Women are less assertive and more risk averse. This conference is not any different from any other conference, the field in the whole or society at large. This

Women are less assertive and more risk averse. This conference is not any different from any other conference, the field in the whole or society at large. This particular phenomenon was even highlighted in nature multiple times: https://www.nature.com/news/why-women-talk-less-at-conferences-1.16270 https://www.nature.com/news/why-women-talk-less-at-conferenc... https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07049-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07049-x