A person who delivers a speech that sets out the central theme of a conference.
Harry Reid will be the keynote speaker at the convention
Example sentencesExamples
- He is a keynote speaker at commencement ceremonies at Calvin College.
- The director of the Whitney Museum of American Art will be the show's keynote speaker.
- He will be the keynote speaker at a "peace conference" at the city hall tomorrow.
- The opening keynote speaker drove home the vital importance of changing today's standards of design to promote sustainability.
- A keynote speaker at the International Famine Centre detailed how maize was loaded on ships bound for Britain at the height of the great Irish potato famine.