We’ve been gently urging business folks to embark on the good ship OSCON for the last few years. Business-oriented sessions and tutorials have become a schedule staple; last year we held the Open Source Business Review. This year, OSCON has gathered a full head of business steam: Not only are we offering the O’Reilly Radar Executive Briefing that I’ve mentioned before, but program chair Nat Torkington has put together a full Business Track, which nicely complements the Executive Briefing.

Bringing geeks and suits together makes for a good attendee mix too, something we’re becoming keenly aware of in the conferences group of late. It may sound odd or corny, but there really is a tangible amping-up of the creative energy at conferences where two (or more, sometimes) insular communities converge.