EVENT CODE OF CONDUCT

International Konferencja West Virginia 2025

Having a Great Event Experience

We want everyone who comes to our event to have a great experience. Whether you are attending, speaking, exhibiting, sponsoring or working with or for us, our focus is on creating an environment and experience that everyone can participate in and benefit from.

Safety, respect and consideration are integral to this. While issues are rare, we want to be clear about the standards and expectations in place at our events, wherever they are held, because actions can impact others, and everyone has a role to play in getting it right.

This code explains our expectations and rules, which includes general good practice behavior. Anyone not following these rules or behaving in an unacceptable way will be asked – and expected – to stop doing so immediately and may be removed from the event.

A Respectful Environment

We have zero tolerance towards any verbal or physical threats, violence, abuse or harassment at any live, on-demand or official auxiliary events or on our digital platforms and community sites. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes:

Offensive language and gestures, whether it is verbal harassment or abuse, sexually explicit language or gestures, profanity, obscenity or racial, religious or ethnic slurs.

Any inappropriate or offensive materials, and any content that is intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning.

Threats, intimidating and threatening behavior, whether verbal, physical or written, including menacing gestures.

Physical harassment, threats and acts of violence, including pushing, shoving and the use of any physical force.

Assembling for the purpose of disturbing the peace or committing an offence.

Participation & Engagement

We want everyone to be able to participate and fully engage in our events in comfort.

Disrupting all or part of any live event, whether physically or verbally, in a sustained or deliberate way, goes against this.

Do not heckle or catcall, or interrupt others in a sustained or disruptive way, whether verbally, with noise or behavior.

Respect & Consideration Online

All of the above standards and expectations also apply to our digital platforms and community sites. Content, posts and comments shared and created must not contain:

Accusatory, negative or destructive comments about other participants or the event.

Knowingly false or misleading comments or claims.

Content found to be in breach may be deleted or removed without warning.

Applying this Code

All participants must uphold the principles outlined in this Code of Conduct, whether at Konferencja West Virginia 2025 live events, official auxiliary events, social media channels and digital platforms. Participants include attendees, sponsors, media, speakers, moderators, volunteers, colleagues, and others, both live and virtual.

Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages in unacceptable behavior or otherwise breaches this Event Code of Conduct, the event organizers, their representatives and/or security may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including:

Expulsion from the event without warning
Disqualification from participating in future, including being barred from attending, speaking, exhibiting or sponsorship, and from engagement across Konferencja West Virginia community events sites, social media channels and digital platforms.
Reporting any unlawful behavior to the appropriate local or national authorities.