So what is the general consensus on what the outcome of the scaling conference this weekend might be?
Blockstream has conceded and it's going to 8mb blocks:
"Another idea that has been gathering support is Blockstream CEO and Hashcash inventor Dr. Adam Back's 2-4-8 quick fix, which would incrementally increase to the limit to 8 megabytes in three steps over four years time."
So small blockers are
officially dead. Adam Back is a part of Blockstream.
It is my estimation that Bitcoin needs around 10MB block size to remove the glass ceiling on price (8MB is close enough), so next stop moon:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1271254.msg13115160#msg13115160