Things continue to progress! We had a great meeting today with our faculty project leads and some friends in technology (Andy Lang from OASIS, one of our heroes) and UNC News Services (two more heroes: LJ Toler and Patty Courtright).

We shared the full overview of the schedule--from parking and transportation logistics to details about planned panels and workshops--and we were thrilled at the enthusiasm everyone shared for the festival. We're excited by it, but then we've been hard at work pulling together the schedule and crafting the feel of the festival. It's always nice to know we're on target!

We still hold out hope that we'll be able to post the schedule before the holidays. At the same time we're working on that, we're also grateful for the help of UNC technology folks Jon Outlaw and Brian Payst, who are helping create mobile content for CHAT, which should make for a neat experience for attendees with smartphones.

The good news is that we've asked for some guest blog posts, and it looks like we're in business! Expect in the next few weeks to start hearing from people "on the ground" in the festival.

In the meantime, we'll keep you posted as things progress. Thanks for checking in with us!