{"id":338548,"date":"2017-04-17T23:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1477270"},"modified":"2017-04-17T23:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T15:00:48","slug":"facebooks-f8-developers-conference-will-be-more-diverse-than-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/facebooks-f8-developers-conference-will-be-more-diverse-than-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s F8 developers conference will be more diverse than last year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ahead of Facebook\u2019s annual developers conference, F8, Facebook shared the demographic makeup of this year\u2019s expected attendees exclusively with TechCrunch.<\/p>\n

Of the people who chose to disclose, 28.7% self-identified as women (a 4.9% increase from last year) and 19.3% self-identified as underrepresented ethnicities in tech (black, Latinx, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander), representing a 5.6% increase from last year.<\/p>\n

For the second year in a row, Facebook has also donated $250,000 worth of F8 proceeds to fund a scholarship program for underrepresented people in tech. This year, Facebook has donated some of the proceeds from F8 to Hack Reactor\u2019s Telegraph Track for underrepresented engineers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe F8 donation will fuel the expansion of Telegraph track as we plan to award full-tuition scholarships to 14 underrepresented engineers looking to join our Telegraph Track community,\u201d Hack Reactor\u00a0\u200eDirector of Diversity and Inclusion Albrey Brown told TechCrunch in an email.<\/p>\n

Last year, Facebook donated the money to Dev Bootcamp<\/a> to fund scholarships for 20 people of color and\/or women to participate in the 19-week program.<\/p>\n

\u201cF8, in and of itself, is a cross-section not just of Facebook, but of the industry as a whole,\u201d Facebook Diversity Business Partner Kiva Wilson told TechCrunch.<\/p>\n

Wilson went on to say that the upward trend in diverse representation at F8 is one Facebook works hard for, and \u201cfrankly, is exciting and provides a bit more encouragement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook first started collecting<\/a> the demographic makeup of its F8 attendees in 2015. That\u2019s because tech\u00a0conferences, including this publication\u2019s beloved Disrupt<\/a>, are notoriously dominated by male attendees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Compared to Facebook\u2019s employee demographics, its conference for developers is more racially diverse but not more diverse when it comes to gender. Underrepresented racial minorities make up just 10% of Facebook\u2019s employee base in the U.S., while they make up 19.3% of attendees at F8. Facebook is 33% female, while F8 attendees are just 28.7% female.<\/p>\n

Regarding speakers at F8, Wilson wouldn\u2019t disclose the demographics or names, but said\u00a0attendees will be able to notice an improvement this year compared to last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a full proponent and believer in the concept that you can\u2019t be what you can\u2019t see,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

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\"\" Ahead of Facebook’s annual developers conference, F8, Facebook shared the demographic makeup of this year’s expected attendees exclusively with TechCrunch. Of the people who chose to disclose, 28.7% self-identified as women (a 4.9% increase from last year) and 19.3% self-identified as underrepresented ethnicities in tech (black, Latinx, Native American, Alaska Native, Native… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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