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Update on this topic.

I added a menu on the keyframes to "Move to current time".

Then I implemented the drag and drop into the timeline (and actually into the whole bottom part since it was not very usable when it only received the drop in the small timeline control).
 
While I was testing this I realized there was a possible issue if you drag and drop from one screen to the other, so in the end I added support for that as well. I think it's relevant to your use-case because now you can just keep the reference annotations in a dedicated video and drag the keyframes from there into the current one. I think it's a good solution to the "template" idea. The video updates itself during the dragging operation so it's relatively easy to get to the right frame. I still need to test it a lot more though.

I cannot give an estimated time, there are too many other factors.

I started to look into this. One idea I had was to add a function where you right click an existing named keyframe and do "Set as preset X" or something like that. Then I realized that instead of having just the name of the keyframe we could save all the data associated with it and use *that* as a preset maybe. This way you can add a rich keyframe with some pre-made drawings in one click. There is also a feature for keyframe "color" that would fit nicely into this.

So now I'm thinking that instead of saving this as a list of names in the preferences, it might be simpler to have a "preset KVA" that is a normal annotation file but containing many presets for keyframes and drawings. I think this could simplify the logistics for the more advanced automation scenarios. In the preferences you would point to your preset file, it would analyze it and then for each shortcut/action slot you would select the thing to add based on what's in the file.

edit: scratch that, it would be too complicated to setup. I'll stick with simple name+color presets.

Sorry, the error message is not very helpful. I think what's happening is you are trying to open the KVA file as a if it were a video. The KVA file only contains the annotations. Open the original video normally and load the KVA file into it using File > Load annotations… If you have saved the KVA file next to the original video and with the same file name, it will load it automatically.

"Use motion synchronization mode", this is still experimental. The idea is that instead of synchronizing the videos on a common event by shifting one in relation to the other, this mode uses the length of each video segment and changes the playback speed of the right one, such that both the start and end are in sync (but they are no longer using a comparable time base).

Basically it's a way synchronize a whole segment by scaling the time axis in addition to translating it. This can be helpful if you want to compare form within a larger motion while doing abstraction of the performance speed. For example say we have two long jumpers and we want to compare their form during the aerial phase, but one jump is taking longer than the other.

Regarding cameras that have the same name. In the log there should be a line with the camera identifier. This is normally a unique name, it's the DirectShow name. I think I've heard about this issue with the Kayeton cameras. Can you check in the log if they have the same "moniker"?

Thanks for the follow up.
Can you describe the configuration that doesn't work so I can reproduce and fix the issue?
How was the webcam "deactivated"? Is it in Windows settings? Is it something specific to that particular webcam?

You're right, I think people that wanted to do this with labels were also essentially tagging the whole frame as a particular event. So being able to create named keyframes on the go as the video plays should fill the same use-case.