Conference Policies

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Conference Code of Conduct

(London Code of Conduct)

The organisers are committed to making this conference productive and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality or religion. We will not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Please follow these guidelines:

• Behave professionally. Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate. Harassment includes sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, deliberate intimidation, stalking, and photography or recording of an individual without consent. It also includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race or religion.
• All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.
• Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees.

Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behavior are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the organizers without a refund of any charge.

Policy for Diversity and Inclusion

Our organizing committee is committed to diversity and inclusion for all of our activities modeled on the policy of the Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function. This means we will ensure our activities are fair, accessible, flexible, inclusive of the diverse values in line with the London Code of Conduct.

Our conference aims to:

• represent a diverse group of attendees and speakers reflective of that diversity in the community
• ensure a safe, accessible and enabling environment for our delegates
• promote, where relevant, visibility for minorities and underrepresented protein scientists or other attendees

We commit to:

• inviting a diversity of presenters and facilitators to appear at our events,
• proactively understanding and supporting the necessary measures to provide appropriate inclusion at our conference,
• acting rapidly to address any actions that operate against the principles of diversity and inclusion at our conference,
• embodying the principles of diversity and inclusion in all activities and actions and composition of the organising committee,
• having the gender balance of our program summarised on our website.