2019-08-27 | Female-free speaker list causes PHP show to collapse when diversity-oriented devs jump ship • The Register
' As PHP Central Europe's Twitter account put it, "After Crell's action [blog post] our sales stopped completely…."'
'Under the heading, "Diversity Matters!" the website for the PHP Central Europe developer conference (PHP.CE) says, "PHP Central Europe Conference is committed to creating a conference that is as inclusive as possible."'
'He said he had emailed two other conference speakers who, like him, had multiple speaking slots to gauge interest of giving their second slots away to female presenters. '
'Yet public posts about the absence of women at a conference can affect ticket sales. '
'Garfield expressed sympathy for the conference organizers, saying he knows it can be challenging to arrange a diverse, inclusive lineup at tech events. '
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0 u/derram 27 Aug 2019 16:43
https://unvis.it/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/27/php_europe_cancelled/ :
' As PHP Central Europe's Twitter account put it, "After Crell's action [blog post] our sales stopped completely…."'
'Under the heading, "Diversity Matters!" the website for the PHP Central Europe developer conference (PHP.CE) says, "PHP Central Europe Conference is committed to creating a conference that is as inclusive as possible."'
'He said he had emailed two other conference speakers who, like him, had multiple speaking slots to gauge interest of giving their second slots away to female presenters. '
'Yet public posts about the absence of women at a conference can affect ticket sales. '
'Garfield expressed sympathy for the conference organizers, saying he knows it can be challenging to arrange a diverse, inclusive lineup at tech events. '
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0 u/JohnGaltApproves 27 Aug 2019 18:04
Unlikely that was the real reason, but any chance to virtue signal.