The organizers of CIBB conference are dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion (or lack thereof).
All participants (including attendees, speakers, sponsors, and volunteers) at CIBB conference are required to agree to the following code of conduct.
The code of conduct applies to all conference activities, including talks, panels, tutorials, and social events. It extends to conference-specific exchanges on social media, replies to such posts, and replies to the official social media accounts.
Organizers will enforce this code throughout and expect cooperation in ensuring a safe environment for all.
Expected behavior
All conference participants (including organizers, general chairs, and advisory board members) agree to:
Be considerate in language and actions, and respect the boundaries of fellow participants.
Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behaviour and language.
Alert a member of the general chairs or advisory board members if they notice someone in distress, or observe violations of this code of conduct, even if they seem inconsequential.
Unacceptable behavior
Behaviour that is unacceptable includes, but is not limited to:
Deliberate intimidation
Unwanted photography or recording
Sustained or willful disruption of talks or other events
Use of sexual or discriminatory imagery, comments, or jokes
Stalking (the act of following, harassing, or intruding upon someone repeatedly)
Offensive comments related to age, gender, sex, sexual orientation, disability, race, or religion
Inappropriate physical contact, which can include grabbing, massaging, or hugging without consent
Unwelcome sexual attention, which can include inappropriate questions of a sexual nature, asking for sexual favours, or repeatedly asking for dates or contact information
If you are asked to stop harassing behaviour, you should stop immediately. Even if your behaviour was meant to be friendly or a joke, it was clearly not taken that way, and for the comfort of all conference attendees you should stop.
Additional requirements for conference contributions
Presentation slides and posters should not contain offensive or sexualised material. If this material is impossible to avoid given the topic (for example, text mining of material from hate sites), the existence of this material should be noted in the abstract and, in the case of oral contributions, at the start of the talk or session.
Procedure for code of conduct violations
The organizing committee reserves the right to determine the appropriate response for all code of conduct violations. Potential responses include:
A formal warning to stop harassing behaviour
Expulsion from the conference
Cancellation or early termination of talks or other contributions to the program
Refunds may not be given in case of expulsion.
What to do if you witness or are subject to unacceptable behavior
Alert the general chairs or the advisory board members if you observe violations of this code of conduct, even if they seem inconsequential.
Reports should be addressed to the general chairs or to the advisory board members.
We will take all reports by CIBB conference participants seriously. This includes incidents outside our spaces and at any point in time. The CIBB conference organizing committee reserves the right to exclude people from CIBB conference based on their past behavior, including behavior outside CIBB conference spaces and behavior towards people who are not part of the CIBB conference.
We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting targets of harassing behavior. We will not name victims without their affirmative consent. Correspondence is handled confidentially and deleted after the case is resolved. All data is stored securely, and access will be limited to general chairs and advisory board members who take the case.
Conference staff will also provide support to victims to ensure they can feel safe for the duration of the conference
