Interesting to read your comments. Glad you enjoyed the conference. A few people have asked me - not that I was in charge - why the ECP or a pro-prostitution group wasn't invited which strikes me as weird. I mean if we had a panel on child abuse I wouldn't expect to see someone who thought it was harmless on the panel. Also of course I can't imagine that prostitution survivors would be comfortable speaking on a panel with the ECP. I have been on panels with ECP members before (most recently for a "debate" on prostitution for CurrentTV) and I had people screaming in my face, calling me a liar, and then following me to the toilets trying to intimidate me. I was terrified, I can't stomach how I would feel about watching a prostitution survivor being put through that.
I agree with you about queues, definitely could use some signs - I don't think anyone was expecting quite that great a turn out. Not sure where exactly the chocolate stall would have been (there was hardly room for all the stallls they had( but I'm not sure how much it would help. The cabaret show raised over £600 so money is coming in. Also I believe the lunch was donated so money spent on lunch was also effectively funds raised. If you know someone who would like to promote something at next year's conference I'm sure the team would like to know but I also think it would be a shame to take space away from the many good causes there to focus on selling stuff.
Well hope to see you and some of the many amazing events that the stall-holders and speakers were promoting on the day.