The organizers are committed to making this meeting a productive, inclusive, and enjoyable event for all participants, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality, religion, career stage, or institutional affiliation.
We will not tolerate harassment, discrimination, or inappropriate behavior in any form. All participants, including attendees, speakers, organizers, volunteers, exhibitors, and sponsors, are expected to follow these guidelines:
Expected Behavior
- Behave professionally
- Harassment and sexist, racist, discriminatory, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate. Harassment includes, but is not limited to, sustained disruption of talks or events, inappropriate physical contact, unwelcome sexual attention, deliberate intimidation, stalking, and photography or recording of individuals without their consent.
- Communicate respectfully
- All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience that includes people from many different backgrounds and cultures. Sexual language or imagery is not appropriate in symposium presentations, discussions, social events, or online communication associated with the symposium.
- Be considerate and respectful
- Treat other participants with kindness and respect. Constructive scientific discussion is encouraged, but personal attacks, insults, or disrespectful behavior are not acceptable.
- Respect the meeting environment
- Participants should help create a welcoming atmosphere that supports open scientific exchange and collaboration.
Enforcement
Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behaviour are expected to comply immediately.
The organizers reserve the right to take any action deemed necessary in response to violations of this Code of Conduct, including warnings, removal from symposium activities, or expulsion from the event.
Reporting
Any participant who experiences or witnesses behavior that violates this Code of Conduct is encouraged to contact the organizers in confidence at:
All reports will be handled as confidentially as possible, and the organizers will make reasonable efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of participants.
Acknowledgement
This Code of Conduct is based on the London Code of Conduct, which is released under the CC0 license and is available at the london_cc repository.