I agree. I have sat in forum seminars before and it is incredibly spammy and very little meat is given out. Panel "experts", (they always seem to grab the same people over and over again, likely for the reason you stated about flaky panel 'experts'.. ) seemingly don't give out meat because they feel it is giving away the store. This mostly occurs with panels that deal with "how to" topics, whereas those dealing with advise from attorneys, accountants, etc, (things adult webmasters generally can't compete with), seem to provide the most informative substance .

That said, it still makes no sense to me that they don't at least list the seminar subjects instead of TBA, or Tutorials, or Morning Session. I'd rather not spend the money to show up for the same tired spammy, self ingratiating, "talking in circles without really revealing any information" schedule of "tutorials" or "morning sessions" unless I knew it was worth it.

For those that attend the parties and rub elbows, perhaps going to phoenix and attending the parties is worth it. For those that go to "learn" from a sharing of ideas and discussions, which I believe is the essence of a "forum",
without an defined list of ideas or topics to be discussed in advance, it seems a bit empty to me.





Quote Originally Posted by Madame0120 View Post
I sat a panel once, and was struck by the fact that there was zero information about ME or anyone else handed out to the audience. I thought, humm - no wonder why these seminars can get a lil spammy.

So, I offered to compile info sheets, for the next show I was attending.

Guess I shouldn't have been suprised that I was told that speakers bail so often, no one can keep up. Personally, I would NEVER promised my time and not show up, even when there's very little of the "what's in it for ME" factor.

And who doesn't feel for the folks who work so hard to mount a great event, and some of the cast of characters are AWOL? :wtf: