Code of Conduct

Welcome to Deep Learning Indaba X Ethiopia 2019! We believe in respect, compassion, understanding an inclusion. We expect all community members to act in accordance with these values. Fostering the free exchange of ideas requires building a workshop that welcomes people of all backgrounds. Diversity of opinion and background is a fundamental strength of our community. The members of our community must have the freedom to espouse and explore a wide range of ideas. Toward that goal, the workshop aims to create spaces where every participant can express themselves without fear of judgment or harassment.

Codes of Conduct guides the expected, professional behavior of workshop participants including:

• Treating everyone with respect and consideration; under the umbrella of respect, we expect all participants to be mindful of their speech and behaviors both in person and online.
• Communicating openly and thoughtfully with others and being considerate of the multitude of views and opinions that may be different from your own.
• Being respectful and mindful in your critique of ideas.
• Being mindful of your fellow participants.
• Respecting participant’s wishes to not be photographed, respecting their gender pronouns, respecting their space, and their right to engage or disengage in conversation.

We believe disagreement and differences of opinion are a natural part of social and academic life and are important to work through when building community and learning from one another. At the same time, we acknowledge that societal power structures are even more challenging in academia, which is an inherently hierarchical community. In order to foster an environment of inclusion, we do not tolerate harassment, discrimination, or abuse in any form.

Participants who engage in harassment may be removed from the workshop at the discretion of the organizers. ​Harassment includes, but is not limited to:

• Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices
• Deliberate intimidation or antagonism
• Exclusionary jokes or comments
• Unwelcome sexual attention or physical contact
• Sustained disruption of presentations, events, or online discussion
• Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease
• Comments that reinforce social structures of domination (related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion)
• Threats of violence.

We expect all participants ​ to abide by this Code of Conduct at all venues and social events. Note that any individual found in violation of the Code of Conduct will be immediately removed from the community and all of its activities and may be banned from future events. If you are subject to unacceptable behavior, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behavior, or have concerns that this Code of Conduct is not being followed, notify one of the organizer as soon as possible. All reports will remain completely confidential and will only be shared among organizing committee.

Acknowledgements

This code of conduct was adapted from BAI workshop collocated with the Conference on Neural and Information Processing Systems.