We and our sponsoring organisations (The University of Queensland and OzGrav) are committed to making the CosmicFlows 2025 conference productive and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, nationality or religion. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of participants in any form.
In attending the CosmicFlows 2025 conference, participants are asked to:
- 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, race or religion.
- All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery in presentations is not appropriate.
- Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behaviour are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the organisers without a refund of any charge.
Individuals engaging in behaviour prohibited by this policy, as well as those making allegations of harassment in bad faith, may be subject to disciplinary action which may include verbal warnings, ejection from events without refund of registration fees, and being banned from participating in any future events organised by the University of Queensland or OzGrav. Decisions about disciplinary action will be made by the event organisers and/or the University of Queensland or OzGrav leadership.
Anyone who wishes to report a violation of this policy is asked to speak confidentially to a meeting organiser.
