# Closing keynote surprise **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSECON\ **Created:** [November 24, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/closing-keynote-surprise/26411 "2014-11-24T20:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/closing-keynote-surprise/26411/1 "2014-11-24T20:16:21Z")
Nils announced in the closing keynote that the next SUSECon will be held in Europe. What are your thoughts on that? – Kim - 11/24/2014 11:15:32 AM ---
**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/closing-keynote-surprise/26411/2 "2014-11-24T20:42:22Z")
Initial thoughts: Why did the SUSECon survey ask how I liked the venue if Europe was already decided? Why move the venue when growth is so big here in the USA? I suppose there must be more customers expected there than here, which is a good reason for the company, but potentially impacts customers here negatively. Oh well… I’m biased. – Good luck. If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below… ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/closing-keynote-surprise/26411/3 "2014-11-24T23:09:37Z")
Hey ab: [color=blue] > Why did the SUSECon survey ask how I liked the venue if Europe was > already decided?[/color] Maybe they wanted to know in case they decide to do it here again. [color=blue] > Why move the venue when growth is so big here in the USA?[/color] You got it. The potential for reaching those in Europe that haven’t been able to attend and from what I hear, it’s more than have attended here. – Kim - 11/24/2014 2:08:25 PM ---
**Author:** ![D8TA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@D8TA](https://forums.suse.com/u/D8TA)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/closing-keynote-surprise/26411/4 "2014-11-25T00:36:29Z")
It actually helped me. I have been to SUSECon since they started and in my opinion this year was weak. Maybe I missed something but I wasn’t impressed and had thought about skipping next year. This would give me the opportunity to check out another “con” conference. When they said next year was in Europe I was like great, decision made…I won’t be there next year. I like SUSE and their conference but this year was a little disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/closing-keynote-surprise/26411/5 "2014-11-25T17:58:44Z")
Hey D8TA: [color=blue] > I like SUSE and their conference but this year was a little > disappointing.[/color] You said “weak”. What were you expecting where the conference didn’t live up to your expectations? Just curious as most of the people I talked to said it was a better conference than last year. I hope you gave the feedback on the conference survey so the conference organizers know where they fell short in your eyes. – Kim - 11/25/2014 8:56:58 AM ---
**Author:** ![D8TA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@D8TA](https://forums.suse.com/u/D8TA)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/closing-keynote-surprise/26411/6 "2014-12-09T14:10:00Z")
I did provide honest feedback on the conference survey. I guess if this was your first one it was probably good but in my opinion a lot of the information about SLE12 was sounding like a broken record. Also, while there was more sessions the time of the sessions were reduced. They also put time restrictions on the vendor area which was during lunch. I don’t know maybe it is just me but I wasn’t impressed this year. I like SUSE and think it is the best Linux distribution in Enterprises which have limited Linux resources. In fact, most of our Windows admins are able to manage SUSE. 🙂 Again, maybe I was expecting more and the reason I feel it fell short. ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/closing-keynote-surprise/26411/7 "2014-12-09T16:39:35Z")
Hey, perception is reality and if you feel it didn’t meet your expectations, it didn’t…at least for you. I heard from many others that said it was better than past years and exceeded their expectations. – Kim - 12/9/2014 7:37:59 AM