The words and expressions contained in these general conditions (hereinafter General Conditions) shall have the meaning specified here-below:
“Contract”: this General Conditions, as integrated by the Letter of Confirmation;
“Event”: the event to which the Participant is registered;
“Letter of Confirmation”: the letter, sent to the Participant by Burkon Tourism, containing, inter alia, the Services.
“Participant”: the person entering into the Contract with Burkon Tourism;
“Price”: the total price of the Services;
”Burkon Tourism” or “Organizing Secretariat”: acting as Organizing Secretariat of the Event;
“Services”: the activities that Burkon Tourism undertakes to perform in favour of the Participant.
Burkon Tourism undertakes to perform in compliance with the Contract only the activities specifically mentioned in the Letter of Confirmation. Burkon Tourism shall not perform further and/or different activities other than the ones specifically indicated in the Letter of Confirmation.
Departing from each different applicable provision, any defect, error and/or dissimilarity (hereinafter Defects) of one or more services as regards to what specifically specified in the Letter of Confirmation, shall be communicated in writing to Burkon Tourism, under penalty of forfeiture, within 30 days from the completion of the relevant service(s), it being understood that, in any case, the Defects, whether well recognized by Burkon Tourism, may only result in a reduction of the value of the service(s) concerned, taking into account the severity of the Defects. The liability of Burkon Tourism in such cases is expressly excluded for any direct or indirect, foreseeable or unforeseeable, typical or non-typical or consequential damages or loss of profits, whether derived from torts, breaches of contract, culpa in contrahendo, positive breach of duty or any other legal theory.
All the prices in the Letter of Confirmation are in Euro. In case of modifications in VAT or other taxes, Burkon Tourism reserves the right to inform the Participant and readjusts the prices.
Terms and conditions of payments of the fees and the Services are stated in the Letter of Confirmation and are not subject to any reduction or discount.
Burkon Tourism will not be responsible for any delay or impossibility of performing the Services due to circumstances out of its control.
The liability of Burkon Tourism for any direct or indirect, foreseeable or unforeseeable, typical or non-typical or consequential damages or loss of profits, whether derived from torts, breaches of contract, culpa in contrahendo, positive breach of duty or any other legal theory is hereby expressly excluded.
Burkon Tourism shall not be liable in case of delay and/or default in performing the Services whether such delay and/or default is due or anyhow connected to events, actions or omissions such as strikes, lock-out, lack of workers, riots, war, threat or preparations for war, fires, eruption, sabotage, storm, flood, earthquake, epidemic, pandemic, production facility’s breakdowns, collapse of buildings, execution of orders of the Public Authorities, requisitions, lack of raw materials or fuel or any other source of energy, block of transportation and, in general, to an event or circumstance that prevents or impedes Burkon Tourism from performing one or more of its contractual obligations under the Contract (hereinafter Force Majeure).
It is agreed that, whether an event referred to in paragraph above occurs:
Where the effect of the impediment or event invoked is temporary, the consequences set out under paragraph above shall apply only as long as the impediment invoked prevents performance by Burkon Tourism of its contractual obligations, it being understood that Burkon Tourism shall notify the Participant, in a reasonable period, as soon as the impediment ceases to impede performance of its contractual obligations.
Where the duration of the impediment invoked has the effect of substantially depriving Burkon Tourism of what it was reasonably entitled to expect under the Contract and in any case whether the duration of the impediment (i) exceeds 60 days, whether the commencement of the impediment occurs no sooner than 180 days from the beginning of the Event or (ii) exceeds 5 working days, whether the commencement of the impediment occurs no sooner than 20 days from the beginning of the Event or (iii) last at least 1 working day, whether the commencement of the impediment occurs within 5 days from the beginning of the Event or during the Event, Burkon Tourism shall have the right to terminate the Contract by notification within a reasonable period to the Client.
Where paragraph above applies and where the Participant has, by reason of anything done by Burkon Tourism in the performance of the Contract, derived a benefit before the termination of the Contract, the Participant shall pay to Burkon Tourism a sum of money equivalent to the value of such benefit.
Without prejudice of the above, in case the Event is cancelled due to Force Majeure Burkon Tourism shall reimburse to the Participant the sums paid according to the Contract with deduction of (i) all the documented penalties applied by Burkon Tourism’ suppliers (including but not limited to hotels, restaurant, airlines and so forth) not recoverable, (ii) a fee of 10% calculated on the total amount referred to in point (i) as consideration for the activities carried on by Burkon Tourism.
It is agreed that Burkon Tourism may postpone the reimbursement to the Participant having regard to the refund period requested by Burkon Tourism’ suppliers in order to reimburse Burkon Tourism for the sums paid.
In case the Event is postponed due to Force Majeure the following shall apply:
According to Law n° 1.353 dated 4 December 2008 (ex. 1.165 dated 23 December 1993) the Participant shall have a right of access and correction of your personal data.
In addition, If you have accepted to be listed in the Participants List the following data will be visible to other participants.
– Picture (if provided)
– Name Surname
– Role
– Department
– Institution / Company and address
– Telephone
– Email
– Website
NB: The mobile phone is used only by the secretariat and will not be published.
At any moment you can access from the platform the page My Profile and change the authorisation status.
Please note that if you do not provide authorisation to share your data with the other registered participants you cannot access the data of other participants.
This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Türkiye. Any dispute related or connected to the present Contract shall be settled by the Türkiye Court System.
Unless expressly agreed, no variation or waiver of any provision or condition of the Contract shall constitute a general variation or waiver of any provision or condition of the Contract, nor shall it affect any rights, obligations or liabilities under or pursuant to the Contract which have already accrued up to the date of variation or waiver, and the rights and obligations of the parties under or pursuant to the Contract shall remain in full force and effect, except and only to the extent that they are so varied or waived.
If any term of the Contract is found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any applicable law, such term shall, insofar as it is severable from the remaining terms, be deemed omitted from the Contract and shall in no way affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining terms.
Provisions of the Contract which either are expressed to survive its expiry or termination or from their nature or context it is contemplated that they are to survive such termination, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such expiry or termination.
As a participant, I acknowledge and agree to being filmed and photographed at the occasion of the Conference, as well as by other participants for their own uses in accordance with the same terms applicable to me in clause 10 below. I grant to the organizing secretariat and any third parties authorized by them all licences and permissions needed to use my image, name, likeness, voice, etc. (“Image”) and my contribution to the Conference (which shall be understood as including any and all contents, elements, data, presentations, speeches, information and other materials created and/or provided by me for or in relation to the Conference, such as, without limitation, documents, texts, still or moving images, other audio-visual contents, feedbacks, testimonials, quotes, etc.) (“Content”) (together referred to herein as the “Contribution”).
I agree and confirm that the Content may be distributed worldwide through media platforms. I hereby grant to Publi Créations and any third parties authorized by them, all licenses and permissions needed to use the Contribution, in whole or in part, live and on demand, to promote and distribute the Contribution in any media, format or technology now known or later devised, without any restrictions, including of time or territory. The organizing secretariat and any third parties authorized by them may sub-license the Contribution and/or the rights thereto, for the purpose of promoting the Conference. Such licenses and permissions include the right to edit, adapt, translate, modify, combine with other materials, distribute, reproduce, broadcast, publish, transmit and/or otherwise use or exploit my Contribution. In any case, my Contribution will not be used to produce any content that creates a direct personal commercial endorsement by me of a particular product or service, without my consent. I expressly confirm that the licenses and permissions are granted for free and no payment shall be due to any third-party.
I am authorised to take pictures or videos during the Conference, as well as to make references to the Conferences on my personal owned and/or controlled digital platforms (such as social media accounts/pages, blogs, websites, etc.) provided that it (i) is for the sole purpose of promoting the Conference, (ii) not used for any promotional and/or commercial activity or purpose, and (iii) respects the rights of third-parties, including their right to privacy or private information and intellectual property rights, any applicable laws, regulations and rules and does not expose Burkon Tourism, or any third party or bring them into disrepute. I authorise Burkon Tourism and any third parties authorised by them, to repost and/or share on their digital platforms, my contents and posts related to the Conference.
All Content that I contribute to the Conference is owned by me and may be used by myself without restriction. I warrant to Burkon Tourism and any third parties authorised by them that the Content is free of encumbrances and does not infringe the rights, including intellectual property rights, of any third-party.
Differentiated Accesses
Some contents are dedicated to Healthcare Professionals and cannot be accessed by other professionals.
Healthcare Professionals and Pharma Company staff members may access all the content of the platform with the exception of the Press Room.
Patient Associations Representatives may access all the content of the platform with the exception of promotional contents by Pharma Companies and Press Room.
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