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Editorial
. 2014 Nov 20;10(11):e1003903.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003903. eCollection 2014 Nov.

Ten simple rules to achieve conference speaker gender balance

Jennifer L Martin  1
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Editorial

Ten simple rules to achieve conference speaker gender balance

Jennifer L Martin. PLoS Comput Biol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

This article is about achieving gender balance at conferences, because women are often underrepresented in invited speaker lists. I am a woman, and so could be considered to have a conflict of interest.

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