JavaPolis was my first Drools presentation, in-fact I think THE first public Drools presentation, and had about thirty attendees. The slot allocated to me was a BOF, Birds of a Feather, these are technical sessions for emerging technologies, they are less formal and a good place to cut your teeth. I shared the slot with Bart Strubbe from JCS, who was very charming and a great chaperone being a JavaPolis veteran.