Sounds like a good gig Dave. I'll try to participate on the back channel #davebcs so get 'em tweetin' I'm sure that - as ever - there will be lots of interesting info generated to give us armchair attendees something to think about..

Thanks Shane - a great (and Timely) idea. As we're already signed up with an sms provider the job is already half done. I was thinking of Twitter as a means of live blogging important points coming out of the discussion much the same way as #ideaperf http://ideaperformance.com/or #cisco08

It is a frighteningly good idea. I can almost see the ripples created from the culture shock at the mere suggestion.

The council chamber in Huddersfield Town Hall has huge video screens either side of the chair which - if they are not showing presentations, diagrams, text etc - show the person currently speaking (very stadium rock). I am now imagining a live twitter feed being displayed on these screens. Do you think if speakers could see their words being instantly published and instant responses from the public it would effect what they say?

I'm sure people would attend and take part online and if not it would be an interesting and relatively cheap experiment. It's certainly an idea worth developing. I'm going to give some serious thought to including it on my list of suggestions - with full credit to the source of course.