SXSW 2009 is approaching fast, and around this time, potential presenters collect their thoughts and come up with panels that would make for interesting discussion during the day. In true democratic fashion, the (registered) public votes on submitted panel ideas through the Interactive Panel Picker. Each panel idea falls under one category. The focus for this post will be Human/Social Issues.

As someone notorious for leaving a substantial carbon footprint, I’ll do (almost) anything to offset the bad karma of destroying the planet. Perhaps I could attend a panel on promoting social good through social media, or using the web to fix government, or even understand the differences between how men and women are treated in the industry (or just learn about the hot chicks who work in it).

There’s something for everyone in this category, but here are the four I’m interested in:

• Being Green on Your Own Terms with Second Rotation’s Rousseau Aurelien
• Who Will Check My Email After I Die? with Capstrat’s Evan Carroll
• Surviving Scandal: How to Manage Negative Attention in the Internet Age with Megan McCarthy (note that this just goes to a parked page on GoDaddy)
• Social Networks for the Social Good: The World Beyond Facebook with iMentor’s Mike O’Brien