So, I’ll start this diatribe, with a confession: I am at a conference right now writing this post, and I just got charged $270 for 2 crappy plastic chairs because I forgot the two folding chairs in my garage, so I am a bit salty on that point.
I'll join you. How about the 30-50 minute+ talks that are back-to-back, you don't get to digest much information. If it is new information, it could be quickly lost. This goes on for 4 hours, then lunch where you meet and greet and have little time to understand what you learned (unless you talk with someone to knowledge share and reflect on that information - though, does that happen for all the talks you saw).
After lunch, more of the same, or you are trying to listen and there are conversations behind you which can be distracting, especially when people try to whisper.
Then in the evening you go to social events, out on the beach, sight-seeing, then try to reflect on the day and then go to bed and then repeat.
I'll join you. How about the 30-50 minute+ talks that are back-to-back, you don't get to digest much information. If it is new information, it could be quickly lost. This goes on for 4 hours, then lunch where you meet and greet and have little time to understand what you learned (unless you talk with someone to knowledge share and reflect on that information - though, does that happen for all the talks you saw).
After lunch, more of the same, or you are trying to listen and there are conversations behind you which can be distracting, especially when people try to whisper.
Then in the evening you go to social events, out on the beach, sight-seeing, then try to reflect on the day and then go to bed and then repeat.