Dan Marjenberg – Pan American Zinc (USA)

My favourite BIR memory is a funny one. At the 2007 BIR Convention in Athens, I flew from Paris sitting next to a man who looked vaguely familiar. We did not speak during the three-hour flight. Upon arriving at the BIR Convention, the first person I ran into was... my neighbour from the plane. He turned out to be a supplier whose yard I had visited less than a year earlier! I’m great with names but terrible with faces. Lesson learned: attending more BIR Conventions and repeatedly meeting people has greatly reduced the chances of embarrassing myself again.