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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
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April 5, 2017
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LiveWorx 2018

  • April 5, 2017
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I have my admission to LiveWorx, a training day, my hotel and even airline tickets, I do want to make a request for next year.

 

Please do NOT hold LiveWorx in Boston again!!!!

The hotels are very expensive, even with the conference rate and airfare is worse.

I do appreciate the fact that it is in PTC's 'backyard' and they save on airfare, but that is about it. How many PTC employees are actually staying at their home and commuting to BCEC everyday for the conference?

 

Conference shows like this need to be moved around the country to get those people who may not be able to afford a Boston trip. 3 out of 4 years in Boston is too much.

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    mbonitati1-Visitor
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    April 26, 2017

    I totally agree - it is much more costly to go to Boston than other venues in the past - especially having to go there twice a year (TCs and Conference).  Additionally Boston is not the place to go in the winter.  Everyone basically ended up spending extra time there in January due to the weather and airlines shutting down.

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      STEVEG21-Topaz I
      21-Topaz I
      April 26, 2017

      I'm sure wherever it is next year they already have the city booked.

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      dweich13-Aquamarine
      13-Aquamarine
      May 25, 2017

      Agreed.  I heard they made a 5 year commitment to Boston.  Nobody I speak with wants to go to Boston.  We loved Nashville, Orlando and Anaheim.  There's no way I would ask my employer to pay $250-$300 per night for hotel to attend a convention.

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        BenLoosli23-Emerald IIIAuthor
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        May 26, 2017

        When I heard Boston again at the end of Reshma's talk, I thought the same thing...Do they have a 5 year contract for the convention center?

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        STEVEG21-Topaz I
        21-Topaz I
        May 25, 2017

        Is there any word confirmation on if it's in Boston again next year or somewhere else?

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        gleonard314-Alexandrite
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        May 25, 2017

        Boston. 2018. Confirmed.

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        STEVEG21-Topaz I
        21-Topaz I
        May 25, 2017

        Thank you George.  Too bad though.  Don't get me wrong.  I do love Boston but it is expensive.

        Maybe I'll still see if I can attend next year.

        Marco Tosin
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        Marco Tosin21-Topaz I
        21-Topaz I
        May 26, 2017

        Here you can see that next year LiveWorx it will be in Boston (pwd LiveWorx17)

        https://www.liveworx.com/live

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        BrianMartin13-Aquamarine
        13-Aquamarine
        July 11, 2017

        Ben...

         

        Your displeasure with the selection has been noted - and summarily ignored. Oh, and please pay your maintenance on time.

         - Signed Jim Heppelman

         

         

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          BenLoosli23-Emerald IIIAuthor
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          July 11, 2017

          For an on-time maintenance paying customer and conference attendee, PTC ignoring any comment I make is par for the course.

           

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          BenLoosli23-Emerald IIIAuthor
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          July 11, 2017

          PS: I doubt the maintenance fees we pay cover Jim's income taxes!

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          STEVEG21-Topaz I
          21-Topaz I
          January 4, 2018

          How many years has it been in Boston so far?

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          23-Emerald III
          BenLoosli23-Emerald IIIAuthor
          23-Emerald III
          January 4, 2018

          2013 - Anaheim

          2014 - Boston

          2015 - Nashville

          2016 - Boston

          2017 - Boston

          2018 - Boston

          2019 - Boston? year 4 of 5

          2020 - Boston? year 5 of 5

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            jmcmanus16-Pearl
            16-Pearl
            January 8, 2018

            Hello Ben,

            Please accept my apologies for a late response - recently back from maternity leave and missed this thread over the summer and the responses in between.

            We are in Boston for the foreseeable future. I'm happy to explain this decision with full disclosure:

            Keeping the event in Boston year after year has allowed us to put a lot of energy towards improving content, speakers, and the attendee's overall event experience. We get this feedback in front of our executives every year and due to the amount our event has grown and Boston as the IoT and Innovation Hub, we come back to this being the best decision for our customers. (Also addressed in this blog.)

            Another major factor is we have substantially grown our international audience and for most traveling internationally, Boston is a universal destination for flights and accommodations.

            We absolutely understand Boston having a price tag attached to it for your companies and negotiate hard with hotels and worked on our pricing model to deeply discount rates starting early withe our "Early Bird" specials.  In years past there was barely a ticket less than $1,000 and we offered a lot less at the event. Until the end of the week, there is actually $600 in savings, less than a $1,000 per ticket, and allows for major savings by registering early. I also realize most registrants are waiting for sessions to be released before registering - the session catalog will be released in early February. However, we do offer a full refund for registrants up until April 15, 2018, should the content not support your time out of the office. 

            We have taken the feedback year after year and worked hard on making this event possible for everyone - mostly improving our pricing model and offering negotiated hotel rates. And to address the internal policy for PTC employees - We have changed our own internal policy in recent years and there are hundreds of PTC employees who commute into Boston for these few days either by driving in or taking the shuttle bus we provide to cut major costs in Travel and Expense as we would incur in the past. Some employees "buddy up" in hotels if their schedules and duties on-site are overwhelming enough to warrant a stay in the city.

            I'm happy to address any further concerns and hope this "full disclosure" gives an overall better understanding of our decision to be in Boston year after year.

            As always Ben, appreciate your feedback.

            Jen

             

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            rreifsnyder15-Moonstone
            15-Moonstone
            January 9, 2018

            Jen,

            Thank you for replying. Personally I do recognize the advantages of PTC hosting in Boston and in fact since I'm in the northeast, it works for me as well but I also recognize that it wouldn't necessarily work for everyone else. Also, since you brought it up, the speakers the last few years have been a complete waste of my time. I love the Mythbusters, but their talk had nothing to do with my use of PTC software, and even less for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He's a really good actor, but my company didn't spend the thousands of dollars it cost for me to be entertained or "educated" by someone like last years speaker from Girls who Code. Last year was a slight improvement in my opinion in scheduling IoT vs. CAD centric topics but there is simply too much fluff.

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