We value the participation of every member of the scientific community attending our conference and want all attendees to have an enjoyable experience. Accordingly, all attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees throughout the conference. To make our expectations clear: everyone taking part in conference events and discussions is required to conform to the following Code of Conduct. In case of violations of this code, please contact Stefanie Komossa or Eliana Palazzi, either in person, or via email at stefanie.komossa@gmx.de or eliana.palazzi@inaf.it
All communication will be treated as confidential.
Code of conduct:
Our conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.
- Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
- All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any event.
- Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees.
- Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate.
Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the conference organizers without a refund of any charge that may have been levied. Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly event for all.
We acknowledge Sofware Carpentry http://software-carpentry.org/conduct/ for the basis of this Code of Conduct, which is a modified version of that used by PyCon, which in turn is forked from a template written by the Ada Initiative and hosted on the Geek Feminism Wiki.