Placement of institute on title slide

[twsh]

This is a very subjective issue, so I make the following suggestion tentatively. To me it seems that the institute belongs conceptually with the author. Currently it appears a long way away. I think it would be better appearing immediately after with nothing intervening.

[benjamin-weiss]

In my opinion the page layout doesn't look very good if the order of date and institute is changed. Here is quick sketch.

[twsh]

I prefer it that way.

[rchurchley]

It's definitely a subjective issue, so I'm not sure whether we're likely to reach a consensus. For what it's worth, I quite like @twsh's suggestion of grouping the author and institute together.

I think we can do it elegantly if we adjust the spacing and slightly mute the colour of the institute:

[matze]

This is indeed a very subjective issue which is why we should postpone it until we can come up with a flexible solution that satisfies everyone. For now, I'd say, it looks "good enough".

[nomeata]

I’m about to start mtheme and this was my first stumbling step.

I worked (hacked) around it this way:

\title{Actual title}
\subtitle{Conference name\\Date of talk}
\author{Joachim Breitner}
\date{}% needs to be empty
\institute{Author’s institute}

This groups the date with the talk, and the institute with the author.

[notmatthancock]

Combining @rchurchley 's suggestion with @nomeata 's to give a lighter-grayish-teal subtitle and date:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{LightGray}{rgb}{0.45,0.5,0.45}
\usetheme{metropolis}
\title{A correlation study between burrito girth and tortilla fail point: how many beans is too many?}
\subtitle{\vspace{5pt} \textcolor{LightGray}{Burrito Con \\ Jan 1, 2048}}
\date{}
\author{Author 1, Author 2}
\institute{Institute for Advanced Burrito Studies}
\begin{document}
  \maketitle
\end{document}