Are You Getting Invited to UX Design Conferences?

In a sense, you're not part of the UX design industry and in a big sense you really are as well because you're constantly being invited by the UX industry to speak. Why do you think that is, and if you put your critical glasses on, what is your perception of the UX industry? I mean, I came across the UX industry, what, 2013, and sort of have sort of been working with projects and with companies and yes, and certainly in conferences since then. And secondarily, I think it's because I'm also both willing to, and to a certain extent now, permitted to talk and workshop through subjects that have no meaningful benefit in the next two weeks of