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Re: Thoughts on Conference Endings

notafish — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:59:54 -0000

Oeuf corse, je serai ravie de voir les résultats de ton petit sondage.

Re: Thoughts on Conference Endings

notafish — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:59:16 -0000

bien sûr, je serai ravie de connaître les résultats de ton petit sondage :)

Re: Thoughts on Conference Endings

westi — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:19:42 -0000

That kind of behaviour at an event that I have paid to attend would make me feel like the organisers were solely interested in making money at any cost and that they did not value the quality of the participants experience.

Re: Thoughts on Conference Endings

Suw — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:38:02 -0000

Oh, I was going to write a post that said exactly what you have! The end was awful. I was trying to have a conversation with someone at the seating outside of the B8 room, but I had a headache and the clanging and clanking of stands being dismantled really meant I couldn't cope, so we retreated to the speaker lounge. Even in there, all I could really hear were the sounds of things being taken down.

And this was *during* the last session. It really was awful - if nothing else it was rude and showed a disrespect for the final speakers, but it also left a very bad taste in my mouth. Really, was there any need for the stands to be dismantled at 4pm? The conference finished pretty early - at about 4.30pm or 5pm - and there was a party on at 10pm that night, so I can't see why there couldn't have been a closing drinks session until 7pm. OK, some people would have had to leave a bit early, but make sure there's something worth staying for on the schedule and most people will.

I've been to a lot of conferences, but I've never been to one where the expo was dismantled and gone before the talks were even over.

Re: Thoughts on Conference Endings

Sérgio Rebelo — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:00:24 -0000

I think SHiFT did this in a great way. Tara Hunt was clearly one of the most expected talkers, and she was the last one. In the last day, the sessions ended earlier to have room for some glasses of wine from the sponsor. And there was that unforgettable pizza party afterwards.