Some pay speakers but plenty of conferences cover travel and expenses (not enough though) Oredev in Malmo are a O'Reilly sized conference that not only pays tr

Some pay speakers but plenty of conferences cover travel and expenses (not enough though) Oredev in Malmo are a O'Reilly sized conference that not only pays travel etc. but also book it all for you It's not just large swanky conferences, believe community events like CSS / JS conf cover costs as it helps get diverse speakers (and ultimately it shows you respect the speaker) Let face it O'Reilly are profiting off their speakers hard work and without speakers there is no conference