I don't think that placing all of the blame on her, as it seems you are doing (and flagging most likely as well) helps with the conversation in the industry rig

I don't think that placing all of the blame on her, as it seems you are doing (and flagging most likely as well) helps with the conversation in the industry right now. Your entire comment blames her response rather than the stimulus. You can say that you don't like her public response, but the response of the organizers and inability to send a quick note before doing what they did places some of this on them as well. I submitted this in the hopes that someone who organizes a conference in the future can have the insight to ask before doing something like this.