 This is JSA TV the newsroom for tech and telecom professionals. I'm Dean Perine and welcome to JSA TV We are coming at you live from the show floor of hosting con 2016 in the Big Easy of New Orleans, Louisiana And I am here with miss Cheryl Kemp, right? Cheryl is the director of community and conference content for Penton technology otherwise known as the face of Hosting con Cheryl. Thank you for joining us on JSA TV. Thanks for having me You got it. So I have interviewed Almost 20 folks I think you might be the 20th interview of the day so far and every person that I have spoken to has said that the Networking has been phenomenal this year So why don't you tell our viewers a little bit about what you've done differently this year and what they can expect of the show The next time sure. Yeah, one of the main things that we get from attendees each year is that they really love the Networking component of hosting con and that's kind of what we're known for But they would like a little bit more structure around that maybe so one of the things that we did this year was add the round table Session speed round tables was a little bit like speed dating sure in a way You rotate tables every 20 minutes, but you're with the same group the entire time So that really enables you to have Networking at the same time as education So you'll get to know the people at your table really well get to hear that to speak get to know what companies are with And then you just you know recognize a few more faces when you're around the show floor Interesting, you know one of the other things obviously the sessions And so I'm hearing a lot of folks talk about the sessions and about the fact that there's a lot of really good Networking going on at those sessions as well, and I assume that that's what you're talking about right now The round table environment kind of creates a networking environment at the same time Exactly, and then we also did a second type of session that's similar but different. That's called the Course now that we're on tape But and any case the industry work groups So this is not a new concept obviously many conferences do it but we've never had it before at hosting con and so each group is facilitated by an industry expert and Same thing people work in small groups to work on an industry related problem or a technology and kind of just brainstorm Discuss it and then at the end they present to the larger group So they'll have a flip chart and they'll tell the whole group kind of what they came up with So and again another way where they really get to interact a lot But yet they're getting education at the same time outstanding and so what can our viewers expect to see from hosting con? Let's say over the next year or so. That's a great question Obviously, we'll begin planning pretty much the day after this show ends. It's a very long process So usually I work with my advisory board to identify new trends new topics, of course in 2017 We're actually co-locating with data center world. So that's big news And it's gonna be great for attendees. We'll have a new security track along with that So there'll be a lot of good things about the show that'll be slightly different but always Focused on great education, which is what we're known for and the networking of course outstanding Cheryl Thank you for having JSA TV here at hosting con. We've had a blast. It was I'm so glad that we've actually Gotten a chance to talk to you that I can't thank you enough. No, thank you. We're so happy you're here You got it. Thanks, and thank you viewers for watching JSA TV. We'll see you soon