These conferences have adopted a policy similar to our anti-harassment policy.
Contents
- 1 Implement the policy at your conference
- 2 Sponsors requiring a policy for all sponsored events
- 3 Free and Open Source Software Conferences
- 4 Wikimedia and Wiki Conferences
- 5 Software Development Conferences
- 6 Technical Conferences
- 7 Computer Security and Hacker Conferences
- 8 Speculative Fiction and Fandom Conventions
- 9 Libtech, Library, and Archive Conferences
- 10 Humanities Conferences
- 11 Scientific and Academic Conferences
- 12 Skeptic and Science-Related Conferences
- 13 Hackathons
- 14 Other Geek-related Conferences
- 15 Makerspaces/Hackerspaces/Community Workshops
- 16 Live-Action Roleplaying Games
- 17 Meetups and User Groups
- 18 Coworking Spaces
- 19 Bands
- 20 Other Events
Implement the policy at your conference
See Conference anti-harassment for our complete set of resources.
Sponsors requiring a policy for all sponsored events
- Heroku (background info: "Why Heroku Adopted a Code of Conduct Policy and Sponsored The Ada Initiative" )
- Python Software Foundation
- Django Software Foundation
- X.Org Foundation
- O'Reilly Conferences
- Linux Foundation
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Code for America
- Drupal Code of Conduct for all Drupal Camps
- GDG for all Google Developer Groups
- JSConf for all JSConf events
- The Womens Crypto Association WCA (references GeekFeminism policy)
- Papers We Love Meetup Groups
- Mapzen
Speculative Fiction and Fandom Conventions
Free and Open Source Software Conferences
General free and open source software conferences
- AdaCamp DC 2012 the second conference for women in open technology and culture
- OSDC2010 Code of Conduct
- FSF LibrePlanet 2011
- CodeConf 2011 (scroll down to bottom)
- FSCONS 2011 (wiki) (Live conference site)
- Open Source Bridge 2011-present
- OSCON and all O'Reilly events (not derived from this policy) (see OSCON incidents)
- OSBridge 2012
- Monitorama
- NERDSummit
- Open Tech NYC 2013
- Code Mesh London
- OpenWest (not derived from this policy)
- FOSS Fair 2014
- FOSSETCON 2014 Free and Open Source Software Expo and Technology Conference
- La Conf 2014
- International Free Software Forum (FISL) 2013, 2014, 2015
Python conferences
- Pycon AU 2011
- PyCodeConf 2011
- PyCon US 2012, 2013, 2014
- EuroPython 2013, 2014 2015
- Montreal Python Workshop
- PyCon Japan 2011
- PyCon Korea
- Pycon Montreal 2015
- PyCon Philippines 2014
- PyCon Sweden 2014 (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- PyGotham 2014 (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- PyOhio (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- PyTennessee along with attendee procedure and staff procedure
- Python Brasil 2014 (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- Python Ireland (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- Python Namibia 2015 (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- SciPy 2014 (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- Vancouver Python Day (derived from Pycon and DjangoCon policies)
Linux conferences
- linux.conf.au 2010 anti-harassment policy (scroll down to "Discrimination") (not derived from this policy)
- Ohio LinuxFest anti-harassment statement and Conduct Policy 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- linux.conf.au 2011
- All Linux Foundation events (LinuxCon, Linux Plumbers, Kernel Summit, etc.)
- OpenSUSE conference
- All Ubuntu Developer Summits (UDS)
- linux.conf.au 2012
- linux.conf.au 2013
- Debian Conference 2013 (not derived from this policy)
- Linux Plumbers Conference 2014 (derived from the Linux Foundation policy)
- Linux Symposium 2013 (not derived from this policy)
- SeaGL 2014 Seattle GNU/Linux Conference
- Texas LinuxFest 2014
- Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) (beginning 2015)
Drupal conferences
- Chicago DrupalCamp 2010 and 2011 (not derived from this policy)
- Sydney DrupalCamp 2010 (not derived from this policy)
- Drupal Downunder 2012
- DrupalCamp Colorado 2014
- DrupalCamp PA 2014
- DrupalCon Austin 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- DrupalCon Munich 2012 (not derived from this policy)
- DrupalCon Denver 2012
- DrupalCon Sydney 2013 (based on the DrupalCon Code of Conduct)
- DrupalCon Portland 2013 (based on the DrupalCon Code of Conduct)
- DrupalCon Prague 2013 (based on the DrupalCon Code of Conduct)
- DrupalCorn Camp 2014
- Drupaldelphia (based on the DrupalCon Code of Conduct)
- Florida DrupalCamp 2014
- GLADCamp 2014 Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp (based on the DrupalCon Code of Conduct)
- MidCamp 2014 Midwest Area Drupal Camp (based on the DrupalCon Code of Conduct)
WordPress conferences
- All WordCamps (includes a link to responding to reports)
Ruby conferences
- RailsConf 2014
- Madison+ Ruby 2014
- Steel City Ruby 2014
- NickelCityRuby 2014
- WindyCityRails 2014 See this story on how this code of conduct was created [1]
- Ruby DCamp
- Eurucamp
- Frozen Rails 2014
- GoGaRuCo - Golden Gate Ruby Conference
- GoRuCo
- LoneStarRuby 2013 (not derived from this policy)
- MountainWestRuby
- Scottish Ruby Conference
- RubyConf Taiwan 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- RubyConf Philippines 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- RubyFuza 2014 Africa's premier Ruby conference (not derived from this policy)
- Big Ruby
- Rocky Mountain Ruby
- Rails Rumble 2013
- RubyHiroba 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- RubyKaigi 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- Keep Ruby Weird
Perl conferences
Other language or project-specific free and open source software conferences
- PGCon 2011 (Postgres)
- Desktop Summit 2011
- Postgres Open 2012
- GUADEC 2012 the GNOME conference
- GUADEC 2014 the GNOME conference
- [[ https://2015.guadec.org/code-of-conduct/index.html%7CGUADEC 2015]] the GNOME conference
- Akademy 2012
- OpenNMS User Conference Europe 2013
- X.Org Developer's Conference 2013 & later
- PNWScala
- NodeConf (scroll down to bottom)
- CakeFest: The CakePHP Conference
- PuppetConf, Puppet Camps and other Puppet Labs events
- State of the Map US (OpenStreetMap)
- d3.unconf Data Visualization Unconference
- Scala.io
- DockerCon and all other Docker Inc events
- Clojure Conj
- Lambda Jam (not derived from this policy)
- Erlang Factory events (acknowledged as derived from the Ada Initiative)
- Erlang User Conference 2014
- Lone Star PHP 2014 (derived from JSConf, which is turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- PloneConf (from PyCon's policy which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- EuroClojure 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- Django Weekend Cardiff
- JSist JavaScript developers conference
- BABBQ Big Android BBQ (includes Geek Feminism as a reference)
- R-Ladies https://rladies.org/code-of-conduct/ World-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community
- RuPy 2013 Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Clojure and related technologies.
- Roost JavaScript Conference
- GOPHERCON India Golang Conference
- FOSS4G Seoul 2015 (similar to the short public version of the Geek Feminism policy)
- MozCon
- ChefConf, Chef Community Summit, and other Chef Software, Inc. sponsored events
- Swift Summit (acknowledged as derived from the Ada Initiative)
Wikimedia and Wiki Conferences
- All Wikimedia Foundation technical events
- Wikimania 2012
- Wikimania 2013
- Wikimania 2014
- Wikimedia District of Columbia the Wiki Society of Washington, DC Inc (not derived from this policy)
Software Development Conferences
- AltConf a community-driven event alongside Apple's WWDC
- Asbury Agile web development conference
- beCamp (not derived from this policy)
- Berlin Buzzwords 2014 (open source) (acknowledged as derived from the Ada Initiative)
- Blend Conference 2014 Generalist conference on design, user experience and web development
- Brisbane 2014 (devops) (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- Camp Sass 2014 (derived from JSconf and the Ada Initiative/Geek Feminism)
- Code on the Beach (not derived from this policy)
- Code PaLOUsa
- codefront.io
- CodeMash
- CodeMesh 2013
- CodeMotion (not derived from this policy)
- devmob 2014 multiplatform barcamp conference (not derived from this policy)
- Devsigner (derived from OpenSourceBridge policy)
- Distill 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- DroidCon 2014 Android conference (not derived from this policy)
- EmberFest The biggest ember.js event in Europe (from Conference Code of Conduct)
- FlowCon 2013 (not derived from this policy)
- Full Stack Toronto focusing on all layers of web development (from Conference Code of Conduct)
- Game Developers Conference (derived from OpenSourceBridge policy)
- Google IO (acknowledges Geek Feminism, as well as other groups)
- JSFoo 2014 (derived from PyCon's policy which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- kod.io (acknowledged as derived from the Ada Initiative)
- Meta Refresh 2014 (derived from PyCon's policy which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- RootConf 2014 (from PyCon's policy which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- Software Carpentry
- All USENIX conferences (see section 8) (not derived from this policy but strong and specific)
- The Web Conference at Penn State (derived from DrupalCon Austin's Code of Conduct )
- SkiPHP Conference (PHP) (not derived from this policy)
- HTML5 Developers Conference (not derived from this policy)
- Flossie 2013 (open source and women) (not derived from this policy)
- d3.unconf (software) (not derived from this policy)
- We Code Unconference (not derived from this policy)
- NDC 2014 New Developers Conference
- SLASHcon 2011 (not derived from this policy)
- PIPELINE Continuous Delivery Unconference
- React 2014 Building reactive systems (acknowledged as derived from the Ada Initiative)
- SRCCON a conference for developers, interactive designers, and other people who love to code in and near newsrooms. Both the Ada Inititive and Geek Feminism website influenced the policy
- HOPE Hackers On Planet Earth, one of the most creative and diverse hacker events in the world (not derived from this policy)
- SIGNAL Developer conference for Communications hosted by Twilio
Technical Conferences
- Strange Loop
- All ACM SIGPLAN conferences (see also this explanation)
- New Game 2011 Conference
- Open Video Conference 2011
- QCon San Francisco
- M3AAWG (not derived from this policy)
- GPU Technology Conference
- CascadiaIT 2013
- TechCrunch (starting October 2013)
- IndieWebCamp
- All IETF meetings and mailing lists
- NJ Programming Languages and Systems Seminar
- ALIFE 14
- cf.Objective() (starting May 2013) (not derived from this policy)
- self.conference, Detroit, MI
- Grace Hopper Celebration (starting 2014) (derived from OpenSourceBridge policy)
- EclipseCon NA (derived from RedMonk and Ada Initiative)
- !!Con (pronounced "bang bang con") (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- MacIT code of conduct (part of Macworld | iWorld Expo) (not derived from this policy)
- RIPE Meetings
- Span conference (London software scaling conference) (acknowledged as derived from the Ada Initiative)
- NERD Summit (not derived from this policy)
- Interop NY independent technology conference and expo NYC
- The Fifth Elephant Data Analytics Conference (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- Triangle Open Data Day (acknowledges Geek Feminism as contributors)
- That Conference Everything Mobile, Web, and Cloud
- edUi Conference Richmond, VA
- Bitcoin Job Fair Job Fair in Southern California (not derived from this policy)
- Web Summit "Where the Tech World Meets"
- TechMeetup 2014 (acknowledged as derived from the Ada Initiative)
- World IA Day a one-day annual conference held in dozens of cities across the world (not derived from this policy)
- IA Summit A community gathering of information architects, content publishers, and all who design information spaces (not derived from this policy)
- dConstruct artists, writers, hackers and coders about surveillance, connected devices, big data, and just about everything the network touches (not derived from this policy)
- Theorizing the Web is an inter- and non-disciplinary annual conference that brings together scholars, journalists, artists, activists, and commentators to ask conceptual questions about the interrelationships between the web and society (not derived from this policy)
- Interaction talks, workshops and activities exploring the past, present and future of interaction design
- UKNOF - UK Network Operators Forum
- GTEC (Government Technology Exhibition and Conference) in Ottawa
Computer Security and Hacker Conferences
- Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) X
BruCONPolicy removed as of February 2013- DeepSec
- Chaos Communications Congress (CCC) (not derived from this policy; see incidents from 28 & 29)
- Alt-S Open IT Security Conference (in Dutch)
CryptoParty SF(Page no longer reachable)- OHM (Observe Hack Make)
- Black Hat
- NullCon (not derived from this policy)
- TrustyCon
- BSidesTo 2014 (not derived from this policy)
Speculative Fiction and Fandom Conventions
See: Conference anti-harassment/Adoption/SFF for the list of Speculative Fiction and Fandom (SFF) cons; including Anime, Steampunk, and Comic Cons, that have adopted policies.
Libtech, Library, and Archive Conferences
- Access Conference
- All ALA (American Library Association) conferences
- code4lib
- Digital Library Federation Forum
- Electronic Resources & Libraries (not derived from this policy)
- Evergreen events
- HydraConnect
- Information Today conferences (Computers in Libraries, Internet Librarian, etc.)
- Koha
- LDCX 2015
- LIBER 2015 (additional details posted each following year)
- Library Instruction West
- Library Publishing Forum (not derived from this policy)
- All MLA (Medical Library Association) meetings (adapted from the American Library Association policy)
- NASIG
- Ontario Library Association
- Open Repositories
- Radical Librarians Collective (not derived from this policy)
- SLA (Special Libraries Association) (not derived from this policy)
- Society of American Archivists (SAA) (based on US OpenGLAM Friendly Space Policy, which in turn is based on the Geek Feminism Wiki sample policy)
- Startup Weekend: Library Edition
Humanities Conferences
- GLAMcamp US
- OpenGLAM US Launch (includes exemption for on-topic material such as works of art and history)
- Ada Lovelace: An Interdisciplinary Conference Celebrating her Achievements and Legacy
- Annual Digital Humanities conferences
- Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (not derived from this policy)
- AlterConf Boston Diversity in tech and gaming
- AlterConf New York City Diversity in tech and gaming
Scientific and Academic Conferences
- American Nuclear Society (derived from ACM policy and geek feminism wiki)
- Artificial Life 2014
- North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (starting 2014)
- Australian Institute of Physics Congress 2014
- Ecological Society of America (not derived from this policy)
- Entomology 2013
- European Conference on Artificial Life
- ICFA International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (not derived from this policy)
- International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experience (derived from ACM policy, but references geek feminism wiki as well)
- International Particle Accelerator Conference 2014
- Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
- Science Online (but see harassment by a Science Online founder)
- SIG-GRAPH (derived from ACM policy)
- SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation (derived from ACM policy)
- Sloan Sports Analytic Conference (not derived from this policy)
- SfN - Society for Neuroscience
Skeptic and Science-Related Conferences
Found on that site:
- Atheist Alliance International
- American Atheists 2014 National Convention
- Humanists of Florida
- Skepticon 7
- Women in Secularism 3 (2014)
Not found on other site:
- Humanists of Minnesota
- Florida Secular Rally 2014
- LogiCon 2014
- Minnesota Atheists
- The Winnipeg Skeptics
Hackathons
- Baltimore/Washington Space Apps Challenge (not derived from this policy)
- BattleHack London 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- Bay BitHack 2014 It's only the first American collegiate Bitcoin hackathon ever
- Bike Share Toronto (acknowledged as derived from Geek Feminism)
- Disrupt Europe 2013 uses the TechCrunch policy (acknowledged as derived from Geek Feminism)
- DubHacks 2014 collegiate hackathon in the Pacific Northwest
- GDC DevFest Karachi Hackathon 2014 (not derived from this policy)
- GNU 30th anniversary celebration and hackathon
- hackathon.io (derived from JSConf, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- Hack for Western Mass 2014
- HackBCA (not derived from this policy)
- HackTheHearst
- Major League Hacking Launch Hack MLH Launch Hack is the inaugural hackathon to kick off the first ever student hackathon season in the UK
- Monitorama 2014
- NuPic Fall 2014 Hackathon (not derived from this policy)
- One Web for All Kick-Off Hackathon sponsored by Double Union
- PennApps X (not derived from this policy)
- San Francisco UX Sprint (acknowledged as derived from Geek Feminism)
- Trans*H4ck the very first hackathon dedicated to helping the trans* community
- VentureDays Global IT event designed to bring together IT startups, venture capitalists, angel investors and mentors
- BostonFIG Boston Festival of Indie-Games (not derived from this policy)
- eyeo festival
- Secular Students Alliance Conference (not derived from this policy but very cool!)
- Quantified Self Conference
- National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet 56
- FemCamp (conference web site)
- SecondConf 2013, 2014 (from PyCon's policy, which is in turn derived from Geek Feminism)
- Pikes Peak Writers Conference
- CoinSummit for virtual currencies (not derived from this policy)
- GX3: everybody Games or GaymerX, fun and safe space for gamers and gaymers of all identities (not derived from this policy)
- Penguicon a community-run con on science fiction, open source, music, gaming, DIY, and more. (not derived from this policy)
- Summoners Con 2014 Annual League of Legends fan convention (not derived from this policy)
- Intercon O An all-LARP convention run by New England Interactive Literature in Chelmsford, MA
- NELCO The New England Larp Conference, run by New England Interactive Literature in Chelmsford, MA
- XOXO An experimental festival celebrating independently-produced art and technology
- Release Notes A conference about building businesses
- The Product Summit a conference forwarding product excellence
Makerspaces/Hackerspaces/Community Workshops
- Seattle Attic hackerspace Seattle Attic in downtown Seattle
- BTUlab "Blow things Up!!" at Colorado.edu (not derived from this policy)
- CoMotion makerspace at University of Washington
- Dames Making Games a community and workspace for game developers in Toronto
- DIYode (not derived from this policy)
- Double Union a hacker/maker space for women Double Union in San Francisco, CA
- Edinburgh Hacklab (references GeekFeminism policy)
- Flux makerspace Flux in Portland, OR
- Freeside Atlanta (references Geek Feminism policy)
- Gothenburg Hackerspace (GHS) hackerspace in Gothenburg, Germany (not derived from this policy)
- HacDC The Capital's hackerspace (references Geek Feminism policy)
- Hobart Hackerspace hackerspace in New Town, Tasmania (not derived from this policy)
- HSBNE space in Eagle Farm, QLD, Australia (not derived from this policy but refers to it)
- I3 Detroit hackerspace in Detroit, MI (not derived from this policy)
- Interlock Rochester hackerspace in Rochester, NY (not derived from this policy)
- Lawrence Makerspace (not derived from this policy)
- LVL1 Louisville Hackerspace (not derived from this policy)
- Lowell Makes (not derived from this policy)
- MakeHackVoid (not derived from this policy)
- MakeHartford makerspace in Hartford, CT (not derived from this policy)
- Makerspace Urbana makerspace in Urbana-Champaign, (not derived from this policy)
- MetaLab makerspace in Vienna, Austria (references an article by the Ada Initiative's ValerieAurora)
- Milwaukee Makerspace in Milwaukee, WI (not derived from this policy)
- Noisebridge in San Francisco, CA
- Radiona Makerspace makerspace in Zagreb, Croatia (not derived from this policy)
- Red Mountain Makers (from Freeside Atlanta's policy, which references Geek Feminism policy)
- SLO Makerspace makerspace in San Luis Obispo, CA (not derived from this policy)
- South London Makerspace
- Stumptown Syndicate works to create resilient, radically inclusive tech and maker communities that empower positive change.
- Tinkermill: The Longmont Makerspace makerspace in Colorado (not derived from this policy)
- Triple Cities Makerspace makerspace in Johnson City, NY
- Windsor Hackforge hackerspace in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (not derived from this policy)
- ylab (not derived from this policy)
Also see the Feminist_and_women's_hackerspaces list.
Live-Action Roleplaying Games
Meetups and User Groups
See: Conference anti-harassment/Adoption/Meetups_and_User_Groups for the list of meetups and user groups.
Coworking Spaces
- Bento Miso Collaborative Workspace coworking space in Toronto
- CoworkBuffalo
- Freeside Technology Spaces (workspace)
- Hacker Dojo workspace in Mountain View, CA (not derived from this policy)
- MIYB Spaces workspace in Santa Maria,CA (not derived from this policy)
- sektor5 workspace in Wien, Austria
Bands
Other Events
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