vote counts!

1. They’re Coming for our Internet: We can fight backJoin Matthew Prince, CloudFlare’s co-founder and CEO, for a presentation focused on Internet censorship and global security issues. Matthew will share how online censorship varies globally, and how tech giants should collaborate to expand the Internet’s reach, not divide it. He will also cover what your own personal rights are as an online user, and how you can better preserve them. If you're reading this blog post, this is a presentation you won’t want to miss!

Speaker:Matthew Prince, CloudFlare

1. Innovating Like the “Early Days” 5+ years LaterInnovating is easy in the early days--especially without the legacy systems, prior customer commitments, or formal internal processes that come with time. Fast forward and you have more employees, customers, commitments, internal silos, and business goals than ever before. How do you maintain the agile innovation pace you had early on? This panel of builders and visionaries will share how they stay laser focused on what’s over the horizon, avoiding incrementalism. They’ll share how they keep their teams paving the way for others to follow.

Speakers:Dane Knecht, CloudFlareCharise Flynn, DwollaMarc Boroditsky, Twilio

1. PR for Startups: Low to No Budget Tips for TodayLearn how to drive PR for your startup--no matter how big/small you are or what your current role is. Join a former tech journalist and PR leaders from growth-stage and unicorn startups--across the enterprise, on-demand, and consumer technology industries--for a candid discussion on navigating the media landscape. Walk away with tips and tools (even free ones!) to drive awareness and take your company to the next level.

Speakers:Daniella Vallurupalli, CloudFlareJohnny Brackett, ShypMichelle Masek, ImgurRyan Lawler, 500 Startups

1. The New Battle Over Encryption & How to Survive ItStrong encryption is taking over the tech landscape, but it is facing a backlash. Some in government are calling it a threat to law and order and pressing companies to build backdoors for surveillance. Come hear a top developer of secure apps, a major Internet company's policy expert, a national tech business reporter and a longtime privacy advocate talk about what this new "Crypto War" means for the future of innovation, cybersecurity, the tech economy, and your business.

Speakers:Heather West, CloudFlareKevin Bankston, New AmericaMoxie Marlinspike, Open Whisper SystemsJennifer Valentino-DeVries, Wall Street Journal

Please vote and help CloudFlare get to SXSW Interactive 2016! I can already taste the BBQ...

Has your Twitter feed been flooded with “vote for my SXSW panel” tweets? With so much buzz all over the place, we wanted to keep it simple and share all of the presentations and panels affiliated with CloudFlare, in one place. Check out CloudFlare's presentations and panels below. If our topics interest you, casting a vote will take just a few minutes!

1. To sign up go to this link

2. Enter your name & email address, then confirm your account

3. Log in with your new account and go to the “PanelPicker”

4. Click “search/vote” and search for your panel by title

5. VOTE

Please note: Voting ends on September 6th!

PanelPicker voting counts for 30% of a sessions acceptance to SXSW. Our panels cover a variety of topics from a tell-all that reveals the real story behind the male/female co-founder dynamic to exploring ways to protect human rights online. There’s something for everyone so check them out and vote for your favorite! Every vote counts!

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“Lean On” is the New “Lean In”Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of CloudFlare will sit down with Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder and Head of User Experience at CloudFlare for a tell-all about founding a startup as a male/female team. A cross between “The Dating Game” and “21 Questions,” this humorous--yet raw--joint interview will cover how co-founders of opposite sexes struggle and succeed.

Speakers:

• Michelle Zatlyn, CloudFlare

• Matthew Prince, CloudFlare

Fighting Surveillance can be Good for BusinessMatthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of CloudFlare and Chris Soghoian, Principal Technologist and a Senior Policy Analyst at American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will discuss how US tech companies have realized that privacy can be a competitive advantage. They will focus on how building secure products designed to resist surveillance and government coercion can be good for business.

Speakers:

• Christopher Soghoian, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• Matthew Prince, CloudFlare

How the Internet Works: A Primer

Join world-renowned British programmer and writer John Graham-Cumming for a technical primer on the journey through networks and packets of information. Learn about the Internet’s early years and how it has evolved today, including the bottlenecks and hiccups nobody predicted, and predictions for its future.

Speaker:

• John Graham-Cumming, CloudFlare

We Take It for Granted: Defending All Human RightsWhen we log onto the Internet most of us take for granted the right we have to write and say whatever we want. The Internet was built for all of us, not just the powerful. Attendees of this session will hear from NGO’s, civil society groups, technology companies and victims of online censorship about the biggest threats to freedom of speech on the Internet today. They’ll hear what companies and individuals are doing to ensure a free and open Internet does not become a memory.

Speakers:

• Kenneth Carter, CloudFlare

• Christopher Soghoian, ACLU

• Ebele Okobi, Yahoo!

• Ronald Deibert, The Citizen Lab

A Must for Startups: 10 Tips About Law EnforcementThis panel serves as a practical guide for any startup founder or core team to become familiar with their individual law enforcement strategy. Attendees will hear from experts on every side of this issue to learn how to push back when it’s appropriate, how to preserve a company’s rights, and how to constructively work with law enforcement agencies.

Speakers:

• Jamie Tomasello, CloudFlare

• Nick Grossman, Union Square Ventures

• Nicole Nearing, Kik Interactive, Inc.

• Nate Cardozo, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Anyone Can Prevent Cyberwar-- Here's HowGovernments, cyber militias, and others increasingly seek to exploit the digital security vulnerabilities of their adversaries to cause physical harm including imprisonment, disappearances, and even murder. Learn more from security researchers and victims alike about how these crimes have unfolded and what you can do to prevent them.

Speakers:

• Ryan Lackey, CloudFlare

• Bill Marczak, Bahrain Watch

• Eva Galperin Electronic Frontier Foundation

• Runa Sandvik Freedom of the Press Foundation

David Partners with Goliath: BD Hacks for StartupsThis group of business development gurus will discuss tactics that will propel your company forward and attract the right partner. Learn from panelists who have been building partnerships for their entire careers--assembling some of the largest partnerships in the tech industry. They’ll cover the good, the bad, and the ugly of architecting large-scale partnerships.

Speakers:

• Maria Karaivanova, CloudFlare

• Bob Rosin, LinkedIn

• Niall Wall, Box

• Bernie Brenner, www.truecar.com

Don’t Stand So Close to Me: Engineering & SalesThis panel will focus on growing sales without ruining your engineering culture. Sales leaders from the world’s most engineering-focused companies will discuss lessons learned from making both cultures strong--apart. Learn how to work better together and what fundamental shifts are needed to maximize your company’s potential in the marketplace.

Speakers:

• Chris Merritt, CloudFlare

• Scott Doughman, Yahoo!

• Armando Mann, RelateIQ

• Mitch Spolan, Chegg