Ask HN: What did you think of Web Summit?

Hello HN! I'd like to get a conversation going about Web Summit and see what people think of the event. Many of the tech industry's most influential people were in attendance and it was an omnipresent topic in the twittersphere these past few days. Please chime in no matter how you watched the event -- from afar, in person or didn't watch at all. For someone based in the Bay Area, I didn't feel like it was worth the trek to go to the event but I find it highly impressive that the organizers were able to get such a talented and successful group of speakers to come to Ireland for the Summit. Do you think it even makes sense for these speakers to travel across the Atlantic to be on stage for 15 minutes? Is the event worth attending for budding entrepreneurs? Does its format differ drastically from tech conferences in the US? What did you like/dislike about the event in general?