A Wider Net

Confabb launched recently, providing a comprehensive online index of over 16,000 conferences (and rising). Using Confabb, you can “search, track, discuss and review any conference, speaker, or session.” This is one amazing tool. A coworker tipped me off to an article on Techcrunch that describes it quite nicely. It does a nice job of gathering information and assets from other sites, as well as building a community of users who provide first-hand accounts and ratings. If you manage a conference or are thinking of launching one, then you will want to leverage this site extensively. If you’re a compulsive conference attendee, unable to resist attending any conference remotely related to your field, then bookmark the site as your homepage and prepare to burn all your miles and points.