The following youngish people impressed me at the conference:

• Claire Nance (Glasgow)
• Ruth Cumming
• Timothy Mills
• Tom Starr-Marshal
• Emina Kurtic (Sheffield)

That’s not to say there weren’t other impressive people there; but these are the people who (a) I noticed, and (b) I managed to write down, and (c) were people I didn’t know already.

BAAP is a friendly conference.   It’s not a “hot” conference, but it encourages student presentations, some interesting stuff appears, and it’s a good place to talk to people.  It’s low-key: people aren’t so busy bragging and advertising as they are at many conferences.  And, it’s a small conference so you can talk to nearly everyone and see just about all that’s going on.