IWOCA Code of Conduct

IWOCA 2026 intends to follow the guidelines of SafeToC. Registering for IWOCA 2026 thus will likely require that you agree to follow the Code of Conduct described below.

IWOCA is committed to be a respectful forum for its participants, free from any violence, discrimination or harassment of any nature. All IWOCA attendees are expected to behave accordingly.

If you experience or witness violence, discrimination, harassment or other unethical behaviour at the conference, we encourage you to seek advice and remedy, and report to the conference chair, the PC chairs or the Steering Committee chair any problem you may face.

The chairs are entitled to remove registered participants from the conference (without refunding the conference fees) if they are deemed to pose an ethical risk to other participants. The conference chair may contact the local university committee dedicated to address violence, unethical behaviour or harassment of any kind. Besides having an appointment with the victim, this committee can assist with medical support and with taking legal action.