He has given many distinguished lectures and plenary addresses, and has presented to academic and non-academic audiences throughout the world, including over 100 media interviews.

Premier Wen Jiabao has delivered a plenary address at each annual meeting.

The conference will combine plenary addresses with specialist seminars and workshops.

When he finally did attend again, in 2004, he again gave a plenary address, this time taking his fellow folklorists to task for being weak on theory.

The types of papers published are: original research papers, review articles, book reviews, commentaries, and plenary addresses.

In July 2010 he was invited to give the plenary address at the annual conference of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew.

In 1983 he gave a plenary address at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Warsaw.

Lewin gave the plenary address to the Commonwealth Minister's meeting in Mauritius in 2012 on the post 2015 development agenda for education.

Donna Shalala gave the plenary address.

Cardinal Turkson delivered the plenary address of the 2011 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering.