I didn't Josh, but when I spoke with Roz about it, she explained that the primary focus would be seminars. I replied that I thought that there was room in the industry for a real tech only trade show that had lots of seminars as a component, and a show floor that was open all of the time as another component. I was told that I could have a booth, but the seminars would be the driving force, and the show floor would be closed during seminars and open between seminars. I was shown the floor layout, and it doesn't look like there is much room for too many 10x10 booths, and most of the halls are taken up with seminar rooms.
Currently, as you know, BTS is the techiest show there is, and the training agencies, Boats (especially Northeast wreck boats) and tech driven manufacturers and shops wouldn't miss it. With the tremendous tech presence in Florida (caving in the North, artificial and real wrecks in the south, and the Blue Holes here and in the Bahamas) I really think that a show that "doesn't close for the seminars", but is in addition to the seminars would be well received by the tech community. I personally would not be interested in hearing Richie Kohler talk about the Titanic (Richie is a friend of mine, and lots of folks would be interested in just that) but I'd love to give a presentation about the Dry Tortugas wrecks, the Blue Holes of Cay Sal Bank, Scientific diving (fish and benthic surveys) in the Dry Tortugas, the Ghost fleet of Key West, etc. Those are commercial presentations, designed for an operator to peddle his wares, and there is not a place in the United States that that sort of presentation is welcome, except dive clubs and shop socials.
I was told that TekDive USA was not about that. I spent a fair amount of money sponsoring RB3, and it turns out that RB3 wasn't about that either. Fool me once....