So a vendor chose to advertise their upcoming conference at Shmoo. 2024 and we still have all white male speaker pools for these events. WIATF?? Then their COO weighed in exactly as I predicted they would without any sense of irony at all. So here's a link to the full thread of my detailed response.
@alyssam_infosec I definitely did not expect them to use the excuse of “only the white men we invited could make it.”
Sounds like they did the absolute minimum of tossing out a couple invites then threw their hands up like well we tried.
@derekheld @alyssam_infosec @hacks4pancakes
Sounds like their invitations also read, “Hey, we need some DiVerSiTY, can you come speak at our conference?”
Alyssa Miller 🛩️ 
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