Synonyms for 'conference attendees'

Question

I'm trying to think of the best way to casually say 'conference attendees'. Any ideas?

If it's a prestigious enough conference, maybe the attendees are mostly delegates.
Yeah, I didn't want to be that formal. One of the other conference execs used that word initially and I didn't like it but I couldn't think of anything better than conference attendees. Given our target market it doesn't make sense.
Is it in order to say that the persons going to the conference are the attenders and the conference is the attendee (even the spell-checker is objecting to attenders)? Or am I flogging a long-dead horse here?
@Brian Hooper: I don't think that would be in order. So far as I'm aware, attendee is simply the new upcoming synonym for attender. They both mean a person who is present at an event, as opposed to attendant, being a person who looks after the needs of others (possibly including attendees at OP's conference). I don't think there's any word based on attend to identify the actual event/venue.
@FumbleFingers, I think attended works for the event/venue ‒ although a bit clunky.

user2683 · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-23 01:51:39Z

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You can call them participants.

answered Dec 23 '11 at 1:51

user2683

I suppose participants works. There really aren't a lot of words for this. – ChrisM Dec 23 '11 at 4:14

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