No. Currently, in general, it does. A conference speaker is merely a contributor to a conversation. That should be valued, but understood the conversation is no

No. Currently, in general, it does. A conference speaker is merely a contributor to a conversation. That should be valued, but understood the conversation is not held to the same standards of academic, scientific or professional rigor. At least one of the objectives of a conference is to broaden the audience for a topic through less formal conversation. For the sake of clarity, this assumes we are not talking about destruction through unprofessional, inappropriate or unacceptable behavior, language, etc.