I am not an expert, and I only went to re:Invent for the first time last year, but I have been to a quite a number of conferences over the years. So here come my thoughts about making the most of the crazy week in Vegas. The (regular) sessions Contrary to what you might think, going to sessions where you have a speaker (or speakers) up on stage going through a slide deck, or a panel of speakers talking about a subject - is where you should be, is not a good use of your time.