Where are the women in tech? (at Fortune)

As any serial conference-goer can tell you, the conversations that occur outside the scheduled panels and sessions offer equally compelling opportunities for learning and discovery. This was perhaps even more true at this week’s Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference due to the broad spectrum of attendees from the wide world of technology. On Tuesday evening, during an uncharacteristically clear sunset over Half Moon Bay, I met Dina Kaplan, co-founder and COO of blip.tv, a video-sharing site. Kaplan was gushing over the abundance of women here compared to other tech conferences where she was only one of a handful. I counted over 70 women, and their presence on panels and leading sessions has been key - from Lynda Clarizio, president of Platform-A and EVP at AOL , to Facebook president Sheryl Sandberg to Marissa Mayer, who heads... [read full story]