Joanna Rutkowska gave a talk at RSA today and found out the joys of San Francisco fire regulations.
From Invisible Things:
Today I was giving a speech at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. The RSA is a really big conference and also seems to me like a very well organized one – e.g. they have all those computers at the registration hall where you put your name and then it immediately says to which check-in counter you should proceed and then when you get there they already have a badge waiting for you. Pretty cool stuff.
So my speech turned out to be scheduled in a very small room, say with seats for 100-200 people only (I haven’t counted exactly). But then it turned out that there are more people interested in seeing the speech, so, as it usually happens on conferences, people started seating on the floor and also standing at the back of the room. I would say there was about 30% overflow, but still they could fit ok in the room. And then came this guy from the conference and said that all people who don’t have a seat should leave the room! It turned out that this is a fire regulation.
So, what twit put her in a small room? Read on.
Hey Joanna, tried WordPress?
[tags]RSA 2008, Joanna Rutkowska, RSA Info[/tags]