Day 1 at
FSTEC was fairly quiet, but I did meet some good folks and had some
good conversation. As I walked around the show floor, I was a bit
uninspired. It's many of the same old companies pushing the same old
things promising the same old results.
Where is the new
technology? There was a great presentation on Web 2.0, but it's hard
for me to imagine that 20% of the exhibitors just 20 feet away could
tell you what "Twitter" is.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to
fix it, but something needs to change. They need to lure more
exhibitors doing new and interesting things, and let the attendees know
about these new things. If it were me, I would find new ways to create
social and educational opportunities. It should be a celebration of the
future for the industry we all love, instead, it feels like a reunion
of the past.
I'm sure the current economic climate is partly to
blame, but I'm not sure there is an incentive to change for the same
old companies that sponsor the event.