Monday, March 29, 2010

Typo 4: X-am Conference Dayz

300 Registered Attendees (not including guest speakers, staff, lecturers)

3 day event
College campus: Classrooms for smaller gatherings, Auditorium for "open to all" events, Cafeteria

Mornings: (does not include first day with registration)
     Workshops (hands on interactions, 1-2 professionals/15-20 people per room, several going on at once)
     Keynote Presentations (professionals talking about themselves, issues in their work, personal
         experience 20-30 people, several going on at once, time for questions)
     Round Table Discussions (interactive discussions about design, issues in design, thoughts of the
         future. 1-2 professionals/10-15 people, several going on at once)

Afternoons:
     Booths open (one main room, free time, time to see demonstrations/network/pick up business or
         school materials)
     Portfolio Reviews (one on one interactions professional-student, professional-professional, time for about 3 reviews per attendee)
     Lunch (open/free time for individual or group interactions, on or off site)

Evenings:
     Lectures (by guest speakers/renowned designers, auditorium setting, open to everyone) (one per night,
         possibly replaced by debate)
     Debate (guest speaker to guest speaker, auditorium setting, open to everyone) (one per night, possibly
         replaced by lecture)
     Dinner (open/free time for individual or group interactions on or off site)
     Mixers (dance/open bar/site seeing, time for social networking, open to everyone)

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