Program is now announced and registration for both the in-person and virtual conferences are open.
The organizers of useR! 2025 are dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion (or lack thereof).
All participants (including attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers) at useR! 2025 are required to agree to the following code of conduct.
The code of conduct applies to all conference activities including talks, panels, tutorials, and social events. It extends to conference-specific exchanges on social media, for instance posts tagged with #useR2025 on Bluesky, replies to such posts, and replies to the official social media accounts.
Organizers will enforce this code throughout and expect cooperation in ensuring a safe environment for all.
All conference participants agree to:
Behaviour that is unacceptable includes, but is not limited to:
If you are asked to stop harassing behaviour you should stop immediately, even if your behaviour was meant to be friendly or a joke, it was clearly not taken that way and for the comfort of all conference attendees you should stop.
Attendees who behave in a manner deemed inappropriate are subject to actions listed under Procedure for Code of Conduct Violations.
Presentation slides and posters should not contain offensive or sexualised material. If this material is impossible to avoid given the topic (for example text mining of material from hate sites) the existence of this material should be noted in the abstract and, in the case of oral contributions, at the start of the talk or session.
Sponsors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualised clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualised environment. In case of violations, sanctions may be applied without return of sponsorship contribution.
The organizing committee reserves the right to determine the appropriate response for all code of conduct violations. Potential responses include:
Refunds may not be given in case of expulsion.
Alert the Code Of Conduct Response Team if you notice someone in distress, or observe violations of this code of conduct, even if they seem inconsequential.
Reports should be addressed to user2025@duke.edu. If the report concerns someone from the response team, that member and everyone that would enter a conflict of interest will recuse themselves. If you still have concerns about a conflict of interest, you are welcome to contact the R Foundation Conference Committee under R-conferences [at] r-project.org.
We will take all reports by useR! 2025 participants seriously. This includes incidents outside our spaces and at any point in time. The useR! 2025 organizing committee reserves the right to exclude people from useR! 2025 based on their past behavior, including behavior outside useR! 2025 spaces and behavior towards people who are not part of useR! 2025.
We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting targets of harassing behavior. We will not name victims without their affirmative consent. Correspondence is handled confidentially and deleted after the case is resolved. All data is stored securely, access will be limited to the members of the Code Of Conduct Response Team who take the case.
Conference staff will also provide support to victims, including, but not limited to:
To be posted.
Parts of the above text are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Credit to SRCCON. This code of conduct was based on that developed for previous useR! conferences and also drew from rOpenSci’s code of conduct.