Yesterday was a blast ! I remember some familiar faces and I am quite happy that some of the folks who showed up a year ago showed up again to give us support. Here are some deeper thoughts on yesterday's event : a) We should have staggered the fluffier talks with the hardcore ones  I think there was only one major area of improvement that all the organisers agreed with after the event. We should have ensured that a fluffier talk always followed through a technical discussion on investment. This way the audience will not lose their concentration in the middle of the conference. b)  The general knowledge of the audience was quite impressive Organisers commented that my quizzes were very hard. It was quite a big risk to put up a picture of Arthur Schopenhauer and ask the audience who he is - after all, you are mostly finance folks. ......