I have organized and facilitated conferences for thirty years. I create Conferences That Work - "structured unconference" conferences that adapt to participants' needs, and that include opportunities for personal and group reflection and development.

My book "Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love" was published in November 2009.

My next book will be about participative techniques for conference sessions.

I am a former elementary particle physicist, information technology consultant, professor of computer science, and co-owner of a solar manufacturing company. I live with my wife Celia in Marlboro, Vermont, am active in the non-profit world, and love to sing and dance.

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Feb 4
All: Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
"I'm up for dinner on Saturday night with everyone."
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Feb 4
All: Italian or Spanish?
"Prefer Italian; will be around for both nights and would be happy to sample both."
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Feb 2
All: First Time Moderating, yikes!
"Christina, seek me out on Friday night. I've moderated many panels and would be happy to talk if that would be helpful."
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Feb 2
All: Viewing offers of openspace topics
"OK, it's the week of the event. I'm excited! Let's share our ideas for the Open Space sessions. I would be happy to lead two - one about the heart of my book "Conferences That Work" and one about how to end conferences MEANINGFULLY."
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Jan 23
All: who's staying at hotel Friday night?
"That's a bargain for Le Cirque. Count me in!"
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Jan 19
All: Viewing offers of openspace topics
"Is there some way we can see the sessions that people offered when registering? In my experience it's useful to share this information in advance, when available."
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Jan 18
All: Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
"I'm leaving on Sunday at 11, so would be interested in dinner & breakfast companionship."
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Jan 18
All: who's staying at hotel Friday night?
"I'm also arriving Friday afternoon/evening; thinking about taking the Amtrak Vermonter. Would love to meet up with others."

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Adrian S
Feb 8
Web Site 14 things I learned at EventCamp 2010 (Part two of my reflections on EventCamp 2010, held February 6th in New York City. Part One here.) As at every good conference, it was th...
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Feb 7
Web Site First impressions from EventCamp 2010 (This is the first of two posts about EventCamp 2010. This one contains my first impressions; tomorrow I’ll write about what I learned th...
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Feb 1
Web Site The Difference Engine William Gibson & Bruce Sterling’s The Difference Engine introduces us to an alternative world where electronics was never discovered, whe...
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Jan 26
Web Site Encouraging risky learning at conferences Think of the last time you were with a group of people and made a stretch to learn something. Perhaps you admitted you didn’t understand ...
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Jan 25
Web Site Six principles of conversation While reading Margaret Wheatley’s lovely book turning to one another I ran across the six principles she has “learned to emphasize” befor...