NMEM 2024 Code of conduct (modified from the SZ4D Code of Conduct)

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NMEM 2024 is committed to fostering the exchange of ideas and is dedicated to maintaining a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all participants, no matter their function or their background. This includes respectful treatment of everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. The NMEM organizers may take action to redress anything designed to, or with the clear impact of, disrupting the event or making the environment hostile for any participants (including unintentionally).

All participants are required to abide by this Code of Conduct.

The NMEM 2024 workshop is sponsored, in part, under an award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to Stanford University. NMEM strongly supports and actively promotes our institutional policies prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy status, age, disability, medical condition, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. Any violation of this anti-discrimination policy will be taken seriously and is necessarily reported to the managing university for further investigation. Reports of any potential violation of the Code of Conduct can be made to the NMEM workshop organizers or the NSF award Principal Investigator and will be routed to authorities as appropriate, including legal authorities, home universities, and relevant funding organizations, including the National Science Foundation. Current contact info for reporting is at the bottom of this document.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

• Treat all participants with respect, valuing a diversity of views and opinions.
• Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.
• Acknowledge the contributions of others.
• Contribute to an accessible and inclusive environment for all participants.
• Do not make audio/visual recordings of oral or poster presentations unless permission is specifically approved.

UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR

in all environments includes but is not limited to:

• Physical or verbal abuse by anyone to anyone, including bullying, harassment, intimidation, or discrimination in any form.
• Sexual attention or advances, or inappropriate sexual references or inappropriate physical contact.
• Sustained disruption of talks or other events.
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.

REPORTING UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR

Bystander intervention is encouraged. If someone is acting against our Code of Conduct, address it as directly as you can and report it as necessary. For more information, see: Take Steps to Prevent Harassment (external link at nsf.gov)

CONSEQUENCES

• Anyone requested to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately.
• NMEM 2024 workshop organizers or security/local police may take any action deemed necessary and appropriate, including:
• immediate removal from the event,
• send notification to a Home Institution, the National Science Foundation and any other funding organization supporting the particular activity.

CURRENT CONTACTS FOR REPORTING

• NSF Principal Investigator:
  

  Eric Dunham

  edunham@stanford.edu



• NMEM 2024 workshop local organizers:
  

  Martin Gális	martin.galis@uniba.sk
  Peter Moczo	peter.moczo@fmph.uniba.sk



• Additional contacts:
  

  Alice Gabriel	algabriel@ucsd.edu
  Yihe Huang	yiheh@umich.edu
  Elisa Tinti	elisa.tinti@uniroma1.it