Conferencing as risk

An investment of time, energy, money, human and material resources; an investment of enthusiasm, hope, passion; an investment of knowledge and experience. The stakes are high. Risk is essential to pioneering. It is practically synonymous with innovation, transformation and change. Conferencing is risking; risking the security of your own conceptual framework against the challenge of exposure to other frameworks; risking the fragility of personal idealism and enthusiasm in the heat of the interchange; risking the challenge to change, to become transformed, risking the danger that accompanies the opportunity of every crisis.