"At conferences, approach moderators instead of panelists Ferriss describes the networking approach he used at South by Southwest 2007 to launch The 4-Hour Work Week on a minimal budget, a trip that produced friendships still active nearly 20 years later. One specific tactic: target panel moderators rather than the panelists everyone else rushes. 'Everybody floods the panelists. The moderator gets orphaned and in many cases the moderator is just as impressive — and certainly the moderator knows everybody on the panel and lots of people on other panels and everywhere else.' At any conference, the moderator is a high-value, low-competition connection who can introduce you across the entire event. Source: Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show, AI Q&A Solo Episode"