Who Influences the "Idea" Conference Leaders?

On a whim, we decided to see who the leading "Idea" conferences pay attention to on Twitter. Rather than focusing on who follows TED, Davos, the Aspen Ideas Festival, etc. We took a look at who they follow.The events and twitter accounts we referenced were:99U (@99u)Aspen Ideas Festival (@aifestival)All Things D (@allthingsd)BIL Conference (@bilconf)Clinton Global Initiative (@clintonglobal)Creative Conference (@Cre8Con)World Economic Forum (@Davos)DLD Conference (@dldconference)Future in Review (@futureinreview)InnoTown (@innotown)Lift Conference (@liftconference)New Yorker Festival (@NewYorkerFest)PICNIC (@picnicfestival)PopTech (@poptech)Solve For X -- Megan Smith (@smithmegan)Summit Series (@SummitSeries)TED -- Chris Anderson (@tedchris)TED Global (@TEDGlobal)TEDx (@TEDx)Biz Inno Factory (@TheBIF)Who is the most followed? See below. Tim O'Reilly leads the pack.13 Follow:Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly)10 Follow:Bill Gates (@BillGates)Evan Williams (@ev)9 Follow:Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer)8 Follow:Clay Shirky (@cshirky)Joi Ito (@Joi)Kara Swisher (@karaswisher)Pete Cashmore (@mashable)Chris Anderson (@TEDchris)7 Follow:Biz Stone (@biz)Maria Popova (@brainpicker)Eric Schmidt (@ericschmidt)Fast Company (@FastCompany)Helen Waters (@HelenWalters)Hootsuite (@hootsuite)Om Malik (@om)David Pogue (@Pogue)Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson)TechCrunch (@TechCrunch)TEDNews (@TEDNews)TEDTalks (@tedtalks)6 Follow:Alexis Madrigal (@alexismadrigal)World Economic Forum (@davos)Jacqueline Novogratz (@jnovogratz)June Cohen (@junecohen)Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof)New York Times (@nytimes)Stephen Fry (@stephenfry)Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg)Here is a matrix depicting the top 20 tweeters and what specific events follow them (click to enlarge):