Proportion of women and non-binary speakers at MBAC 2024
I’m not at today’s Melbourne Business Analytics Conference (MBAC) since I’m on holiday this week. But that won’t stop me from calculating the proportion of women and non-binary people who are speaking at this event, as I have since its launch in 2017.
The excellent news is that this year is their highest proportion, with 58% of the folks on stage* being woman or non-binary. Great job MBS!
Bar chart titled, “Percentage of female or non-binary speakers and panelists at #MBSAnalytics”. The chart shows the lowest percentage in the first year, 2017, at 31%. Between 2018 and 2023 the percentage ranged from 39% to 51%. The 2024 percentage is 58%.
In case you’re wondering why I track this, that’s because I don’t attend or speak at conferences with 40% or fewer non-male participants. #NoMoreManels
* I don’t include the welcome speech at the start of the day and the practice prize finalists session at the end of the day.