Web 2.0 is 4 days, but the $1000 I mentioned in my post is for the 3 day conference portion (there is a 4th day for workshops which costs extra).

MeshU is Mesh’s 1 day techy conference, targeted at developers and people who want to delve more into the technical aspects of social media. So, meshU and Mesh would be 3 consecutive days total.

I am not involved in organizing Mesh but can pass along your comments to the organizing committee.

BTW; isn’t both the NYC and SF editions of w2e four days, not three?

For me 4 days of conference is better than 2 since I’m traveling all over the world (from Sweden) to get there. On the other hand, if the 2 days in Canada are of superior quality than the 4 days in SF, then length doesn’t matter.

The “Birds of a Feather” and “Launch Pad” activities at w2e also looks promising. I haven’t found out that mesh has had something like that previously – did they?

I also like that w2e continuously publish their schedule, while mesh so far is a blank page. It’s just 2 months away, and if I’m going there, I’d like to plan it already today.

Thanks for a great comparison!