This note was sent out to all attendees earlier today, we’re re-posting on the blog to make sure it reaches everyone.

I want to take a moment and talk again about why we chose to present sessions as discussions this year as it’s important for everyone to understand.

We’re asking discussion leaders to help the people in their audience answer any questions they have about the topic they are speaking/leading.  Putting the emphasis on takeaways for the conference and attendee’s time. If we can help the people who have to come learn and grow by sharing our knowledge and having a discussion, that’s a pretty good return on their investment into PCB4.

This weekend if you have a question, here’s your chance to get the answer.  If someone isn’t leading a discussion on the question you’ve come to answer, take advantage of the open areas and open document (location will be announced on Sat. AM) to get your questions answered.

In the meantime, you can check the schedule for topics of interest to see what people are looking forward to discussing this weekend.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted a session, the schedule is now full up and we’re working on getting it up for you to print/view/make your own list.  Those who have registered sessions but not yet registered at Eventbrite to attend the event have their sessions on hold and will be receiving notice of that via email.

We should have the final version posted this weekend.  Stay tuned.

Here’s a few reminders and updates.

• Hotel group rate closes on July 28th! The group rate is $119 a night at the Doubletree Bayside, only a 5 minute walk from the venue.  You can get the rate by visiting the hotel page for Podcamp Boston.
• Registration with lunch included will close on Tuesday, July 28th in order for us to get accurate numbers to the catering department.  If you want lunch with your ticket, you must register before July 28th.
• Registration to lead a discussion (not presenting but a conversation) is still open, if you’re interested helping to answer questions or have a question that’s burning to be answered, sign up to lead the discussion and get the answers.
• Parking is available at the venue, the cost is $6 a day.  Not so bad and right next door to the building.  However, the red line stop at JFK/UMass has a shuttle bus that drives to the front door of the venue as well.  It’s the first stop.  (Don’t worry, we’ll mention this in the guide.)

We’re still looking for lunch sponsors. Even smaller sponsorships will help cover the costs, since the venue is isolated a bit it’s important that we manage to make this happen.  If you or your company is interested in sponsoring please check out the sponsors page let us know.

There’s been an expression of interest into the questions/discussion/questions that will be asked at Podcamp Boston 4. It’s only fair that someone who would travel from far away wants to know what to expect at a Podcamp and we’re happy to oblige!

We’ve added a Schedule Preview page with discussion leaders, their questions and a description so you can browse and keep up to date on what will be happening at Podcamp Boston this year.

Note that this is only a preview, discussions are subject to change by the leaders. The dates and times will be set in a few weeks, at which time you’ll have the actual schedule to help you plan what questions you want to get answers to or discussions you want to participate in.

You can get it here on the website with daily updates on the website or subscribe to the RSS feed of changes!