Austin has been known as a world-class conference city for ages. It’s home to what is now known as SXSW and used to be called South by Southwest. What started as a music conference almost 40 years ago has become the world’s preeminent conference for ideas, creativity, and community.

I’ve had the honor to attend SXSW and present my view of the world there, so it’s equally an honor to be in Austin this week to attend what has, for many, become one of the world’s preeminent legal conferences—one also focused on ideas, creativity and community.