Amid all the announcements of new technologies, one of the things that stood out about Google’s keynote address to attendees of its I/O development conference in San Francisco on Thursday was the diverse group of faces presenting there.

While the tech industry struggles to reach gender parity in its workforce, the Google executives who took the stage represented a range of nationalities and genders. Three of the company’s keynote speakers were women: Lead Product Manager Ellie Powers spoke about Google Play for Families, Vice President of Engineering Jen Fitzpatrick discussed how the company is tailoring its services for lower bandwidth connections in the developing world, and Google Now Product Director Aparna Chennapragada discussed the company’s virtual assistant.

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