Looking for a reason to go to NI-week 2006?

Check out this entry in the LabVIEW Champions' Blog...
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"crelf" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
My post was a link to an item in the blog - in the interest of keeping the conversation together, I've replied on the blog (I hope you don't mind).Message Edited by crelf on 07-04-2006 02:25 PM
I don't mind, but I don't see how I can respond...
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Wiebe@CARYA wrote:
The plane ticket, hotels, food, and entry costs might add up to 6000 USD.
Sure: if you're flying business class all they way from New Zealand, staying in the Presidential suite at the Marriot and eating lobster all week I'm not sure where you got US6k from (I know that the Netherlands is long way to come from), but there are a number of ways to do it for much less than that...
I said it "might" add up to 6k USD For now I can only estimate, and I admid 6k is a worst case (or bad) estimate. Still, food, flight, airport taxes, cab fair, etc., it adds up...
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Wiebe@CARYA wrote:
But how to justify it from a commercial point of view?
Perhaps you're missing my blog's point - it's all about the people and the knowledge you gain from meeting with those people. The discussions you have with the people at NI-Week can justify the cost alone, not to mention the component ideas you might get from the exhibition and conference sessions. That said, if by "justify" you mean that you're only going to get good customer leads from the conference and a directly tangable financial return, then there's little doubt that you will fail That said, the knowledge you gain from the people can be directly applied to current and future projects, thus reducing your costs and increasing your capabilities - a secondary and tertiary financial gain, but it can be much more valuable than a direct sale or two (depending on your persepctive, I suppose...)
We have NI days here, and some NI week presentations are repeated here. I also read some NI week presentations online. No big eyeopeners there... NI days is mostly interresting for networking (meeting colleages). I know there are ways to save money by getting "hands on" knowledge, but I'd has to be sure a lot of knowledge to balance with the costs.
I guess I just have to try it out... I'm sure I'll enjoy myself...
Regards,
Wiebe.

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