The conference this year is held at Haeundae Beach, Busan, South Korea. Haeundae Beach is a tourist resort in the south east of the Korean peninsular, and even in winter (as it is now), it is a very busy place. The conference venue is the Grand Haeundae Hotel, which has a swimming pool, bowling alley, and golf driving range inside the complex. It also had a discounted rate of about $200 a night...