"360Conferences" is a brand new concept of conference organization created by the keen eye of Tom Ortega and John Wilker, well known protagonists of the international Adobe users' community.
The 360 number not only indicates how wide and complete the topics' treatment in such conferences is: it also recurs because the entry fees are kept as low as 360 USD or Euros (which is definetly a more than affordable amount for a high level 3-day conference) and the available tickets are limited to 360 units (more or less).
In other words, 360 is a magic number which encompasses a successfull formula for conferences!
In occasion of the next (and first!) European 360 Conference appointment (April 2008 in Milan) totally dedicated to Adobe Flex, however, a particular problem arose and is now being examined: US speakers' trip to Europe is pretty expensive while the 360 formula does not include any form of reimbursement for them!
After the first protests related to the unforeseen reimbursements for the speakers' flight and/or lodging, Tom and Mike had the great idea to submit a question to the entire community: should the 360 formula be adjusted as a consequence of the long distance flight, or should it be kept unchanged, even though some speakers might not participate for budgetary reasons?
The survey can be accessed here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=yGMLUk_2f4IRYXqoobzijRuQ_3d_3d
while the live results may be seen here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=vYl0EBqFwQOrWCuur46_2bDfittExkiV1oYuHuVUgA6k8_3d
You are all invited to tell yours!