Sorry to have disappointed you, but the Inside Tracks and the DSAG events are more customer focused. You get more exposure to real problems with real customers than the new feature bandwagon at TechEds which I anyway inform myself about. The security related topics are now (IMO cleverly) packaged into the technology and operations streams in the DSAG framework as far as workgroups and customer feedback are concerned.
In shorts: I went to a few TechEds in the past for networking, the opportunity to go to the disco once a year again (made me feel 10 years younger each time) and curiosity. Now the Inside-track groups also offer disco, so that leaves only curiosity left for me and I am quite an old bullet already.. :-)
But India would interest me if anyone is interested for a TechEd visit / present something / add a week or so onto the end to see the country.
Via SCN I have many contacts in India and would like to see it for myself.
ps: I would also like to moderate the traffic in Dehli at major intersections for a day or two if any gurus out there have government contacts to organize that or access to the SAP systems they use to create a user ID for me there... :-)
Cheers,
Julius