As reported earlier, I am a great fan of the TED conferences and the resources they provide on the website.  The conference for 2008 has been going on over the past few days.  The unfortunate problem for anyone wanting to attend the conference in California is that a ticket costs $6000 before you pay for hotels and air fares.

In response to the problem, BIL has been created, and starts tomorrow and goes through to Sunday.  It is the first BIL conference, and so it is still to be seen whether it will be as inspiring and lively as the TED conference, but it is certainly worth watching out for.