With allegations of appropriation, a lack of diverse panelists for a panel about diversity, and a lack of a clear and definitive apology, the organizers of CogX made many missteps during its recent online conference. It is a story that needs telling because, without exposure, it will continue to happen unchecked. Before we get into the specifics of what happened at CogX, let's look at the broader issue. A recent study showed that almost 70 percent of speakers at conferences are male. The company responsible for those insights performed the same research in 2018, and it seems that we're hardly making any progress at all.