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Tech Conference Collapses After Organizer Admits to Making Fake ‘Auto-Generated’ Female Speaker

Viral allegations that Devternity founder Eduard Sizovs fabricated female speakers to boost diversity have caused several big-name speakers to publicly drop out of the conference.
Tech Conference Collapses After Organizer Admits to Making Fake ‘Auto-Generated’ Female Speaker
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The founder of a software developer conference has been accused of creating fake female speakers to bolster diversity numbers—and some speakers are dropping out, with the event just nine days away. 

Devternity is an online conference for developers that’s invite-only for speakers. In the past, it reportedly drew hundreds of attendees both when it was in-person in Latvia and even more after it moved online. Eduards Sizovs founded the event in 2015. 

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