Thanks for pointing that out! We would, of course, love to have female speakers on the summit. We had an open call for talks, which was promoted on the web, Twitter, newsletters etc., but there were only male speakers applying, unfortunately.
In the talks committee, Dormain Drewitz (who leads Product Marketing at Pivotal) and Lovisa Johansson (Marketing Manager / Software Developer at CloudAMQP), two female professionals highly experienced in RabbitMQ, was participating in choosing the speakers. In terms of the panel discussion, it will be lead by Dormain.
Lovisa is very skilled in RabbitMQ, and has written ebooks, technical documentation and tons of blog posts on the topic. However, she couldn’t participate as a speaker or in the panel discussion since she will have other commitments during the summit.
Diversity is a high priority for us, and we have a lot of females working behind the scenes as project leaders managing the summit.
In the talks committee, Dormain Drewitz (who leads Product Marketing at Pivotal) and Lovisa Johansson (Marketing Manager / Software Developer at CloudAMQP), two female professionals highly experienced in RabbitMQ, was participating in choosing the speakers. In terms of the panel discussion, it will be lead by Dormain.
Lovisa is very skilled in RabbitMQ, and has written ebooks, technical documentation and tons of blog posts on the topic. However, she couldn’t participate as a speaker or in the panel discussion since she will have other commitments during the summit.
Diversity is a high priority for us, and we have a lot of females working behind the scenes as project leaders managing the summit.