7 pm
Jobs Panel and Networking Salon
Addressing the needs of the unemployed, this year’s event features a hands-on Jobs Panel at 7 pm in the exhibition area with Craig Newmark of Craigslist.org; Sylvia Paull of Gracenet; Kenya Briggs and Andreas Ramos of the National Writers’ Union and Sean Ahern of the Center for Electronic Art. Ahearn plans to offer job interviews for openings at the Center for Electronic Art, and other panelists will provide practical advice for getting jobs in high-tech and related fields. After the panel discussion, attendees are welcome to use the exhibition area as a networking salon to connect with the panelists, exhibitors and one another.

8 pm
Media Revolution Roundtable Discussion, and Visionary Speakers
In the main room, a roundtable discussion at 8 pm features Jeff Perlstein, Director of Media Alliance; Joan Blades of MoveOn.org; Rose Aguilar, CNET Radio broadcaster and founder of News We Can Use; Danny Sheehan, social justice attorney, and Malcolm CasSelle, co-founder of NetNoir. The roster of distinguished speakers includes Shari Steele, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; Lawrence Hagerty, author of Spirit of the Internet, R.U. Sirius of The Thresher magazine, and Bruce Brugman, founder and publisher of the SF Bay Guardian, and Gerd Leipold, the Executive Director of Greenpeace.

9:30 pm - midnight
Live Music, Kesey Tribute
Human Be-In organizer/San Francisco Oracle publisher and poet Allen Cohen will perform spoken word pieces accompanied by pianist George Michalski. A special tribute to Ken Kesey, including a recent video of Kesey titled "Down by the River" will be presented by Gerald Nicosia, Roseanna Lourdeaux and Allen Cohen. Live music will be performed by Medicine Drum, L.I.F.E., and Kode IV. An EarthTroupe ritual interactive dance performance will provide a theatric dance segue between acts.

Exhibition
Exhibits will open at 7pm and include sponsor tables, jobs panelist tables,, an Avatar Theater produced by Virtual World Studios combining live action with virtual characters using Adobe Atmospheres virtual world software and other advanced applications, and a Video Screening Theater presented by Video Activism Network (a project of Whispered Media and SF Independent Media Center).

Midnight
A midnight Peace Dance will begin with Daniele Haskara and the Dancers of the Wings, followed by some of the Bay Area’s top DJs including Ms. E, Khaled elSayed, Dov, Goz, Cybervixen, ChiKa and Tom. As in the past, the Be-In will also showcase immersive projections by leading "VJs", including Arcane, Dr. Spook, TinaZ, VJ Luna and Technoir, with laser show by Patrick Flanagan’s LaseRave, on into the morning.