Going to technical conferences is what we all do. What a few do that doesn’t belong at conferences is sexual harassment.
ArsTechnica has a detailed article on Robert Scoble and his sexual harassment history https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/several-women-accuse-tech-pundit-robert-scoble-of-sexual-harassment/
Below is the tweet thread of Tim O’Reilly banning Scoble from future events.
Scoble sat on the same floor I was on in a Microsoft building and I didn’t like him then, and now I would avoid him with all effort.
CNN has an article for men on what they can do in response to the #MeToo movement. http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/21/opinions/what-men-can-do-me-too-stamp-opinion/index.html