First let me say it was good to be back. Though it was annoying having to wear masks the whole time, the fact that 250 vendors showed up and made an effort was good to see. If I passed you unnoticed, it was because of the mask. Was hard to recognize some people.
If I had to guess, the in person attendance was a fraction of the usual, perhaps 1,000-1,500 people. There were practitioners there. I met a team from a county government agency in Seattle at lunch one day who was looking for a new HRIS and watched a couple of JP Morgan Chase execs grill Adam Godsend from Paradox/Olivia about their conversational AI tool.
