What happens in the summit's interstices are as important as its organized sessions and events. A (rather large) bunch of the IAs from the DC area met this evening for dinner and beyond. Among a hundred other topics some of us talked a bit about what next year's summit might hold. Keynote possibilities: David Byrne (a recent article in... what publication? about his berserk work in PowerPoint); Scott McCloud (whose name just keeps coming up); and - help me out guys, who else did we talk about?
Another thought. Show of hands at the keynote reveals the surprising and wonderful fact that maybe 60% of this year's participants are attending their first summit. What does this mean, particularly for crafting next year's program?
Posted by ssurla at February 29, 2004 05:08 AMI'd be game for Byrne or McCloud. What about Tufte (apologies if he came prior to 2003)? Agreed that 60% new people is great, though I would love to see more return attendees year-to-year. It seems that there are about 320 people this year, as compared to ~250 last year. Good news.
Posted by: Brett Lider at February 29, 2004 08:18 AM