Back view of a young businessman at a keynote presentation
The founder of the DevTernity Conference (not pictured), Eduards Sizovs said on X that the profiles weren't an attempt to bolster the event's diversity.
  • A tech conference organizer was accused of listing fake female panelists on his event website.
  • Eduards Sizovs said two panelists had dropped out earlier while the last one was a placeholder.
  • He also apologized and said it was a bad administration slip-up on his part.

An online software development conference has come under fire after its organizers were accused of listing fake female panelists on its website.

The DevTernity Conference was slated to run from 7 to 8 December, and featured speakers from Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. According to the event website, tickets have been sold out.