I used to volunteer at a lot of conferences. Especially the opportunities to mentor people who receive sponsored attendance based on being from an underrepresented community.
After seeing some heavily charged scenarios play out where it seemed like situations were grossly misinterpreted or expectations were wildly out of whack (none that I was party to, just as a bystander), I no longer do any kind of conference volunteering. I also no longer interact with anyone I don't know _very well_ outside of large groups.
Basically I limit my stranger-interactions to group lunches. Out of personal caution/safety. That also eliminates the only reasons to go to most conferences, so my schedule is a lot more open.
