/\ Pretty much this. But hey, that's what makes these discussions so fun ;) To me the conference was quite boring. Once they rolled out Kinect and all that, I lost interest and started browsing the web. Hopefully the other conferences will be more entertaining and interesting
Maybe the "Official" TED conferences, but there are independent TED conferences called "TEDx" events held all over the place. I just had to fill out an application and hope to recieve an invite. http://www.ted.com/pages/view?id=343