As I recall, the guy that is running SEAMAX is no amateur to running marine aquarium conferences, he has been running the MAX for several years ( http://www.marineaquariumexpo.com/), amongst the MAX and some smaller local ones.
On sure if how it is in the west coast, but in the east coast most of our LFS does seem to see a decrease in marine aquarium side of the business in the summer months regardless.... that naturally translates to the interest level.
I do agreed that there's not much buzz about the SEA-MAX on Canadian sites/sides at all, if it's not because Patrick is speaking there I heard somebody talked about it, I would not even be aware of it at all. Having said that, Canadian attendance typically is pretty low for US conference & events. I was actually at the Marine Breeder Initiative at Michigan that same weekend, I was the one of the only 2 Canadians and that is right beside the border (for some).
Having said that all, I think it might still be better than the last IMAC (~2009 I think) that happened on a cruise ship. A speaker told me that there are more (speakers + exhibitors) combined than attendees. The conference venue was awesome too but it was right in the summer
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