Reporting for Event Organizers
Demographic reporting requirements for SIGHPC-affiliated events
ACM is deeply committed to fostering a scientific community that supports and benefits from the talents of community members from a wide range of backgrounds. ACM has mandated that these demographic questions be used throughout ACM for all activities, and responses will be required from all ACM authors, reviewers, conference attendees, volunteers, and members. This includes all events sponsored by and in-cooperation with SIGHPC. Please help us collect the data we need to gauge our success at advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in all ACM activities by responding to the questions below.
The anonymized data will be used to gauge ACM's success in advancing DEI through annual reporting to the ACM community. This anonymized data may also be used for conference resourcing, and for improvement of ACM services, policies, and processes. The data will be reported in aggregate only for 50 people or more. For details about the storage of and access to these data, please see the ACM Privacy Policy.
What is required?
As an organizer of a SIGHPC-affiliated event, you are required to :
collect and report responses to the required demographic questions for attendees committees, reviewers, authors of accepted technical content, and (if any) invited speakers. This should be reported to SIGHPC and ACM within 90 days of the event.
structure your committees to include diverse backgrounds and opinions
establish rigorously fair review/selection processes to ensure there is no explicit or implicit bias against newcomers (for example, by adopting double blind review of technical submissions)
consider diversity when selecting invited speakers or panel participants
What data must be collected and about whom?
You must collect the requested data for your event, then report it in the summary that is required by ACM within 90 days of the event. SIGHPC requires that you report data on five groups: attendees, committee members, reviewers, accepted authors, and speakers. You may choose to extend your reporting to include other groups involved in your event as well (for example, student programs).
Use the following questions to collect the required demographic information.
Questions (all are required)
With which gender do you most identify?
Woman
Man
Non-binary or gender diverse
Prefer not to disclose
Other
(the form allows for only one selection)
When were you born?
2001 or later
1981 - 2000
1965 - 1980
1946 - 1964
1945 or earlier
Prefer not to disclose
(the form allows for only one selection)
What are your ethnic origins or ancestry? Please select ALL geographic areas from which your family's ancestors first originated:
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
West Asia / Middle East
South and Southeast Asia
East and Central Asia
Pacific / Oceania
North America
Central America and Caribbean
South America
Other
Prefer not to disclose
(form allows multiple answers)
How would you identify yourself in terms of race? Please select ALL the groups that apply to you:
Asian, (e.g., Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Singaporean)
Pacific Islander (e.g., New Zealand Maori, Samoan, Native Hawaiian)
Indigenous (e.g., North American Cherokee, South American Quechua, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander)
Middle Eastern or North African
Black
Hispanic or Latino/a/x
White
Other
Prefer not to disclose
(form allows multiple answers)
Do you have a disability? Please select ALL that apply to you:
Deaf/deaf or have serious difficulty hearing
Blind or have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses
Mobility limitation including serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs
Motor limitation including manual dexterity
Learning disability
Neurodiverse
Speech or language impairment
Chronic illness that is neurological, physical, or a mental health diagnosis
Temporary impairment
Other type of disability
I do not have a disability or impairment
Prefer not to disclose
(form allows multiple answers)
Where do you currently live? Please select ONE:
(form presents list of countries and allows for a single selection)