2016 BMT Tandem Meetings
Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, HI
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These Terms and Conditions apply to
your participation in and/or registration for the 2016 BMT Tandem Meetings
(also herein referred to as “event”), which are organized by American Society
for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the Center for International Blood and
Marrow Transplant Research (collectively the “Show Organizer”). Please
carefully review the following Registration Policies along with the Legal
Disclosures, Attendee Release Agreement and Conference Venue Disclaimer. You
must agree to all of these policies and waivers on the payment page of the
registration process.
CANCELLATIONS and
REFUNDS POLICY
- Cancellations must be sent in writing by January 11, 2016 to bmttandemregistration@conferencedirect.com. Your registration fee, less a $75
administrative fee, will be refunded in the same form as the payment was made
once cancellations are received by January 11, 2016. Registrations cancelled beginning January 12, 2016, will
not be refunded. Any exceptions shall be at the sole discretion of Show
Organizer. There will be no refunds due to weather.
REFUNDS, TRANSFERABILITY
and BADGE REPLACEMENTS
- Registrations are transferable within your
organization. Substitutions must be sent in writing by January 11, 2016. After January 11, 2016,
substitutions will only be accepted on-site and will incur a $50 administrative
fee. Please email bmttandemregistration@conferencedirect.com to make these arrangements.
- Badges forgotten at home or misplaced on-site
will incur a $5 replacement fee.
CHECK and WIRE TRANSFER
POLICY
- Checks must be payable to “BMT Tandem Meetings”
and be drawn in U.S. funds from a U.S. bank. To receive a specific conference
rate checks must be postmarked no later than the registration rate deadline or
you will be charged the next registration rate and incur an additional balance.
Therefore, if registered by October 1, 2015 checks must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2015 to receive the Early Bird
rate. If registered by January 20, 2016 checks must be postmarked no later than January 20, 2016 to receive the Standard
rate. Please note all checks must be received by January 20, 2016. There will be a $15 fee for all
returned checks. Checks will not be accepted on-site.
- Wire transfers must also be received by January 20, 2016. The
same check qualification process for specific conference rates applies to wire
transfers as well. Please add $25 for wire transfer fees.
Reference "BMT Tandem Meetings" and include both your full name and registration confirmation number for accurate processing.
To receive a specific conference rate wire payments must be dated no later than the registration rate deadline or you will be charged the next registration rate and incur an additional balance. Therefore, if registered by October 1, 2015 wires must be dated no later than October 1, 2015 to receive the Early Bird rate. If registered by January 20, 2016 wires must be dated no later than January 20, 2016 to receive the Standard rate.
Wire transfer payments should be sent as follows:
Mail your check payment to the following address:
BMT Tandem Meetings
C/O ConferenceDirect
5600 Seventy Seven Center Dr.
Suite 240
Charlotte, NC 28217
LEGAL DISCLOSURES
- Authority to Register and/or to Act as Agent. You
represent and warrant to Show Organizer that you have full legal authority
to complete this event registration, including full authority to make use
of the credit or debit card to which registration fees will be charged. In
addition, if you are registering third parties, you represent and warrant
that you have been duly authorized to act as agent on behalf of such
parties in performing this event registration. By proceeding with this event
registration, you agree that the terms and conditions herein apply equally
to you and to any third parties for whom you are acting as agent.
- Limitation of Liability; Disclaimer of Warranties. SHOW
ORGANIZER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM YOUR PARTICIPATION IN
AND/OR REGISTRATION FOR THE BMT TANDEM MEETINGS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF
SHOW ORGANIZER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SHOW
ORGANIZER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
- Show Organizer makes no warranty that the Show
Organizer website services will be uninterrupted, secure or error free.
Show Organizer does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any
information in, or provided in connection with, the Show Organizer
website. Show Organizer is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or
for the results obtained from the use of such information. You understand
and agree that any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise obtained
through the use of the Show Organizer site is at your own discretion and
risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your own
computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such
material and/or data.
- Release of Liability; Indemnification. You agree to release
and hold harmless Show Organizer and its officers, directors, employees
and agents from any and all liability relating to or arising out of any
injury (including death) or damage suffered by you as a result of your participation
in and/or registration for the 2016 BMT Tandem Meetings. You also agree to indemnify Show
Organizer and its officers and employees for its loss or damage, including
attorneys’ fees, resulting from any claim or demand, made by any third
party due to or arising out of your participation in or registration for
the BMT Tandem Meetings event or the violation by you of any term or
condition stated herein or in the Permission to be Taped Form, including
any third party claims alleging intellectual property right infringement
by you,.
- Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. By completing
this event registration, both you and Show Organizer agree that the
statutes and laws of Wisconsin, without regard to the conflict of laws
principles thereof, shall apply to all matters relating to event
registration, your use of the Show Organizer website, disputes regarding
these terms and conditions, and any other dispute or issue relating to
your participation in the BMT Tandem Meetings. You agree that exclusive
jurisdiction for any dispute with Show Organizer resides in the courts of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and you further agree and expressly consent to the
exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts Wisconsin in connection
with any dispute including any claim involving Show Organizer or its
affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors,
telecommunication providers and content providers.
- Severability. If any provision of these terms and
conditions shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then
that provision shall be deemed severable from this document and shall not
affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
- In some instances, direct or indirect payments or other
transfers for value provided by a manufacturer may be reported to the
Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services in accordance with the
Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
- You understand and agree that any personally
identifiable information you provide in the registration process may be
shared with a third party conference facilitator and/or your hotel
selection from the conference housing block.
SHOW ORGANIZER ATTENDEE RELEASE AGREEMENT
- I (Registered Attendee) do hereby irrevocably grant to
Show Organizer, its officer, agents, employees, and licensees, the
absolute right and permission to record my likeness and/or voice with
still photography, film, videotape or digital media, to edit such still
photographs, film, videotape or digital media at the discretion of Show
Organizer, to incorporate the same into photo exhibits, motion picture
films, video or digital media and Internet presentations, to use or
authorize the use of still photographs, films, videotapes, digital media,
or any portion thereof, in any manner at any time or times throughout the
world in perpetuity, to copyright, use, reuse, publish, republish,
exhibit, display, print and reprint in advertising, publicity or promotional
material, magazines, books or any other digital media including the
Internet, to use or authorize the use of soundtrack records and records of
me or my voice, including the right to use my name, likeness, and
biographical and other information concerning me in connection with the
exhibition, advertising, promotion or any other use of such still
photographs, films, and/or videotapes or other digital media. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event I present at the BMT Tandem Meetings and elect on the Permission to
be Taped Form not to allow Show Organizer to audio or video record my
presentation, BMT Tandem Meetings and its organizers shall honor that
election.
- I hereby waive any right to inspect or approve the
still photographs, films, videotapes or digital media or the editorial or
printed matter that may be used in conjunction therewith and further waive
any claim that I may have with respect to the eventual use to which they
may be applied. Such still photographs, films, videotapes, or digital
media may be used at Show Organizer’ sole discretion, with or without my
name.
- I hereby release, discharge and agree to save harmless
Show Organizer from any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and
expenses that I now have or may hereafter have by reason of any use of the
film, videotapes, photographs or other digital media thereof.
CONFERENCE VENUE DISCLAIMER
- In consideration for my participation as an
attendee, presenter, exhibitor, invitee, agent or contractor, I agree to
indemnify, save, defend, and hold harmless Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, its
management company, and the State of Hawaii and their respective members,
officers, directors, contractors, agents, and employees from any and all
damages, costs, expenses, attorney fees, claims and actions in law or in equity
arising from, sustained, or claimed to have been sustained by the use or
occupation of Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu facilities, parking area, adjoining
streets, or premises, from any act, omission, negligence, fault, or violation
of any law or ordinance, or from any and all claims for theft, loss, or damage
from any cause whatsoever to the equipment, fixtures, appliances, or any
property of Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu or the State of Hawaii by myself, my
guests, and members of my family. For purposes of this indemnification and hold
harmless provision, Hawaii Convention Center, Hawaii and the State of Hawaii shall
be deemed to be third party beneficiaries of this
provision.
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