Director, Travel
Overall the conference was good. It seems that many were first time attendees, not many return attendees. Is there a reason why?
The first day was mainly panel discussions which tend to be very generic in content. I liked the round table and the facilitator was good in doing a round-robin inquiry of each person to ensure that all got to exchange if they chose to do so (Zii??). To improve this session, put tables further apart or have groups in different rooms. It was way too noisy to hear and communicate effectively. Alon was excellent as the facilitator/emcee on the first day. Kept the energy up. I liked his personal post email as well.
Day 2 - so much more informative. The facilitator day 2 was good as well. Liked having minimal panels and specific speakers to a topic. The round tables were good but not well attended due to everyone leaving. Suggestion to rethink the timeline of the conference. If people are going home for the afternoon sessions then perhaps end the conference earlier of start at 2p day 1, all day day 2, and end at 1p, day three. Maybe people will attend for the entire time.
General session room, day 1, was too small. Would love to had updates on the team competition throughout the conference and which charity won.
Location was good. Thankfully, other restaurants in the village for evenings. Otherwise those who used rideshare to the venue would have been held hostage to the hotel.
Thanks for extending a 2-for-1 so we could attend.