Awesome post Tricia, as always! My tips include: 1. Bloggers - pre-write some of the content before attending the presentation, that way adding a couple of presentation specific sentences is all that is needed to push out a 'check out this paper' post. 2. Demo Hall - map out what areas of the demo hall are 'must dos', whether for that cute koala or to see new SAS features/products, such as SAS Visual Analytics. 3. Free SAS Training Sessions - get there at least 30 min early & stand in line. These are very very popular & I heard that they turned away over 75 people for the SAS Stored Process training. 4. Write up a Trip Report! This is probably the most valuable thing anyone can do. After everything is done take some time to write up a report containing things like the people you met, items learned, ideas created, money saved from attending the conference rather than 5 classes, etc. Anything that would be important for your boss to know & email them. This helps seal the deal for a return visit next year!