A speech that sets out the central theme of a conference.
she gave a keynote speech at a medical convention in San Francisco
Example sentencesExamples
- He is giving the keynote speech at the CyberCrime on Wall Street conference.
- He may have unwittingly put his finger on what's wrong during his keynote speech earlier that day in Paris.
- Neil Gaiman (best known for his "Sandman" series) opened the ceremony with a keynote speech.
- He was giving a keynote speech on the changing nature of war.
- The group heads to Barbados to hear Ross deliver the keynote speech at a paleontologists' convention.