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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: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 28 2019, @01:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 28 2019, @01:12PM (#886761)

    TFA:

    "The individual, who asked not to be named presumably because these issues generate more heat than light, suggested the cancellation may reflect poor ticket sales more than anything else."

    The diversity issue is a red herring, used by organizers to obfuscate their general failure.

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