I do not think you can generalize.
The two most memorable (to me) tech plenaries were:
-A presentation by someone from Google about the (not yet released)
Android (clearly falls into the "marketing" bucket)
-A (prophetic?) presentation by Fred Baker about the potential for the
government to intercept Internet content (clearly falls into the "talking
to ourselves" bucket)
Unfortunately, getting a good plenary speaker/speech is not "cookbook".
Janet
"ietf" <ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> wrote on 03/06/2014 10:13:36 AM:
From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(_at_)anvilwalrusden(_dot_)com>
To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Date: 03/06/2014 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: A suggestion for future Technical Plenaries
Sent by: "ietf" <ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Hi Brian,
On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 03:55:57AM +1300, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Get speakers we know, and avoid speakers with management job titles.
Is there a danger in that case of the technical plenary turning into
an echo chamber, where we only talk to ourselves? (That's not a
rhetorical question; I'm asking for real.)
Best regards,
A
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Andrew Sullivan
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