Thankfully, the people who attend a conference dedicated to talking about better ways for scientists to use the internet are also the most likely to live-blog the event. So, thanks to the always-wonderful Allyson Lister over at the Mind Wobbles, the public has access to an avid conference blogger’s account of the conference. And, as a bonus, on each of her posts, she’s also linked to the FriendFeed discussions of each of the panels!

The two sessions I found most interesting (and wished I had been there to see) were:

• The live-demo of the not-yet-public Google Wave by Cameron Neylon, Chris Thorpe, and Ian Mulvany and the discussion of its potential as a means for collaboration (Google, if you’re listening, I’m still waiting for my chance to try it!)
• The discussion on how science communication will be done in 50 years with science fiction author John Gilbey. I’ll be honest, I couldn’t quite tell from Allyson’s notes what exactly happened, but when the notes talk about creating a “University of Rural England where things are not always as they seem” with “machine-enhanced clairvoyance for science quality auditors” and “a temporal portal to allow historic research leaders to be employed on projects”, you know it must’ve been fascinating.