The Helium burning and perspectives for underground labs (HELIUM25) workshop brings together scientists working in nuclear astrophysics, including laboratory experiments, theoretical nuclear physics, astronomy, and astrophysics.
We greatly appreciate the participation of every attendee and aim to ensure that everyone has a positive and fruitful experience. Consequently, all conference attendees are required to respect other attendees and comply with the following Code of Conduct. Any participant who needs and wishes to report a violation of this policy is encouraged to speak to Eliana Masha, Jakub Skowronski or any member of the Local Organizing Committee since they volunteered to serve as points of contact. Alternatively, if needed participants may choose to approach another member of the organizing team. Thank you for your contribution in creating a welcoming and friendly atmosphere for all participants.
Code of Conduct
This code of conduct applies to all participants in the Helium Burning for the Synthesis of the Heavy Elements workshop. Comments and suggestions are welcomed any time.
The workshop organizers and participants are committed to provide a warm, inclusive, professional, and secure environment where all individuals are encouraged to freely express and exchange scientific ideas. The conference upholds principles of tolerance, equality and mutual respect, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, age, sexual identity or any other personal attributes. Any form of bullying or harassment will be strictly prohibited and not tolerated under any circumstances. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience of many different backgrounds. No participant should be disadvantaged, feel they are in danger or subject to repression or harassment because of these reasons or others. Treat others with kindness and avoid insulting or demeaning fellow attendees. Maintain professional behavior.
Harassment includes offensive jokes or verbal comments related to gender, nationality, sexual orientation, physical appearance, body size, race, disability, religion. It also involves act such as displaying sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, persistently disrupting talks or events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
Bullying refers to behavior considered unwelcome or unreasonable and can demean, intimidate, humiliate, or sabotage people, either as individuals or as a group. It includes intimidation, physical bullying, verbal abuse, disparagement, exclusion, or spreading personal rumors.
Conference participants asked to stop unacceptable behavior are expected to comply immediately. The workshop will not allow retaliation against any individual who makes a report of known or suspected code of conduct violation. Sanctions against participants violating these rules and deliberately making false accusation about harassment are at the sole discretion of the conference organizers and may range from warnings to being asked to leave the event.
EMMI Events - Code of Conduct
The ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, funds and organizes scientific meetings of various formats, including workshops, Rapid Reaction Task Force (RRTF) meetings, programs etc.
It is the policy of EMMI that all participants, including attendees, speakers, award recipients, volunteers, staff, contractors and all other stakeholders at EMMI meetings, will conduct themselves in a professional manner contributing to the advancement of science. Creating a constructive environment to enable respectful exchanges is the responsibility of all participants, which excludes any form of discrimination, harassment or retaliation.
Participants will avoid any inappropriate actions or statements based on characteristics such as age, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, nationality, political affiliation, ability status, physical appearance, educational background or any other characteristics protected by anti-discrimination law. Unprofessional or harassing behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated. Unprofessional conduct includes inappropriate behaviour during the conference sessions as well as outside the session rooms on the conference site. Harassment includes sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate or intimidating behaviour and language, unwelcome jokes or comments, unwanted touching or attention, offensive images, photography without permission, and stalking.
Victims will be given the possibility of reporting all cases in a safe and protected way. They are encouraged to report cases urgently. If you experience or witness bullying, discrimination, or harassment, you are encouraged to immediately inform the individual that his/her comments and/ or behaviour are unwelcome. However, direct confrontation with a person engaged in offensive behavior may not be possible or advisable in every situation. In this case you should report the incident to the organizers of the meeting or the EMMI Management.
You are also invited to write down as many relevant details as you can recall (e.g., names, dates, times, locations, behaviour or statements made, etc.), which can be helpful in assisting any future investigation of the incident.
To ensure a fair and complete investigation, anonymous reports cannot be accepted. However, the organizers of the meeting and the EMMI Management will preserve confidentiality of the author’s report, except where doing so would compromise another person’s rights or impair a thorough investigation.
Upon receiving a report of misconduct, the organizers will mandate a prompt investigation. This may include speaking with the reporting individual and/or alleged victim, and/or (provided their consent) speaking to potential witnesses and the alleged offender. The organizers of the meeting or the EMMI Management may seek other legal or professional advice prior to any follow-up action. Sanctions may range from verbal warning, ejection from the meeting without refund, withdrawal of financial support provided by EMMI, to notifying appropriate authorities. Retaliation for complaints of inappropriate conduct will not be tolerated.
The present Code of Conduct will be brought to the attention of all participants of EMMI events.
