Yo Steve! The "conference coverage" topic is an interesting subject in and of itself here on Steemit. How about some motivation posts on how member so the Steemit community can cover conferences within their reach/locality and report on those conferences for the benefit of the overall Steemit effort. I think there is some real potential there. Like here in Vietnam there is a cryptocurrency Facebook group and meetup. Those kinds of meetups could be reported on by various members. Just thinkin'...