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Terms and conditions

Payment of registration Fees

  • VIB encourages online payments of conference registration fees. For payments that are made by bank transfer (only in exceptional cases), all bank transfer fees must be covered by the participant and may not be deducted from the amount remitted. All registration data submitted to VIB will be treated confidentially.
  • Upon online registration a confirmation email will be sent automatically to the registrant.
  • The specific registration fees applicable to each event are listed on the event webpage


Coupons

Coupon codes should be entered during event registration. Coupon codes that are acquired after registration can’t be submitted.

Cancellation of registration by participant

  • In case you want to cancel your registration, please send a request to conferences@vib.be. The cancellation of registration is only valid with acknowledgement of receipt by VIB conferences.
  • Cancellation fees are dependent on the notice given:
    • All notifications received 2 months before the start of the event, get refunded for 100% minus an administrative fee of 50 euro.
    • All notifications received between 1 and 2 months before the start of the event, get refunded for 50% minus an administrative fee of 50 euro.
    • Cancellations requests received less than 1 month before the start of the event won't be refunded.

Cancellation of registration by VIB

  • VIB holds the right to cancel a conference if it is necessary to protect public health and safety or if the event cannot be held due to insufficient interest. In this case VIB will reimburse the registration fee of the cancelled event.


Cancellation of sponsorship

  • In case you want to cancel your sponsorship package, please send a request to conferences@vib.be. The cancellation of registration is only valid with acknowledgement of receipt by VIB conferences.
  • Cancellation fees are dependent on the notice given:
    • All notifications received 4 months before the start of the event, get refunded for 50%, minus an administrative fee of 50 euro.
    • Cancellation requests received less than 4 month before the start of the event won’t be refunded.


Payment terms

Online registration for VIB conferences is subject to the following payment conditions:

  • VIB conferences must receive the payments for the registration fees as detailed on the event webpage before the registration can be confirmed. Admittance to the conference cannot be permitted without prior receipt of payment or a valid proof of payment.
  • Only in exceptional cases late registrations can also be paid onsite. Such payments may be subject to an additional late registration fee.
  • Credit card payments will be processed via a secure online payment module included in the VIB conferences registration form. Registration fees charged in EUR will be debited in EUR.
  • Payments may be made through Visa, Master Card & Maestro.
  • All participants automatically receive a payment confirmation after registering for a conference. If you need an invoice, please thick the corresponding box ‘I need an invoice’ during the registration process and add your VAT number. Invoices can be requested up to 4 weeks after an event. After this period, requests will no longer be answered.


Conference participation and personal data

If you are attending a conference, we will use your personal information to:

  • process your payments and thus your registration and facilitate your attendance at the event
  • provide you with information regarding the conference including scheduling and logistics
  • provide you with other information that we believe may be of interest to conference attendees.
  • We may also share personal information (name, affiliation, profile picture and LinkedIn url) of conference attendees with the other conference attendees. The purpose of this is to enable conference attendees to contact each other for networking purposes.


Usage of photographic and video material taken at VIB conferences

VIB takes photographic and video material of participants at events. In registering for a conference you acknowledge that we may include images of yourself intact or in part for material used in various publications, press releases, promotional activities, or other related endeavors. This material may also appear on the VIB conferences website or related social media pages.

Usage of Social Media to Share Information

VIB welcomes and encourages the use of social media by participants. As a courtesy to other members, as well as to presenters at such events, we ask that you follow accepted social media etiquette.

Data presented at the conference

Conference participants are not allowed to capture, transmit, share or redistribute data presented at the meeting unless the presenter gives explicit consent. For virtual events this means that you cannot share presentations or data with your colleagues.