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If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns regarding conference conduct, you may report it to ismir2024-codeofconduct@ismir.net. This will notify the following individuals:
- ISMIR 2024 General Chairs (Blair Kaneshiro, Gautham Mysore, Oriol Nieto and Events Chair Kennedy Knight): ismir2024@ismir.net
- ISMIR 2024 Diversity & Inclusion Chair (Katherine M. Kinnaird): ismir2024-diversity@ismir.net
- ISMIR 2024 Virtual Chair (Vinoo Alluri and General Chair Blair Kaneshiro): ismir2024-virtual@ismir.net
- ISMIR Board Point of Contact (Justin Salamon)
Alternatively, you can contact a single team by emailing a team alias listed above.
The Quick Version
Our conference 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. Participants are expected to engage in constructive, respectful, and inclusive conversations, and harassment of conference participants in any form will not be tolerated. Participants are expected to respect the privacy protocols of the conference. This Code of Conduct applies to all ISMIR 2024 activities including both physical and virtual events comprising talks, poster sessions, tutorials, workshops, social events, social media, and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organizers.
The Less Quick Version
Harassment
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, technology choices, English fluency posting of inappropriate sexual images, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact and unwelcome sexual attention. Other forms of harassment for the virtual format of ISMIR 2024 include disrupting the virtual meeting (e.g., “zoom-bombing”), engaging in harm or threats of harm of any kind, and creating/contributing to a safety threat or unsafe or exclusionary situation.
Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, sponsors should not use sexualised images, activities, or other material. Sponsors should not use sexualised clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualised environment.
Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of conference staff immediately.
Conference staff will be happy to help participants contact venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your attendance.
We expect participants to follow these rules at ISMIR 2024 conference and satellite venues and conference-related social events.
Privacy Protocols: Screencaptures, Audio and Video recordings
Given the hybrid nature of the conference, most of the scientific sessions of ISMIR 2024 events will be livestreamed and also recorded. Participants will be alerted in the program and at events. The audio and video recordings of such sessions made available to registered conference participants are only for their viewing and cannot be shared further without the express consent of conference organizers and participants involved in the recordings.
Providing access to the virtual conference platform or sharing Zoom meeting links with people who have not registered for the conference without the express consent of the conference organizers is prohibited.
Do not take audio or video recordings of any ISMIR 2024 activities unless explicit permission has been granted by all participants.
Do not take or share screenshots of participants or presenters without explicit permission from everyone present or making sure that participants cannot be identified.
Do not share audio or video recordings of ISMIR 2024 besides those released by the conference (via social media or any other means) unless these have been posted with permission by all participants.
Do not take or distribute pictures of or copy research posters/presentation materials unless explicitly allowed by the license terms under which these materials are distributed. All ISMIR 2024 presentation videos, posters, and papers are freely available on the conference site.
Chat logs can be saved for personal use only.
Consequences/Enforcement
If a participant engages in harassing or inappropriate behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference venue and virtual platforms with no refund.
Participants asked to stop any harassing or inappropriate behavior are expected to comply immediately. Continued or repeated harassing or inappropriate behavior will be treated as a serious violation to the code of conduct.
Reports
If you experience or witness violations to this code of conduct, please report the incident(s) to codeofconduct@ismir.net which will notify the ISMIR 2024 General Chairs, DEI Chair, Virtual Chair, and the ISMIR Board PoC.
Please note that every report will be treated with care and due diligence. We will assume that all reports are made with the intention of strengthening our community by creating a more inclusive and welcoming place and through mutual accountability of upholding those values.
Therefore, reports made with ill intent, or those containing willfully and/or intentionally false information will be considered “bad faith” reports, and such reports will themselves be considered a violation of the code of conduct.
Scope
This work, “ISMIR 2024 Code of Conduct”, is a derivative of “Conference Code of Conduct” by Conference Code of Conduct, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. We also adapt content from the SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals Virtual Meetings Conduct Policy. “ISMIR 2024 Code of Conduct” is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License by ISMIR 2024.
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