LinkedIn is full of mixed messages - some like Oliver use 18,000, while others including those in ELT say 20,000 in crowd. Didn’t they know actual attendance or at very minimal have an agreed messaging on communication. All we see is AI and AI focused contents. Can those in attendance confirm or deny? Was there enough booze and parties with related side fun. Anything jumps out?
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Some adjunct events were open to the partner and customer communities.
Umm...it's a 'Sales' conference...of course numbers are inflated and unreliable.
Mouth-breathers who think getting a free plane ticket and a few nights in a mid-tier hotel is worth serving time at a D-list company
$3000 is being extremely conservative. Half of them have to fly international. All of them have to stay in more than expensive hotels.
What difference does the number make ?
All will be forgotten in 30 days…
20,000 x $3,000 = $60,000,000
3k includes flights, meals, hotel, special guests and ground transportation
they could have hired 2 maybe 3 "AI experts" for that.
GXS is designed to pump up and feel good event.