These are the terms (the \u201cAgreement\u201d) governing your attendance at and participation in any ASIDIC, L.L.C. event (the \u201cEvent\u201d or the \u201cASIDIC, L.L.C. Event\u201d). By registering for the Event you agree to these terms, which form a binding legal contract between ASIDIC, L.L.C. (\u201cASIDIC\u201d) and the registered attendee or participant (\u201cyou\u201d). If you are registering on behalf of another individual, it is your responsibility to ensure the person attending is aware of these terms and accepts them. By completing the registration on behalf of another individual you are warranting that you have made the attendee or participant aware of these terms and that they have accepted these terms.<\/p>\n
1 Attendee Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.1. Admittance.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0Your registration entitles you to individual admittance to the Event for which you have registered. Any and all other costs associated with your attendance (including without limitation travel and accommodation expenses) shall be borne solely by you. ASIDIC shall have no liability for such costs.\u00a0Attendees should make their own arrangements with respect to personal insurance, along with travel insurance.<\/p>\n 1.2. Personal Belongings.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0Event attendees shall be required to keep their personal belongings with them at all times. ASIDIC accepts no liability for damage to, or loss of, personal belongings. ASIDIC does not accept any responsibility for any loss (including, without limitation, theft) of any property occasioned on our premises or at external venues.<\/p>\n 1.3. Use of Likeness.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0By attending the Event you acknowledge and agree to grant ASIDIC the right at the Event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media now available or hereafter developed and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise globally to disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from you or any payment to you. This grant to ASIDIC includes, but is not limited to, the right to edit such media, the right to use the media alone or together with other information, and the right to allow others to use or disseminate the media.<\/p>\n 1.4. Event Content.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0You acknowledge and agree that ASIDIC, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to change any and all aspects of the Event, including but not limited to, the Event name, themes, content, program, speakers, performers, hosts, moderators, venues, and time.<\/p>\n 1.5. Visa Requirements.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0Each Attendee is solely responsible for complying with all immigration, customs and legal requirements (including, but not limited to, obtaining an entry visa, permit, or health requirements of any kind) of any relevant authority for entry into the country in which the Event is held and for which you wish to attend. \u00a0Attendees who require an entry visa should allow sufficient time for the application procedure. Attendees should contact the nearest embassy or consulate to determine the appropriate timing of their visa applications. ASIDIC will not contact embassies and consulates on behalf of visa applicants or provide any other assistance relating to visa issues. In relation to an Event, no exchanges, refunds or substitution of registration will be made due to an Attendee\u2019s failure to comply with such requirements, or his\/her inability to obtain (or his\/her denial, cancellation, expiration or revocation of) an entry visa or permit, for any reason whatsoever. Each Attendee is advised to review all immigration, customs and other legal requirements for entry into the country in which the Event is held prior to registering for such Event.<\/p>\n 2 Prohibited Conduct<\/strong><\/p>\n 2.1.<\/strong>\u00a0Disruptive Conduct.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0You acknowledge that ASIDIC reserves the right to request your removal from an Event if ASIDIC, in its sole discretion, considers your presence and\/or behavior to create a disruption or to hinder the Event and\/or the enjoyment of the Event by other attendees or speakers.<\/p>\n 2.2.\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>Compliance.<\/strong>\u00a0Each Attendee shall comply with all conditions of entry of the local, city, state, and convention centers at which an Event is held (collectively, \u201cVenues\u201d), including but not limited to all fire, safety, and health regulations of the Venues. Each Attendee shall also comply with all applicable federal, state, local and ordinances, as well as any policies and procedures as set forth below or as otherwise notified to the Attendee by ASIDIC.<\/p>\n 2.3 Removal for non-compliance.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0Attendees in violation of such rules and\/or who behave in an unsafe or careless manner while attending any Event may be asked to leave immediately and will be held responsible for their actions. Each attendee acknowledges that such violations may result in the attendee being removed from an Event and barred from returning without refund of the attendee\u2019s registration fee. Each attendee likewise acknowledges and agrees that all attendees of the Events have the right to enjoy the Events equally. Disruptive behavior that interferes with the conduct of reasonable business at any Event, or any attendee\u2019s safety or comfort, may result in the offending attendee being removed from the Event and barred from returning without refund of the attendee\u2019s registration fee.<\/p>\n 2.4. Photography or Recording Usage by Attendees.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0Each attendee acknowledges and agrees to not make, create, store, record, transmit, reproduce, broadcast, stream, use, sell, license or otherwise deal in any images, audio recordings, audio-visual and visual recordings unless such use is with the prior written consent of ASIDIC, or such use is solely for the private and personal enjoyment of the attendee and not for any commercial purpose.<\/p>\n 2.5. Unethical\/Non-Compliant Marketing.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0ASIDIC reserves the right to deny admission to anyone who engages in or is reputed to engage in unethical or non-compliant marketing practices.<\/p>\n 2.6. Right to Cancel.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0In addition to the requirements and prohibitions set forth in this Section 2, ASIDIC may also exclude any prospective attendee from registering for or attending any Event, in ASIDIC\u2019s sole discretion. Furthermore, ASIDIC \u00a0reserves the right to cancel, in its sole discretion, any attendee\u2019s registration upon refund of the admission fees paid to ASIDIC; provided, however, that if an attendee is cancelled for violating any prohibition or requirement set forth in this Section 2, ASIDIC may retain all fees paid.<\/p>\n 3 Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n 3.1. Payment.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0The payment of the applicable fee(s) for each Event is due upon registration. If such payment is insufficient or declined for any reason, ASIDIC may refuse to admit you to the Event unless and until such fees are paid, and shall have no liability in that regard.<\/p>\n 3.2. Taxes.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0The fee(s) may be subject sales tax, value added tax, or any other taxes and duties which, if applicable, will be charged to you in addition to the fee(s).<\/p>\n 4 Cancellation, Refund Policy and Substitutions<\/strong><\/p>\n 4.1 Cancellation Policy.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0Registration cancellations received 30 working days prior to the first day of the Event will receive a refund of registration fees less an administration charge of 30% of the registration fee. Cancellations made less than 30 working days prior to the first day of the Event, as well as failure to attend the Event (\u201cno shows\u201d), are liable for the full registration fee. Registration cancellations must be notified in writing via email to ASIDIC, L.L.C.\u00a0at:\u00a0registration@asidiconference.org<\/a>. All requests for cancellations and\/or substitutions must be received in writing. Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.<\/p>\n 4.2 Refund Policy.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0ASIDIC accepts no liability and will not issue any refund of any and all payments made to ASIDIC if the attendee is unable to attend an Event due to\u00a0ANY REASON, including, but not limited to, failure to use ASIDIC registration due to illness, acts of God, acts of terrorism, threats of terrorism, loss of employment and\/or duplicate purchases,\u00a0adverse weather conditions, transportation disruptions, or any travel related problems and\/or disruptions, Force Majeure,\u00a0government authority mandate, disasters, threats of disasters, pandemic, threats of pandemic, or other emergencies, any of which make it illegal or impossible for ASIDIC or Venue to provide the facilities and\/or services for the Event.<\/p>\n 4.3.<\/strong><\/i>Substitution and Change Policy<\/strong>.\u00a0Attendee changes or substitutions may be made to any attendee registration until the first date of the Event. Once you have received your badge on site, it cannot be changed, substituted, or reissued to a different person.<\/p>\n 4.4. Organizer Cancellation.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0ASIDIC in its sole discretion at any time, reserves the right to postpone or cancel (in full or in part) any or all of any Event. Where the Organizer does so, you will receive a 40% refund of the amount of your payment.<\/p>\n 4.5. Modification of the Event Program.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0You acknowledge and agree that ASIDIC, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to change any and all aspects of any Event, including but not limited to, an Event name, themes, content, program, speakers, performers, hosts, moderators, venue, date and time. You further acknowledge and agree that ASIDIC promotes and organizes the Events and other entities (the actions of whom are not controlled by ASIDIC) may elect to cancel, postpone or change any aspect of an Event.<\/p>\n 4.6. No Liability.<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0Other than as set out in the Terms and Conditions, neither ASIDIC nor any of its partners, officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be liable, directly or indirectly, to attendees or any other party under any theory of law (contract, tort, negligence or otherwise), for any loss or damage, whether indirect, direct, special, incidental, punitive or consequential, that is incurred as a result of an Event (or any part of any Event) being cancelled, postponed or changed under any circumstances. ASIDIC provides no warranty, guarantee or promise of any nature regarding the date and time of a particular Event and cannot warrant, guarantee or promise that an Event will not be cancelled, postponed or changed.<\/p>\n