The phrase "a keynote for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a central theme or main point of a speech, presentation, or event.
Example: "The conference will feature a keynote for the importance of sustainability in business practices."
Alternatives: "a central theme for" or "a main point for".
That would also serve as a keynote for the evening.
Ahead of the main part of the event, the company today hosted a keynote for its ecosystem partners who sell tools and services for AWS.
At Bard College's Hannah Arendt Center last month, Oreskes gave a keynote for a conference entitled "Truthtelling: Democracy in an Age Without Facts".
What the magic act has to do with the play, beyond setting a mood for frivolity, is anybody's guess; but it does set a keynote for the production: disparateness.
When I did a quick poll of my audience at a keynote for Econsultancy's Digital Outlook, nearly 90percentt admitted to first checking their smartphone for updates before they brush their teeth.
The performance, at the concert hall of the KKL (Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern), was a keynote of sorts for the Lucerne Easter Festival, a weeklong event that is this year awash in noted performers and major, mostly choral, masterpieces.
When it came time for a keynote article for this year's Sport's Illustrated swimsuit issue, the 40th year the feature has run, Terry McDonell, the magazine's managing editor, went to a real expert in swimwear: Jimmy Buffett, a songwriter and beach bum who has done much of his best work in a swimsuit.
Vladimir Bulovic, MIT School of Engineering associate dean for innovation, gave a keynote talk for the SuperUROP audience about the MIT.nano project and the importance of the SuperUROP students' research and involvement in shaping the future.
I got a call from Jackie asking for help in getting a keynote speaker for Bryn Mawr College's Black History Month.
On the day of his youngest son's First Communion, we spent four hours at two separate events for Northern Virginia Democrats, where McAuliffe served as a keynote speaker for both.
Her most recent speaking engagements include speaking about innovation at a conference on Public-Private Partnership hosted by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland; delivering a keynote address for an Employment Conference at MIT; and delivering a keynote address for an International Tourism Innovation Conference in Portugal.
