I'd like to see a Bitcoin conference where Bitcoin is on trial. In addition to the usual conference events, have a series of moderated Cambridge-style debates each tackling various criticisms. These would be part of each day's "main event". The "prosecution" should be led by both prominent Bitcoin critics/skeptics as well as some relative (yet well educated) unknowns to the BTC community. Even better if these debates are hosted off-site from the conference to ensure a less biased audience. Cambridge debates are scored by surveying the audience before and after. Whoever changes the most minds wins. Telecast the debates into the main conference venue. Record for posterity and transparency. The aftermath will show what arguments resonate the strongest with no-coiners, and which criticisms are the the weakest.

Darth is right. Industry conferences can be echo chambers, and this is doubly true for an industry that keeps being pushed to the fringe by the mainstream.

Second to this, I think it's even more important to bring Bitcoin to no-coiners conferences. Someone posted here yesterday about their experience and insights into how Bitcoin can help the hospitality industry. Which begs the question - are projects like Strike present at hospitalilty conferences with a tailored value proposition for that group? Are the folks behind Oshi and the like present at small businesses fairs and/or rubbing elbows with chambers of commerce? Are any of us looking for pain points in our respective industries and brainstorming ways "Bitcoin can fix that"? The more people we can just low dose orange pill, the more voices and perspectives we'll see at Bitcoin conferences looking for more solutions, which will in turn demand more developers, which will in turn onboard more people to Bitcoin, which will in turn add more utility, which will in turn increase adoption, et cetera, and so on, and so forth.