[TYPES] ETAPS bars Russian researchers from attending

[Ricardo Medel]

German scientists were banned from conferences after the First World War.

Chinese scientists (even those working/studying at the USA) were banned
from attending a NASA conference in 2013.




El mar., 8 de marzo de 2022 17:25, Gabriel Scherer <
gabriel.scherer at gmail.com> escribió:

> [ The Types Forum, http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-list
> ]
>
> Do people know of any precedent of a conference forbidding people working
> in a certain country to attend?
>
> (Of course, on a regular basis we hold conferences in countries that make
> it difficult for some of our colleagues to attend. But this sounds very
> different from the conference itself forbidding certain researchers from
> attending on the basis of their country of employment.)
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 7:33 PM Neel Krishnaswami <
> neelakantan.krishnaswami at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > [ The Types Forum,
> http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-list
> > ]
> >
> > The ETAPS website (
> >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.etaps.org__;!!IBzWLUs!HUevd2N5Ms-2WYC1sMdH93ef4xxRy4BjZ9KD0I8SPwLGGpv-Rk7u_Emgl9qMMyLGK4ex90o0Cm0$
> > ) has the following text on its
> > front page:
> >
> > > The ETAPS association strongly condemns the war against Ukraine
> > > launched by President Putin. It is an intolerable breach of
> > > international law and a crime against humanity, unfolding in Europe
> > > now. Therefore, until further notice, ETAPS 2022 cannot accept
> > > registrations from affiliates of Russian research institutions or
> > > companies.
> >
> > While I'm as opposed to illegal wars of aggression as anyone else, this
> > feels like a serious mistake.
> >
> > There are many Russians (such as Jetbrains corporation) who have taken
> > the serious personal risk of publically opposing the war, and barring
> > them from our conferences due to their nationality feels wrong to me.
> >
> > It may well be that the financial sanctions regime means that
> > registration payments cannot be accepted, but that is quite different
> > from barring them personally.
> >
> > What do the rest of you think?
> >
> > Best,
> > Neel
> >
>