FOSS4G 2011 Denver Attendance Projections
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Attendance Projections
"Accurate" attendance projections are extremely important to the early success of a conference the size of FOSS4G.
Brain Storming
Correlating Factors
- Economic Crisis
By Country
- Population
- Industrialization
- GDP as proxy
- Distance
- Local vs. Distant
- What is "local"?
- Number of Code Contributors
- Which projects?
By Region
- Distance
- Industrialization
Venue
One of the biggest decisions is what venue to hold the conference. Venues with larger capacities have a higher per-attendee cost. If we can come up with a reasonable range of number of attendees, we can make a better decision about the venue. The availability of a particular venue can also impact dates.
In Denver, there are several prospective venues:
- Colorado Convention Center
- Largest space: 5000 people
- Near light rail
- Denver Sheraton
- Largest space: 3000 people
- Near light rail
- Denver Tech Center Marriott
- Largest space: 1500 people
- Near light rail
- Denver Tech Center Hyatt Regency
- Largest space: 1350 people
- Near light rail*Denver Rennaissance
- Largest space: 1200 people
- Not near light rail
- Sheraton Denver West
- Largest space: 750 people
- New light rail station won't be operational until 2013
- Inverness Hotel and Conference Center
- Largest space: 600 people
- Near light rail