2024 ALDE Conference

Code of Conduct

All attendees, speakers, sponsors, partners, staff and volunteers at our event are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody.

We are a diverse community. We value your participation and appreciate your help in realising this goal. Be excellent to each other, show empathy, and help make the conference a safe space to learn new things about our industry, explore and exchange ideas.

As an event organiser, we expect everyone to be professional and respectful to others at all times. Everyone should be aware of the impact their behaviour can have on others.

Our event is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.

Standard of Professional Behaviour

Be considerate, collaborative, and courteous at all times.

Present and behave in an appropriate professional manner including in dress code, communications, actions etc.

Respect someone’s personal space and body – when someone says n]o it is a no, not maybe.

Respect the venue, the staff and any equipment you may be allowed to use.

It is our expectation that attendees will act in a responsible manner in regard to alcohol consumption.

It is our expectation that attendees will act in a safe and responsible manner in respect to being healthy and well in attending events and in accordance with COVID-19 public health guidelines.

Unacceptable Behaviour

Unacceptable behaviour is offensive in nature – it disturbs, upsets or threatens. It lowers self-esteem or causes overwhelming torment. Unacceptable behaviour can be defined as:

Derogatory, inflammatory or discriminatory language, comments or conduct.

Engineered episodes of intimidation, aggressive actions or repeated gestures.

Repetitive heckling and disruption of talks.

Using sexual images or sex toys in public and virtual spaces.

Inappropriate photography or recordings (where inappropriate is defined as used later in a sexual, derogatory or defamatory manner or for exploitation).

Stalking or following.

Persistent and unwanted sexual advances.

Unwanted physical contact.
Encouraging any of the above behaviours.
Consequences of Unacceptable Behaviour
Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organisers.
What to do if you Witness or are Subjected to Unacceptable Behaviour
Option 1: Speak up. See it, say it, try and resolve it. If you are disrespected or witness this happening to someone else, engage politely with the person involved, if you feel able to, and let them know that you find their behaviour unacceptable and offensive. Sometimes the best way to change unacceptable behaviour is by bringing it to the perpetrator’s attention and giving them an opportunity to acknowledge this and apologise.
Option 2: Report it to the event organisers who can be identified by their badge (if onsite), via the Live Support icon (if virtual) OR email us at registration@gemsevents.com.au.
Our process does not replace or remove the formal mechanisms available to you as an individual to report inappropriate or offensive behaviour such as making a police report.
Attribution
This Code of Conduct is the product of GEMS Event Management Australia’s commitment to create and nurture a welcoming, respectful, and collaborative environment for all our event attendees. We thank you for sharing our commitment.
The framework of this Code of Conduct is based on the DrupalCon Code of Conduct, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) and is available for others to use and adapt for their own events.

Conference Convenor