I stumbled upon this great blog post on how to blog a conference. One thing that stuck out are the tips the author provided on how to podcast a session.

Somehow, writing about a session and recording it to turn into a podcast are treated separately. Most conference organizer would frown upon attendees recording each session then publishing it as a podcast for all the world to listen.

The reason? Conference organizers typically get the speakers to sign a release form to get their permission to record (and then sell) the recording of their session.

As a podcaster, you don’t have this permission from the speaker. So, to avoid any legal hiccups, podcasters should focus on getting the behind the scenes stories.
Forget about recording the sessions. Instead:

• Interview speakers after their sessions (Josh suggested this).
• Interview attendees and ask for their opinions about the conference.
• Interview exhibitors and find out what’s so interesting about the product or service they’re showcasing.
• And then, interview someone who just visited a booth and get their honest opinion about the product or service.
• Attend an after party and capture the energy, noise and voices.

All these can become great podcasts that don’t infringe on the agreements conference organizers made with the speakers, plus you get to provide content from a unique angle that compliments all your blog posts while reporting from a conference or expo.