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IASP’s Commitment to a Respectful Environment

IASP convenes events and meetings that are welcoming, respectful, inclusive, and collaborative. IASP’s Code of Conduct applies to all IASP-sponsored events, as well as affiliated events connected with an IASP meeting or event, whether in public or private facilities.

Expected Behavior

  • Treat everyone with respect.

  • Respect your fellow participants by using good practices for intercultural collaborations.

  • Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants.

  • Provide your true professional identity, affiliation, and, where appropriate, contact information, at registration and during attendance and participatory sessions, as required.

  • Respect copying and use of presented materials and ideas as indicated by IASP Social Media and Photography Guidelines, including knowing when you may need to obtain permission regarding copying materials.

  • Respect the rules and policies of the meeting venue, hotels, IASP contracted facility, online platform, or any other venue.

  • Be Accountable: When we as organizers or participants fail to meet these guidelines, work together to identify problems, and adjust policy and practice together.

Anyone not meeting expected, collaborative, respectful behavior can be immediately removed from the physical meeting and may be banned from future IASP meetings, depending on the specifics of the unwelcomed disruptive behavior.

Examples of Unacceptable Behavior

  • Promoting or participating in harassment, bullying, discrimination, or intimidation on-site, online, and/or on social media.

  • Physical, verbal, written, or other forms of abuse of any attendee, speaker, volunteer, exhibitor, staff member, service provider, or other guest.

  • Examples of abuse include, but are not limited to, verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, national origin, or socioeconomic class.

  • Inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces or in presentations.

  • Threatening or stalking in-person or online.

Report a Concern

Have Questions or Need Help?

If you need assistance or would like to report a concern related to the Code of Conduct, please contact a member of the IASP staff or email us directly at congress@iasp-pain.org.

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