I feel a bit sad to read this. The CCC is a super-cheap conference. It costs 100Euro (about 100USD currently?) to attend a 4 day conference. The venue is mass

I feel a bit sad to read this. The CCC is a super-cheap conference. It costs 100Euro (about 100USD currently?) to attend a 4 day conference. The venue is massive, and roughly 13,000 people attend. There are often 3 or 4 talks going on at the same time. The talks are among the most technically interesting available anywhere. In top of that, they have areas where people can hack on group projects, and the venue is open 24hours during the conference (some people even crash there over night). This is all run on a largely volunteer basis. And in my view to a very professional standard. Someone screwing up and delaying one talk seems pretty insignificant in light of the amazing work they do.