By the way, this method works very well. Instead of a gauntlet of vendor booths you have a simple table, chairs, and possibly some demonstration items. It makes it very easy to sit down and have a conversation with reps from the given sponsor. Like Tony said, these are generally more technical individuals, not the sales types you'd typically see at a trade show. Also, the sponsors tend to be more relaxed because they don't feel obligated to man a booth all day long.

I know for sure that the Yealink folks are going to bring a number of phones to set up and demo for our attendees. Many of our other sponsors will also have ways to demonstrate their offerings. In any case, you will definitely get a chance to talk to the people that matter. For example, from Flowroute we will have the co-founder of the company there. From Sangoma we have two engineers. Add to that the guy who wrote FreeSWITCH, the guy who wrote OpenSIPS, the guy who wrote Kamailio, the co-founder of 2600hz, the CTO of OnSIP/Junction Networks... the list goes on.

It's a can't-miss event if ever there was one.

-Michael