Patterns For Conducting Successful Niche Conference

Pattern language for conducting a successful niche conference by Cecilia Haskins

Summary: 14 patterns in 4 sections

Vision
- Marketplace of new ideas
- News from the front
- Environmentally-conscious
- Something to take away and use tomorrow
- Mixing up the formula
Atmosphere
- Comfortable beds
- Time to talk
- Night on the town
Roles
- Enthusiastic committee
- Distinguished speakers
- Engaged participants
- Credible website
Customs
- Something to remember us by (gift selection)
- Personal connection

Antipattern: Greedy Conference

See http://plop.dk/vikingplop/2002/VikingPLoP2002_Proceedings.pdf, starting at page 271.

Seems this is mostly a presentation, with thus far incomplete publicly available documentation-- Steven Black