invite speakers

Meaning

To formally ask experts, professionals, or guest presenters to give a speech or presentation at an event. This collocation is widely used in corporate event planning, conference organization, and professional networking contexts.

Examples

• We need to invite speakers who are experts in artificial intelligence for our next summit.

  We need to invite speakers who are experts in artificial intelligence for our next summit.

• Have you sent out the official emails to invite speakers for the annual panel discussion?

  Have you sent out the official emails to invite speakers for the annual panel discussion?

• Our main priority this week is to invite speakers for the upcoming marketing webinar.

  Our main priority this week is to invite speakers for the upcoming marketing webinar.

• If we want to attract more attendees, we should invite speakers with a strong social media presence.

  If we want to attract more attendees, we should invite speakers with a strong social media presence.

• The event coordinators are planning to invite speakers from several international tech companies.

  The event coordinators are planning to invite speakers from several international tech companies.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to call speakers for our next conference.

  ✓ We need to invite speakers for our next conference.

  While 'call' can mean to contact someone, 'invite speakers' is the standard, professional collocation used when requesting people to present at an event.

• ✗ We should invite speakers at our annual meeting.

  ✓ We should invite speakers to our annual meeting.

  The correct preposition to use after 'invite [someone]' when referring to an event or venue is 'to', not 'at'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The marketing team is looking to ___ for the virtual product launch next month.

  💡 Fill in the standard phrase meaning to ask professionals to present at the event.

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  invite speakers

• Before we can finalize the schedule, we must ___ who can cover the main industry trends.

  💡 This phrase refers to the action of securing presenters for the schedule.

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  invite speakers

• It is always a challenge to ___ who are both knowledgeable and engaging.

  💡 The verb phrase meaning to formally request presenters to join your event.

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  invite speakers