Speaker
Description
The Belle II Collaboration comprises over 1000 international high
energy physicists, who investigate the properties of $b$-quarks and
other particles at the luminosity frontier. In order to achieve our
aim of a successful physics program, it is essential that we
emphasise contributions from a diverse community. Belle II has thus
far focused on diversity in gender and sexuality, among other efforts
within our collaboration. These efforts are led by our two Diversity
Officers, elected to the newly created positions in 2018. Their role has been to promote an inclusive atmosphere, raising awareness of diversity and being a safe first point of call for issues of discrimination and harassment.
This talk will describe the details the efforts described above, as
well as examining the evolving demographics of our community, since membership began in 2011.
