Why am I at Search Champs?

Mobile search is coming from MSN in the future, but I still wonder why I was lucky enough to get invited here. I love Desktop Search and use it all the time and MSN Search is growing on me, but I am definitely not a search expert. I am a huge techy geek, use search engines all the time, and provide assistance to tons of family, friends, and others. Hmm, I guess I do have some experiences that can be valuable to someone:) The fact that bloggers are techy people and search a lot is also a reason people are here.

I am encouraged that Microsoft holds these events and is putting efforts into improving Search. I have not heard of Google or others making these efforts.