Attendees who signed up to participate in the conference’s pub crawl were assigned to numbered groups that visited a variety of bars on the opening night. The pub crawl activity is a tradition that began at Web Summit in Dublin.
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Organizers mounted signs outside each of the venues participating in Collision's opening night pub crawl to help participants find their way.
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New Orleans’ Urban Earth provided an eclectic mix of furniture and decor for a lounge exclusively for speakers and investors.
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N.F.L. quarterback Brett Favre joined Brian Wilhite, founder of Sqor Sports, to discuss the social media platform that connects fans with teams and players and helps athletes manage their personal brand. Favre sits on the company’s board of directors.
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Organizers hosted a reception and dinner for the conference’s 330 speakers at the Board of Trade, a historic New Orleans venue built in 1880.
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More than one-third of the conference attendees were women, in part due to the organizer’s “Commitment to Change” initiative, which is providing 10,000 complimentary tickets this year for women to attend one of their tech conferences: Collision, Web Summit, Rise, or Surge. At Collision, an ad hoc group of female attendees gathered to discuss women in technology.
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