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DevTernity is a paid, online software development conference with an emphasis on software architecture, development best practices and technical leadership. The conference runs annually. It was first organized in 2015. The conference was hosted out of Riga, Latvia until 2019. There was no conference in 2020.

From 2021, the conference has been online-only. The 2023 annual conference was cancelled over claims of fake, AI-generated speaker profiles, leading to speakers dropping out.

The conference typically features about 20 speakers.

Controversy

In November 2023, it came to light that DevTernity had been listing fake women speaker profiles on all conferences organized since 2021. Also, Eduards Sizovs, the organizer of the conference, has been found to be the person behind a popular woman in tech Instagram account advertising the conference.

The controversy resulted in widespread backlash against the conference and its organizer. The fake speakers are speculated to have been created to create an illusion of diversity.

References

  1. "DevTernity IT conference set to start in RÄ«ga". Latvian Radio. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. "DevTernity announces postponing of 2020 conference to 2021". 10 July 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. "DevTernity announces online-only format". 22 July 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. Claburn, Thomas (28 November 2023). "DevTernity conference collapses amid claims women speakers were faked". The Register. Retrieved 6 December 2023. |
  5. Gall, Richard (28 November 2023). "Meet 'Anna Boyko': How a Fake Speaker Blew up DevTernity". The New Stack. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. "Fake AI-generated woman on tech conference agenda leads Microsoft and Amazon execs to drop out". AP News. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. Weatherbed, Jess (28 November 2023). "This dev conference organizer seems addicted to making up women". The Verge. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  8. Orosz, Gergely (2 December 2023). "A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed". Pragmatic Engineer. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  9. Cole, Samantha (27 November 2023). "Founder Is Behind Popular Woman Coding Influencer Account". 404 Media. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  10. Fielding, Sarah (27 November 2023). "A popular female coding influencer's Instagram is apparently run by a man". Endgadget. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  11. Belanger, Ashley (28 November 2023). "Backlash over fake female speakers shuts down developer conference". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  12. Lung, Natalie (28 November 2023). "Tech Conference Faces Backlash on Claims of Fake Women Speakers". Bloomberg. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  13. Kwan, Wei (28 November 2023). "Microsoft and Amazon Web Services executives are bailing on this tech conference after the organizer was accused of using fake female panelists". Business Insider. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  14. Doyle, Andrea (28 November 2023). "Tech Conference Accused of Creating Fake Women Speakers". Skift Meetings. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  15. Josh, Adams (3 December 2023). "Devternity Developer Conference Invents Fake Female Attendees to Bolster Diversity Credentials". CCN. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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