I know you have been following this for a long time now. Their site and the number of participants have grown tremendously since 2004.
Keep up the good work Deanna, great subject for your first diary.
Besides all the heavyweights asked to come to the conference whom will surely  discuss difficult and important issues, they should ask me too. I could provide some snark to keep the atmosphere light. I'd be like the guy making farting sounds with his armpit in the back row. :D