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Patt,
I've gone to each of the Portrait Society conferences and I feel it has been well worth my time and expense. We've been to the Hyatt Regency in Reston in the past and it is a wonderful hotel for a conference. They do book up so I also recommend you make your reservations now if you haven't already.
I have a couple of practical suggestions. One is to wear comfortable clothes as we do a lot of sitting and it can be a long day, albeit a good day. Another suggestion is to plan on spending extra money on art supplies. There is a vendor's room, and some of them have some good "show specials" that you may want to purchase.
Regarding meeting people, so many of the attendees are very friendly and it is usually pretty easy to join in conversations or find people to have meals with. I also enjoyed the dinner that Cynthia pulled together when we were in Philadelphia. It was fun meeting some of the people who are part of this Forum.
Hope some of this helps.
Mary
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