(1) Devote only one half day to plenaries (delivered by leaders with vision and ability to challenge the audience). |
(2) Develop better criteria for acceptance of abstracts and encourage parallel posters. |
(3) Oral papers should be mainly research or programmatic. |
(4) Distinguish between proffered paper sessions, symposia, and roundtables. |
(5) Ensure a core of all traditional streams. |
(6) Encourage pre and post conferences. |
(7) Organize more state of knowledge and sessions on specific issues. |
(8) Reduce costs. |