well, i wish they had pricing for just one day. i live in the area and i want to see RBA's talk, but i'm too busy with work to attend on any other day but saturday...
so i guess i'm going to miss it (again)
I believe they have a Saturday + Sunday price. Sunday really is only 8am to noon, so all you'd be "wasting" is 4 hours.
BTW I'm honored you make my talk the #1 reason for you to go, but AIC can be a lot of fun for many other reasons: the vendor area is a playground, you get to talk to people with same (or similar) interests, and of course you get to see other talks that might be very interesting - sometimes it's not only about processing this or processing that.
Anyway, if you live in the area, the question really is not whether you should go to the AIC or not but WHY we haven't met at a dark site yet! I go out a lot. I mean, incredibly insanely whole lot!! Henry Coe, Montebello, Lake San Antonio, DARC Observatory, Dinosaur Point, etc etc... If it exists, I've been and I will be there (well, almost). Are you familiar with TAC? If not, you should.