The organisation is committed to making this meeting productive, safe, and enjoyable for everyone regardless of nationality, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, political views, disability, and physical appearance. We will not tolerate harassment or misconduct in any form, including, but not limited to, physical, verbal, and online actions.
Everyone at the meeting is expected to follow the following guidelines:
1) Treat everyone with respect and consideration. This includes being respectful and mindful in your critique of ideas and also mindful of your surroundings and your fellow participants. Do not insult or put down fellow attendees or staff.
2) Communication is expected to be appropriate for a professional audience with diverse backgrounds.
3) Harassment and sexist, racist, derogatory, or exclusionary jokes or comments will not be tolerated, neither are sexual language or imagery. Harassment includes (but is not limited to) sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, deliberate intimidation, stalking of any individual, and language bashing. It also includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, religion or political views.
Any violation of these guidelines may result in the immediate removal of the offender from the meeting without warning and without refund. Furthermore, the offender's action may be reported to the corresponding national institution. This will be at the sole discretion of the local organising committee.
Participants who are asked to stop any kind of inappropriate behaviour are expected to comply immediately.
Anyone wishing to report any violation of these guidelines is encouraged to speak to the organisers (please contact Jonás Chaves-Montero or Sergio Contreras). The organisation will grant confidentiality to both parties involved and will do everything in its power to restore a professional and safe environment for all as fast as possible. The assumption of innocence will not guide the decisions regarding conference safety. The number one priority will be to restore a safe environment, even in the absence of definite proof.