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Some other suggestions: 1. It is time for the conference to go to a 2-day format next year, and perhaps have fewer parallel sessions. What was a "meeting" has become a true conference -- several hundred attendees, lots of different kinds of talks, etc. (I have to admit -- it's heartwarming to see the community has grown to this scale!) The costs will be a little higher for the rooms, food and A/V stuff, but not double if fewer sessions are parallel. 2. Bring in an invited speaker, perhaps even one per day, from outside the community (only if we go to a 2-day format, because otherwi...