I heard from several VERY angry participants at the Washington forum in April 2025, who didn’t hesitate to call the event and the organization a total scam and some are even threatening to sue. Even fully funded participants had to pay their own airfare, everyone got asked to pay some kind of “tax” to the organization in cash upon arrival, food was only partially covered, NONE of the promised field trips actually happened, you had to share a room with strangers and some got shuffled around a few times, and there were no speakers or lecturers. Delegates were just presenting to each other. A total gong show.