To deliver high-quality experience, WCN organizers will provide a safe and welcoming environment where participants can share information and ideas in a professional, positive, and friendly way.
WCN organizers will not accept any intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning speech or actions. This includes but is not limited to offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, technology choices, deliberate intimidation, and stalking.
All attendees, including speakers, sponsors, vendors, partners, and staff are expected to adhere to the following code of conduct on the WCN’23 congress platforms and conference-related social media:
- Be considerate, respectful, collaborative, and inclusive,
- Participate in an authentic and active manner (please remember to update your profile),
- Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, prejudicial, or harassing behavior and speech,
- Do not use inappropriate language and images,
- Do not engage in harm or threats of any kind,
- Do not inappropriately disrupt presentations, talks and the virtual congress in general,
- Do not make audio or visual recordings of slides, Q&A, oral or poster presentations, forums/chats without presenter/author’s permission.
Attendees can report inappropriate behavior to the congress organizers at registrationswcn@theisn.org In case of inappropriate behavior, WCN organizers reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary including removal from the virtual congress without warning or refund, and they reserve the right to refuse attendance at future ISN meeting, virtually or in person.