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.