I would love to ! Once I'm good enough with clojure I might invest in going to clojured ! And it so happens that I have a city crush on Berlin !

may I say that your level of Clojure is not relevant for attending a conference... you'll learn regardless of your level and meet new people.

True, but since I want to maximize my learning there because it would come at great cost ( I'm a poor student ) I'd rather have a higher level so that I could learn more and communicate better

makes sense...