With more than 25 panel discussions and featured talks from authors like Guy Kawasaki, Google Village is a must-add element of SXSW Interactive and open to all badge holders.
Every element of the XO's software is open-source and malleable: Its creators hope that kids in Mongolia and Peru will someday program their own applications for the devices and even modify its source code to improve its operating system.
The net result is that there is a strong continuity element to strategy and through the emergent side of strategy, a strong need for being open to change.