SXSW Panels: Vote Today

South By Southwest, the phenomenally hip festival of music, interactive media and film that takes place each spring in Austin, has posted a list of panel discussions for your consideration in the 2008 Interactive conference.

KickApps has three panels up for vote, and we think they’re pretty interesting, so check them out before you pick your favorites. This is a great way to have a hand in what kind of discussions take place this year.

Here’s what we submitted:

• What Social Media Can Learn From Message Boards
  Long before MySpace, Facebook and blogs, message boards were the web’s first (and stickiest) social media communities. But today, the so-called ‘Boardscape’ is far from dead, comprising hundreds of thousands of communities and hundreds of millions of people. What can ‘modern’ social networks learn from these giants?
• Monetizing Syndicated Content: Can Small Publishers Get a Fair Deal?
  Easy content syndication through embeds sure helped YouTube. Now developers are creating business models around Facebook widgets. But what’s in it for the small content publisher other than fame? What are the best ways to monetize your content without making it too restricted? Can small publishers get a fair deal?
• Beyond the Page View: Measuring Social Media Engagement
  Page Views, Time Spent, Pages Per Session, or something else? Applying old-media metrics to online experiences may make it easier when buying advertising, but are they a valid proxy for real-world audience engagement? And what is engagement, anyway?

Go vote, and we look forward to seeing you this March in Austin!