>If you have sufficient space, there's nothing wrong with it.
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>>Craig, sorry, that wasn't my point. My issue is people/groups making announcements while there's still a call for speakers going on. For lack of a better word, I don't think it's consistent with "sportsmanship." I'm not busting on you personally because I see many people doing it.


But you don't know for certain if you will have sufficient space until the call for speakers ends.

I know of one situation where a Saturday event posted speaker selections before the call finished - and did not anticipate a number of submissions shortly before the call ended. Definitely an "oops" moment with some embarrassment.

I've noticed a pattern where Code Camp events are having shorter timeframes between the call for speakers deadline and the actual event. So I can understand why people would want to promote their sessions as soon as possible.

Professional conferences generally don't do this (or if they do, they're at least smart enough to inform some of the pre-selected speakers privately, tell them they've tentatively been picked, and request that they keep it to themselves until the actual selections are announced)

Odds are low that that a conflict will happen. But it really shouldn't be done at all. My 2 cents.