@mario_angst_sci That's cool! Embarrassingly I'm flying to Europe this year but not for just one conference - 2 months of work and family stuff, which I'm not sure how to deal with in the long run (my partner is an expat).
Anyway, during the pandemic we effectively had a satellite for one conference, with ~6 people from my faculty. Took over a couple of classrooms (as it was all at night our time), presented and followed different sessions, had dinner together etc. It was fun and worthwhile.