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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.sche...@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.krishnasw...@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 > > >