TechBlick (owned and operated by KGH Concepts GmbH)

Terms & Conditions

/ Attendee and Sponsor Fees

The attendee fee includes entry to our online event platform for a period of 12 months. The sponsor fee also grants access for 12 months.

Tickets grant annual access to a single individual and must not be shared with other persons, be they within or outside your organization. Our intelligent systems can identify misuse. If you require group tickets please contact us.

Sponsorship packages also belong to a single company and thus can not be shared with others unless agreed with us in writing. There will be no retrospective discount if a discount code is not provided at the time of booking.

/ Payment Terms

All fees associated with attendee participation at the virtual event are due in full at the time of booking unless otherwise agreed in writing.

The payment terms for sponsorship packages are due two weeks from the date the contract is signed unless otherwise agreed in the contract. The payment currency is Euros.

Invoices not paid within the specified terms are subject to 2.5% plus EURIBOR monthly late penalty charge. This can only be waived by agreement.

If, for any reason, full payment has not been received in advance, you will be required to settle your account before being granted access to the Event.

For the avoidance of doubt, you shall not be permitted entry to the Event unless full payment has been received by us.

/ Attendee and Sponsorship Cancellations

Fees for online access as part of a sponsorship package or an attendee package or annual pass are non-refundable.

/ Attendee Substitutions

Tickets can be transferred to another person within your organization prior to logging into our platform. Once you have logged in, the tickets will become non-transferrable. You can however add additional persons at our group ticket rates.

If you are a sponsor, attendees may be transferred only after prior agreement with TechBlick.

/ Newsletter and promotion

TechBlick, on behalf of KGH Concepts GmbH, needs the contact information you provide to us (all members included) to update you with conference and industry news in this sector. You may unsubscribe from these communications at anytime.

/ Passing your details to online platform providers

TechBlick, on behalf of KGH Concepts GmbH, needs the pass and upload your information (all members included) to our partners providing our online event tools. Our partner companies will have their own privacy policies. Please visit their site. By signing up, you agree to have your details passed to our third-party online event and webinar providers. This is essential to deliver our service.

/ Passing your details to our sponsors

By participating in our events you agree to having your contact details and the contact details of your members passed onto our partners and sponsors whose content you interact with, including but not limited to viewing video of their talks or sponsored talks or sessions, video demos, downloading documents, expressing interest, visiting their booth, and commenting. They may promote similar products and services related to your area of interest subject to their privacy policy. Please note all partners and sponsors agree to adhere to electronic communication standards by providing opt-out features when making contact. Partner and sponsor hosted and/or sponsored sessions may include roundtables, virtual demos, and scheduled presentation sessions.

If you do not wish to consent and still wish to proceed pls contact us at khasha@techblick.com.

/Liability

You shall comply with all relevant laws and regulations which may apply in relation to your involvement in the Event and you will indemnify and keep indemnified and defend (at your own expense) us against all costs, claims, damages or expenses suffered or incurred by us or for which we may become liable due to any failure by you or your employees or agents to comply with any of your obligations under this contract or any applicable laws and regulations. This includes sharing access details internally within or outside your organization.

For the avoidance of doubt, it shall be your responsibility to take out and maintain appropriate insurance in relation to any risks under or in relation to these Term and Conditions or your participation in the Event.

Our aggregate liability to you, whether such liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, for any damages, loss, costs, claims or expenses of any kind howsoever arising, out of or in connection with this contract or otherwise in connection with the Event, shall be limited to the Sponsorship/Delegate Fee paid by you.

We shall not be liable to you for: (i) any loss of profit, loss of or damage to data, loss of anticipated savings or interest, loss of or damage to reputation or goodwill; or (ii) any indirect, special or consequential damages, loss, costs, claims or expenses of any kind.

/ Data Security

Credit card details and personal information is stored using a secure internet link using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption; any personal information entered or uploaded during the registration process will remain confidential. We utilize third party payment handling providers such as Wix, Stripe, Alipay, Paypal, etc.

/ Photos & Videos & Other Online Content

KGH Concepts (TechBlick) will make the presentations available on-demand unless otherwise agreed in writing. KGH Concepts (TechBlick) may also use the content from the presentations, booth, social posts, or other content shared as part of your presence or activities in the online platform to write blogs, newsletters, market reports, and other such publicly available or paid-to-access documents. By purchasing a ticket and attending as well as by becoming a sponsor you consent to this use of the content that you share within the platform. If you wish to opt-out please email khasha@TechBlick.com

/ Trade Marks

We grant to you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use the Event logos and trademarks (the “Event Marks”) provided to you solely to promote your participation at the Event.

You grant to KGH Concepts GmbH a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable licence to use your logos and trademarks (the “Participant Marks”) to promote and exploit the Event; and for a period of 24 months following the Event in any report produced about the Event and in any promotional materials for similar events.

In the event that you change the Participant Marks at any time during the term, you agree that we shall not be obliged to make any consequential changes to materials that include the Participant Marks produced by us or on our behalf for or in connection with the Event (including, but not limited to, reprinting promotional literature or publicity materials) unless you agree in writing in advance to meet the costs and expenses incurred by us arising from such change.

/ Obligations

KGH Concepts GmbH reserves the right to cancel, defer or otherwise modify the proceedings, agenda, speaker programmes, conference topics, number of talks, masterclasses themes and masterclass number without prior notice.

If for any reason, we are unable to deliver any of the benefits or features as previously advertised, we will inform you as soon as reasonably practicable. We may substitute alternative benefits in respect of the same Event or same content to an equivalent value of the relevant benefits without any liability to you.

You acknowledge and agree that you shall be solely responsible for all costs that you incur relating to your attendance at the Event as an annual pass holder or sponsors (including, without limitation, any travel costs, the costs of any temporary staff and any costs relating to the exhibition content production, video production, and similar and all costs incurred by you in exercising the Event benefits and features).

KGH Concepts has the right to change event platform supplier at any time without any prior notice.

In case KGH Concepts GmbH stops its activity while time remains on your annual pass or sponsorship, then you will have the right to make a claim within one month to be refunded on a pro-rota basis for the period remaining on your pass or sponsorship package.

Note that our events will mainly be online. Therefore, it is possible that there will be connection problems, downtimes, or other similar challenges, both on our events, on the part of speakers or sponsors, and on the part of event platform suppliers. In such cases, we assume no liability and responsibility.

/ Cancellations and Force Majeure

In the event of failure or delay in performing its obligations under this contract as a result of an event or series of connected events outside the reasonable control of KGH Concepts GmbH (including, without limitation, acts of God, floods, lightning, storm, fire, explosion, war, military operations, acts or threats of terrorism, strike action, lock-outs or other industrial action or a pandemic, epidemic or other widespread illness) no refunds will be given in respect of any cancellations. In case of failure of our selected third-party event software such as the streaming software or the event platform, KGH Concepts GmbH does not assume any liability and does not offer refunds. KGH Concepts will do its best and endeavour to substitute its software suppliers as soon as it reasonably can and to provide a content of similar value as judged by KGH Concepts GmbH.

/ Confidentiality

Each party shall treat in confidence all information obtained from the other pursuant to this Agreement that is confidential in nature (which shall include details of any Fees paid) and shall use such confidential information solely for the purpose of exercising its rights or performing its obligations under this Agreement.

/ Anti-Bribery

You warrant that you shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations relating to anti-bribery and anti-corruption; comply with such of our anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies as are notified to you from time to time; and promptly report to us any request or demand for any undue financial or other advantage of any kind received by or on behalf of you in connection with the performance of this contract. Breach of this clause shall be deemed a material breach of this contract.

This contract and the rights and obligations of both parties shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales, the parties irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Data Sharing Agreement

(optional and you can opt out)

This is optional and you can opt-out simply by emailing khasha@TechBlick.com. We require this if you wish to receive contact details of visitors to your booth or talk or other sponsored content.

This part of the agreement refers to personal contact data and engagement analytical data about attendees (“Data Subjects”) at an event or events run by KGH Concept GmbH including TechBlick online (virtual) events shared with the above-named event partner for the purpose of follow up communication and sharing of relevant information based on the event interactions.

Parties to this Agreement undertake that information shared under the Agreement will only be used for the specific purpose for which it was shared, in line with this Agreement. It must not be shared for any other purpose outside of this Agreement.

This Agreement will remain in place from the date of signature for a period of 12 months (the “Term”), unless extended in writing by both Parties , and covers all and any data shared between parties subsequent to this date.

Data covered under this Agreement may include personal data, contact data, participation data or metrics for any attendees at KGH Concept GmbH’s events including the TechBlick online/virtual events where that data has been collected with consent from the individual concerned (“Personal Data”). Both Parties will keep reasonable records to evidence the compliance with obligations under the GDPR and relevant privacy regulations.

All Personal Data shared must be stored securely. In the event that KGH Concepts GmbH receives any request from a Data Subject to disclose, provide a copy, modify, block, or delete or take any other action with respect to Personal Data pertaining to the Data Subject. KGH Concepts GmbH will immediately take the necessary steps to comply with such and similarly provide the Clien(you) with written notice of such request.

In the event that either Party has discovered or has suspected a potential breach of the Personal Data (“Security Event”), such Party shall immediately notify the other of such, and shall provide notice without delay of such Security Event and take steps to mitigate the harm resulting from such Security Event without disclosing such to any third-party unless required to by the applicable law.

Further to Section 4 above, KGH Concepts GmbH warrants that all Personal Data has been collected, retained and archived with the proper consent of all Data Subjects and shall be solely liable if it has breached its privacy obligations with regards to such collection or retention.

The recipient will not release the data to any third party without obtaining the express written authority of the partner who provided the information, except as required by the applicable law.

This Agreement is governed by, and is to be construed in accordance with, English law. The English Courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may arise out of, or in connection with, this Agreement.