The EGU is committed to providing a safe, open, and respectful environment for participants to its General Assembly. The EGU encourages all geoscientists to pursue integrity, honesty, respect, courtesy, responsibility, rigour, and equity in their professional activities.
All participants at EGU's General Assembly are expected to follow EGU's Code of Conduct and the General Assembly rules of conduct that are outlined below. Should you observe violations against these rules, please contact the EGU persons of trust. You may contact the persons of trust on-site through the information desk in the entrance hall and/or by sending an email to conduct@egu.eu. Messages to this address are treated confidentially. Violations to the rules of conduct will be taken seriously and appropriate actions will be taken where necessary.
Respectful behaviour
- Professional and respectful conduct of all attendees is expected.
- Bullying, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated.
- These rules are valid for all kinds of interaction during the EGU's General Assembly: display materials, presentations, discussions, chats, commenting on display materials, as well as social gatherings.
Recording and screenshots
It is prohibited to take photos or videos of scientific material shown in any in-presence presentations and to take screenshots or record live presentations in any on-line or streamed sessions unless the presenter authorizes it. Presenters are encouraged to inform the audience if they welcome screenshots or sharing by incorporating the following graphics within their presentation/poster: sharing is encouraged | sharing is not permitted.
Social media
The EGU encourages open discussion on social media (Instagram, Facebook, etc.) and blogging platforms during the General Assembly. The following rules aim to provide means by which General Assembly participants can embrace social media, while at the same time remaining respectful of presenting authors' work and protecting their research output:
- Never post any images or videos online without the authors' explicit permission.
- The default assumption is to allow open discussion of General Assembly presentations on social media. However, please respect any request from an author not to disseminate the contents of their presentation. Icons are available for download (see "Recording and screenshots") for inclusion on your presentation material to clearly express when an author does or does not want their results posted on any social media networks or blogs.
- If you will be presenting your work at a press conference after your scientific presentation, please ask those in the session not to post about your research until after the press conference has taken place.
- Be sure to include the social hashtag, #EGU26, when sharing snippets of your time at the conference on X and elsewhere on social media.
Persons of trust at the EGU's General Assembly
The persons of trust are present at the General Assembly and are there to help you directly at the conference. You can reach the persons of trust through the information desk in the entrance hall or through email (conduct@egu.eu). A private room is reserved on-site where you can discuss issues with one or both persons of trust. Online participants can also contact the persons of trust at conduct@egu.eu. The persons of trust represent a combination of different genders. One of the responsible persons of trust will follow up on any perceived conduct violations within approximately 24 hours.