Hi there, I hear you on a lot of this stuff! We're actually forking Steemfest by bringing it to Acapulco just after Anarchapulco and we're decentralizing the concept, making it an open source build it yourself sort of affair. It's the incubator for the sort of dissent and revolution that leads to real positive change that I think we're looking for. If you're interested, here are the links to my Steemit fork post and the Anarchapulco Fork post as we're forking both conferences.

https://steemit.com/steemfest/@lily-da-vine/couldn-t-make-it-to-steemfest2-consider-our-steemfest-fork-in-acapulco

https://steemit.com/news/@lily-da-vine/anarchoforko-anarchapulco-fork-update-it-s-still-on-here-s-how-to-get-involved

We want the community involved to make this thing awesome and that means anyone from a minnow to a whale. If you've got value, you'll capture attention at our steemfest fork.