Go Book James Lindsay … Now!

As a Professor I get invited to talk at many conferences, and yesterday it was a Resilience and Business Continuity conference at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh [here]:

What struck me as I approach the registration point was that although there were well over 200 people registered, there were only a few registration badges that were unclaimed. I had never seen anything like that in any conference I have attended.

Normally you look at — at least — a 20% drop-off, but it just wasn’t there. This was an eager audience and a great programme, and as I looked down the programme I was impressed that it wasn’t just the same old presenters that we seen at other events — apart from me, of course- but was refreshing in the scope of the talks:

These were true experts in the field, and had been selected as they challenged existing thinking.

And for an afternoon session, the hall was packed to the rafters, and not a seat to be had. There would be no drop-off at this conference. It is now my third year…