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Feminist activist Caroline Criado Perez, whose book Invisible Women won the Royal Society science book prize, took to Twitter after she was sent a picture of the conference brochure, which listed her as a speaker.
She wrote: “As far as I'm aware, no one even asked me?!"
According to the brochure, she had been invited to participate in a panel discussion on “The gender voting gap: How can political parties better respond to female voters' concerns?"
Perez told the PA news agency: “I have had no contact at all. I would love to know what happened. Some people have suggested it was done deliberately. I find that really weird if that is the case — it's quite flattering.
“I probably would not have gone to that panel. I am not particularly interested in helping them reach more voters without them making fundamental changes to the policies they are proposing which would be categorically bad for women."
She continued: “The Brexit they are proposing, likely to be a crashing out Brexit, has huge economic consequences, and women are the ones who shoulder the brunt of it."
Her book, Invisible Women, explores how the gender data gap has created a world biased against women.
When asked, the Conservative Party directed questions to Onward, who organized the programming for the conference.
Onward did not respond for comment.
Her tweet spawned a satirical reaction from her followers.
Adam Rutherford said: “I'm delighted announce @CCriadoPerez as the host of this year's Oscars, which will be held in my front room."
Kevin Fingleton wrote: “Delighted to announce that @CCriadoPerez will be switching on the Christmas lights in Carndonagh, Co Donegal this December."
