Posted by I had the pleasure of being a guest of the Norwegian User Group for the second year in a row on their famous cruise conference at the start of April. For a relatively ‘small’ conference (around 300-400 people), the array of quality speakers the group manage to get is always astounding. Martin Nash, Cary Millsap, Tim Hall, Bryn Llewellyn, Martin Bach, Jeff Smith, Doug Burns to name just a few. I gave a few talks which (seemed :-)) to be well received by the audience.
The conference runs like clockwork, and Oslo is a beautiful city to spend a day wandering around sampling the cuisine. The only real challenge is the 45min timeslot for papers, whereas as most places I’ve spoken at allow 50-60 mins, so you’re presented with the tough choice of cramming your existing content into 45 mins, or deciding what must be pared out.
We rounded up the conference with a lovely meal in Oslo with several of the speakers. It was great to meet new people, and catch up with colleagues of old.
Learning is not a spectator sport 