conventions for stutterers

I have read on several forums about people attending conferences on stuttering. It is great that there are such things. It would be nice to be able to go and meet other people who live with stuttering every day. It would be great to hear the success stories of those who have overcome their stuttering and find out how long it took. I have read that you never can stop working on overcoming it! It is with me for life so I might as well accept that fact and learn what to do and keep on working on controlling it.