I agree about with the suggestions for Pecha Kucha. It'd be really useful for people at the early stage of a project to get a range of feedback and suggestions from some of the best researchers and most experienced 'doers' around.

And maybe some afternoon versions of the Birds of a Feather sessions? I'm one of those people who's not at all sociable in the morning and was staying in a different hotel and with travel time I didn't go to the BoF breakfasts.

And finally, it's really useful when people talk about how their projects worked in their institutions/sector as it helps everyone work out how to sell similar ideas when they get back from the conference.

How about a Pecha Kucha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha) style format in the early stages of the conference where anyone can sign up to do a 5-minute rapid fire presentation of what they have worked on. I think it would be an excellent way to get people introduced and talking at the outset.

This is the first year I have attended the conference. I think the most valuable element so far has been the birds-of-a-feather session and I'd suggest expanding on that. The best talks have been those that mix real-world experience and projects with big picture ideas. The presentations by Seb Chan and Aaron Cope were strong examples of this.

I think it'd be really interesting to have a session/discussion on how you can 'link up' the web and the on-gallery experience. I'm constantly being asked how we can connect the physical museum to the web, and so far haven't gone much beyond adding 'e-mail me a link to this' buttons on touch-screen kiosks.