The North of England Education Conference 4th-6th January 2006. based at the Sage in Gateshead, UK

No, you probably can’t go because it costs £540 + VAT but it would be quite interesting. Check out the site and the keynote speakers.
Specially interesting are speeches by David Bell (recently promoted from OFSTED to more nearer God-like status within Government), Sahar Hashini (co-founder of Coffee Republic) and Simon Woodroffe (founder of all things YO!)

The emphasis could well be on Enterprise and Entrepreneurs methinks!