Absolutely not! without presenters there is no draw. It is a two way street, you get exposure and they get valuable content. Most conferences make there money o

Absolutely not! without presenters there is no draw. It is a two way street, you get exposure and they get valuable content. Most conferences make there money of admission fees as well as booth space for vendors, to then try to squeeze margins by charging the people that are providing the content and draw, is not, in my opinion, a solution to get the best content, but rather it will attract sales oriented speakers, in which, the audience will feel like they are being pitch to the entire time. When money is involved, the highest bidder gets the floor and they are not always going to provide the best content, because in some way they have to make up that out of pocket money. It creates an agenda beyond disseminating information.