The conference is getting bigger. Last attendance was, I think, about 2000-2500. My gut level impression is that we're looking at much closer to 5000 this year. Much more of the convention center has been taken over (almost all of it). Not for the better sadly. The CC isn't well laid out and it's in a "U" shape on 3 and 4 levels and sometimes one has to go about 1/2 way around in order to move from level 2 to level 4. So I'm walking much, much further than before, and seeing less of the same people, both because of the layout of the panels (in far distant corners of the CC) and the sheer number of people.
That said, today I've spoken to folks from Meebo, PETA (yes, PETA), the Peace Corps, Findlaw, and the Texas Board of Education.
Still a good conference - and perhaps a higher level of speakers - just heard Henry Jenkins of MIT talk - but it'll take more work to get something out of it.
Posted by artandscience at March 8, 2008 01:53 PM