Code of Conduct

We, the organizers of the Bernstein Conference are working towards making the conference a welcoming forum for fruitful scientific exchange. We are committed to creating a professional and technically safe environment and expect commonsense courtesy from the participants at the Bernstein Conference. Thank you for helping us by abiding to the following rules.

  • Registration and participation must always be under your real name and academic affiliation.
  • With your registration, you agree to comply with the rules of good scientific practice1 and this code of conduct.
  • If you do not want appear in photos or films taken by the PR team of the Bernstein Network, please let us know at the registration desk.
  • Your presentation must comply with the rules of good scientific practice1.
  • Intellectual property rights must be respected at all times.
  • As a presenter, you are responsible for the content of your presentation. As organizers of the Bernstein Conference, we decline any responsibility for copyright infringements of any kind. We strongly advise you to thoroughly check whether graphics and tables are your own copyright and whether they can be shown in the environment of the conference. Please be advised that the transfer into the general public can happen a lot quicker through social media channels.
  • All communication, written or spoken, in person or online, must be respectful and polite. Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and should be reported immediately.
  • Criticism is to be directed to ideas, methods, and results, not people.
  • The moderators of the live talks and presentations must be respected at all times. This concerns their management of the session, their time keeping and their choice of questions to the presenter during the Q&A section.
  • Failure to comply with any of these rules will not be tolerated and may result in exclusion from the conference.

References

1: The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, published by ALLEA – All European Academies
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/european-code-of-conduct-for-research-integrity_horizon_en.pdf
(last accessed May 15, 2023)

Please note in particular the section on plagiarism: “Plagiarism is using other people’s work and ideas without giving proper credit to the original source, thus violating the rights of the original author(s) to their intellectual outputs.”