I was (I guess mistakenly) under the impression that there would be a workbook with all of the speaker notes and slides for each participant, as most conferences do this. One of the best things about attending conferences are the handouts and take homes for later review. Studies have shown that only about 20% of information presented at a conference is actually retained without referencing workbook materials from the conference. I hope that the speakers are bringing handouts. If they don't want to incur the expense of printing and binding, why not e-mail them to the symposium committee in advance, and the committee can send them via e-mail to all participants to print off on their own if they are interested. On a similar note, will there be an attendee list available? [DA] [Posted in FML issue 3671]