Yesterday Macworld San Francisco registration opened its doors and immediately concerns were raised by those wishing to attend that in order to see the Keynote they would have to purchase a Platinum Pass.
When the brand new registration site went online it was noticed that an apparent policy change by IDG would force anyone wishing to get a seat at the keynote would have to stump up $1695 for a Platinum Pass, any other pass would simply be relegated to an overflow room.
The issue was quickly rectified by Paul Kent, Vice President of IDG World Expo who confirmed that it was a web site glitch. In an email to one potential attendee Kent wrote:
Thank you for your email. The keynote policy on our website yesterday was an error. Our policy is the same as in previous years. We have corrected the registration pages accordingly.
Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.
The Macworld Expo website has been overhauled this year and includes information on the many conference tracks available at the expo. Macworld offers sessions for new users, graphic designers, digital photographers, digital videographers, musicians, IT staff and educators.
Macworld Expo is currently offer Early Bird pricing until December 1 2008.
Macworld Conference and Expo San Francisco 2009 will run from January 5 - 9 2009 and will represent the 25th anniversary of the expo.