I would suggest as an example of maybe a model to follow for future conferences would be SEANet's convergence in Charleston(SEANet being the Southeast Anarchist Network....NOT a federation or a platformist group, but rather a loose knit, non-sectarian line of communication amongst anarchists in the southeast, regardless if they are anarcho-communists, syndicalist, mutalists, platformists, primitivists, post left, etc).

Anywho, rather then have set speakers and set group meetings (though we had some of those) we just had a large board with all the rooms we had available, times available, and left markers out for people to make up their own discussion groups. And it worked out fantastically. At our next convergence were hoping to expand the concept, as well as maybe allot times for more skill share or work group oriented seminars.

Some of the problems we hope to address isusing a PA system next year for big group meetings so people can hear everyone, as well as maybe encouraging people to make more concise group topics so more can be discussed around one issue as opposed to large umbrella conversations (though those are great too).

I must agree with some people on here though, the idea of an "anarchist" conference with panels is mildly disturbing, and hearing people kind of talk about anarchy as some sort of tool to "revitalize the left" is even more so, especially to those anarchists who are post-left (NOT the same as anarcho-capitalist), or primitivist, or who generally dislike the idea of being co-opted by what many feel is authoritarian leftist movements.