> The last couple of times I've gone I've done some combination of socializing and hanging out in one room for half the day.
Same here. I pick one talk every day I "have to watch" and spend the entire day in the same room, considering the others talks as happy accidents but the best is the mix of people you meet.
I have used both strategies and yes, picking a track and staying there in the room has a much higher success than trying to run between talks. There is just too many people, and popular talks (those with famous projects as part of the title) has a tendency to create full rooms with long lines.
On the positive, there are around 20 parallel tracks going on. There are almost as many tracks as there are talks on other conferences.
Same here. I pick one talk every day I "have to watch" and spend the entire day in the same room, considering the others talks as happy accidents but the best is the mix of people you meet.