SpecDevCon is intended to be a serious professional room where people can examine difficult engineering work without being diminished, threatened, or used as someone else’s material.
This code applies to conference websites, submissions, email, community spaces, sessions, social events, and any other activity presented as part of SpecDevCon.
Expected conduct
Participants must:
- treat other people with professional respect;
- criticize ideas, evidence, incentives, and systems without attacking a person’s identity or dignity;
- respect boundaries, consent, privacy, and requests to stop;
- follow staff instructions concerning safety and access; and
- protect confidential or sensitive information disclosed with a clear expectation of confidentiality.
Unacceptable conduct
Unacceptable conduct includes harassment, discrimination, threats, stalking, intimidation, unwanted sexual attention, repeated disruption, deliberate outing or disclosure of private information, retaliation, and advocacy of harm.
Harassment based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, caste, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or another protected characteristic is not accepted.
Reporting
For the launch website, report a concern to legal@agentdrivendevelopment.com with “SpecDevCon conduct” in the subject line. Access should be limited to people responsible for reviewing the concern.
For the live event, we will also publish an on-site reporting route, name trained response leads, and identify a private place where a report can be made. A person may bring a support person when making a report.
If someone faces immediate danger, contact local emergency services first where it is safe to do so.
Response
The response team will:
- acknowledge the report as promptly as reasonably possible;
- consider immediate safety and separation needs;
- limit information to people who need it to respond;
- give the reporting person realistic information about confidentiality and next steps;
- assess available evidence fairly; and
- document the decision and actions taken.
Possible action includes a warning, content removal, session interruption, access restriction, removal without refund under future attendee terms, a ban from future activity, or referral to venue security or authorities when appropriate.
We will not knowingly retaliate against a good-faith report or participation in a review. A deliberately false report may itself violate this code; an unproven report is not, by itself, a false report.
Privacy and transparency
Absolute confidentiality cannot be promised. We will share information only as reasonably needed for safety, a fair response, insurance, or legal obligations. We may publish anonymized transparency information after an event, but we will not identify a reporting person without permission unless law requires it.