Google Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks during a fireside chat with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx at the Google headquarters on February 2, 2015 in Mountain View, Calif. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

South by Southwest Interactive on Monday released another short list of featured speakers and programming for the festival.

Among them are the former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt; Twitter co-founder Biz Stone; U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who famously worked with Mark Zuckerberg on what would become Facebook.

Here’s the full list of new panels and speakers:

An Interview with Yik Yak's Founders — features Brooks Buffington and Tyler Droll of messaging app Yik Yak, interviewed by Carmel DeAmicis of Gigaom.

Fast, Fair & Open: The FCC's Broadband Future — with Gigi B. Sohn, special counsel for external affairs at the FCC.

Biz Stone on Creativity and Redefining Success — with Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter and co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries.

Bitcoin: What It Needs To Succeed — with Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss of Bitcoin firm Gemini.com.

Cracking Cuisine: Breaking a Few Rules (and Eggs) — with Kerry Diamond of Yahoo Food and former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold of Modernist Cuisine.

Creating A Digital Engagement Strategy for Leaders — with Charlene Li, founder of  Altimeter Group.

Fast, Fair & Open: The FCC's Broadband Future — with Gigi Sohn, special counsel for external affairs, FCC

How Innovation Happens — with Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, author Walter Isaacson and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith.

How to Democratize Medicine — with Dr. Eric Topol of Scripps Translational Science Institute.

How to Keep Your Social Media Game Sincere — with Eva Chen of Lucky and Michelle Phan of FAWN (For All Women Network).

Media, Tech and What's Next? — with Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable.

The Road to Character — with David Brooks, New York Times columnist.

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