regional ITEA fees - charged to exhibitors

[BVD Press]

It seems to me that this thread is a repeat of a thread from yesteryear.

Got a link? I am always curious how opinions change over the years. Either from experience, circumstances or sometimes just age...

[Mark]

I agree that it seems some of these events gouge exhibitors. Academics who run a lot of them have greatly inflated ideas of how much exhibitors make off them. Of course many academics don't understand how the real world really works (especially the business world) since they never have to meet a payroll etc.

Thanks for my laugh of the day.

This story is entirely pertinent to this thread. One of my physical chemistry professors had been a student of Niels Bohr. This professor, who will remain nameless for the upcoming reason, liked to tell us how he had to get Bohr soft drinks because Bohr could not learn how to operate the soft drink machine at the institute. This professor thought that was funny. Later this same professor had to ask my class how many inches were in a foot. He didn’t know.