Delegate Terms and Conditions

These Terms set out the terms on which the Participant may participate as a delegate at the Big SASIG virtual conference. Please read these Terms carefully as they contain important information.

 

1. INTRODUCTION

• 1.1 The Big SASIG conference is organised and managed by SASIG Events Limited, also known as The Security Awareness Special Interest Group. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 10817566 and have our registered office at 71 – 75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ.
• 1.2 References to ’us’ means SASIG Events Limited, and references to ’we’ ’us’ and ’our’ shall be construed accordingly. Reference to ’you’ means the person completing a registration request, and references to ’your’ shall be construed accordingly.
• 1.3 All applications to register for the conference are subject to these Terms and Conditions (which shall apply to the exclusion of any terms imposed by you).
• 1.4 You acknowledge and accept that we have the right to publicly announce our business relationship with you, including but not limited to announcements on social media. Such announcements shall not be disparaging or otherwise adverse towards your business.

 

2. REGISTRATIONS

• 2.1 The Big SASIG conference is specifically intended for decision-makers, influencers, budget holders and their teams within the cybersecurity industry. Typically, these are C-Level end users, CIOs, CISOs, their equivalents, and those in key public service, government and academia roles.
• 2.2 Decision-makers and recognised strategists are encouraged to attend; professionals from other disciplines, including risk, HR, legal and supply chain, and recruits into our industry are also invited to attend and contribute.
• 2.3 Attendance at the conference is free of charge to qualifying attendees.
• 2.4 Confirmation (or rejection) of your Registration will be sent to you by email within two working days of our receipt of your Registration request.
• 2.5 Delegate login details issued for use at the conference on the app are valid for the named attendee only and, subject to clause 3 below, cannot be transferred.
• 2.6 If your Registration is confirmed, we will send you login instructions for the app no later than four weeks before the event.

 

3. CHANGES TO THE CONFERENCE, POSTPONEMENT AND CANCELLATIONS

• 3.1 We reserve the right and shall be entitled to make changes to the conference at any time without liability to you, including without limitation in respect of the advertised content, timings on the day, date, format, venue and/or location of the conference or the advertised speakers. We will keep you informed of any such changes where appropriate.
• 3.2 We reserve the right and shall be entitled, in our sole discretion, to cancel or postpone the date of the conference. We shall give written notice to you of our decision to cancel or postpone the conference. In the case of our postponement of the conference, we will offer you the opportunity to attend the conference on the new date.

 

4. CONTENT

• 4.1 All rights in all presentations, documentation and materials (‘Content’) published or otherwise made available as part of the conference (including but not limited to any documentation, downloads, or audio or audio-visual recording of the conference) are owned by us or are included with the permission of the owner of the rights. No (i) photography, filming or recording; or (ii) republication, broadcast or other dissemination of the Content is permitted. You shall not distribute, reproduce, modify, store, transfer or in any other way use any of the Content (save that use by the relevant delegate for internal business purposes shall be permitted), and in particular (but without limitation) you shall not and shall procure that each of your delegates shall not:
  • 4.1.1 upload any Content into any shared system;
  • 4.1.2 include any Content in a database;
  • 4.1.3 include any Content in a website or on any intranet;
  • 4.1.4 transmit, re-circulate or otherwise make available any Content to anyone else;
  • 4.1.5 make any commercial use of the Content whatsoever; or
  • 4.1.6 use Content in any way that might infringe third-party rights or that may bring us or any of our affiliates into disrepute.
• 4.2 The Content is each contributor’s own and does not necessarily reflect our views or opinions.
• 4.3 Suggestions or advice contained in the Content should not be relied upon in place of professional or other advice. Whilst we take reasonable care to ensure that the Content created by us is accurate and complete, some of it is supplied by third parties, and we may be unable to check its accuracy or completeness. You should verify the accuracy of any information (whether provided by third parties or us) before relying on it. The Content is provided on an ‘as is’ basis, without any warranties of any kind (express or implied). We hereby exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all liabilities, costs, claims, damages, losses and/or expenses arising from any inaccuracy or omission in the Content or arising from any infringing, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material in the Content.
• 4.4 To the extent that any Content is made available by us online, we reserve the right to suspend or remove access to such Content at any time.

 

5. LIABILITY

• 5.1 Subject to Clause 5.4, our aggregate liability to you, however caused, in respect of all claims (or series of claims) arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions or otherwise in connection with any Registration (or requested Registration) made by you or otherwise concerning the conference, shall be limited to the price paid by you in respect of your Registration to attend the conference.
• 5.2 Notwithstanding any other provision in these Terms and Conditions, but subject to Clause 5.4, we shall not be liable, in each case however caused for any:
  • 5.2.1 direct or indirect loss of or damage to:
    (a) profit;
    (b) revenue;
    (c) business;
    (d) contracts;
    (e) opportunities;
    (f) data;
    (g) anticipated savings or interest;
    (h) reputation;
    (i) goodwill;
    (j) use; or
  • 5.2.2 costs of wasted management or staff time; or
    other costs and expenses; or
    indirect, special or consequential damages, losses, costs, claims or expenses of any kind.
  • 5.2.3 You agree to indemnify us, our staff and our affiliates and to hold us harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law, against all losses, costs, claims or expenses of any kind arising from any act or omission by you (including your delegates) during or otherwise concerning a conference.
• 5.3 Nothing in this these Terms and Conditions shall limit or exclude either party’s liability for:
  • 5.3.1 death or personal injury caused by that party’s negligence, to the extent prohibited by law;
  • 5.3.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
  • 5.3.3 any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded by applicable law.
• 5.4 We shall not be in breach of these Terms and Conditions for any change to the conference under clause 3.1 or any postponement and/or cancellation of the conference under clause 3.2 of these Terms and Conditions. You acknowledge that the rights regarding postponement and/or cancellation of the conference under clause 3.2 are your sole rights. You waive all other rights and remedies regarding any postponement and/or cancellation of the conference. For the avoidance of doubt, we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any costs and expenses incurred in connection with any change to the conference under clause 3.1 or any postponement and/or cancellation of the conference under clause 3.2 of these Terms and Conditions.
• 5.5 The parties agree that each sub-clauses in clause 5.2 and sub-paragraphs 5.2.1(a) to 5.2.1(j) in sub-clause 5.2.1 constitute separate terms and the introductory clause 5.2 shall be applied to each of them separately. If there is any claim or finding that any such individual sub-clause or sub-paragraph is unenforceable for any reason, such unenforceability shall not affect any other provision within clause 5.2 or otherwise.
• 5.6 The term ’however caused’ when used or referred to in clause 5 shall cover all causes and actions giving rise to our liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions or the conference: (i) whether arising by reason of any misrepresentation (whether made prior to and/or in these Terms and Conditions), negligence, other tort, breach of statutory duty, repudiation, renunciation or other breach of contract, restitution or otherwise; (ii) whether caused by any total or partial failure or delay of the conference; and (iii) whether deliberate (but not in bad faith) or otherwise, however fundamental the result.

 

6. ANTI-BRIBERY

• 6.1 You warrant that you shall:
  • 6.1.1 comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations relating to anti-bribery and anti-corruption, including but not limited to the Bribery Act 2010;
  • 6.1.2 comply with such of our anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies as are notified to you from time to time; and
  • 6.1.3 promptly report to us any request or demand for any undue influence or other advantage of any kind received by or on behalf of you in connection with the performance of these Terms and Conditions.
• 6.2 Breach of this clause 6 shall be deemed a material breach of these Terms and Conditions.

 

7. FORCE MAJEURE

• 7.1 We shall not be liable for any hindrance, failure or delay in performing any of our obligations arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions as a result of an event or series of connected events beyond our reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God, extreme weather conditions, power failure, floods, lightning, storm, fire, explosion, war, riot, civil commotion, military operations, acts or threats of terrorism, malicious damage, strike action, lock-outs or other industrial action (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), default of suppliers or sub-contractors, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule regulation or direction, accident, failure or breakdown of plant, machinery, systems or vehicles, or a pandemic, epidemic, civil emergency or other widespread illness (’Force Majeure Event’).
• 7.2 In the event of a Force Majeure Event, we shall be entitled, without liability and at our sole discretion, to vary, perform, suspend performance of, postpone, and/or cancel the conference and/or the contract between us and/or terminate the contract between us, subject to these Terms and Conditions, on giving written notice to you.

 

8. GENERAL

• 8.1 These Terms and Conditions (together with any documents referred to herein or required to be entered into according to these Terms and Conditions) contain the entire agreement and understanding between us and supersede all prior agreements, understandings or arrangements (both oral and written) relating to the subject matter of these Terms and Conditions and any such document.
• 8.2 You acknowledge that in registering a delegate place you have not relied on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty, understanding, promise or assurance (whether negligently or innocently made) of any person other than as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions.
• 8.3 SASIG Events Limited pledges to trade legally and respect all laws, including the Trade Sanctions imposed by EU and US Governments. We operate a Group Sanctions Policy which means that we cannot allow attendees at our conferences or awards to be based in, residing in or connected with a country or organisation subject to EU and/or US Government sanctions and reserves the right to refuse Registrations from or entry to any such persons or organisations.
• 8.4 If any one or more provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall be declared invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall not as a result in any way be affected or impaired. However, if any provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall be adjudged to be void or ineffective but would be adjudged to be valid and effective if part of the wording were deleted or the scope or periods reduced, they shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary to make them valid and effective while adhering as closely as possible to the original intent, period and scope of the provisions and the parties hereby undertake to make such modifications.
• 8.5 These Terms and Conditions shall not create, nor shall they be construed as creating, any partnership or agency relationship between us.
• 8.6 You accept that communication with us may be electronic, and we may contact you by email or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. You agree to this electronic means of communication. You acknowledge that all such communications we provide to you electronically comply with any legal or contractual requirement to make such communication in writing.
• 8.7 Save as set out in Clause 3.2, you are not permitted to re-sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any of your rights or obligations arising under these Terms and Conditions.
• 8.8 These Terms and Conditions and the rights and obligations of both parties shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales and both parties irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales in respect of any dispute which arises hereunder.

 

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