It’s hard to start thinking about March already, but before you know it throngs of visitors will flock to Austin to get a little taste of the awesomeness that we’ve got going around here. Some of my favorite panels (okay, some friends in there too), so far:

• Stephen Wolfram on Computation and Its Impact on the Future. Any chance to hear him speak, I will take it.
• Dave Gray will draw from his upcoming book to discuss The Connected Company: An Inventory of the Possible.
• Don Tapscott (Wikinomics author) on Rethinking Civilization for an Age of Networked Intelligence. Don has done some great research on the changing role of government in the era of social, and should have some interesting things to say.
• Peter Kim from Dachis Group talks about social networks with his session Hammurabi, Horseshoes, and Hookers in Social Media.
• Chad Farrell from RecycleMatch on Waste 2.0. Good to see a Capital Factory company up on stage.
• My esteemed co-worker Jen van der Meer speaks on Brands: the Cost of Being Human. As brands get more social, their engagement strategies also need to be more human-powered.
• Everybody can draw, whether you believe it or not. You’ve seen her visual note-taking at SXSW before, and now Sunni Brown presents Shut Up & Draw: A Non-Artist Way to Think Visually.
• In the transparency department, we have Jason Cohen from WP Engine with Naked Business – Honesty Works, and a draft of a chapter from his upcoming book on the subject.
• Foreca.st co-founder Rene Pinnell talks about Time Bandits: The Next Revolution in Social.
• On the entrepreneuship track, Josh Baer has led some standing room only sessions, and 3 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch promises to be no different.
• One of the smartest guys I know, John Hagel discusses Why We Are Losing the War On Talent.
• The son of Sir Freddie Laker is also a talented marketer at SapientNitro. Check out China: Will It Redefine Our Digital Landscape?

What are the sessions that you are looking forward to the most?