The alternative is that perhaps there were female speakers that were simply unaware of the conferences existence? There were multiple attempts from people who w

The alternative is that perhaps there were female speakers that were simply unaware of the conferences existence? There were multiple attempts from people who were going to attend this conference to aid them in finding more speakers which were rebuked by the organizers. Ending a conference like this and then pointing fingers because people decided not to go is a bad look regardless. It comes across as incredibly petty.