Buffer overflow in line Lotusphere 2007

January 21 2007

Well now we know -- advertise it as a five day conference, and people will plan to attend all five days.  WOW.  We had full jumpstarts, lines for hands-on labs that stetched out the door, and 250% of projected stomachs eating lunch in the Dolphin.

So there's lots of people here -- in fact, we had another huge chunk of registrants at the last minute, so that there are now a LOT more people here than any of the last five.  Presumably you'll hear a number at some point, but it's enough that I advise you to get there early for sessions you want to attend.  That includes the opening general session -- it WILL overflow to the Swan Ballroom, and that's even with sending all IBMers and product showcase vendors over there in advance.

The content team is already working on scheduling additional repeats -- we saved some big rooms at the end of the conference for just such a purpose -- but I'm sure we'll still see a bit of frustration on this front.  Thanks for your patience...as I told the content team, ultimately, this is a good problem to have.

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  1. 1  Phil West  | 1/21/2007 5:59:20 PM

    It sounds exciting. Is this all generated from the interest in the Hannover release or are there other factors at work?

  1. 2  Charles Robinson http://cubert-codepoet.blogspot.com | 1/21/2007 8:26:31 PM

    Ed, the situation at lunch today was *ridiculous*. Okay, it overflowed, stuff happens. But there was nobody directing people, and they were woefully unprepared for the onslaught at Yacht & Beach. I spent over 20 minutes getting from the Swan (where my last morning session was) to Y&B, then another 30 minutes in line. If my morning session hadn't finished early I would have been late for my afternoon session.

    I know you can't do anything about this, but I'm hoping someone is reading who can.

  1. 3  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 1/21/2007 10:02:50 PM

    @2 Yacht & Beach? I thought that lunch was only for business development day, not jumpstarts/hands-on. How did you end up there?

  1. 4  Charles Robinson http://cubert-codepoet.blogspot.com | 1/22/2007 6:34:16 AM

    I'm assigned to Dolphin for lunch, and apparently it overflowed. It was also apparent that the folks at Y&B weren't aware that we were coming. Hopefully today goes a little better.

  1. 5  Stuart McIntyre http://macsfacts.vox.com | 1/22/2007 10:15:39 AM

    Yup, OGS overflowed, though I was fortunate to be in the second row, so got some great photos.

    Wild Bill's Worst Practices session has just filled the main room and overflow, and thats with a repeat session already scheduled. Wow, this is already a wonderful 'Sphere...