Delegate Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions apply between the person, firm, company or other entity specified on your booking form ("you" or "your") and the Informa Group company that is the owner, organizer, operator and/or manager of the event/conference ("Informa"), for attendee / delegate registrations for the event specified on your booking form ("Event"). Please read them carefully as they contain important information. By submitting your registration to attend the Event ("你的注册") you agree to be bound by these terms to the exclusion of all other terms. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms Informa will be unable to accept your registration.

Registration Confirmation

Your registration (whether submitted directly by you or on your behalf) is an offer to Informa to attend an Event which is subject to Informa's acceptance in writing (which may include (without limitation) email). A binding contract between Informa and you will only be formed when written confirmation of acceptance ("Confirmation" or "Confirmed") is sent by Informa to you (whether or not it is received) using the contact details you provided at the time of registration. You should contact Informa if you have not received Confirmation within 5 days of your registration, but in any event if Confirmation is not sent within 14 days of Informa receiving your registration, your registration will be deemed to be accepted unless Informa notifies you otherwise. Informa reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse to accept your registration.
Fees and Payment Terms
1. You will pay Informa the fees specified in your booking form for the Event ("your fees"). Payment of your fees must be received in full and in cleared funds by Informa from you in accordance with Informa's payment terms from time to time in force but in any event not later than 48 hours before the Event. If payment of your fees in full is not received before the Event, Informa may (at its sole discretion) either require such payment as a condition of your access to the Event or refuse or block your access to the Event (whether physical or virtual). No refunds of any proportion of your fees already paid (if any) will be made and any balance of your fees will remain due and payable where access to an Event is refused under this Condition 2.1.
2. All discounts can only be applied at the time of registration and discounts cannot be combined. All discounts are subject to Informa's approval. Discounts for group registrations are only valid for the number of delegates specified on your booking form. If the number of delegates that actually attends the Event is (for any reason) less than the number specified in your booking form, then Informa may (at its sole discretion) change your fees to reflect the number of delegates that actually attend the Event in line with Informa's published prices then in force. Any additional sums payable to us as a result shall be paid in line with this Condition 2.
3. 每个事件的价格是正确的ublication. Informa reserves the right to change the prices at any time but changes will not affect registrations which have already been confirmed by Informa.
4. It is the intent of the parties that Informa will receive payment of your fees net of all applicable taxes, including without limitation, sales, VAT, service or withholding taxes ("Taxes"), all of which shall be paid solely by you. If and to the extent that any Taxes are levied upon, or found to be applicable to, the whole or any portion of the payment of your fees, the amount of such payment shall be increased by an amount necessary to compensate for the Taxes (including any amount necessary to "gross up" for Taxes levied on the increase itself).
Cancellation by You
1. 除了可能另有建议part of the particular Event’s registration process, you may cancel your registration in accordance with this Condition 3. You will receive a refund of your fees paid to Informa (if any) if you cancel your registration 57 days or more before the Event, subject to an administration charge equivalent to 10% of the total amount of your fees plus Taxes (if applicable). The Company regrets that the full amount of your fee remains payable in the event that your cancellation is 56 days or less before the Event or if you fail to attend the Event. If a cancellation changes the entitlement to a multi-registration discount, the lowest value registration will be cancelled first. No cancellations are accepted once any part of a single or multi registration party has accessed the pre-Event networking or partnering facilities, applications or platforms. All cancellations must be sent by email toconnect.cancellations@informa.com marked for the attention of Customer Services and must be received by Informa. You acknowledge that the refund of your fees in accordance with Condition 3 is your sole remedy in respect of any cancellation of your registration by you and all other liability is expressly excluded.
2. Substitutions with employees from your organisation are welcome at any time but in all other respects delegate registrations are issued for your personal use only and cannot be shared with any person during the Event. You may not purchase registrations as agent for any third party, sell or otherwise transfer your registration to others, or exploit the registration commercially or non-commercially in any way.
Change to or Cancellation of the Event by Informa
1. Informa may (at its sole discretion) change the format (including, without limitation, from a physical in-person Event to a virtual Event and vice versa), speakers, participants, content, venue location and programme or any other aspect of the Event at any time and for any reason, whether or not due to a Force Majeure Event, in each case without liability.
2. Informa may (at its sole discretion) change the date or cancel an Event at any time for any reason. Where Informa changes the date or cancels the Event for any reason except due to a Force Majeure Event (in which case the terms of Condition 4.3 shall apply) Informa shall automatically transfer your registration to any rearranged Event that Informa chooses to organise (acting in its sole discretion). If you promptly, and not more than 21 days after being notified by Informa of the new date(s) of the Event, notify Informa in writing that you do not wish to attend the rearranged Event or if Informa elects not to rearrange the Event then you will (as your sole remedy) be entitled, at your discretion, to receive either a credit note or a refund in respect of your fees received by Informa. After expiry of the 21 day notification period set out above you may still cancel your registration for the rearranged Event; Condition 3 above shall apply with reference to the new dates and an administrative charge may be payable.
3. 有力量事件或可能拥有的（信息唯一自行决定的情况下）对：（i）信息在计划场地或计划日期举行活动的能力;或者（ii）事件一般，那么信息应题为但没有义务（唯一可自行决定）：（i）提供替代格式，设施或场地;和/或（ii）重新安排事件。信息收到的任何费用应适用于根据本条件4.3持有的任何重新排列或重新安排的事件，您不得有权享有此类重排或重新安排的事件，或有任何权利要求有任何权利要求索赔任何赔偿。如果Informa无法根据此条件重新排列或重新安排事件4.3，那么您将在您的唯一自行决定获得（唯一的补救措施）以获得收到的费用的退款或信用票据通过信息。
4. 这些条款和条件应同样适用于根据条件为4.2和4.3的信息组织的任何重新排列或重新安排的事件。
5. For the purpose of these terms and conditions "Force Majeure Event“意味着出现的任何事件或情况超出了合理控制的信息（包括但不限于政府法律，条例，法规，征用，限制，准则，建议或行动，征收制裁，禁运，军事行动，行为或威胁of terrorism or war, mob, civil commotion or riot, health scares (including without limitation, epidemic and pandemic (e.g., COVID-19), whether or not new, ongoing or recurring), fire, acts of God, flood, drought, earthquake, severe weather, disaster, disruption to transportation, third party contractor/supplier failure, venue damage or cancellation, industrial dispute, strikes, labour disputes, interruption/failure of utility service, lack of commodities or supplies, accidents, nuclear, chemical or biological contamination, speaker or participant cancellation or withdrawal, or any other comparable calamity or casualty).
6. 适用的允许的最大程度law, Informa shall not be liable to you for any loss, delay, damage or other liability incurred resulting from or arising in connection with the cancellation or date change of the Event howsoever arising or any venue change. You acknowledge and agree that the provisions of Conditions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 set out your sole remedy should the Event be changed, postponed or cancelled and all other liability of Informa is expressly excluded.
Access to and Use of an online Event Platform

This clause 5 shall only apply where the whole or any part of the Event is provided in a virtual format.
1. You undertake to be responsible for any technical requirements needed to enable you to access the Event website, app or other platform made available by Informa to facilitate participation in the Event (the "Event Platform").
2. We do not guarantee that the Event Platform will operate continuously, securely or without errors or interruption, and we do not accept any liability for its temporary unavailability. We do not guarantee that the Event Platform and/or any content thereon (including, without limitation, any content available for download) will be free from viruses, infections, Trojan horses, worms and/or any other code that has contaminating or destructive properties.
3. You must not attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Event Platform (for example, by attempting to circumvent security or tamper with, hack into or otherwise disrupt any computer system, server, website, router or any other internet connected device).
4. You agree to comply with any website terms of use and/or fair or acceptable use policies indicated on any website on which the Event Platform is hosted.
5. 我们不认可或接受任何责任the content, or the use of, any goods or services that may be identified or described on the Event Platform and we shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on or through the Event Platform or any website or other resource referenced therein.
6. Informa may issue you with a username and password. Usernames and passwords are confidential and remain the property of Informa at all times and may not be sold, assigned or transferred to any third party without our permission. Your username and password are personal to you. You hereby agree that you will not permit others to use your username or password and you will be and remain liable for the acts of any person using your username and password.
7. Any posts, messages or other materials, information or data you supply or upload to the Event Platform (collectively, "Materials") will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such Materials for any purpose. You hereby waive any moral rights in any Materials to the extent permitted by applicable law. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to edit or remove postings to any message boards on the Event Platform and delete or use electronic methods to block or filter any Materials at our discretion, but we do not have any obligation to do so.
8. You shall not make libellous postings or any postings which are illegal or infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party. Informa will not be responsible for monitoring Materials for compliance with law.
9. You may use the Event Platform solely for access to the Event. Without limitation, you must not: (i) download, store, reproduce, transmit, display, copy, distribute, exploit or use the Event Platform and/or any content thereon for your own commercial gain, (ii) use the Event Platform and/or any content thereon in any manner other than in compliance with law and these terms and conditions, (iii) infringe our intellectual property rights or those of any third party in relation to your use of the Event Platform and/or any content thereon, (iv) transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation, and/or (v) knowingly transmit, send or upload any data that contains viruses, infections, Trojan horses, worms and/or any other code that has contaminating or destructive properties viruses.
10. Informa are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on the Event Platform and, without limitation, we expressly exclude all liability for any loss, injury or damage whatsoever arising from the use of any interactive service by any user, whether the service is moderated or not.
Consequences for Breach

Informa may (at its sole discretion) refuse access to, or eject / block from the Event, any person in its absolute discretion, including (without limitation) any person who fails to comply with these terms and conditions or who in the opinion of Informa represents a security risk, nuisance or annoyance to the running of the Event. You agree to comply with all reasonable instructions issued by Informa or the venue owners or operators at the Event.
Consent to Official Photography and / or Recording at Events

All unauthorised photography and / or the recording or transmitting of audio or visual material, data or information is expressly prohibited. You consent to Informa Group undertaking multimedia recording of the Event which may include your participation in the Event as a delegate (the “Content”) and you consent to the use by Informa Group of any such recording anywhere in the world for promotional, marketing and other purposes. You acknowledge and agree that Informa Group is the exclusive owner of all rights in the Content and hereby waive any and all: (a) rights in and to such Content, and (b) claims that you may have relating to or arising from the Content or its use.
Data Privacy

The personal information which you provide to us will be held by us on a database and where we have appropriate authorisation/justification (which may include, without limitation, express/implied consent or legitimate interests), may be shared with other companies in the Informa group and selected third parties in the UK, United States and internationally for promotional purposes. Your personal information may also be shared with government entities and regulatory authorities as required by law. Further, there may be certain areas of the Event at which your attendance is conditional on your personal information being provided to third parties which have sponsored or are managing such areas. The use that any third parties make of your personal information is outside of Informa’s control and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we do not accept any liability in this regard. For more information about how Informa use the information you provide please see our privacy policy which can be found athttps://www.informa.com/privacy-policy/.
Limitation of Liability

适用的允许的最大程度law, Informa excludes: (a) all liability for loss, injury or damage to persons or property at the Event; (b) all indemnities, warranties, representations (whether express or implied); and (c) any actual or alleged indirect loss or consequential loss, any loss of profits, anticipated profits, savings, loss of business revenue, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill, or any other type of economic loss, suffered by you howsoever arising. If Informa is liable to you for any reason, Informa's total liability to you in relation to the Event (whether under these terms or conditions or otherwise) is limited to the amount of your fees received by Informa.
Miscellaneous
1. If, by reason of any Force Majeure Event, Informa is delayed in or prevented from performing any of its obligations to you under these terms and conditions or otherwise, then such delay or non-performance shall not be deemed to be a breach of these terms and conditions and no loss or damage shall be claimed by you by reason thereof. Informa's obligations shall be suspended during the period of the delay or non-performance and Informa and you shall each use reasonable endeavours to mitigate the effect of the Force Majeure Event. The provisions of this Condition 10.1 are subject to the provision of Condition 4.3.
2. Informa reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions from time to time. However, you will be subject to the terms and conditions in force at the time you submit your registration.
3. No person other than you and Informa shall have the right to enforce these terms and conditions between us without the prior written agreement of you and Informa.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
1. The governing law of these terms and conditions shall be determined based on the location of in which the Event is due to take place:
  1. If the Event is originally scheduled to be held in the United States, then these terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the State of New York (without application of conflicts of laws principles) and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in New York County, NY, having appropriate subject matter jurisdiction; or
  2. If the Event is originally scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates, then these terms and conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Dubai and such federal laws of the UAE as are applicable in Dubai and the Client submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Dubai; or
  3. Otherwise, these terms and conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by English law and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
2. Nothing in this Condition 11 shall prevent or restrict Informa from pursuing any action against you in any court of competent jurisdiction.

DISCLAIMER FOR ACTIVITIES

您应该仔细考虑您是否能够参与作为与活动有关的计划的一部分提供的活动。Informa警告说，一些活动可能在物理上要求和/或携带固有的危险。您了解，如果您不正确执行它们，某些基于锻炼的活动可能存在身体健康和安全的风险。您接受，如果您正在参加活动的程序存在，则责有决定是否参与作为该计划的一部分提供的任何活动是适合您的能力，能力，健身和健康。如果您对参与的能力，能力，健身和/或健康有任何疑虑，您应该在参与任何活动之前咨询（并遵循）医疗专业人员的建议。如果在任何活动期间，您觉得不适或考虑不安全，请立即停止活动并寻求适当的建议。您还认为，遵循与活动有关的所有健康和安全要求以及说明书，完全是您的责任。如果您参与几乎参与房屋或办公环境的任何活动，您应该确保您的环境安全，提供足够的空间，没有危险或危险物品和材料。在适用法律，Informa和Informa内的所有实体（以及同一雇员或其他代表的所有实体的范围内，不包括任何损失，伤害或损害的所有责任，因为您可能与之遭受或引起的您参加作为该计划的一部分提供的任何活动（包括但不限于，在您正在参加的主要事件外，或其顺便的任何活动），无论是直接，间接，后果，特殊，偶然还是惩罚性损失， injury or damage (including, without limitation, injury to persons, property damage, theft, loss of profits, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss or corruption of data or any other type of economic loss, injury or damage) or otherwise. The limitations and exclusions in this paragraph only apply to the extent permitted by applicable law.

CONTACT US

If you wish to contact us in relation to these terms and conditions, please contact us at: Informa Connect – Legal Department, Informa PLC, 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG, UK / +44 (0) 20 7017 5000.