Being glued to a booth, I did not see as much of DAC as I would have liked. However, I still managed to see many old friends and meet a couple of new ones. That is what DAC has become for me – an event for renewing exisitng relationships and starting new ones.
This social aspect of DAC was acknowledged in a track titled “Conversation Central” which had its own small room near the Synopsys booth. Sean Murphy, Harry Gries, John Cooley and others led sessions centered on communications and media. Unfortunately, I was able to attend only one of them.
I have not seen the attendance numbers for this year’s DAC but it felt very low.
![IMG_0019 A crowd-free DAC in 2009](http://blog.freemodelfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_0019-1024x768.jpg)
This picture was taken about 11 am Wednesday. It looks like the exhibitors may outnumber the attendees. There were about twice as many people on free Monday.
I can think of many reasons for the low turn out – but I would rather hear what you think.
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