Gergely Orosz has uncovered a tech conference organizer that regularly lists non-existent female speakers on its agenda.

The DevTernity conference occurring on December 7th & 8th lists a female Coinbase engineer and a WhatsApp engineer who are completely made up.

Similar fake profiles have been discovered on the speaker roster for JDKon, a Java conference by the same organization.

This is a new low.

There are too many talented female engineers to pull this crap. 🤬

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@carnage4life What the actual fuck? How is making up fake speakers easier than simply letting females speak at your conference? These people are nuts.

Happy to see that actual speakers are withdrawing.