This is only the second Abstractions conference. I attended the first, and it had more diverse speakers and attendees than I’ve ever seen at a software conference. As a woman, that meant a lot to me.
They screwed up on this, but as soon as an objection was raised, they’ve changed the policy. I’ve helped run a small conference myself (not this one), and I know how tricky handling registration can be, so there’s no way they can entirely drop the bands at this point. I’ve volunteered to help day-of, so I saw the RFID demonstrated. It doesn’t register on a reader until it’s practically touching, so I’m nor concerned about my privacy.
