Brookings Institute's "The Long Run Outlook for the Federal Budget: Do We Know Enough to Worry?" event has only one woman introducing an otherwise all-male lineup of speakers, leaving the ratio at only 9% women. This is the Brookings Institute's second Hall of Shame and barely an improvement over their last appearance when they featured ZERO women speakers. They've landed in our Hall of Shame a second time, and they can do much better.
Read MoreBath Ruby Conference 2015 this coming March is "…a one day, single track conference in the beautiful British city of Bath… aimed at Rubyists of all skill levels." We are happy to announce that they have a fantastic gender ratio of 2 men and 4 women. 67% women at a tech conference is almost unheard of, and we are proud to put Bath Ruby in our Hall of Fame.
Read MoreThe Brookings Institutes' The Long Run Outlook for the Federal Budget: Do We Know Enough to Worry? event on December 15 "…will focus on the implications of budget uncertainty for fiscal policy." There are 11 speaking spots entirely manned by men. There are ZERO women present to weigh in on this important subject, and that is more than not good enough. It's terrible.
Read MoreForeign Policy's "A World Disrupted: The Leading Global Thinkers of 2014" list is out, and it's good:
When its history is written, 2014 will be remembered as a year when remarkable individuals smashed the world as we know it—for better and for worse. While some left horrific wreckage in their wake, others showed that a better future demands tearing down foundations and building something entirely new.
Foreign Policy's list is comprised of 131 people, 51 women and 80 men, which is just a hair's breadth under 40%. When people ask where the women are, they're jut not looking. Thank you, Foreign Policy!
Read MoreBoston Data Festival, which took place November 3–9, "…brings together the meetup community, entrepreneurs, VCs and others to highlight its data-centric scene." Their speaker gender ratio was fairly pitiful at only 2 women out of all 24 speakers.
Read MoreDent "…explores the magic and science of visionary leadership and groundbreaking success." Dent Conference 2015, March 22–25, is a four-day conference that will host "…an intimate group of Executive Directors, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Scientists, and Politicians," and we are thrilled to see that out of the 11 listed speakers, 7 of the speakers are women. That's 64% women!
Read MoreThe Techonomy 14 conference aims to "…explore how technology transforms and accelerates progress for both business and society." Of the 241 listed participants during the three-day event November 9–11, only 57 are women. According to Techonomy 14's numbers, it looks like they believe the majority of progress will come from men, but we know that only 24% women is not good enough.
Read MoreThe Presidents' Forum board of directors consists of 10 men and no women, and at its 2014 Annual Meeting, while including a woman as the keynote speaker, only features 8 women out of 35 speakers, moderators, and panelists. No female women board members and only 23% women speaking at the annual meeting directly limits women's vocal participation as part of "…a collaboration of accredited, national, adult-serving institutions and programs which have embraced the power and potential of online education." They can do much better.
Read MoreOne Day University events "…offer the highest quality professors and the opportunity for students to indulge themselves in a day of pure learning and intellectual stimulation." Apparently, the highest quality professors are 79% men. Out of 16 events listed between October 2015 and May 2015, there are 89 speaking spots, and only 19 of those are held by women. According to AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006, 59% of master's degrees and 53% of PhD recipients were women. In 2014 and beyond, One Day University can do much better than only 21% women speakers.
Read MoreThe POLITICO 50, a "…list of the thinkers, doers and dreamers who really matter in this age of gridlock and dysfunction," actually lists 81 individuals, and only 21 are women. Tell POLITICO that 26% women sends a clear message about whose voices they think really matter.
Read MoreThe Washington Post's #techboomers event on October 24th will bring together "experts in social media, e-commerce and health [to] discuss how a generation born long before the advent of the Internet is shaping its future." The listed speakers are 44% women!
Read MoreThe ASCE International Conference On Sustainable Infrastructure 2014 "…is about how to deal with the consequences of non-sustainability, that is, how to plan, design and construct infrastructure for a new and increasingly harsh operating environment." 6 out of 12 of the initially listed speakers are women.There are a number of speakers and moderators yet to be announced, but the opening gender balance looks great! Good job, because first impressions count.
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