I wanted to thank everybody who has hosted and attended the Birds of a Feather session at SEE 2009. I was positively surprised how busy and productive most sessions were and found some footage.

Sorry for overlaying the footage with bird song. The background noise in the main hall was too high: something we will need to fix next time. On that note, I would really like to hear what we can do better next year and what worked well.

A few of the BoF hosts started posting their notes on our web-site: why not add to the pages or add a comment if you participated or have a view.

After the BoFs I chatted to some BoF hosts and attendees, and thought I’d share some quotes.

• Remek Zajak, package owner, was very positively surprised about the feedback and engagement he got for his BoF
• Salvatore Rinaldo: “It was my first BoF … I prepared some slides as a back up to keep the conversation going, but after the first 10 mins people started to discuss more and more … It was a good experience for me.”
• Chris Dudding, package owner, had an interesting story about an attendee from the Gendarmerie Nationale who was interested in the ability of police forces to recover data from a mobile devices.
• Hamish Willee: “Got to say, I was surprised by the degree of  success we had with the BOFs – but they were really very valuable for my team. Great job – and thanks for the opportunity!

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