Conference Code of Conduct Management
One of the requirements for community recognition of a conference is that the conference “adopt and follow an appropriate Code of Conduct to ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for anyone who wishes to attend.” That’s easy, if you have done it before.
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But what if you haven’t done one before? You need to decide whether to use an existing CoC, such as the PostgreSQL Community Code of Conduct, or create one. You need to decide who is going to be on the CoC Committee, how they will respond to incident reports, and what to do if the complaint involves a member of the conference organization team—or, worse, yet, a member of the Conference Code of Conduct Committee.
We’ll work through the entire process, with time for Q&A along the way. You’ll leave with a step-by-step plan, template documents, and a clear idea of what to do—and what *not* to do.
As the creator of the original PostgreSQL Community Code of Conduct, and the Committee Chair for the initial three year term, I have experience in building both a CoC policy and a CoC Committee from scratch. I have also managed the Code of Conduct Committee for PgConf.EU from 2023 to present, and for PgConf.Dev in 2025.
Event Organisers
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Stacey Haysler
While this community event is being hosted by PGConf.EU 2025 it is being organised by the team above, please contact them directly for any queries about the event.
