Welcome to ACM FAccT 2026!
Please review the following community agreements before joining the conference. These agreements reflect the values of our community and are designed to foster inclusive and respectful interaction. They are adapted from Allied Media Conference's community agreements and the SIGACCESS Accessible Conference Guide.
- A safe and inclusive conference space is our priority.
- Respect fellow participants and scholars. Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.
- Practice explicit affirmative verbal consent. DDo not photograph, record, or screenshot any session without notification and consent.
- Understand that there are a wide variety of ways that people communicate, process information, and express themselves. Some people prefer direct, literal communication and others talk in idioms and metaphors. Some people need extra time to process and respond. Communication is a two-way process, so please be flexible and accommodate different communication styles.
- Ask questions before assuming. The best way to understand the choices, actions, or intentions of one another is by asking.
- No one knows everything; together we know a lot.
- In any conversation, especially ones about systemic power (race, class, gender, etc), we know that each person is coming to the conversation with different levels of lived experience and embodied expertise. We also believe that each person has something to contribute to the conversation. This agreement asks that we all practice being humble, and look for what we have to learn from each person in the room. It asks us to share what we know, as well as our questions, so that others may learn from us.
- Ask for clarification. No question is a bad question. Be mindful of your fellow participants and do not imply that there are things that everybody should know.
- Calling in instead of calling out. Whenever appropriate, try contacting someone directly, individually or in a small group setting, to voice your grievances, criticisms, or concerns about their speech or actions before denouncing them publicly. If you are involved in or witness harassment or behavior that deviates from these community guidelines, please submit a complaint to the conference organizers and the members of the Safety and Inclusion team will review the case.
- Help promote a safe, inviting, and inclusive environment. Please do not use flash photography as this can induce migraines. Please avoid wearing perfume or aftershave or bringing other strong smells with you. Be aware of attendees using canes or wheelchairs and give them room to get around. Give up that aisle seat if someone needs it. Raise your hand and ask the presenter to describe what’s happening in their silent video, for the benefit of those who can’t see it. Sometimes a person may need to leave in the middle of a session, or flap their hands, or pace up and down, or go to a quiet space, and that’s okay.
- Stay flexible and patient around any technology needs, changes, cancellations or schedule shifts throughout the conference.
- If you need something at the conference, ask for it!
Submitting a Complaint
In order to ensure a safe environment for all and prevent escalation of borderline events into inappropriate events, we appreciate the participation of all attendees in reporting even minor violations of these community agreements. In most cases, no penalty will be applied unless there is a pattern or escalation.
- To report violations to the Safety and Inclusion team, use conduct@facctconference.org
- To report an incident that involves a member of the Safety and Inclusion team, contact a different member of the team directly and request that your report not be shared
- General Chairs
- Su Lin Blodgett, Mila - Québec AI Institute
- Robert Soden, University of Toronto
- Zee Talat, University of Edinburgh
- Strategy Chairs
- Tina M. Park, Upturn
- Emnet Tafesse, Data & Society
- Executive Committee
- Sorelle Friedler, Haverford College
- Jenn Wortman Vaughan, Microsoft Research
- Sarah M. Brown, University of Rhode Island
- Asia J. Biega, Max Planck Institute
- Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, Technical University of Munich
- Meg Young, Data & Society
- Maria Antoniak, University of Colorado Boulder
- Piotr Sapiezynski, Technical University of Denmark, Northeastern University
- Accessibility
- Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Sony AI
- Jaisie Sin, Carleton University
- Brett Meyer, McGill University
For any given incident, a subset of the team may be involved in order to act swiftly. All complaints will be reviewed by a panel that consists of at least three individuals. The panel will convene to review a complaint as soon as feasible and decide, based on the ACM policies and available or relevant evidence, appropriate disciplinary action which can include but is not limited to partial or full dismissal from the conference. The panel also encourages all submitters to complete an additional confidential complaint to ACM.