I have, thank god, been spared all three enervating days at Infosec Europe – too invaluable back in the office obviously. Day one was hot and sweaty and bigger than ever, apart from the keynote theatre, which was as tiny as usual. There must be a better way to insulate this area from the rest of the show. A small stuff room packed with IT security professionals is not everyone's idea of fun, especially when you can barely hear above the screams of over-excitable vendor sales staff on the conference floor.

The first speaker of the day, Lord Broers, was distinctly unimpressed with the acoustics, as was one rather irate looking gent who berated Butler Group analyst Andy Kellett towards the end of the day for not being close enough to the mic. Some people. In the end, Lord B, who's chairman of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on internet security, had a pop at the government for not being 'joined-up' enough in its thinking (is it ever?) and suggested that legislation could well be a recommendation of the committee when it makes its final report in a few months. Pity we didn't manage to grab him to speak at the show just before said report is released, probably would have been a little more enlightening.