This page catalogs examples of technical conferences with few or no women speakers.

No women speakers Edit

• 2007
  • C4[1] (Mac developer conference)

• 2008
  • C4[2]
  • Fronteers Conference (CSS and JavaScript)
  • @media Ajax
  • Future of Web Design New York
  • Silicon Valley Ruby Conference
  • Highland Fling (Web development)

• 2009
  • Wired Disruptive Business Conference
  • C4[3]

Single woman speaker Edit

• The Golden Gate Ruby Conference had a single female speaker in 2009
• MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference had a single technical female speaker in 2009 (although a total of 4 speakers out of 68 for 6%)
• JavaScript Conference 2009 in Washington DC had one female speaker out of 17 total (~6%), although hers was the only non-technical talk at the conference (0%).

Low percentage (<25%) Edit

• OSCON has had 8%-9% women speakers between 2007-2009, though some portions (eg. Ignite) have a higher percentage (see below).
• SAGE-AU 2009 looks to be around 10%
• Flashbelt 2009 had 5(?) women speakers out of 38, or about 13%
• Open Source Bridge 2009 had 21%
• Web 2.0 Expo 2009 had just under 20%
• ETech 2009 had 21.7%
• linux.conf.au 2008 had 13 speakers of 71, 18% and 2009 had 9 women speakers of 82, 11%.
• OSDC Australia 2006 had 7 women speakers of about 51 (14%), 2007 had 7 women speakers out of about 59 (12%), 2008 had 5 out of about 62 (8%). 2009's schedule is not final yet but sits at 3 out of about 38 (8%)

High percentage (>25%) Edit

The following conferences have had a relatively high percentage of women speakers:

• HICKTech had approx 50% women speakers in 2007(?)
• Gnomedex 2009 has 50% women speakers
• Ignite at OSCON 2009 had approx. 50% women speakers, though OSCON overall runs around 8%.
• Ohio LinuxFest in 2010 had about 34% women speakers