UnTechCon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Conference participants violating these rules will be expelled from UnTechCon and from the GFSC Collective at the discretion of the UnTechCon Organisers.

How to be at UnTechCon

Examples of behaviours that help us to provide an an open, welcoming, inclusive, safe and healthy environment:

• Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
• Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
• Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
• Accepting responsibility and apologising to those affected by our mistakes
• Learning from our and others' mistakes and not repeating negative behaviour
• Focusing on what is best for everyone collectively, not just ourselves as individuals

Examples of unacceptable behaviour include:

• Public or private harassment of any kind including offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, politics, or religion
• The use of sexualised language or imagery. This applies to everything, including but not limited to private or public chats, talk content and social media posts.
• Sexual attention or advances of any kind, in any context
• Sharing others' private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission
• Making “jokes” (or serious actions, for that matter) that serve to exclude people
• Verbal comments that reinforce social structures of domination related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

Guidelines for speakers

• Give people a heads up if you’re discussing sensitive topics. If your talk includes descriptions of hurtful experiences that attendees might share, let them know about it beforehand. Some of these include transphobic, homophobic, sexually-motivated, racially-motivated, or religiously-motivated abuse and harassment; sexual assault; eating disorders; mental illness and self-harm; or relationship abuse. It’s not possible to give a full list, but these are some examples of things that we hope you’ll be sensitive of.
• Avoid unnecessarily violent and sexual imagery. This applies to content that is either overt (like an graphic image) or subtle (like an indirect reference used in a joke)