Originally Posted by Rictor

Hmm...yah, the high fee does tend to keep out the riffraff non-webmasters. Considering that the convention is in Vegas and there are tons of tourists walking around that know there are porn stars there, if it was a cheap admission, there'd probably be a ton of nonwebmasters at the show.

As for the seminars, aren't they just there so whoever is holding the seminar can try to sell you something? Like whoever gives a seminar on SEO is actually trying to sell you their SEO toolkit or something?