Yup. That's very true.

Sponsors. Oh. Right. That. Outreach and strategic partnerships would be a department, and not something I could do since I have 0 industry or insider pull. But I'm sure we could recruit those that do.

If you're talking about renting an estate for a good chunk of a week, that's not inexpensive, but, divided by X amount of attendees, that's not bad, plus you probably should have at least a couple of tiers. For example, if people wanted to pay extra to stay at the estate vs. attending from in the vicinity for privacy or cost reasons.