Brad Roberts wrote:
Two or whatever years ago, I was _lucky_ to get enough speakers to justify having the conference. I see no reason to expect that there will suddenly be a wealth of them such that proposed talks could be rejected. That'd be a wonderful place to be.
It's a fair amount of work to put together a presentation. Being able to offer a free ticket, plus perhaps some expense reimbursement for speakers, can be very motivating (and is only fair).
