Here are great blog posts reporting Search Engine Strategies 2005 conferences in New-York:

• Blogs, Boards, and Posts: Capturing Consumer Buzz Online by Steve Rubel
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• Search Forecast and Outlook: Profiting From Growth Through 2009, by Search Engine Roundtable
• The Search Landscape, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Searcher Behavior, by Search Engine Roundtable
• The Search Landscape, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Searcher Behavior, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Algorithm Research & Developments, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Algorithms and Research, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Keynote with Jerry Yang, by Search Engine Roundtable
• What is Spam?, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Perfecting Paid Listings, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Indexing Summit, by Search Engine Roundtable
• News & Webfeed Search, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Webfeeds, Blogs & Search, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Convergence (and the Future of Search), by Search Engine Roundtable
• Search Convergence, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Local Search Marketing Tactics, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Brand Summit: Life After Geico - Google, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Measuring Offline Sales & Conversions, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Local Search Marketing Tactics, by Search Engine Roundtable
• Reaching Out To Europe, by Search Engine Roundtable

Yes, this is a lot of articles to read, but I think they are must-do if you can't go to New York!