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That also depends on how many submitted talks. It would be a farce and ridiculous if 100 talks were submitted, and 99 of them were <gasp> males, and then they

• alkonaut 9y ago
  This is why in the face of that kind of odds, a diverse conference has to look very hard for female speakers. Even if there are factors that mean there will never be 50% female submitters, a proper diversity policy means the organizer sees this as a symptom of a problem they can help solve. Perhaps if a conference can keep at least 1/3 female speakers every year then 25% of submissions will be from women in 10 years? And perhaps if 1/3 speakers are women, more women will visit the conference, widening the audience? The whole point of active diversity policy is that the status quo is to be changed by active means.
  • humanrebar 9y ago
    One of the big issues here is whether "active means" includes firing people who earnestly question the "active means".