Some people run conferences as cold-blooded businesses while other people run conferences from the (partial or total) goodness of their heart. This is what Cal

Some people run conferences as cold-blooded businesses while other people run conferences from the (partial or total) goodness of their heart. This is what Calacanis wanted to say but ended up resorting to the "scam" word. He claims he's the latter and WebSummit is the former. The comparison to the government's warnings for the modeling industry is not a good one. The government warning is about bait-and-switch, where you go in for a modeling interview but instead it's a sales pitch for products. The conference thing doesn't sound like a bait-and-switch, but rather just a bad deal.