Cranky Sam Poo and colleague set fire to Kelly’s Hotel in Mudgee after being evicted from the 1861 Annual Bushranging Conference for refusing to remove their helmets. Bowls of mints, souvenir pens and fun little icebreaker games, even bushrangers love Conferences. Of course, in less enlightened times, facilitators often failed to respect individual and cultural differences. When a conference venue burns down, is it a problem or is it an opportunity?