Bob,
I had a chance to talk with one of the event managers, Christine, and she
said that ITEC will be back in 2003, but in a different format. The new
format would be more focused on security, networking, and one other area (I
don't remember what that one was) and that it would have less general
appeal (they are projecting maybe 1000 attendees). She also said that they
want to provide fee based certification training as part of the show. She
did not specify the area(s) of focus for the training, but this is what she
related to me. I don't know any certification programs that can do much
training in a one or two day format.
My objective when talking with Christine was to address the issue that you
raise about being in the sticks. I am accustomed to professionally produced
shows that actually draw exhibitors and attendees; i.e. Comdex,
NetWorld/InterOp, and the like. When you can walk in the door and see the
entire show floor and read all the signs, it is pretty underwhelming. I
asked why we were primarily seeing mostly resellers rather than true
vendors. The answer was that the vendors don't want to step on the toes of
their resellers, in reality the answer is, the show is too small and
unattractive (5000 attendees) for the vendors to spend much money.
Personally I want to get more in depth knowledge as to why things were done
certain ways, why they didn't include specific technologies, where the
products and company are headed, etc. and this show doesn't do that. With a
new 1 million square foot convention center I would expect the show to be
headed toward bigger and better, not smaller and weaker! Christine stated
that many of the big show producers are cutting back on their shows. If
that is the case I would think the interest of vendors in regional shows
would increase and we could get a better show in Portland. Also, my
experience is that event trainings can be extremely successful when they
are very focused (new technologies), of short (60 to 90 minutes) duration,
and hands-on for each attendee.
I don't know how others feel, but if you are like me, it may be of benefit
to state our preferences to ITEC. The producers of ITEC are based in
Portland. They need to poll the attendees to find out what they do and do
not want to see in a show and they need to poll the vendors to find out
what will bring them to Portland. Then they need to correlate the two polls
and develop a show that meets the needs of both groups, instead of simply
thinking they know best. It doesn't work that way!
Regards,
Tom Staskiewicz
Information Security Officer
First Consumers National Bank
' 503.520.7947
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Did I miss something? Are you saying that ITEC won't be back next year?
If
so, rats! I don't get out much being here in the sticks, but that is the
only show I can usually make, though not this year due to major projects at
work. Say it ain't so.
Rob
Robert S. Jacobsen
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Cowlitz Water Pollution Control Plant
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It'll also be the last ITEC...
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> Just a quick note to let you know I am presenting "Thanks for Making it
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> Wed and Thursday (Dec 11, 12).
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> This is my favorite talk, since it is so fun to present. It has been
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> Talks link:
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> Structured Link
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