Better ideas emerge from interactions among diverse cohorts, so scientific research benefits from contributions from everyone. Diversity in gender, race, nationality, region of the world, and other orientations is essential to create an environment in which creative thinking thrives and in which scientific discovery finds a fruitful breeding ground¹.

However, this is not what you see if you look at many of the international conferences and workshops that are organized in the photonics field. They have solid lists of plenary and keynote speakers, but often these lists are not as diverse as they could be. Think back at the last three conferences you attended. How many of the talks you listened to were given by women or minority members of our photonic community? If you now think about your professional network, how many colleagues can you name that are women or are part of a minority group?

更好的想法来自不同群体之间的互动，因此科学研究受益于每个人的贡献。性别、种族、国籍、世界地区和其他取向的多样性对于创造一个创造性思维蓬勃发展的环境以及科学发现找到丰硕的孕育地的环境至关重要¹。

然而，如果您查看光子学领域组织的许多国际会议和研讨会，您就会看到这一点。他们有可靠的全体会议和主旨演讲者名单，但这些名单往往没有应有的多样化。回想一下您参加的最近三次会议。您听过的演讲中有多少是由我们光子社区的女性或少数族裔成员发表的？如果你现在考虑一下你的职业网络，你能说出多少女性或少数群体的同事的名字？