Have to agree with the Professor – not charging affiliates is an absolute must in my opinion. It’s the only way you’ll get affiliates to continually attend conferences… therefore the only way you’ll get operators to attend in future.
Some new entertaining ideas to get people in to panel sessions would be good going forward. I’d definitely like to see an Affiliate Manager Lie Detector Session at some point. I think the Professor could easily take on the Jerry Springer mantle!