I've attended work-related conferences for 25 years... I enjoyed getting away from work and the knowledge gained, but there was no camaraderie like with SBIers!
SBIers care about each other.. even in competing niches! We all want each other to succeed, it's just quite an unbelievable bunch of networking people. Every conference is the same... SBIers from all different walks of life and yet all the same as me, I gain from each person I speak to!