Yeast Genetics Meeting 2026
Yeast Genetics Meeting 2026
GSA is committed to creating a safe and productive environment for all conference attendees. This page contains conference policies and attendee guidelines to ensure all participants have an enriching and positive experience.
Please read GSA’s Vision for Inclusive Conferences, created by the Equity and Inclusion Committee, for details about how GSA strives to ensure full representation of the breadth and diversity of the discipline, from selecting speakers and session chairs to planning scientific, education, and professional development content, and more.
GSA is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion to create greater opportunity for any individual to fulfill their scientific potential, irrespective of their background, gender, or circumstances. This diversity leads to innovation by attracting the widest possible talent to the community and fostering a greater diversity of ideas, approaches, and perspectives. The Organizing Committee aims to select speakers and session chairs that represent the breadth and diversity of the discipline and conference participants. GSA especially encourages the Committee to select excellent speakers from groups traditionally underrepresented in science.
This Code of Conduct covers in-person conferences, online conferences, and other online events hosted by GSA. GSA conferences include keynote presentations, concurrent sessions, live poster Q&A, workshops, and Q&A via Zoom chat.
The Genetics Society of America Conferences foster an international community of geneticists and provide an opportunity to discuss scientific advances and form new collaborations.
GSA values your attendance and wants to make your experience productive and inspiring by fostering an open exchange of ideas in a professional setting. Our Code of Conduct was established to communicate a transparent set of standards and guidelines for acceptable behavior at GSA Conferences and to provide a positive, safe, and welcoming environment for all attendees, vendors, volunteers, and staff.
All conference participants (regardless of their role) are expected to follow the Code of Conduct while attending any portion of the conference, including but not limited to keynote presentations, concurrent sessions, live poster Q&A sessions, and workshops. Because there is also a virtual nature to the conference, our Code of Conduct extends to communications related to the meeting and its attendees, presenters, exhibitors, sponsors, staff, and vendors. These types of communications include Zoom chat, Zoom Q&A window, live poster Q&A, email, social media, and texts.
Unacceptable Behaviors
Unacceptable behaviors include, but are not limited to:
Taking action or making a report
To confidentially report a Code of Conduct violation or to file a complaint, including a complaint about a GSA volunteer or GSA staff member, please visit genetics-gsa.ethicspoint.com. To contact our Ethics Committee directly, please email Brenda Andrews, Chair, at brenda.andrews@utoronto.ca. GSA staff is available to assist participants in making a report. Please email Tracey DePellegrin, GSA Executive Director, at tracey.depellegrin@genetics-gsa.org.
Consequences of non-compliance
Anyone asked by GSA staff, Organizer, Session Chair, Workshop Leader, Moderator, Presenter, or Zoom representative to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately. Retaliation toward GSA or toward someone reporting an incident or after experiencing any of the following consequences will not be tolerated and may result in additional sanctions.
The consequences of non-compliance with GSA’s Code of Conduct may include:
Posters
When you view poster materials at the conference, whether in person or via the Conference App, remember that posters are typically works in progress. Please do not cite or reproduce any part of posters without the presenter’s permission.
Yeast 2026 welcomes attendees with children!
Children are allowed in plenary, concurrent, and poster sessions; this includes babywearing of young children.
Those travelling with family members or caregivers who are not in the scientific community and not registered for the meeting can obtain a guest pass from the conference registration desk so that they can accompany children into the poster sessions. All guests will be asked to agree to the Conference Code of Conduct and will need a name badge to enter the poster session. Guests must obtain their pass during posted registration hours.
To ensure the safety of all children in attendance and to create a productive and fulfilling meeting atmosphere for all attendees, we ask all parents and caregivers to abide by the following guidelines:
Attendees may contact the following childcare company to arrange babysitting: Care.com. The conference does not provide daycare services.
Social Media/Photo/Video Policy
Attendees are permitted to live tweet during presentations, unless the speaker explicitly opts out by stating so at the start of their talk. Taking or sharing photos, videos, or reproductions of posters is not permitted unless you have the presenter’s consent. By attending a GSA conference, you grant GSA the right to use your name and likeness for use in GSA educational, news, or promotional materials. All keynote, award, plenary, and platform sessions will be recorded and available for on-demand viewing for a limited time to registered attendees.