Two comments. First off, at $2,000 per plus travel and lodging expenses, how many struggling startups with every dime they have sunk into their endeavor, do you think will attend an event such as this? C'mon here. Don't charge so much and certainly don't charge the people that are in need of money. Charge it to the ones who have the money and stand to make a chunk of ROI all for staking their money on their own due diligence.

Regarding the service side of the presentations you mentioned, doesn't anyone else see how a business such as EnerNOC is only adding to the cost of the energy en masse? For example, they persuade companies to do what they could/should already do for a huge cut of the savings. ...to the tune of $50M per year? I ask who just paid that expense? It seems the same old scenario prevails. Even the fair itself is designed to make enormous profit from the process of companies in need trying to raise some money. It's no wonder we're in such a mess!

Todd M.