These terms and conditions (“Terms”) govern your registration for and participation in the Education Policy Fellowship ProgramTM (the “Event”) and are an agreement between the Institute for Educational Leadership (“IEL,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and you (“attendee” or “registrant” or “participant”). You represent to us that you are authorized to enter into these Terms. The Terms and Conditions are non-negotiable.
Registering/accepting participation in/purchasing this Event acknowledges acceptance of these terms and provisions. You acknowledge that You have read and understood this Agreement, and You agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. IEL may change the terms of this Agreement from time to time. Any changes to this Agreement will be posted on the Event page and will become effective and be binding on You immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Training following such change(s) constitutes Your acceptance of those changes.
Use and Transferability
You may only participate in the Event in accordance with these Terms. Sharing your registration with another person(s) is a violation of the Code of Conduct and may result in your access to the event being terminated.
Registration for this Event is not transferable to any other person without the approval of IEL.
By entering into this Agreement, You acknowledge that the Training is for Your exclusive use only. Use or sharing of Your User Name and Password by another user is not permitted and is cause for immediate termination of this Agreement without notice to You.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your User Name and Password and for all activities that occur under Your User Name and Password. You agree to immediately notify IEL if You become aware of or have reason to believe that there is any unauthorized use of Your account or any other breach of security. You also agree to take all reasonable steps to stop such unauthorized use and to cooperate with IEL in any investigation of such unauthorized uses or of infringements of IEL’s intellectual property rights. IEL shall have the sole right to bring any action on account of such infringements or unauthorized uses. IEL is in no way liable for any claims related to the use or misuse of Your User Name and Password due to the activities of any third party outside of our control or due to Your failure to maintain their confidentiality and security.
Fees and Payment
IEL will charge registration (subscription) fees for access to the Event content and may change the fees charged at any time. When fees are changed, IEL will notify You by e-mail or by any other reasonable form of notification. The fee options available to You will be presented within the Event and at the point of registration. The fee must be paid in full before the start of the Event. Access to the Event will be available for the registration term specific to the Event, as stated in the Event description. Your access will be terminated at the end of the term in effect.
You agree to pay all registration fees and other charges that may be incurred in connection to the Event by due dates specified.
All fees and charges are your responsibility. If your fees and charges are not paid by the start of the Event, your access and participation in the Event will be terminated.
No Assignment
This agreement is personal to You, and You may not assign Your rights or obligations to anyone.
Copyright
IEL’s Event, and all the content and other data and materials incorporated in the Event, is copyrighted ©Institute for Educational Leadership in the United States of America. All rights reserved. While IEL grants You the nonexclusive and limited right to use the Event as set forth in this Agreement, You acknowledge that IEL is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire copyright and other proprietary rights in and to the Event and in and to the content and other data and materials incorporated in the Training. All uses of the Training are subject to IEL’s copyright and other intellectual property rights.
Use of Content
IEL grants a non-transferable, non-exclusive and revocable license You to use the Event for the registration term specific to each service type that You are registered for, as stated in the description from the date of purchase according to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Event is solely for Participant’s personal, noncommercial use; you may not use the Event in any way in exchange for monetary consideration. Individuals other than You may not access or view this Event, whether electronically or in print. You are permitted access to the Event solely for your noncommerical use, provided that You include all copyright and other proprietary rights notices that appear on the original and that you include a customary attribution to the Institute for Educational Leadership. You may not disseminate any portion of the Event through electronic means, including emails lists or bulletin boards, without the prior consent of IEL.
You may only use this Event access in a way that conforms to all applicable laws and regulations. Except as expressly granted by this Agreement, You acquire no right, title or license in the Event or the content or other data or materials incorporated in the Event and may not sublicense, sell, or resell the whole or any part of the Event or its contents. Except as expressed granted by this Agreement, You may not reproduce, transmit, distribute, or use the Event or the content or other data or materials incorporated in the Event without IEL’s written permission. You may not commingle any portion of the Event with any other information and shall not edit, modify, or alter any portion.
Any violation of this Agreement or abuse of the policies of the Event will result in the immediate and permanent cessation of access to all IEL services and of your license to use the Event and will be pursued to the fullest extent permitted under all applicable laws, treaties, and conventions.
Photo, Audio, and Video Policy
I understand that IEL may take photographs and video of this Event. Registration, attendance, and/or participation in the Event constitutes an agreement by the attendee to IEL’s use and distribution of the attendee’s image in photographs or any electronic reproductions. As a participant, should You wish to share images in any form from this Event, You agree to give appropriate credit for the source of any images that I use.
You grant permission to IEL to include Your name and relevant professional details for official purposes associated with this Event and on the attendee list. The attendee list is intended to facilitate networking opportunities and foster meaningful connections between participants and IEL’s partners. IEL undertakes reasonable efforts to ensure that all information collected on or through our websites and online forms remains secure, including one or more technologies and processes such as encryption, access control procedures, firewalls, physical security, and other measures.
By attending this event, you acknowledge and agree that IEL has the right to use, reproduce, broadcast, rebroadcast, or incorporate in any manner whatsoever, all or any portion of photographs and/or videos of You or Your participation in the Event for use in marketing materials and/or training materials and for internal use (“Materials”). You irrevocably, grant, transfer, and assign a nonexclusive, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right and license to IEL, if any, in and to the Materials and all copyrights in the Materials arising in any jurisdiction throughout the world, including the right to register and sue to enforce such copyrights against infringers. You understand that the Materials may be substantially edited, altered, rearranged, or modified. To the maximum extent permitted by law, You hereby waive any moral rights you may have in the Materials.
Statement of Liability
Except where prohibited by applicable law, IEL does not bear any legal liability or responsibility for Your safety in this Event. You assume all risks and accept sole responsibility for any injury (including, but not limited to, personal injury, disability, and death), illness, damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense, of any kind, that You may experience or incur in connection with attending the meeting. You hereby releases, covenant not to sue, discharge, and hold harmless IEL, its employees, agents, directors, and representatives, of and from any such claims, including all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, costs, or expenses of any kind arising out of or relating thereto. IEL disclaims any liability for the acts of any outside entities related to this Event. IEL reserves the right to cancel the Event without liability. Each participant shall be personally responsible for his/her behavior. The organizers do not accept responsibility for the behavior of any attendee or outside entity during the Event. IEL shall not be liable for any delays or failure in performance or interruption of services resulting directly or indirectly from any cause or circumstance beyond the reasonable control of IEL including but not limited to, pandemics, epidemics, acts of God, war, terrorism, failure of transportation, weather, accidents, fires, electrical failures, strikes, labor disputes, postal delays, explosions, and government orders or regulations. Attendees at this event agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless IEL, its officers, directors, and agents, against all claims arising out of actions or omissions of attendee at or in connection with this Event. To the maximum extent permitted by law, You (for Yourself, your heirs, dependents, personal representatives, assigns, and anyone else who might make a claim on your behalf or as a result of your death or injury) hereby release IEL, and its respective directors, officers, employees, contractors, representatives, agents, successors, and assigns, from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, suits, damages, losses, debts, liabilities, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) that you may have now or in the future associated in any way with the Event or the Materials, .
Except where prohibited by applicable law, IEL disclaims any and all direct, special, consequential, incidental, punitive or other indirect damages of any kind whether alleged as a breach of contract or tortious conduct, including negligence, or based on any other cause of action.
As IEL is based in Washington, DC. the laws of the District of Columbia, without giving effect to its conflict of law provisions, govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between the parties. Any dispute must be litigated in the state or federal courts located in Washington, DC to whose exclusive jurisdiction the Parties hereby consent.
If applicable, IEL reserves the right to substitute an equally qualified speaker in case of an emergency or cancellation. IEL has no duty with respect to presenters, exhibitors or sponsors, and makes no endorsements of any presentation or product.
Internet
Use of or connection to the internet provides the opportunity for unauthorized third parties to circumvent security precautions and illegally gain access to the event and customer data. Accordingly, IEL cannot and does not guarantee the privacy, security or authenticity of any information transmitted over or stored in any system connected to the internet.
Views
The views expressed by any Event attendee, speaker, exhibitor, or sponsor are not necessarily those of IEL. All Event attendees, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors are solely responsible for the content of any and all individual or corporation presentations, marketing collateral, advertising, and online Web content.
Lead Retrieval
By allowing an industry partner to receive your contact information throughout the Event, You are opting-in to receiving communications from that entity. You will be subject to their communications and privacy policy and must opt-out with them directly.
Code of Conduct
We are committed to creating a safe environment that is inclusive and free from discrimination, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, or any other protected categories under applicable law. You agree to abide by the following policy:
Expected Behavior
Be considerate of those around you.
Be respectful of others and viewpoints that may be different from your own.
Be mindful of your words and actions.
Unacceptable behaviors may include, but are not limited to
Offensive or unwanted behavior or language related to race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, or any other protected categories under applicable law.
Visual harassment, such as sexual images or sexual language at the Event, including presentations and slide decks.
Intimidation or bullying, both online and/or in-person.
Sharing your Event registration or making event content available to an IEL competitor.
Any other illegal activity not already covered above.
Sharing your Event registration with another person(s).
Failure to follow any of the rules or regulations of the event or instructions of the event staff.
Consequences of Unacceptable Behavior
Unacceptable behavior will not be tolerated and could result in debarment from current, and/or any future IEL events. If You engage in unacceptable behavior, IEL may take any action it deems appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the Event without warning or refund. If appropriate, local law enforcement may get involved.
No Waiver
Neither failure or delay on the part of any party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder nor course of dealing between the parties shall operate as a waiver thereof, or of the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. No term of this Agreement shall be deemed waived, and no breach consented to, unless such waiver or consent shall be in writing and signed by the party claimed to have waived or consented. No waiver of any rights or consent to any breaches shall constitute a waiver of any other rights or consent to any other breach.
Entire Agreement
As stated above, the Terms and any additional guidelines, rules and/or disclaimers posted or on notices provided to you are incorporated into this Agreement by reference as if fully restated herein. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between You and IEL governing Your use of Event and supersedes any prior agreements, if any, between You and IEL relating to any matter dealt with in this Agreement. You may also be subject to additional terms that apply when You engage in other IEL services.