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{
    "title": "Anyone want a potentially profitable conference idea?",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/03/21/anyone-want-a-potentially-profitable-conference-idea/",
    "datePublished": "2005-03-21",
    "dateModified": "2005-03-21",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Sometimes, working for a company and being an \"enemy\" alien in the United States is a pain in the butt. It means that sometimes you have to write a blog…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Anyone want a potentially profitable conference idea?

Sometimes, working for a company and being an "enemy" alien in the United States is a pain in the butt. It means that sometimes you have to write a blog post, read it again and say, "Well, that's just plum crazy to post publicly!".
I came up with a great small conference/forum idea that I would like to run with. However, getting involved in or organizing such a project would see me get:

 slammed by my company
 thrown out of my job
 thrown out my house
 dragged to the 49th parallel and thrown back into Canada

It is something I believe in, would pursue like a rabid dog, and would love to participate in, as a speaker or as a simple attendee.
I would pay money if there was an event like this that was not driven by the companies in the field.
If anyone, particularly independent conference organizers or small/medium-sized companies/consultancies/analyst firms, would like to take my idea and develop it, I would be grateful. I hate to see my one good idea from this week get wasted.