the next time i organize a conference

• i will ensure that there are name tags for all participants,
  
• that there is a registration desk to house these tags,
• as well as other items, such as the agenda for the conference.
• i will not be found absconding on the day of the event,
• and will return calls of those who try to call me >10 times.
• i will also not artificially hype the event by advertising multiple honorary guests (e.g. president of india, c.m. of delhi) whose arrival is tbd.
  

• i will ensure that the technology pavilion does not leak water onto all the technological products on display (water and technology don't always get along),
• that tables/booths promised are tables/booths delivered,
• there is an audience for these booths outside of the booth-owners themselves,
• and that the distribution of space to participants is equal and just.

• i won't use projectors if i don't expect people to look at them.
• if i expect people to look at them, i won't infest the auditorium with enormous sun-like lamps pointing at a ceiling with a hundred lights of its own.
• i will encourage ppt presentations,
• and also make sure i look at them first, to see that the font size is large enough to be read by at least the first row.
  

• i will not allow floors to be slippery, rain or no rain,
• nor have more dirt out than in.
• i will ensure that there is good, clean drinking water on all days of the conference, not just the first!
• and take away plates of food from those who dare to cut lines.
• last, but not least, i will serve good quality tea during tea breaks,
• and not in cups being shared by flies.