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OK. I'm coming.
Anniversary celebration will be a day late. With Wife's blessing.

SO now I have to decide about conference pass and schedule.
I've never done IRCE. Although I've exhibited at countless trade shows, I've actually never been an attendee at one of them! A trade show for me has always been insane amounts of work building the booth, and customer interactions pre and post-show. But the idea of a conference with speakers and networking opportunities and attending as buyer of services and actually learning some things is new to me.

Anyone who's been to IRCE before, can you please share the vibe or tone of the show?
Do most attendees buy the conference passes?
Do they let you "jump tracks", or do you have to commit to JUST the Amazon track or JUST the Technology track, etc...
Is there ANY time for the exhibit hall if you want to have a relatively full conference schedule?
Just trying to determine if a full conference pass is worth the investment.

PS - FORGET about hotel rooms for June 3 if you haven't already booked. A huge medical convention leaves town on the 4th and Chicago has next to zero occupancy. I'm probably gonna take a 6am flight in on the 4th.

Hope to see all of you there.
J