The panel sessions were still there though, the Edge staple that I’m yet to find replicated well at any other event. I think Andreas Bovens, Lyza Gardner and Mairead Buchan deserve particular thanks for being totally on top of this. It was interesting to see how different breakout hosts handled their session very differently, and the best were those who had prepared well, imposed a good structure, and made sure to create a collaborative atmosphere. it worked very well, with highlights including the installable web apps, Sass/CSS patterns and progressive enhancement sessions. This was the first time we tried proper breakout sessions, small rooms, circular seating, etc. Panels, breakouts, keynote: on going multi-format The Network Ops breakout hosted by Natasha Rooney We also overestimated the amount of drink needed for the after party. This went down very well indeed! Ice creams to the rescue! But then we hit on a better idea and cleared out Sainsburys of literally every ice cream and lolly they had and handed them out to attendees. We hired some large industrial fans on 2 hours notice and had them brought across London (from Gatwick!). We got a lot of stick for this but it was reasonably good humoured given that we at least did what we could.

As a result, on one of the hottest days of the year, the attendees sweltered in 30C+ conference rooms. We (or rather Facebook, who were in all other respects brilliant) forgot to make sure the air conditioning would be working. First a few reflections on how it went: Me delivering the opening talk. It was a great success, with over £13,000 raised for CodeClub, a charity close to my heart and those of many others in the industry, as well as many bugs raised, spec changes proposed and blogs written. Last weekend I hosted the fifth edition of Edge Conf, the web technology conference for the people who help make the web work.

Well here we are again