The first week
of December SkyTics attended and was a sponsor at the 3rd annual 2011 International Music Festival Conference (IMFCON) and the 8th annual 2011 International Film Festival Summit (IFFS), which were held concurrently in beautiful Austin Texas at the Omni conference center. These festival conferences are committed to promoting and strengthening the film and music festival industries through education, networking, dissemination of information, and the cultivation of high standards.
The conference attendees were all energetic, highly motivated, and eager to learn and interact with their colleagues, sponsors, and panel members. The sessions were very informative as the panels were composed of true industry veterans openly sharing their experiences both positive and negative. Overall the conference was reasonably well orchestrated. The new Director, Laurie Kirby, made every effort to maximize the conference value to the attendees and to the sponsors and personally followed up with SkyTics during and after the conference. Even though this was one of the smaller conferences we attended this year, for the film and music festival industry it is a very worthwhile event.
There were a number of ticketing companies in attendance and the booth layout was a little different but functional. After the conference we packed up the booth as the final social wound down and then we had a fun time getting
FedEx Ground to ship everything back to our facility. We found out if you go over your weight limit they will leave you hanging. Just because it fits in the box doesn’t mean it can go in the box. After FedEx picked up our 46 inch LCD monitor they decided it was too heavy and we had to contract another freight company to pick it up from the FedEx Ground office. Thanks FedEx! 
But we did have a wonderful experience and some phenomenal food, Fajitas and Margaritas at the Iron Cactus, Texas Beer, BBQ, and bacon wrapped Jalapeno chicken bites at Stubbs, and some great Tex-Mex and more Margaritas at Chuys (I highly recommend the Elvis Platter).
SkyTics is a busy place right now as we prepare to wrap up our 2011 efforts. We will celebrate the Holidays with our annual Christmas Luncheon and will enjoy a white Christmas with the new snow this week.
Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good night!
Bob
Bob Clay CTO/Founder Share on Facebook