They hide all speakers in the speakers' lounge and anybody else who is high-profile as well.<p>All conferences have this feature, a so-called speakers lounge creating a 2-class conference, but it doesn't make it better.<p>People buy a 1K ticket and all the bit higher profile folks are <i>never</i> anywhere, just not visible. Because they stay nicely together in their lofty lounge, all the time. Btw, most do not leave immediately after their gig (this is what people assume).<p>On top, the speakers are barely high-profile on this conference, just one or two. Moreover, they have to perform multiple times. Seems TechCrunch couldn't get enough and high-end speakers.<p>Wasted money.
Probably your decision to support these events. As far as I can tell the CCC Congresses are mostly high class with speakers running around all over the place.