In keeping with the ACM Policy Against Harassment at ACM Activities, FSE 2025 is committed to providing a welcoming space for all attendees.
A primary goal of FSE 2025 is to promote the open exchange of ideas and the freedom of thought and expression among researchers. These require an environment that recognizes the inherent worth of every person and group; fosters dignity, understanding, and mutual respect; and embraces diversity.
For these reasons, FSE 2025 is dedicated to providing an inclusive harassment-free experience for participants at our events and in official communications channels, including social media. We want every participant to feel welcome, included, respected, and safe. There is no tolerance for unwelcome or hostile behavior or speech that intimidates, creates discomfort, or interferes with a person’s participation or opportunity for participation at our conference and events.
Expected Behavior
We expect all FSE 2025 participants to behave professionally and to help create a safe and welcoming environment for all attendees, volunteers, sponsors, organizers, speakers, venue staff, and exhibitors in all conference venues, including ancillary events and unofficial social gatherings:
- Exercise consideration and respect in your speech and actions;
- Be mindful of cultural differences in engagement – attendees come from all over the world and may have a different level of comfort with respect to language and personal space;
- Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech;
- Discuss and critique ideas, not people.
Unacceptable Behavior includes: abusive or degrading language, sustained disruption of a talk or other activity, discrimination, deliberate intimidation, stalking, harassing photography or recording, inappropriate physical contact, sexual imagery and unwelcome sexual attention.
Harassment includes: comments, writings, or actions including jokes that discriminate or denigrate an individual on the bases of race, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, pregnancy, medical conditions, veteran status, or any other status protected by laws in which the conference is being held.
Sexual Harassment includes: unwelcome advances or propositions; inappropriate touching of an individual’s body; degrading or humiliating comments about an individual’s appearance; displaying or distributing sexually explicit images or messages.
Alert community leaders if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this policy, even if they seem inconsequential.
How to Report Unacceptable Behavior
Anyone witnessing or subject to unacceptable behavior is encouraged to notify the conference team through the FSE Information desk or venue security. FSE 2025 is supported with an Onsite Response Team of SIGSOFT CARES, being available for in-person conversations throughout the conference at sessions, breaks, or associated meetings. Please approach the FSE Information desk to be put in touch with a CARES member, who can assist you.
Besides, incidents can be reported via this form for Reporting Violations of the ACM Policy Against Harassment. If you feel that you or someone around you is in immediate danger, please contact the venue security or dial 112 on your phone (for police, or 113 for medical emergency).
An individual violating these standards may be sanctioned or excluded from further participation at FSE 2025, without refund, at the discretion of the event organizers. Violations that are reported to ACM will be investigated and may result in further sanctions (ACM Policy Against Harassment at ACM Activities).