Conference anti-harassment/Adoption

These conferences have adopted a policy similar to our anti-harassment policy.

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

Free and Open Source Software Conferences

General free and open source software conferences

• 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
• La Conf 2014

Python conferences

• Pycon AU 2011
• PyCodeConf 2011
• PyCon US 2012, 2013, 2014
• EuroPython 2013, 2014
• Montreal Python Workshop
• PyCon Japan 2011
• PyCon Korea
• PyOhio
• Python Brasil 2014
• Python Ireland
• SciPy 2014
• Vancouver Python Day

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 (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
• Linux Plumbers Conference 2014
• Linux Symposium 2013
• Ohio LinuxFest 2014
• SeaGL 2014 Seattle GNU/Linux Conference
• Texas LinuxFest 2014

Drupal conferences

• Chicago DrupalCamp 2010 and 2011 (not derived from this policy)
• Sydney DrupalCamp 2010 (not derived from this policy)
• Drupal Downunder 2012
• DrupCamp PA 2014
• DrupalCon Munich 2012
• DrupalCon Denver 2012
• DrupalCon Sydney 2013
• DrupalCon Portland 2013
• DrupalCon Prague 2013
• DrupalCorn Camp 2014
• Drupaldelphia
• Florida DrupalCamp 2014

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
• Ruby DCamp
• GoGaRuCo - Golden Gate Ruby Conference
• GoRuCo
• MountainWestRuby
• Scottish Ruby Conference
• RubyConf Taiwan 2014 (not derived from this policy)
• RubyConf Philippines 2014 (not derived from this policy)
• Big Ruby
• Rocky Mountain Ruby
• Rails Rumble 2013

Perl conferences

• French Perl Workshop 2013
• Frozen Perl 2011
• Mojoconf 2014
• YAPC 2011
• YAPC 2012
• YAPC 2013
• YAPC 2014

Other language or project-specific free and open source software conferences

• PGCon 2011 (Postgres)
• Desktop Summit 2011
• Postgres Open 2012
• GUADEC 2012
• 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
• Scala.io
• DockerCon and all other Docker Inc events
• Clojure Conj
• Lambda Jam
• Erlang Factory events
• Erlang User Conference 2014
• Lone Star PHP 2014
• PloneConf
• EuroClojure 2014
• Django Weekend Cardiff
• JSist Java developers conference

Wikimedia and Wiki Conferences

• All Wikimedia Foundation technical events
• Wikimania 2012
• Wikimania 2013

Technical Conferences

• Strange Loop
• All ACM SIGPLAN conferences (see also this explanation)
• New Game 2011 Conference
• Open Video Conference 2011
• CodeMash
• QCon San Francisco
• M3AAWG (not derived from this policy)
• Game Developers Conference
• GPU Technology Conference
• Software Carpentry
• 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) 
• self.conference, Detroit, MI
• Google IO
• All USENIX conferences (see section 8) (not derived from this policy but strong and specific)
• Grace Hopper Celebration (starting 2014)
• EclipseCon NA
• !!Con (pronounced "bang bang con")
• MacIT code of conduct (part of Macworld | iWorld Expo)
• RIPE Meetings
• Span conference (London software scaling conference)
• NERD Summit
• Interop NY
• The Fifth Elephant Data Analytics Conference
• JSFoo 2014 developers conference
• RootConf 2014 developers conference
• Meta Refresh 2014 developers conference
• Code PaLOUsa developers conference
• codefront.io developers conference
• kod.io developers conference
• Devsigner front-end design conference

Computer Security and Hacker Conferences

• Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) X
• BruCON Policy 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
• TrustyCon

Speculative Fiction and Fandom Conventions

• 221B Con (not derived from this policy)
• Aeternitas 2011
• Alabama Phoenix Festival (not derived from this policy)
• AnthroCon anti-harassment policy (not derived from this policy)
• Archon (not derived from this policy)
• Arisia (not derived from this policy)
• AtomaCon (not derived from this policy)
• Awesome Con (not derived from this policy)
• Balticon (not derived from this policy)
• BayCon (not derived from this policy)
• Boskone (not derived from this policy)
• Brony Fan Fair (not derived from this policy)
• BronyCon (not derived from this policy)
• Bubonicon (not derived from this policy)
• Capclave (not derived from this policy)
• Capricon (not derived from this policy)
• Cascade Writers
• ChattaCon (not derived from this policy)
• ChessieCon (not derived from this policy)
• Chicago TARDIS (not derived from this policy)
• Chi-fi (not derived from this policy)
• Chicon 7: 70th World Science Fiction Convention (2012) (not derived from this policy)
• ConCarolinas (not derived from this policy)
• ConGlomeration (not derived from this policy)
• ConGregate (not derived from this policy)
• Conjecture/ConChord (not derived from this policy)
• ConDFW (not derived from this policy)
• ConQuesT (not derived from this policy)
• ConTemporal (not derived from this policy)
• Continuum
• CONtraflow (not derived from this policy)
• CONvergence
• Convolution (not derived from this policy)
• DetCon1 (not derived from this policy)
• Discworld Convention
• Dragoncon (not derived from this policy)
• Duckon (not derived from this policy)
• Encounters (not derived from this policy)
• Evil Con (not derived from this policy)
• FaerieWorlds (not derived from this policy)
• Fandemonium (not derived from this policy)
• FanExpo Vancouver (not derived from this policy)
• Fantasticon (not derived from this policy)
• Farpoint (not derived from this policy)
• FenCon (not derived from this policy)
• FOGcon (derived from this and WisCon policy)
• Further Confusion (not derived from this policy)
• GAFilk (not derived from this policy)
• Gallifrey One
• Game Storm (not derived from this policy)
• Geek Fan Expo (not derived from this policy)
• Geek Media Expo (not derived from this policy)
• (in French) GeekFest Quebec (not derived from this policy)
• GeekGirlCon
• Gen Con (not derived from this policy)
• Glass City Con (not derived from this policy)
• HonorCon (not derived from this policy)
• Hypericon (not derived from this policy)
• Ichibancon (not derived from this policy)
• ICON (not derived from this policy)
• IllogiCon (not derived from this policy)
• Intercon (not derived from this policy)
• Intervention (not derived from this policy)
• JordanCon (not derived from this policy)
• Kraken Con (not derived from this policy)
• LI-CON (not derived from this policy)
• Life, the Universe and Everything (not derived from this policy)
• Loncon 3: 72nd World Science Fiction Convention (2014) (not derived from this policy)
• Lunacon (not derived from this policy)
• MarsCon (not derived from this policy)
• Megaplex (not derived from this policy)
• Memphit Fur Meet (not derived from this policy)
• MidSouthCon (not derived from this policy)
• MileHighCon (not derived from this policy)
• Minicon (not derived from this policy)
• MISTI-Con (not derived from this policy)
• MuseCon (not derived from this policy)
• Mysticon (not derived from this policy)
• Myths and Legends Con (not derived from this policy)
• Necronomicon (not derived from this policy)
• Nelco (not derived from this policy)
• Nerdacon (not derived from this policy)
• Nine Worlds GeekFest
• NordicFuzzCon (not derived from this policy)
• Norwescon (not derived from this policy)
• Octocon, the Irish National SF Convention
• Odyssey Con (not derived from this policy)
• OmegaCon (not derived from this policy)
• Omnicon (not derived from this policy)
• PAX East (not derived from this policy)
• PAX Prime (not derived from this policy)
• Penguicon(not derived from this policy)
• PortConMaine (not derived from this policy)
• Radcon (not derived from this policy)
• Readercon Code of Conduct (to be used in conjunction with the Policies and Procedures)
• RuffleCon (not derived from this policy)
• Rustycon (not derived from this policy)
• SoonerCon (not derived from this policy)
• Sci-Fi Expo (not derived from this policy)
• Sci Fi Summer Con (not derived from this policy)
• Shore Leave (not derived from this policy)
• SpoCon (not derived from this policy)
• Star Wars Celebration (not derived from this policy)
• Tanoshiicon (not derived from this policy)
• Tekko (not derived from this policy)
• Super Sac-Con (not derived from this policy)
• TempleCon (not derived from this policy)
• Think Galacticon(not derived from this policy)
• VisionCon (not derived from this policy)
• Westercon (not derived from this policy)
• WhoFest (not derived from this policy)
• Windycon (not derived from this policy)
• WisCon (not derived from this policy)
• World Fantasy Convention (not derived from this policy)
• WVPopCon (not derived from this policy)

Anime Fandom Conventions

• (A Taste of) Animethon (not derived from this policy)
• Animaritime (not derived from this policy)
• AOD - Animation On Display (not derived from this policy)
• Animazement(not derived from this policy)
• Anime Banzai (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Blues (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Boston (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Crossroads (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Detour (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Evolution(not derived from this policy)
• Anime Expo (not derived from this policy)
• Anime-zing! (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Fusion (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Matsuri (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Mid-Atlantic (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Midwest (not derived from this policy)
• Anime North (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Overload (not derived from this policy)
• Anime USA (not derived from this policy)
• Anime Weekend (not derived from this policy)
• Anime-ZAP! (not derived from this policy)
• AnimeIowa (not derived from this policy)
• AnimeLand Wasabi (not derived from this policy)
• AnimeNext(not derived from this policy)
• AniMinneapolis(not derived from this policy)
• Aoi Uma Con (not derived from this policy)
• Atlanta Anime Day (not derived from this policy)
• Colossalcon (not derived from this policy)
• Con Alt Delete (not derived from this policy)
• ConBravo(not derived from this policy)
• ConnectiCon (not derived from this policy)
• Con-Nichiwa (not derived from this policy)
• Eirtakon (not derived from this policy)
• FANdom Con (not derived from this policy)
• Fanimecon (not derived from this policy)
• Florida Anime Experience(not derived from this policy)
• Hamacon (not derived from this policy)
• Holiday Matsuri (not derived from this policy)
• Hoshicon(not derived from this policy)
• Ikkicon (not derived from this policy)
• IndyPopCon(not derived from this policy)
• Izumicon (not derived from this policy)
• Kappa Kon (not derived from this policy)
• Katsucon (not derived from this policy)
• Kawaii Kon (not derived from this policy)
• Knightrokon (not derived from this policy)
• Knoxville Anime Day (not derived from this policy)
• Kollision Con (not derived from this policy)
• Kumoricon (not derived from this policy)
• KuroNekoCon (not derived from this policy)
• Las Cruces Anime Days (not derived from this policy)
• MechaCon (not derived from this policy)
• MetroCon (not derived from this policy)
• Mizuumi-Con (not derived from this policy)
• Momocon(not derived from this policy)
• Motaku (not derived from this policy)
• MTAC - Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (not derived from this policy)
• Mythicon (not derived from this policy)
• Naka-Kon (not derived from this policy)
• Nan Desu Kan (not derived from this policy)
• Nashville Anime Day (not derived from this policy)
• Nauticon (not derived from this policy)
• Nishikaze(not derived from this policy)
• Nom-Con (not derived from this policy)
• Otacon (not derived from this policy)
• Otafest Aurora (not derived from this policy)
• Otakuthon (not derived from this policy)
• Queen City Kamikaze (not derived from this policy)
• Quinni-Con (not derived from this policy)
• Ramencon (not derived from this policy)
• S.S. Kaizoku (not derived from this policy)
• Saboten-Con (not derived from this policy)
• SaikouCon (not derived from this policy)
• Sakura-Con (not derived from this policy)
• San Japan: Samurai (not derived from this policy)
• Senshi-Con (not derived from this policy)

• Setsucon (not derived from this policy)
• Shinboku Con (not derived from this policy)
• Shuto Con (not derived from this policy)
• Tomadachi Fest (not derived from this policy)
• Triad Anime Con (not derived from this policy)
• Tsubasacon (not derived from this policy)
• WAI-Con (not derived from this policy)
• WasabiCon (not derived from this policy)
• Zenkaikon (not derived from this policy)

Comic Book Conventions

• Asbury Park Comicon (not derived from this policy)
• Boston Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Central Coast Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo - C2E2(not derived from this policy)
• Comicpalooza(not derived from this policy)
• Marble City Comicon (not derived from this policy)
• Montréal Comiccon (not derived from this policy)
• NYC Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Phoenix ComiCon (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Atlanta Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Austin Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Chicago Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Comic Con New York City (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Louisville Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Minneapolis Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Nashville Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: New Orleans Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Ohio Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Philadelphia Comic Co (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Portland Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Reno Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Richmond Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: San Antonio Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: St. Louis Comic Con (not derived from this policy)
• Wizard World: Tulsa Comic Con (not derived from this policy)

Steampunk Conventions

• Aetherfest (not derived from this policy)
• AnachroCon (not derived from this policy)
• AnomalyCon (not derived from this policy)
• Clockwork Alchemy (not derived from this policy)
• Gaslight IV: The Expedition (not derived from this policy)
• Portland GEAR Con (not derived from this policy)
• Salt City Steam Fest (not derived from this policy)
• SteamCon (not derived from this policy)
• Stonefield Wild West Steampunk Festival (not derived from this policy)
• Wild Wild West SteamPunk Convention (not derived from this policy)

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
• Library Publishing Forum (not derived from this policy)
• Open Repositories
• Radical Librarians Collective (not derived from this policy)
• SLA (Special Libraries Association) (not derived from this policy)

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)

Scientific and Academic Conferences

• International Particle Accelerator Conference 2014
• Entomology 2013
• Science Online (but see harassment by a Science Online founder)
• North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (starting 2014)
• Australian Institute of Physics Congress 2014
• Sloan Sports Analytic Conference (not derived from this policy)

Skeptic and Science-Related conferences

• List of Skeptic and science related conferences with anti-harassment policies

Hackathons

• HackTheHearst
• Monitorama 2014

Other Geek-related Conferences

• 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
• Pikes Peak Writers Conference

Makerspaces/Hackerspaces/Community Workshops

• Seattle Attic
• Dames Making Games
• Double Union
• MakeHackVoid
• Flux

Live-Action Roleplaying Games

• Witchwood Roleplaying
• Covenant LARP

Meetups

• Computer Anonymous
• whysecurity
• Chicago-sf.org (not derived from this policy)
• Chicago Nerds Social Club (not derived from this policy)
• PySprings
• Tampa Ruby Brigade

Coworking Spaces

• CoworkBuffalo
• Bento Miso Collaborative Workspace

Other Events

• TEDxCanberra