Bret,
Thanks for starting this thread up. I was thinking about this myself. The company I work is to cheap to pay for any kind of training and Devcon is too expensive for my wallet. I live in Los Angeles, so I might even be able to skip a hotel for this one. After reading the positive replies to your message, I sent in a registration form for the SC conference.
PF
(On an infant's shirt): Already smarter than Bush