{"id":51,"date":"2026-08-28T13:41:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/code-of-conduct\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T00:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T00:29:48","slug":"code-of-conduct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/code-of-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Code of Conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section form-section\" id=\"standard\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row g-5 align-items-start\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-5\">\n<p class=\"form-section-label\">Attending FORM<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"form-section-heading\">Code of<br>conduct<\/h2>\n<p class=\"form-section-sub\">Short, plain and enforced. One standard for everyone in the building: attendees, speakers, partners, crew and the organisers who wrote it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-7\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:24px\" class=\"form-section-sub\">FORM exists so that two thousand people can argue about typography in good faith for three days. That only works when everyone here is free to speak, free to disagree and free to walk away from a conversation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:32px\" class=\"form-section-sub\">This page is the whole policy. There is no longer version, no annex and no clause written to protect the conference rather than the people at it. Two named organisers enforce it, and both of them are listed further down this page.<\/p>\n<a style=\"display:inline-flex\" href=\"mailto:conduct@formconference.com\" class=\"form-btn-primary\">Report Something<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section form-section form-section--ruled\" id=\"behaviour\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<p class=\"form-section-label\">The Standard<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"form-section-heading\">Three lists,<br>no small print<\/h2>\n<p class=\"form-section-sub\">If you are unsure which side of this something falls on, it falls on the wrong side. Ask a duty organiser before you do it, not after.<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-urgency-strip\">\n<i class=\"bi-shield-check\"><\/i>\nOne standard for everyone: attendees, speakers, partners, crew and organisers<\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-5\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\">\n<p class=\"form-ticket-type\">What we expect<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-ticket-divider\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"form-ticket-features\">\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-check-lg\"><\/i>\nTreat everyone here as a colleague, whatever their title<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-check-lg\"><\/i>\nAssume the person in front of you knows more than you<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-check-lg\"><\/i>\nCriticise the work, never the person, and be specific<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-check-lg\"><\/i>\nAsk before you photograph, record or post anyone<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-check-lg\"><\/i>\nLeave room for the person who has not spoken yet<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-check-lg\"><\/i>\nTake a no the first time that it is given<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\">\n<p class=\"form-ticket-type\">What ends a pass<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-ticket-divider\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"form-ticket-features\">\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-x-lg\"><\/i>\nHarassment, or sustained disruption of a session<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-x-lg\"><\/i>\nRemarks about a body, an identity or an accent<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-x-lg\"><\/i>\nSexual imagery or language in talks or on stands<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-x-lg\"><\/i>\nPhotographing an attendee who has said no to it<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-x-lg\"><\/i>\nFollowing or cornering someone who has walked away<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-x-lg\"><\/i>\nRetaliation against anyone who reports, or supports one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\">\n<p class=\"form-ticket-type\">Where this applies<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-ticket-divider\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"form-ticket-features\">\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-geo-alt-fill\"><\/i>\nEvery hall, foyer, stand and workshop room<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-geo-alt-fill\"><\/i>\nOpening Night, the Speaker Dinner, the party<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-geo-alt-fill\"><\/i>\nThe conference app and the platform chat<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-geo-alt-fill\"><\/i>\nSide events and parties run under the FORM name<\/li>\n<li>\n<i class=\"bi-geo-alt-fill\"><\/i>\nAnything posted from a FORM stage or hashtag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section form-section form-section--dark\" id=\"reporting\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row g-5 align-items-start\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-5\">\n<p class=\"form-section-label\">Reporting<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"form-section-heading\">Four ways<br>to tell us<\/h2>\n<p class=\"form-section-sub\">Every route reaches the same two duty organisers, Ines Baumann and Nadia Krause. One of them is on site from 08:00 to 22:00 on all three days, and you can ask for either by name at any desk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-7\">\n<div class=\"form-contact-cards\">\n<div class=\"form-contact-card\">\n<span class=\"form-contact-card__icon\">\n<i class=\"bi-geo-alt-fill\"><\/i>\n<\/span>\n<div>\n<p class=\"form-contact-card__label\">On Site Desk<\/p>\n<span class=\"form-contact-card__value\">Registration, Hall 1 foyer, or any crew member in a chartreuse lanyard<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-contact-card\">\n<span class=\"form-contact-card__icon\">\n<i class=\"bi-telephone-fill\"><\/i>\n<\/span>\n<div>\n<p class=\"form-contact-card__label\">Duty Phone<\/p>\n<a href=\"tel:+493055570412\" class=\"form-contact-card__value\">+49 30 5557 0412<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-contact-card\">\n<span class=\"form-contact-card__icon\">\n<i class=\"bi-envelope-fill\"><\/i>\n<\/span>\n<div>\n<p class=\"form-contact-card__label\">Email<\/p>\n<a href=\"mailto:conduct@formconference.com\" class=\"form-contact-card__value\">conduct@formconference.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-contact-card\">\n<span class=\"form-contact-card__icon\">\n<i class=\"bi-shield-lock-fill\"><\/i>\n<\/span>\n<div>\n<p class=\"form-contact-card__label\">Anonymous Form<\/p>\n<span class=\"form-contact-card__value\">On the conference platform under Help, reaching the same two people<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section form-section form-section--ruled\" id=\"process\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<p class=\"form-section-label\">After A Report<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"form-section-heading\">What happens,<br>in order<\/h2>\n<p class=\"form-section-sub\">You decide how far this goes. Nothing moves to the next step without you being told first, and nothing is closed in silence.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-row\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-time\">STEP 01<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-main\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-session\">We listen and write it down<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-agenda-speaker\">A duty organiser takes the report somewhere private, in your words, at your pace. Nothing is recorded and nothing goes back to the room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-row\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-time\">STEP 02<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-main\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-session\">We ask what you want to happen<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-agenda-speaker\">Logged only, mediated, or acted on. You choose, you can change your mind later, and choosing the first does not close the door on the third.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-row\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-time\">STEP 03<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-main\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-session\">We check the account<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-agenda-speaker\">Both people are spoken to separately. You are never asked to be in the same room, repeat the account in front of anyone, or prove it twice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-row\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-time\">STEP 04<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-main\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-session\">Two organisers decide together<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-agenda-speaker\">Never one person alone, and never a committee. A speaker, a partner or a member of crew is held to exactly the standard an attendee is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-row\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-time\">STEP 05<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-agenda-main\">\n<p class=\"form-agenda-session\">We tell you the outcome<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-agenda-speaker\">In person if you are still on site, by email within five working days if you are not. You are told what was decided and what happens next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section form-section form-section--dark\" id=\"consequences\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row g-5 align-items-start\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-5\">\n<p class=\"form-section-label\">Consequences<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"form-section-heading\">What a breach<br>costs<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:32px\" class=\"form-section-sub\">We start where the behaviour sits, not at the bottom of the ladder. Serious harm goes straight to the last rung, on the day, without a warning first.<\/p>\n<a style=\"display:inline-flex\" href=\"mailto:conduct@formconference.com\" class=\"form-btn-primary\">Report Something<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-7\">\n<p class=\"form-hotels__heading\">The Ladder<\/p>\n<div class=\"form-hotels\">\n<div class=\"form-hotel-item\">\n<div class=\"form-hotel-item__dist\">01<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"form-hotel-item__name\">A word from a duty organiser<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-hotel-item__stars\">Logged, and the only warning given<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-hotel-item\">\n<div class=\"form-hotel-item__dist\">02<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"form-hotel-item__name\">Removal from a session, a stand or an event<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-hotel-item__stars\">Pass stays, access narrows<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-hotel-item\">\n<div class=\"form-hotel-item__dist\">03<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"form-hotel-item__name\">Pass revoked for the rest of the edition<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-hotel-item__stars\">No refund, badge surrendered<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form-hotel-item\">\n<div class=\"form-hotel-item__dist\">04<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"form-hotel-item__name\">Barred from future editions, partners included<\/p>\n<p class=\"form-hotel-item__stars\">Contract cancelled, fee retained<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0\" class=\"form-section-sub mt-4\">A partner or a speaker who reaches the fourth rung loses the contract and the fee with it. That has happened once in four editions, and we would take the same decision again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The behaviour we expect at FORM \/\/ 2026, what is not tolerated, and how to report a problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/event-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}