TECH: Gender Gap Among Keynote Speakers (WebSummit, VivaTech, CES)

namsor — Tue, 29 May 2018 09:06:11 GMT

Hi!

We used the PowerBI gender connector to append gender information to WebSummit, VivaTech and CES speakers lists (2016, 2017, 2018). Some key findings,

Overall the Gender Gap among speakers at tech conferences is closing ;
Some organizations are making a clear effort to promote women speakers when they sponsor conferences; (Hurray : Facebook, BNP Paribas, Twitter ; Booh! : Accenture);
VivaTech has made a special effort to close the gap (from 25% women speakers in 2016 to 40% women speakers in 2018).

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