Improving on the original -- in one respect at least

The NY Jewish Week has a long report from the NY Limmud, and the difference between it and and the British Limmud (which I'm sure everyone will forget pretty quickly was the original) is apparent in the first paragraph:

For all the questions asked during the hundreds of classes and learning sessions at a four-day interdenominational conference of Jewish learning last weekend, perhaps the only one scoffed at was that concerning a participant’s affiliation.

In the UK, as you will recall, Limmud is still off-limits for many Orthodox rabbis who are not allowed (by the Orthodox United Synagogue) to share a platform with their Reform or Conservative colleagues, and is still regarded as 'controversial' in many Orthodox circles.
The NY Limmud sounds like a success. Reports from the front, anyone?