Code of conduct

Machine Learning & Snow 2027 is for everyone who works on or cares about machine learning research. We want it to be welcoming and free of harassment for every attendee, author, reviewer, sponsor, volunteer and organizer, whatever their experience, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion or nationality.

Everyone who takes part agrees to this code of conduct. The organizers will enforce it.

• Be considerate and respectful, in talks, at posters, in questions and in the hallway.
• Disagree with ideas, not with people; criticism of work is welcome, attacks on people are not.
• Ask before you photograph or record someone, or their slides and posters, and respect a no.
• Look out for each other: if someone seems to be in distress, or is being treated badly, tell an organizer.
• Follow the venue's rules and the instructions of the organizers.

Harassment includes, among other things:

• Offensive comments about any of the things listed above.
• Sexual language or images in talks, slides, posters, booths or online spaces of the conference.
• Unwelcome physical contact or sexual attention.
• Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following.
• Photographing or recording someone who has asked you not to.
• Sustained disruption of talks or other events.
• Encouraging any of the above.

If you are asked to stop, stop at once. "Just joking" is not an excuse. Behaviour can be harassment even if no offence was meant.

The code applies at the venue on every day of the conference, at any social event connected with it, and in the conference's online spaces and correspondence, including reviewing. It applies to sponsors' booths and material as it does to talks.

If you are harassed, see someone else being harassed, or have any other concern, tell an organizer at the conference, call us on +1 415 513 0049, or write to conduct@snowxa.com, before, during or after the event. You can report anonymously; tell us as much as you can.

We reply to reports within 24 hours during the conference and within two weeks at other times.

If you are in danger, call 911 first.

We take every report seriously and keep it confidential: only the organizers who handle it will know who made it. We will listen, help you contact support services or get to a safe place if you need to, and tell you what we decide.

We may take any action we think fit, from a warning to removing someone from the conference without a refund, and banning them from future events. Authors, speakers and sponsors are bound in the same way, and a talk, a poster or a booth may be ended.

If we take action against you, you can appeal.