What Do You Want From Conference Blogging

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I saw today that Blog In Black mentioned the re-launch of maxbloggers.com. I wish I was going to MAX this year, but it's just not workable.

What I am curious about, though, is what we really are looking for when it comes to conference blogging. From what I have deciphered, conferences and events of that nature, boil down to a few key elements:

Scheduling - Quick and easy access to scheduling information for sessions, workshops, and the ever-important parties
Content - Centralized place for finding notes from the sessions, presentation files, and other related items
Community - Everything from perspectives on the sessions to methods for keeping in touch with people we've met

The question is what format makes this the most usable. Some things I see there being a need for calendar-formatted things, say vCal. For contacts, something like vCard seems natural. Blogs, wikis and web sites seem to be ideal candidates.

As you prepare for your next event, what's your checklist look like? How do you process things once you've come back?