Conference no show

摘要

What is the worst thing that could happen to you when presenting at an industry conference? Computer failure? A pounding hangover? Or even falling off the stage? While all of these situations involve varying degrees of embarrassment, there is a fate even worse. At the recent AMEC National Mining Congress two presenters had the unenviable task of having to make their presentations to an audience you could count on one hand. As this journo arrived after lunch on the first day to hear what Joe Cucuzza and Dr Alan Goode of AMIRA International had to say, he was stunned to find the room empty.