It was the event’s 20th anniversary. It had to be good. The themes were important of course: “thought leadership” had always been the USP. The systems had been identifying trends and the schedule was settling into place he thought – noting as he did so that one session had been downgraded as news of the takeover broke. The system was predicting a 87% satisfaction. But l It was all down to the speakers. He had to get the balance right. Humans and AIs. He still; wasn’t sure about having the “influencer”. Nostalgia? He’d just run the idea through the system.