When I started as an Assistant Prof in 2019, I was invited to speak at a for-profit conference (targeted at industry, $2000/ticket). Wouldnt even cover travel (!), & hoped Waterloo/my grants would. Only now realize how rude it was. Headliner: Y. Bengio. Think he did it for free?
Academic Conference Equity: Unpaid Speaking Invitations in AI
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