I wonder if the Australian geographical context enhances the proportion of attendees who are at/near their ceiling. Most people in North American and Europe who are at/near ceiling will have a much wider range of conferences they can attend without significant travel time/expenses. They are less likely to attend EAGx given the marginal returns (and somewhat increasing costs) of attending a bunch of conferences. On the other hand, someone near/at ceiling in Australia (or another location far from most more selective conferences) may choose to attend EAGx Australia in large part because it is much more accessible to them.
This is a really good point actually! I have never attended either an EAG conference, or EAGx on another continent, so I don’t really have a frame of reference for how they generally compare. In Australia, EAGx is THE annual conference, and most of us put decently high priority on showing up if we can.
I wonder if the Australian geographical context enhances the proportion of attendees who are at/near their ceiling. Most people in North American and Europe who are at/near ceiling will have a much wider range of conferences they can attend without significant travel time/expenses. They are less likely to attend EAGx given the marginal returns (and somewhat increasing costs) of attending a bunch of conferences. On the other hand, someone near/at ceiling in Australia (or another location far from most more selective conferences) may choose to attend EAGx Australia in large part because it is much more accessible to them.
This is a really good point actually! I have never attended either an EAG conference, or EAGx on another continent, so I don’t really have a frame of reference for how they generally compare. In Australia, EAGx is THE annual conference, and most of us put decently high priority on showing up if we can.