PURPOSE

We're purpose and experience-led, working to uplift the design community with practices that respond to systemic inequity. These are some of the actions we’re taking. We iterate on these with every event, actively working to make them as inclusive and accessible as possible.

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

We always aim to create a safe and inclusive space where: diversity of thinking, shared learning, and respectful discussion are experiences that everyone can be a part of. Come along knowing that we’re looking out for everyone there, and everyone is also looking out for each other. This is a mutual responsibility throughout the community.

We’re not going to provide a long list of what not to do at a conference, as you already know this based on community expectations. If anyone is disrespectful towards another person we’ll warn them and/or ask them to leave, and provide any additional support required.

Basically we ask that everyone respect each other, and you can always approach one of our volunteers, the conference desk, message us on Slack, or send us an email if you see something, want to chat, or need our help with anything at all. We’re happy to keep this anonymous.

REPRESENTATION

We always aim for the program to reflect our community and broader society, with practitioners from across the spectrums of: identity, culture, race, gender, sexuality, ability, and life experience. We purposefully work with people from across different communities as part of the selection process, and openly work to create space for voices from underrepresented groups.

Our advisory panel are aimed at being a representative group of well regarded practitioners and past speakers, although we are aware of the limitations of this, changing the panellists each year to bring new thinking and perspectives. Part of this is focused on selecting speakers from the Asia-Pacific region, rebalancing euro-centric practices with stories and thought leadership from locals contexts.

We also provide scholarships for practitioners from underrepresented groups in the design industry, or those who might not usually be able to come to a conference.

PRIVACY

We’re conscious of privacy, and are looking out for attendees across all the digital and physical spaces used by the community. We avoid services from Facebook and Google due to their poor track records on ethics, and we suggest minimising social media use at the conference.

We avoid photography or videography where people can be identified (apart from speakers on stage). Our team will ask permission before taking a photo or video, and if there’s ever an image you’re concerned about just let us know and we’ll remove it. If you’re personally taking photos at the conference please ask permission, particularly at social events.

We collect the minimum information required to run the conference and nothing more, and will never share your data with anyone, apart from the specific examples outlined below:
1. We use four platforms to manage the conference: Eventbrite, Mailchimp, Typeform, and Slack. All information is securely stored in these platforms under their privacy and data policies. We never store or have access to your credit card details.
2. If you purchase a ticket for an event your name and email address may be synced between or invited to these platforms to facilitate communications for that specific event. You can unsubscribe from these communications on any emails sent.
3. At some events we may need to provide names of attendees to facilitators or curators for ticketing and communication purposes. If it's a sponsor or supporting organisation we’ll provide a list of relevant attendee names, but will never give them your contact details. If it's a Masterclass we will share your name and email address with the facilitator, for the sole purpose of communications for the class.