Re: Meanwhile in other news...
I'm impressed by the number of downvotes (and upvotes!) you guys are getting! Almost half'n'half!
It is clear to me that the organizers should have e-mailed every known female php developer on the planet and told them "YOU WILL SUBMIT PAPER NOW! PRESENT AT CONFERENCE!".
Since they failed to do that, they are clearly bigots and need to be taken out and shot. Unless they themselves belong to some minority.
Finally I'd like to add that I am not part of the problem. I have even worked together with vegetarians and we rarely fought. So there.