- Keynote Lecture: The Future of Entertainment. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Robert J. Bach, president Microsoft Corp. Entertainment & Devices division. Hill Hall, Auditorium. Festival badge required for entry.
- Festival on the Hill: An Electro-Acoustic Concert. 8 to 10 p.m. Electro-acoustic performance and composition, including world premiere performances of "War Peace" and a piece based on E.M. Forster's "Maurice." Memorial Hall. Coordinated by and featuring Stephen Anderson, UNC music faculty, composer and pianist. Free and open to the public.
Wednesday
- Soundbyte: The Ubiquity of Games. 12 to 1 p.m. Hyde Hall, Incubator. Festival badge required for entry.
- Festival Art Walk. 7 to 9 p.m. Wilson Library, The Pleasants Family Assembly Room. ITS-Manning, RENCI Engagement Center. FedEx Global Education Center, Peacock Atrium. Graham Memorial, The Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence. Hanes Art Center, The John and June Alcott Gallery. Carlyle Sitterson Hall. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, GlaxoSmithKline Fulldome Theater. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, NASA Digital Theater. Festival badge is required for entry.
Thursday
- Festival on the Hill/Process Series: Open Charanga Carolina Rehearsal. 7:30 to 9 p.m. In this open rehearsal Charanga Carolina offers the world premiere performance of "Circulo," a work for turntables and Latin ensemble. Gerrard Hall. Free and open to the public.
- The Virtual Performance Factory. 8 to 10 p.m. Interactive Project Exhibition: Experience a performance environment existing in the borderlands of real and virtual space in this live simulation of a video game. Swain Hall, Studio 6. Festival badge required for entry.
- DJ/VJ Dance Party. 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Student, local and visiting DJs will perform from the balconies while VJs, or video jockeys, project videos on screens around dancers on the main floor. The Bathysphere runs during the party, allowing participants the chance to interact with motion capture technology during the evening. Gerrard Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
Friday
- Keynote: Gaming and the Future of the Arts and Humanities. 2:30 to 4 p.m. Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Auditorium. Festival badge required for entry.
- Carolina Performing Arts Presents STREB:Brave Collaborative Performance. 8 to 10 p.m. STREB:Brave is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between New York choreographer Elizabeth Streb, composer David Van Teighem, and the MIT Media Lab. Memorial Hall. For tickets, call 843-3333.
Saturday
- Carolina Performing Arts Presents STREB:Brave Collaborative Performance. 8 to 10:00 p.m. Memorial Hall. Tickets: 843-3333.
