Vancouver will not be anything like Vegas, frankly.
Vegas is a big show, everyone goes, there's lots of excitement, booths, naked women running around, naked gay men running around, tons of parties every night, that sort of thing.
Vancouver is a small event designed for networking. I think we have capped it at 250 attendees in order to keep it that way this year.
Vegas has a bit of everything for everyone. If you don't like sponsor a, or dont want to go to sponsor b's wild party, then you can always do something that sponsors c, d, or e have going on.
Vancouver is designed specifically for the attendees to be able to have quiet conversations, network, meet new people in more of a group setting.
I'm certainly not knocking Vegas, heck I've had some of my best deals happen in Vegas. Vancouver, however, is not designed to replace or compete with Vegas in any way, shape or form.
Vancouver is going to offer some things that Vegas cannot, purely due to size and time constraints, such as the golf tournament (even if you don't play you are going to want to participate), sponsor meeting areas away from the crowd, a much more relaxed atmosphere, and the chance to meet everyone you need to that is in attendance, as long as the other party is agreeable to meeting you.
There are different shows for different types of business, this one is designed to be low key and productive
