There must have been upwards of 300 delegates at the Forum. Thing is, they were mostly only interested in talking to each other …. like this …

and this ….

and the gentleman on the left was moving so fast past our display that he’s just a fuzzy blur (that’s not a punter Gretchen and Andrea are talking to … that’s the faithful Catherine … volunteer extraordinaire …)

Of course, we were tucked a bit into a corner and easy to by-pass…

…and we weren’t ENTIRELY ignored. In fact, when we had TWO people talking to us at the same time, I felt I had to grab my camera to record the moment for posterity …

… but mostly, I was just took the opportunity to practise my candid portrait shots on unsuspecting victims

…

Which are really quite good, even if DO say so myself …

And we DID make some useful contacts … so … it probably WAS worth the effort.