Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Deep Learning Indaba, London, United Kingdom.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Mar 1;20(3):e1011797. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011797. eCollection 2024 Mar.
Inclusion at academic events is facing increased scrutiny as the communities these events serve raise their expectations for who can practically attend. Active efforts in recent years to bring more diversity to academic events have brought progress and created momentum. However, we must reflect on these efforts and determine which underrepresented groups are being disadvantaged. Inclusion at academic events is important to ensure diversity of discourse and opinion, to help build networks, and to avoid academic siloing. All of these contribute to the development of a robust and resilient academic field. We have developed these Ten Simple Rules both to amplify the voices that have been speaking out and to celebrate the progress of many Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity practices that continue to drive the organisation of academic events. The Rules aim to raise awareness as well as provide actionable suggestions and tools to support these initiatives further. This aims to support academic organisations such as the Deep Learning Indaba, Neuromatch Academy, the IBRO-Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo, Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG), Arabs in Neuroscience, FAIRPoints, and OLS (formerly Open Life Science). This article is a call to action for organisers to reevaluate the impact and reach of their inclusive practices.
在学术活动中，包容性正面临越来越严格的审查，因为这些活动所服务的社区对实际能够参加的人员提出了更高的期望。近年来，为使学术活动更加多样化而做出的积极努力取得了进展并创造了动力。然而，我们必须反思这些努力，并确定哪些代表性不足的群体处于不利地位。学术活动中的包容性对于确保话语和观点的多样性、帮助建立网络以及避免学术孤岛至关重要。所有这些都有助于发展一个强大而有弹性的学术领域。我们制定这十条简单规则，既是为了放大那些一直在发声的声音，也是为了庆祝许多平等、多样性和包容性实践的进展，这些实践继续推动着学术活动的组织。这些规则旨在提高认识，并提供切实可行的建议和工具，以进一步支持这些举措。这旨在支持深度学习盛会、神经匹配学院、IBRO-Simons 计算神经科学座谈会、生物多样性信息标准（TDWG）、神经科学中的阿拉伯人、FAIRPoints 和 OLS（前身为开放生命科学）等学术组织。本文呼吁组织者重新评估其包容性实践的影响和范围。
