The words and expressions contained in these general conditions (hereinafter General Conditions) shall have the meaning specified here-below:
Local Secretariat undertakes to perform in compliance with the Contract only the activities specifically mentioned in the Letter of Confirmation. Local Secretariat 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 the Local Secretariat, 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 the Local Secretariat, 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 the Local Secretariat 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 Pound. In case of modifications in VAT or other taxes, the Local Secretariat 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.
The Local Secretariat will not be responsible for any delay or impossibility of performing the Services due to circumstances out of its control.
The liability of the Local Secretariat 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.
The Local Secretariat 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 the Local Secretariat 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 the Local Secretariat of its contractual obligations, it being understood that the Local Secretariat 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 the Local Secretariat 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, the Local Secretariat 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 the Local Secretariat in the performance of the Contract, derived a benefit before the termination of the Contract, the Participant shall pay to the Local Secretariat 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 the Local Secretariat shall reimburse to the Participant the sums paid according to the Contract with deduction of
It is agreed that the Local Secretariat may postpone the reimbursement to the Participant having regard to the refund period requested by the Local Secretariat’ suppliers in order to reimburse the Local Secretariat for the sums paid.
In case the Event is postponed due to Force Majeure the following shall apply:
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This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Monaco. Any dispute related or connected to the present Contract shall be settled by the Principality of Monaco 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 Event, as well as by other participants for their own uses in accordance with the same terms applicable to me in clause 9 below. I grant to the Local 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 Event (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 Event, 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 the Local Secretariat 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 Local Secretariat and any third parties authorized by them may sub-license the Contribution and/or the rights thereto, for the purpose of promoting the Event. 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 Event , as well as to make references to the Event 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 theEvent, (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 the Local Secretariat, or any third party or bring them into disrepute. I authorise the Local Secretariat and any third parties authorised by them, to repost and/or share on their digital platforms, my contents and posts related to the Event.
All Content that I contribute to the Event is owned by me and may be used by myself without restriction. I warrant to the Local Secretariat 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.
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Michal Shteinberg is heading the bronchiectasis and adult CF service in the Pulmonology institute and CF center, Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of medicine at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Her main research interests are bronchiectasis and its overlap with other airway diseases, and adult CF.
Head of the Pulmonology Service at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and accredited researcher in the IDIBAPS group Inflammation and Repair in Respiratory Diseases. His work focuses on airway infection, inflammation and bronchiectasis, including frequent-exacerbator phenotypes in the EMBARC registry.
He coordinates educational programmes on bronchiectasis at Hospital Clínic and publishes widely on mucins, inhaled therapies and treatable traits in chronic airway disease.
Natalie Lorent works as a consultant in Respiratory Medicine/Clinical Infectiology at the University Hospital Leuven where since 2015 she coordinates the care for adults with respiratory infections, bronchiectasis (CF and non-CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia. She is involved in clinical and translational research in bronchiectasis and mycobacterial infections.
She is founder and president of the national NTM Consilium, a clinical advisory board and basis of a national registry; she chairs the European NTM research network (NTMnet) and the Belgian MDRTB expert group. She has been involved in EMBARC since the start. Natalie is also assistant professor at KU Leuven.
Felix C. Ringshausen is a board-certified physician for respiratory medicine and infectious diseases and head of the Adult Bronchiectasis and Cystic Fibrosis Service at the Hannover Medical School, Germany. In addition, he is principal investigator of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL).
His research interests are focused on European multidisciplinary networks and multicenter initiatives in order to promote clinically orientated research and improve patient care in the field of rare, neglected and under-researched aspects of respiratory infections like bronchiectasis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, respiratory viruses and adult cystic fibrosis.
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy. Consultant, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan.
Co-chair of the European Bronchiectasis Network (EMBARC). Chair of IRIDE, the Italian Registry of adult bronchiectasis. Chair of the Italian Registry on Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (IRENE).
Professor Michael Loebinger is Professor of Practice at Imperial College London and Director of the Lung Division and Deputy Medical Director at Royal Brompton Hospital. He co-chaired the British Thoracic Society bronchiectasis guidelines and co-wrote the BTS Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria and European Respiratory Society bronchiectasis guidelines.
He is a founding member of the UK and European clinical and research bronchiectasis and NTM networks and has authored over 200 publications. He has helped design and lead multiple global clinical trials in bronchiectasis and NTM and was chief investigator for the first mRNA trials in primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Charles Haworth is a Respiratory Consultant working within the Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection at Royal Papworth Hospital where he specialises in treating adults with bronchiectasis, non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections and cystic fibrosis.
He co-authored the British Thoracic Society Bronchiectasis clinical guidelines published in 2017 and the European Respiratory Society Bronchiectasis clinical guidelines published in 2019.
He was also senior author of the International Cystic Fibrosis NTM guidelines published in 2015 and first author of the British Thoracic Society NTM guidelines published in 2017.
From 2018 to 2021, he was a founding and executive committee member of the UK Cystic Fibrosis Medical Association.
In June 2024 he was invited to join the Board of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society.
Rhodes Chair of Experimental Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Oxford.
Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Journal.
Chair of the European Bronchiectasis Network (EMBARC).
Chair of the Standards of Care Committee of the British Thoracic Society.
