On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com> wrote: > ....Historically track sponsorship has been a bad > thing. Attendees don't like it (concerns over unbalanced content), PMCs > don't like it (non-sponsoring companies are pushed out) and sponsors get > upset that their tracks were not as well attended as others...
I agree with that - any form of sponsorship that might give the impression that sponsors can influence the conference content is not good. One thing that worked well in the past AFAIK was coffee break / lunch sponsoring - sponsors logos are seen at a happy time that has no impact on conference content. -Bertrand
