What's the best conference to attend for life-learners?

Question

Of all the conferences offered in the world, what is the single best one to attend for people who want to be exposed to a wide-range of ideas and individuals? What is the most inspiring? The most interesting? The most rewarding?

Answer 1

Some of the best ones are invite only, but two good candidates are:

The TED Conference and Davos.

Here's some more details:

TED
"TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an invitation-only event where the world's leading thinkers and doers gather to find inspiration."
http://www.ted.com/

You can see a sample of previous TED talks here:
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/

Here are two of my favorites:
Malcom Galdwell: http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=m_gladwell

Nicholas Negroponte:
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=n_negroponte



The second conference is Davos:

Davos
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Geneva-based foundation whose annual meeting of top business leaders, national political leaders (presidents, prime ministers and others), and selected intellectuals and journalists is usually held in Davos, Switzerland. There are also regional meetings throughout the year. It was founded in 1971 by Klaus M. Schwab, a business professor in Switzerland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum
http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm

I've never been to either conferences but aspire to. Hope this helps.