Why is the conference fee higher than past physical Annual Meetings or the previous two virtual Annual Meetings?

With the enhanced meeting options, the hybrid experience introduces new costs to deliver a globally inclusive conference which includes dedicated virtual spaces for in-person and virtual attendees that transcend technological and geographic boundaries.

The experiences over the past two virtual conferences have revealed that virtual meetings are resource-intensive -- especially at the scale of a 9,000+ person conference with thousands of managed sessions. AOM’s virtual conferences introduced new web and technology platforms for global participation requiring dedicated and experienced audio-visual production staff to ensure successful sessions regardless of presenter and attendee modality, which brought about new costs as well.