Week	Status
September	Recruit task force members, conduct, review 2015 conference survey, post presentations and photographs from 2015 conference, review conference timeline
October	Review/finalize conference organization, meeting processes
November	Begin marketing and sponsorship work
December	Begin keynote invites
January	Begin invited speaker solicitation, begin sponsor solicitation
February	Call for workshops, papers and panels
March	Begin reviewing abstracts, finalize workshops
April	Late-breaking call for papers
May	Call for contest participants, finalize schedule
June	RFP for 2017 location
July	Select/conform 2017 location and dates
August	Workshop and conference