2009

The inaugural year for BIL:PIL was a huge success, thanks to a great group of attendees, organizers, and sponsors. We had over 35 speakers, 100 attendees, and 1000 livestream viewers.

What did people say about BIL:PIL 2009?

On Blogs (more at Google Blog Search):

On Twitter (more at #bilpil):

@tully3000: I had no expectations for #bilpil except to have my brain cage expanded. And it’s already happening.

@angel189: Following the #bilpil conference hashtag and livestream from Madrid

IAmBiotech: Daniel Kraft just blew my mind at #bilpil – showed video of re-growing a beating rat heart from stem cells.

dubbio: @mrgunn @sdbn “Hate that I missed #bilpil.” ditto.

@bmljenny: I think the theme for today is the importance of looking at the big picture. #bilpil

sheffi: Come to #bilpil today or watch online at bilpil.com RT @SeerGenius: geezus… #tedmed is $4000. what abt public option?

tully3000: Congrats on pulling it all together! RT @sheffi: Unbelievable first day of #bilpil. Thanks to all who came out. One more day to go!

Marston: Great first day of #bilpil – Good conversations, question asking and meeting of new people.

IAmBiotech: Day 2 of #bilpil kicking off with great talk from Aubrey de Grey (#tedmed favorite)

@davidrosenman @sheffi Hats off to you and your colleagues for an excellent BilPil. Thank you. #bilpil –> Awesome spontaneous order ex.

grapealope: Mind’s still buzzing with ideas from #bilpil. So many tweets, sites, hard to keep track!

The speakers this year included: