RE: Common vs IBM's tech conf

[Chris Cole <ChrisC@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon or others

I've attended the tech conf in Europe (La Hulpe, Belgium) and I have the
opportunity to attend the Rochester event this year.  Do you know if
they are similar events?

Regards

Chris

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Jon.Paris@halinfo.it [SMTP:Jon.Paris@halinfo.it]
        Sent:   02 March 1999 22:42
        To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        Common vs IBM's tech conf

        Speaking as a speaker (the only capacity in which I get to
attend anything)
        I tend to think of the differences between the IBM conference
and COMMON
        this way.  I leave it to the reader to decide which is pro and
which is con
        as this varies according to your taste.

        COMMON:

        Very large number of sessions on a wide variety of topics -
sometimes tough
        to chose the good ones and the sessions are too short to have
time to find
        another if you make a bad selection.

        Lower cost (no meals included).

        Sessions are 1 hour (as a speaker I find this too restrictive -
but they
        are trying some longer sessions)

        Theater style seating (no desks)

        Lots of Labs, but hard to get into the good ones.  Limited to
zero access
        outside of fixed Lab times.

        COMMON is much bigger with a better expo (3,000 - 5,000 people)
terrific
        networking opportunities but some people find it intimidating.



        IBM Tech Conference.

        Much smaller scale (900 - 1,200 people)

        Meals (breakfast and lunch plus one dinner and one reception)
included -
        attendees eating together plus smaller size makes for a more
intimate
        experience.  Lunch in particular provides a good networking
opportunity.

        Sessions are 1.5 hours - more time for questions and to explore
topics the
        audience find tough/interesting

        Lecture style seating (desks)

        Fewer Labs but repeated often enough that you can always get a
seat.  Lab
        rooms are open out of hours for further practice.



        Hope this helps.


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