 Why not use technology to find people to talk to at a conference?
fburnaby: I'm in town for a conference which starts tomorrow. I was planning on seeing the talks that sound interesting, and then talking to the speakers, or other people who thought that same talk would be interesting.I agree with you that I'm not here for the talks, but everyone still goes to them (at least the marine-ecologists at the conference with me), so I won't have anyone to meet while there's a talk going on, anyways. Go to the talks, and see who goes to the same sessions that you do!