Something that might come up as more moderators get into the swing of pre-session prep is that not all speakers will cooperate. Many speakers have become accustomed to spitting out a PPT deck the night before and not talking to anyone until audience questions roll in.

Therefore, mods should have some input I think on either speaker selection (I think SMX is doing something like this now) or at least speaker evaluation. Set guidelines for the speakers so they understand pre-session coordination is a condition of speaking.

Thanks for the kind comments!