Code of Conduct

MICER 2026 is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all participants. All attendees are expected to adhere to the conference Code of Conduct.

Introduction

The organisers are committed to making this conference productive and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We will not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.

As part of the registration process, attendees are required to agree to adhere to this Code of Conduct.

Code of Conduct

51³Ô¹ÏÍø takes very seriously its duties to protect academic freedom and freedom of speech. This is to facilitate robust discussion. At conferences we would expect all such discussion to adhere to high academic standards and to be conducted in a respectful manner.

We expect all participants 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 or belittling comments related to protected characteristics with the intention of violating an individual’s dignity or creating a hostile environment.

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.

For any conference hosted on an 51³Ô¹ÏÍø campus, organisers are reminded that 51³Ô¹ÏÍø holds the right to remove any person who does not adhere to the Code of Conduct.

 

Incident reporting and resolution

If you observe someone making you or anyone else feel unsafe or unwelcome, please tell them so, and remind them of the Code of Conduct. 

If you are hesitant about addressing the person yourself, report it as soon as possible to a member of the Organising Committee – see contact information below. The Committee is committed to addressing and resolving the matter to the best of their abilities.

Please use the following contact information, and explain what happened and who was involved so that we can investigate.

chemed@imperial.ac.uk

 

Sanctions

In response to breaches of this Code of Conduct, organisers may take appropriate action, including warning the person in question, asking them to leave the event, or removing them from a mailing list.

Specific actions may include but are not limited to:

  • asking the person to cease the inappropriate behaviour
  • requiring that the person avoid any interaction with, and physical proximity to, another person for the remainder of the event
  • early termination of a talk that violates the policy
  • not publishing the video or slides of a talk that violates the policy
  • not allowing a speaker who violated the policy to give (further) talks at the event
  • immediately ending any event responsibilities or privileges held
  • requiring that the person immediately leave the event and not return
  • blocking the person on social media platforms (for a defined time period)
  • banning the person from future events (for a defined time period)
  • publishing an anonymous account of the harassment
  • reporting the incident to the person’s employer