You're attacking the wrong person. I'm not a code camp organizer. How about you organize your own code camp and run it the way you want.

>But you don't know for certain if you will have sufficient space until the call for speakers ends.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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)
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>Odds are low that that a conflict will happen. But it really shouldn't be done at all. My 2 cents.