These events invite participants into a multiple day conversation where presentations exist mostly to provoke thoughtful inquiry by all attendees.
Some conversations carry on in federated wiki by mechanisms first described at the 2016 conference.
Writing with Strangers summarizes Ward Cunningham's interesting observation on the federated wiki experience.
Life with Transistors and the capital to make them. Ward Cunningham reflects on conversations led by Dmitry Paranyushkin and David Bovill.