"Would you do better for all of the seminars to have the less popular ones at the better times. The less popular seminars had almost no attendance as the last ones of the day, while the really popular ones were crowded. Would more people have stuck around late in the day if the seminar they really wanted to attend was at 4:30? Would more people have gone to the less popular ones if they were right in the middle of the day, just to check them out?"

That's a great question Don... but before I answer it, I just want to say that regarding the gay seminar Hammer, to my recollection, that was the only poorly attended seminar out of 15. If someone cares enought about a particular seminar, they are going to go to it as long as the timing is reasonable enough. The gay seminar conflicted with no other sponsored activity, and in actuality, despite the glaring lack of support I received from many in the gay community, I positioned the traffic seminar right before it, because I had a hunch the traffic seminar would play to a packed house (I was right) and henceforth, was planning on some of the audience sticking around for one more, but unfortunately that wasn't the case in this instance. The other end of the day seminars on Thurs and Sat (Women in adult and amateur panel) were both well attended...

Which brings me to Don's question and as you can see there was a method to my madness IMO, you need to start out each day with a very strong seminar (strong meaning speakers who have proven to be able to get butts in seats and/or topics that typically have drawn large crowds in the past). Then you have to shape the day out alternating topics and strengths... it's like a big puzzle really. But IMO also there are also no better times than others with the exception that it's tricky to schedule anything before noon. All afternoon times are good.