Don't feel you have to stick with one track. You can mix and match to your heart's content. At the end of an hour or so, the facilitator will open the microphones and take questions or comments from the audience. At national conferences workshops may feature panel presentations in the same format as outlined above, or they may be seminars given by single presenters. These latter generally provide more chances to ask questions and may also include small group exercises or audience skill-building opportunities.
Roundtables can also offer more opportunities for audience members to speak and ask questions.
At these sessions you will hear about the sponsor's drugs or programs or both. Some of the presentations and presenters you will see in the regular sessions, but it is wise to remember that the sponsor isn't staging this event to present bad news about its products or work. On the other hand, satellite sessions can often offer an opportunity to ask more detailed questions or to get additional information about a drug or program. Satellite sessions often have free food, but don't try substituting it for a meal. Evening sessions are usually just cocktail nibblies, and your fellow attendees will be scarfing down the food as well.