On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 20:22:28 UTC, Olivier Pisano wrote:
> On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei
>
> Erik Meijer?

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On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei

Fabrice Bellard is a programming star that never ever gives talks. But it would probably be interesting.

On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei

I know Bartosz Milewski was once involved in D2's design, it would be interesting to see what he thinks of D now. I'm not sure what other people think of him, but I'd personally regard him as a "industry luminary."

Bye.

On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei

I know Kent has some interest in D (I did some pair programming with him to teach him the basics). It may be worth asking him.

On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei

Chandler Carruth

On 18/11/15 7:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a
> conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei

Markus Perrson - Notch.
No idea if we can get him or not. But he is pretty notable!

Alternatively Michael Garbage - livecoding.tv CEO.
Give me a shout out, if you want me to enquire!

On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei

I know it's an extremely long shot but Brian Kernighan. I mean why not? Most of the people suggested here don't know anything about D, and who wouldn't want to watch that talk?

On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 03:11:34 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
> Alternatively Michael Garbage - livecoding.tv CEO.
> Give me a shout out, if you want me to enquire!

I don't know about that. Recently that company has gotten some very bad (and deserved) press in the programming world https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10486476

On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a
> conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei

Rob Pike comes to mind. He can tell us about the state of system programming languages.

Ali

On 18/11/15 5:07 PM, Jack Stouffer wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 03:11:34 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
>> Alternatively Michael Garbage - livecoding.tv CEO.
>> Give me a shout out, if you want me to enquire!
>
> I don't know about that. Recently that company has gotten some very bad
> (and deserved) press in the programming world
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10486476

I'm well aware.
I've talked to Michael and I side with him.

It was a combination of misinformation and miscommunication. Actions are being taken to prevent such occurrences in the future. Which is the correct course of action.