Conditions for emergence to a next level of complexity and harmony

what I see coming in my direction is that several of these talks will actually form an ensemble and carry on an inquiry that will indeed be very within the whole of the community.

That would be most likely the case if we had enough time for self-organization through differentiation and integration, the shared efforts of the speakers to examine one another's perspectives and discover both their uniqueness and affinity. Looking at rb9 as a two-day event it is not very probable, given the shortness of time. However, looking at it as a jumping board and attractor in a time expanded so that it includes both before- and after-rb9, everything is possible if the speakers are interested in a context larger than their own and how their focus/concern contribute to and fit in that. That's why the right mix of tools and processes for online interaction, including the use of the Reboot forum at Xing until something better comes up, is essential for the kind of emergence to occur that Dannie is talking about.