Anyone going to the ICSC RECon in Las Vegas? Any tips/advice?
Hey all - I'll be going to RECon for the first time in a few weeks. There's a ton of speakers and events, a huge amount of booths and displays etc. Has anyone here ever been? Would love some general experiences and/or ways to fully take advantage of the few days.

I'm a commercial rep for a developer and I work with mostly retail so my goal is to make direct tenant contacts as well as connect with some tenant reps. 

EDIT: Link to RECon website: http://www.icsc.org/2015RECON/
[{"id": "cqt5lwf", "text": "I'll be there and have been before.  It's great for meeting with tenants - definitely search the directory of who's attending ahead of time and set up 10-15min meetings at their booth to shake hands.  \n\nI'm a broker that specializes in Retail sales - if you want to meet up may be worthwhile.  ", "replies": [{"id": "cqtt3t5", "text": "Yeah, I've been scrolling through the index of attendees. Haven't officially registered yet so I don't have access to contact info but I'll be sure to do that when I do. Thanks for the tips, I'll shoot you a pm. ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cqtehtt", "text": "If I had gotten the job I interviewed for, yes.", "replies": [{"id": "cqtsiu7", "text": "Good luck. What type of company? ", "replies": [{"id": "cqttbry", "text": "I already didn't get it.\n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cqtfkm7", "text": "You probably should try to network in advance and set up meeting s there. It is like speed dating in some sense, so you want a full dance card.\n\nYou definitely should have some information to hand out on your development so they can walk away with some basic facts.", "replies": [{"id": "cqtt4u1", "text": "Yep, I'm going to have a bag full of brochures, cards, floor plans etc. Thanks for the advice.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cqtfzds", "text": "After you attend, any chance you'd be willing to share some of the highlights from the speakers? \n\nI'm on the east coast but it sounds like a fun event. ", "replies": [{"id": "cqtt55a", "text": "Yes, for sure.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cqtrztm", "text": "Unfortunately I am not going.  For some reason Peyton Manning is though.  That has to be an excuse for the organizers to meet him.  I am not confident in his ability to give any information on retail trends, major developments, or really anything that is related to shopping centers.  I guess he can give his boilerplate leadership speech? ", "replies": [{"id": "cqtt1nw", "text": "Ha, yeah I expect it will be some vanilla box speech of overcoming obstacles, leadership etc. I laughed when I saw his name as the keynote.", "replies": [{"id": "cqtvr8t", "text": "Haha I doubt Peyton would get the vanilla box reference.  I did see that he bought 21 Papa John's franchises in 2012.  Maybe he can give some insight from his three years of experience in pizza making.  I'll bet he's even signed a lease at some point! ", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "cqv33gi", "text": "He is a pretty big franchisee of one of the pizza chains.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cqtsi9k", "text": "It will be my 5th year.  The deals are made at the after parties. ", "replies": [{"id": "cqtt238", "text": "Great, after parties are my strength!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cqtxyqf", "text": "Unfortunately I can't make it :/ I was excited as it seems like the ultimate networking/learning experience, but I should be there next year. My boss/broker will be there though. Enjoy!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cqu2vp4", "text": "Southern CA retail investment sales broker reporting in. I'll be there. If your firm is targeting development opportunities in Southern CA (particularly the Inland Empire), we should meet! Shoot me a PM and we'll set something up. \n\nEDIT: I didn't answer your questions! To get the most out of it, I would suggest diversifying your time. Look ahead at what educational sessions/panels are occurring and attend the ones most interesting and important to you. Schedule those first, then schedule meetings around them (unless it's a really important meeting of course, then forego the educational session). As a developer rep, you should be meeting with everybody (tenants, brokers, city contacts, etc.). Once you have your meetings set up, then you can have some scheduled \"free time\" to just explore. You can walk the trade floor, visit some booths you come upon that you didn't think to set up a meeting with beforehand, explore the vendor booths (one of my personal favorite things to do), network while in line for coffee, etc. Just have fun with it!", "replies": [{"id": "cqu3o1l", "text": "Thanks! We're focused in the heart of the country, unfortunately (Chi, Mn, Pitt, Cinci, Lou). I'm not on the development side but I work directly with them - we're targeting both ground-up and historical redevelopments. Let me know if you know of anything! \nedit: should have mentioned - we're primarily apartment developers.\n\nSo as far as scheduling meetings...are there meeting rooms you can reserve or is it more of a \"hey, let's get a cup of coffee or a beer at X and we can talk\"?\n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cqu4dc7", "text": "I'm going for the first time.   I'm a project leasing / development broker in Texas. \n\nI've set a few meeting appointments during the event, but really feeling it out since this will be my first ICSC.   I'll shoot you a pm", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]