...not that free-for-alls are bad or anything.  
Collectors  weren't divided into series, ccs 
collectors on the left and FY on the right.   if i 
remember correctly, the attendees just broke 
apart into small group all over the room and 
exhanged cel book (after the little crash 
course in anime cels of course.)  i think afew 
people did actually trade on the spot.

The panel....there was a big long table in the 
front of the room and a big screen tv facing the 
audience.  Guest speaker would talk a little bit 
and show examples on the tv, afterwards they 
opened the floor for collector to meet one 
another and ask them questions in private. I 
think last years topics were fake cels, and 
dougas & gengas