Code of conduct

In every space connected with the event: the live stream and its chat, questions to speakers, talks and slides, social media posts that use the event’s name, the call for papers, and any private contact that grows out of the event. It applies before, during and after the day.

• Be respectful and considerate, in public and in private.
• Critique ideas, not people. Technical disagreement is welcome; personal attacks aren’t.
• Be patient with other languages, accents and levels of experience: the audience is global.
• Respect people’s boundaries and privacy, and stop when you’re asked to.
• Look out for each other, and tell the organisers if something is wrong.

• Harassment, intimidation or discrimination in any form.
• Offensive, sexualised or violent language, images or jokes, in the chat, in talks or on slides.
• Personal attacks, trolling, spam, or deliberately disrupting the chat or the questions.
• Sharing someone’s private information, or recording and republishing people without their consent.
• Unwelcome private messages, or continuing to contact someone after they ask you to stop.
• Impersonating speakers, organisers or other participants.

Talks and slides follow the same rules. Please avoid sexualised imagery and discriminatory examples. If a talk needs to touch on a sensitive subject, let the organisers know in advance so a content note can be added.

Organisers may take whatever action they consider appropriate: a warning, removing messages, removing someone from the chat or other event spaces, or stopping a talk. Anyone asked to stop is expected to do so immediately.

If you experience or witness behaviour that breaks this code, or have any other concern, write to:

[email protected]

Tell us what happened, when and where (for example, the time of a chat message) and who was involved, if you know. Reports are handled confidentially, and nobody will face retaliation for reporting in good faith.