SYMPOSIUM 2025

Purpose

SRUK/CERU believes our community should be truly open for everyone. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe, respectful, productive, and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, body size, ethnicity, religion, nationality, social class, or research discipline.

This code of conduct outlines our expectations for participant behaviour as well as the consequences for unacceptable behaviour during our SRUK/CERU International Symposia and other events organised by our Society.

We invite all attendees, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, and other participants to help us achieve a safe, productive, and positive experience for everyone.

Expected Behaviour

• Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.
• Get involved in open communications, valuing a diversity of views and opinions.
• Listen to understand. If you are offended, mention it. If you offend, apologise.
• Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behaviour and speech.
• Respect limits and encourage growth.
• Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert conference organisers if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.
• Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you help create SRUK/CERU and make it your own.

Unacceptable Behaviour

Unacceptable behaviours include, but are not limited to, the following: intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning conduct by any attendees of the SRUK/CERU International Symposia and other SRUK/CERU events. All the venues may be shared with members of the public; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations.

We consider harassment any of the following: offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, body size, ethnicity, religion, nationality, social class or research discipline; inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces (including presentation slides); deliberate intimidation, stalking or following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Consequence of unacceptable Behaviour

Unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated whether by other attendees, organisers, venue staff, sponsors, or other patrons of the venues.

Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.

If a participant engages in unacceptable behaviour, the Organising Committee may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the Symposia without warning or refund. SRUK/CERU reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future SRUK/CERU activity.

What to do if you witness or are subject to unacceptable behaviour

If you are subject to unacceptable behaviour, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behaviour, or have any other concerns, please notify a conference organiser or volunteer as soon as possible.

The SRUK/CERU Organising Committee will be available to help participants contact venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing unacceptable behaviour to feel safe for the duration of our symposia.

Scope

We expect all participants (attendees, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, childcare providers, and other guests) to abide by this code of conduct at all venues and symposia-related social events.

Code of Conduct Reporting form

If you have experienced or witnessed a breach of our Code of Conduct, please give us a detailed account via our email [email protected] or by filling out this anonymous form via our main SRUK/CERU website (please leave your name and contact details if you would like us to follow up with you directly).

Licence and attribution

This Code of Conduct is a direct swipe from the work of Open Source Bridge, but adapted to fit the needs of our event. The original is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence.