Gender equity in academic rheumatology: is there a gender gap at European rheumatology conferences?

OBJECTIVES: To obtain an overview of gender equity at European rheumatology conferences. METHODS: The proportion of women invited as either moderators or speakers to the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) annual congresses and national conferences in Europe was calculated from the published congress materials from EULAR annual congresses (2015-2019) and the 2019 national conferences of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Data from EULAR congresses were further categorised by type of session. Significance testing was conducted using χ2 tests with the level of statistical significance set at p50% consistently). However, these sessions represent