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posted by martyb on Wednesday August 28 2019, @02:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the diverse-views dept.

Female-free speaker list causes PHP show to collapse when diversity-oriented devs jump ship

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."

Over the weekend, organizers of the conference, which had been scheduled for October 4-6 in Dresden, Germany, ended the event evermore after two scheduled speakers issued public statements that they would not be attending this year, citing concerns about the lack of diversity.

PHP.CE on Saturday posted a note on its website, stating "The conference has been cancelled and won't be continued*. Sorry for the inconvenience."

The asterisk points to three online posts as the reason for the decision. The first, a July 17 Tweet from Karl Hughes, CTO of educational consultancy The Graide Network, chastises the conference for a speaker list made up entirely of white men.

You can see how it was in 2018, including the list of speakers, presentation schedule, and a 9m41s "after-movie".


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 28 2019, @10:05AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 28 2019, @10:05AM (#886721)

    The conference is was being held in Germany. So try to pull your head out of your ass long enough to look at a map and stop blaming this on Americans.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Wednesday August 28 2019, @02:34PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 28 2019, @02:34PM (#886805) Journal

    Who will be laughing when Trump buys Germany?

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    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.