Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, technology choices, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Any speech that is deemed to be disrespectful, abusive, derogatory, or defamatory meets the definition of harassment. Sexual language and imagery are another form of harassment that is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, networking events, breakouts, social media forums and other online media.

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organisers.

If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.