I also found the beginning of the Management RT in the Ballroom a bit "showy", rehearsed and stilted. By definition, the Management Round Table implies free access to management in a round table discussion. Maybe the pre-submitted questions should be answered in writing BEFORE HPWorld, and made available at the start of the conference, and the live RT should simply be a Q&A where the answers given can be further explained (if necessary). If there is time over, this can be used for ad-hoc questions, or questions arising because of conference announcements. Maybe HP management should join this (and other) list(s), and we can have a perpetual Management Round Table! :) Neil Harvey