Why do you assume the lack of women tech speakers implies they lack tech skills?

"Happily, DevelopHer has created a fantastic list."

They did? It's blank.

The form to even add yourself is a 404.

"Why do you assume the lack of presence implies women in tech are missing technical skills?"

I don't think women in tech are missing technical skills. I think there are less women in tech..period.

There are less women majoring in tech/science related fields for starters:

http://readwrite.com/2014/09/02/women-in-computer-science-wh...

"Typically the organizers of the conference are men and they naturally reach out to their networks to find speakers"

Is this still a thing? My network contains men and women of all races. I know many professionals in and out of tech and I don't know anyone that excludes someone from their network because of their gender.

"Happily, DevelopHer has created a fantastic list."

These sorts of lists and organizations will only push us further behind in terms of equality. 'Equality' doesn't mean choosing one gender or race over another and this is exactly what organizations like this are doing.

"Without them there people jump to conclusions similar to the ones you have jumped to"

Who is jumping to conclusions? I look at statistics and use science, rather than emotion and assumptions. Are we also to believe that biology jobs and majors are dominated by women because of sexism?