To ensure a productive and inclusive environment for all participants, we have established the following code of conduct, and provide an open access materials disclaimer, and photography and recording notice. By participating in this event, you have agreed to adhere to these policies and guidelines. 

Code of Conduct

Be Empowering!
Consider what you can do to encourage and support others. Make room for quieter voices to contribute. Offer support and enthusiasm for great ideas. Leverage the low cost of experimentation to support your colleagues' ideas, and take care to acknowledge the original source, not just the most recent or loudest contributor. When someone offers something unexpected, look for ways you can contribute and collaborate. Share your knowledge and skills. Prioritize access for and input from those who are traditionally excluded from the civic process.

Appropriate Behavior
If you are unsure if something is appropriate behavior, it may not be. Each person you interact with can define where that line is for them. Impact matters more than intent. Ensuring that your behavior does not have a negative impact is your responsibility. Problems happen when we assume that our way of thinking or behaving is the norm or ok with everyone. This is particularly problematic when we are in a position of power or privilege.

Unacceptable Behavior
Disagreements about science and teaching methods are normal and healthy parts of meetings. Civil and constructive criticism of someone’s work for a perceived methodological flaw or a misinterpretation of results is appropriate. However, ad hominem attacks are inappropriate. 

• Negative or offensive remarks based on classes of race, religion, color, sex (with or without sexual conduct and including pregnancy and sexual orientation involving transgender status/gender identity, and sex-stereotyping), national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, marital status, and political affiliation as well as gender expression, mental illness, socioeconomic status or background, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, or clothing. Consider that calling attention to differences can feel alienating.
• Patronizing language or behavior.
• Sustained disruption of presentations, group work, or discussions.
• Aggressive and micro-aggressive behavior, such as unconstructive criticism, providing corrections that do not improve the conversation, feigning surprise at someone’s lack of knowledge or awareness about a topic, or subtle prejudice.
• Referring to people in a way that misidentifies their gender and/or rejects the validity of their gender identity; for instance, by using incorrect pronouns or forms of address (misgendering). 

Open Access Materials Disclaimer

The materials used and produced in this event fall under a modified MIT license used for all NCBI Codeathon-style events ensuring that the products created are freely usable by others and open source. The modification simply adjusts the application from software to documentation.

The license states:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this documentation, to deal with the documentation without restriction,
including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the documentation, and to
permit persons to whom the documentation is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the documentation.

THE DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
DOCUMENTATION.

Photography & Recording Notice

By participating in the BioEd Summit, you acknowledge that presentations, discussions, and group activities may be photographed or recorded. These will be used for documentation, educational purposes, publicity about this event, and possibly in marketing future events. Media may be edited for clarity and length to ensure the best possible depiction, but the content will not be misrepresented.

If you have concerns about being photographed or recorded, please contact the event organizers as soon as possible.