Dev Con for NEO January 2018: http://devcon.neo.org/
Decentralization of NEO expected around Christmas: https://medium.com/proof-of-working/decentralization-from-coopetition-b10d7ce3b9d
Doing so will mean that they are getting closer to the 15 seconds block generation time, currently they stand at 22-23 seconds per block. This is going to result in a significant 25-30% increase in GAS generation per month by holding NEO.