Pub. 1 2018-2019 Issue 1

M any falsely believe that since they can now access industry information via the Internet that the days of the live meet- ings are gone. The truth is, meetings are more important than ever. The value in meetings comes from the human-to-human connections that occur. Often people cite the serendipitous“hallway conversations”that they have with other attendees as the most valu- able parts of attending an event. While these are not on the agenda, or mentioned in the breakout sessions learning objectives, when two ormorepeoplebegin todiscuss topics onadeeper andpersonal level, the success of the event to those involvedbecomes irreplaceable. It is the people that bring the ROI to your time at a conference. Again, thank you to those that attended, and for those that didn’t, we hope to see you next year! 26