Yeah, I interpreted the video the same as Tom. The "heroes" of the title does not refer to the speakers, but to the people that he hoped to reach and inspire to become a more active part of the community.

The representation of the set of speakers is certainly something to consider and critique. But people are ignoring the much more important representation of the audience. The goal of ensuring the videos are well translated and accessible across languages/cultures is actually a pretty cool move, and a really important thing if WordPress' global expansion is not going to end up with a bunch of splintered communities and dev tracks.