Code of Conduct

DjangoCon Europe is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for everyone who takes part — in person at SoWi University Innsbruck, and online.

This Code of Conduct applies to all participants: attendees, speakers, sponsors, organizers, volunteers, and staff, without exception and without regard to role or seniority.

The CARE team is primarily responsible for handling any incidents. The team can be reached at conduct@djangocon.eu. We have also published our response guidelines.

Why do we have a Code of Conduct?

Our goals with having this Code of Conduct are:

• To create the psychological safety that lets people from very different backgrounds, companies, and countries work and socialize together.
• To build trust that reports are taken seriously, investigated thoroughly, and handled without victim-blaming.
• To make behavioral expectations explicit for a large, international, multilingual community where norms don't travel automatically.
• To give organizers and the CARE team (defined in the response guidelines) a clear framework for acting, rather than improvising under pressure.

Expected behavior

We ask each attendee to keep the community in mind and do their best to foster a positive environment:

• Be kind and considerate to others.
• Behave professionally, in sessions, at meals, at sponsor booths, and at evening/social events.
• Use welcoming and inclusive language, mindful that many attendees are not native English speakers.
• Respect differing viewpoints and experience levels; accept constructive criticism gracefully.
• Be supportive of newcomers, first-time speakers, and first-time conference attendees generally.

Prohibited conduct

DjangoCon Europe has zero tolerance for harassment based on race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, colour, immigration status, social and economic class, educational level, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, size, family status, political belief, religion, and mental or physical ability. This list is illustrative, not exhaustive — conduct that harasses or excludes on any comparable basis is covered.

Unacceptable behavior includes, without limitation:

• Offensive comments related to any of the above.
• Intimidation.
• Stalking or following.
• Unwelcome or non-consensual photography or recording.
• Disruption of talks or events.
• Violent threats or language.
• Inappropriate physical contact.
• Unwelcome sexual attention or imagery.
• Deliberately excluding or "in-joking" someone out of a conversation.
• Condescension toward less experienced attendees.

Where does the Code of Conduct apply?

This Code of Conduct applies:

• At SoWi University Innsbruck for the duration of the conference.
• At all official DjangoCon Europe social events and sprints, on- or off-site, including anywhere alcohol is served.
• On official online platforms: Slack, mailing lists, and the conference app.
• To social media posts using official conference hashtags.
• In one-to-one interactions between participants that arise from the conference, even outside these spaces, where the conduct affects another participant's ability to take part safely.

Alcohol and social events

Alcohol is served at some DjangoCon Europe social events. This Code of Conduct applies in full at those events.

Organizers will ensure non-alcoholic options are always available, that social events end at a reasonable hour, and that CARE team contact information is visible at every official evening event.

Being intoxicated is never an excuse for violating this Code of Conduct, and CARE may act on a report from a social event exactly as it would from a session room.

What can happen if the CoC is violated?

Organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including:

• Asking someone to stop a specific behavior.
• Removing someone from an ongoing conversation or space.
• Withholding or removing talk recordings.
• Cancelling a talk.
• Removing someone from the conference without refund and without further warning for serious violations.

Compliance with a request from an organizer or CARE team member is expected immediately.

Where to report incidents

If you are being harassed, notice someone else being harassed, or have any other concerns, contact the CARE team immediately:

• In person: look for a CARE badge/lanyard at the registration desk and at all official social events, and at the SoWi University Innsbruck venue.
• By email: conduct@djangocon.eu
• By Slack: direct message any member of the #care-team channel.
• Anonymously: via the anonymous report form. See the response guidelines for what this covers and its limits.

Guidelines for reporting incidents

When you report, it helps — though it is never required — to include:

• Your contact information, if you're comfortable sharing it.
• The names of those involved, if known.
• When and where it happened.
• What happened, in as much detail as you're able to give.
• Any other context.
• Whether the situation is ongoing.

We would much rather receive a few extra reports where we decide, after review, to take no action, than miss a report that needed one.

Reporting will never be held against you, and this Code of Conduct explicitly prohibits retaliation — see below.

Non-retaliation

Retaliation against anyone who reports an incident in good faith, or who cooperates with a CARE investigation, is itself a Code of Conduct violation and will be treated at least as seriously as the original report. This applies regardless of whether the original report is ultimately upheld.

Appeals

Someone found to have violated this Code of Conduct may request that the CARE team reconsider its decision, once, by writing to conduct@djangocon.eu within 14 days of being notified.

A reconsideration will be handled by at least one CARE member who was not involved in the original decision, where the team's size allows it.

Confidentiality and local law

Reports are handled in confidence, per the privacy guide.

In situations involving immediate danger, physical violence, or where Austrian law requires it, organizers or CARE may need to involve local authorities (police: 133, or the EU-wide emergency number 112) even without a participant's consent. This will always be the exception, not the default.

Acknowledgement

This Code of Conduct draws on the Django Software Foundation Code of Conduct, the Contributor Covenant, and prior DjangoCon Europe editions, and is refined for DjangoCon Europe 2027 in Innsbruck.

We value your attendance and look forward to seeing you at DjangoCon Europe.