Mark your calendars for May 2017 for The Midwest Management Summit; a 4-day conference purposely capped to just 750 attendees so that nobody gets lost in the crowd.
Speakers have time to meet and talk to you. No rushing people out of a session to get the next speaker going. Time to absorb what you see and talk it over with speakers and other attendees.
A true learning experience. Real networking. Real-life issues discussed.