Exactly. I attend conferences for work, and every single one has free receptions and snacks. Not free, but cost is covered by vendors or the price of registration. And:
Exactly, again.
Maybe as stated above it makes the cost of registration cheaper for everyone else, but I can’t imagine it feels great to be there and watch a bunch of fellow attendees slurping and snacking and yourself being fended off by, what? security guards at the coffee station?
I admit, I’m unfamiliar with this particular conference. But seems tone-deaf.
