So the west wing of the conference center is where the smaller exhibitors have set up, for the most part. There’s also sellers on the other side of the hall and down to the first floor. I guess that’s where there’s people trying to unload their unwanted goods on you before you go home.. and I bet that does a lot of business, too.

So, in terms of sleuthing out information that may be useful for my investigation on the Ascendants, the smaller companies, especially the startups, may be interesting. After all, Dreamtech was a startup before it went under, and it seems to have been at the center of some huge scandals that got mostly covered up. I can imagine there are more there, if I look hard enough.

And, weirdly, even though the other major tech companies are all in the east wing, Blyth Industries is set up here, possibly as a marketing gimmick to set itself apart, or possibly because it’s been running into some financial troubles as a result of the investigations brought upon it thanks to the Social Media Killer’s attacks last spring.

I guess I should check them all out, but what first?