[brutus1213]

I organized a major ACM CS conference this year. Some thoughts .. you need to be super proactive. A super keen person would read the specific papers from before and ask insightful questions during Q/A. State your name and affiliation. Hear other people asking great questions and engage in discussions with them. If there is a conference networking app or coffee break session, make an effort to participate. In networking, best thing is to be interesting (technically) .. have some of your own original ideas/opinions or projects to discuss. Good luck!

[jumarm]

Thanks for your insight! Although I tried to grok some of the papers submitted, I could only understand some of the jargon off-hand and I'll have to drum up some questions for the workshop on Sunday and be active. Might I ask which ACM conference did you organize? The conferences space is incredibly large and vast in disciplines!