Statement on Gender Balance at 2025 IUCr High Pressure Workshop

The Organizing Committee fully supports and promotes gender equality in accordance with the IUCr policy

https://www.iucr.org/iucr/principles-and-policies/gender-balance.

We will ensure gender equality in our committees (including the Local Organizing Committee itself), among our lecturers and participants and pay special attention to the gender balance in evaluating bursary applications.

In accordance with IUCr policy, our gender statistics for confirmed invited speakers and local organizing committee are:

50 % Female + 50 % Male

For further information, our gender equity and diversity advisors are Drs. Arthur H. Liu and Kamil F. Dziubek.

Send your comments and input on these policies at: haozhe.liu@hpstar.ac.cn and kamil.dziubek@univie.ac.at.

Further information can be found on the web site of IUCR’s Gender Equity and Diversity Committee GEDC

(https://www.iucr.org/iucr/governance/advisory-committees/gedc).

This page contains a code of conduct, a GEDC conference speaker statement and a toolkit for conference organizers.

Scientific Freedom Policy Statement

The Organizing Committee of this workshop shall observe the basic policy of non-discrimination and affirms the right and freedom of scientists to associate in international scientific activity without regard to such factors as ethnic origin, religion, citizenship, language, political stance, gender, sex or age, in accordance with the Statutes of the International Council for Science. At this workshop, no barriers will exist which would prevent the participation of bona fide scientists.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Statement

We welcome all crystallographers and scientists working in related fields, regardless of their ethnic origin, race, citizenship, language, political views, gender, sex, sexual preferences, physical disabilities and age. We strive to create a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion.