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> Keynote Speaker - Ned Batchelder

I don't get why conferences do this. I understand that it is supposed to be an honor to be "Keynote" but it says literally nothing about what the talk is. I end up just skipping over these because I have no information on the topic of the talk.

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I think it's usually because they don't get the talk title until later in the organisation (Keynotes are usually invited and don't send a proposal)

I can see that for in planning and scheduling. But at least by the video one would hope that a descriptive title could be available. If not by the time of the talk for those considering watching it live.

I think if the page included descriptions of the videos (from YT) it would have been much better.

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