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. [1] The conference was hosted out of Riga, Latvia until 2019. There was no conference in 2020. [2]
From 2021, the conference has been online-only. [3] The 2023 annual conference was cancelled [4] over claims of fake, AI-generated speaker profiles, [5] leading to speakers dropping out. [6]
The conference typically features about 20 speakers.
In November 2023, it came to light that DevTernity had been listing fake women speaker profiles [7] on all conferences organized since 2021. [8] 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. [9] [10]
The controversy resulted in widespread backlash against the conference and its organizer. [11] [12] [13] The fake speakers are speculated to have been created to create an illusion of diversity. [14] [15]
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. [1] The conference was hosted out of Riga, Latvia until 2019. There was no conference in 2020. [2]
From 2021, the conference has been online-only. [3] The 2023 annual conference was cancelled [4] over claims of fake, AI-generated speaker profiles, [5] leading to speakers dropping out. [6]
The conference typically features about 20 speakers.
In November 2023, it came to light that DevTernity had been listing fake women speaker profiles [7] on all conferences organized since 2021. [8] 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. [9] [10]
The controversy resulted in widespread backlash against the conference and its organizer. [11] [12] [13] The fake speakers are speculated to have been created to create an illusion of diversity. [14] [15]