Code of Conduct

We want our conference to be productive and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance , race nationality or religion. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of participants in any form.

In attending our conference, we ask participants to:

• Behave professionally. Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate. Harassment includes sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, deliberate intimidation, stalking, and photography or recording of an individual without consent. It also includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race or religion.

• All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery in presentations is not appropriate.

• Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behavior are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the organisers without a refund of any charge.

Individuals engaging in behavior prohibited by this policy, as well as those making allegations of harassment in bad faith, may be subject to disciplinary action which may include verbal warnings, ejection from events without any refund of fees, having membership of OzGrav cancelled, and being banned from any future meetings or activities.

Anyone who wished to report a violation of this policy is asked to speak confidentially to a meeting organiser. If you have any questions please contact supernova2022@ozgrav.org