SoutheastCon 2007 The following have been accomplished since the October 2006 report. Web site has been updated to include all student program contest rules. Hotel and conference registrations have been coming steadily. December 15 is the deadline for submitting technical papers (> 75 papers submitted). There are 22 professors on the peer review committee chaired by Prof. Tao (UVA) and Prof Bohn. (V. Tech). There is one registered exhibitor and three in the process. Saturday night Banquet speaker Dr. Peter Jobse, CEO, Center for Innovative Technology, accepted our invitation. Saturday lunch speaker Dr. Suresh Joshi, NASA, Virginia, accepted our invitation. An invitation has been sent to Mayor Douglas Wilder, City of Richmond, to provide welcoming remarks at the Friday night reception. Planning for the following workshops is underway: Project Management, Short circuit Calculations & system Protection, Embedded Systems Design, Soft Skills Development. Tutorials are being submitted and reviewed. Conference program booklet cover competition guidelines are being finalized. The committee meets Saturday December 15, 2006, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Dominion Innsbrook Technical Center. Call-in number is 1-866-740-1260, Access code is 273-3590. Adeeb Hamzey SoutheastCon 2007 Co-chair