I just read this inspiring article by Max Kalehoff on how conferences can be made better. It doesn’t look like you to need to do much to make attendees happy; and yet many conference organizers won’t even do that much!
And yes, I did observe Max’s comment on halting PowerPoint abuse: I’m shocked at how many conferences will charge thousands of dollars for a ticket and then subject attendees to boring presentations made excruciating by PowerPoint abuse.

