What I love about conferences like the one I'm at right now, is that I get to hear from the rockstars in my field and all the smart research and teaching they are engaged in at their own institutions. I usually come away with a powerful gem of an idea that transforms something I do. This time, it was a new theory that might just be the right framework for a research project I have percolating in my brain. Have to do more reading and research about it, but at least it is a place to start.
Now if only I could finish this presentation of mine...