My heart went out to the vendors in the Expo, each time I passed through, normally at 9am, lunch, coffee, or 6pm, the place looked empty. The vendors where all talking to each other. I have to say I made it a point to vist almost every booth through out the 4 days...
I would love to hear what the vendor's thought?
I mainly partcipated in the Strategy and Business Model track and I have to say the best sessions were interactive. For example; Soren Stamer, CoreMedia provided such an extreme real-world example it engaged the audience into a discusion. Andrei Nabergoj, New Europe Online, had a small group attending Thursday morning, but had everyone introduce themselves and state why they are attending his session that lead to a very interactive session. Lee Bryant also kept us from chasing our tails on a tool discussion in the Enterprise 2.0 session. Stating that it is really about organizational change and adoption, not tools! That open a very informative discussion... These are a few examples....I wish I could point too more....
Don't get me wrong each room and expo was nice, but way too spread out. Most conference participants camped out on the floor over lunch versus heading up to the Expo floor. The layout needed to set up better to ensure traffic through the expo floor providing benefits to the participants and vendors.