Terms & Conditions

2023 Open Education Conference

The Open Education Conference will be held November 7-9, 2023 as a virtual event. Registration provides full access to the conference, including live events, pre-recordings, and post-conference access for at least 90 days. Information on how to access the conference platform will be delivered by email to the registered email address.

Registration information is subject to our Privacy Policy. The Open Education Conference does NOT share attendee contact information with sponsors. 

Participation in the Open Education Conference is subject to the conference Code of Conduct and our standard terms and conditions below. 

REFUND POLICY

Tickets are refundable until October 7, 2023. Paid ticket prices include a non-refundable service charge of $.49 plus 5.99% of the ticket price. This charge will be subtracted from all refunds. 

Tickets may be transferred to another eligible attendee upon request at no additional cost. Transfer requests must be submitted by October 7, 2023 to contact@openeducationconference.org.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

At the direction of the Open Education Conference Board of Directors, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (“SPARC”) manages the 2023 Open Education Conference (“Conference”). SPARC is a project of New Venture Fund (“NVF”), a not-for-profit organization. While participating in the Conference, you, the undersigned (“You”), agree to abide by these Terms of Participation (the “Terms”). If You do not agree to any of these Terms, please do not participate in the Conference. If NVF determines in its sole discretion that You are not in compliance with these Terms, we have the right to terminate Your participation in the Conference at any time. You agree that you are participating in the Conference solely at your own risk. The Conference and all of the materials in or referenced by the Conference are provided on an "as is" basis. NVF hereby disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability, non-infringement and fitness for particular purpose. The foregoing does not affect any warranties which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. In no event shall NVF be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your participation in, or inability to participate in, the Conference, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, and loss of data), and whether or not caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable. The foregoing does not affect any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. By participating in the Conference, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless NVF, its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these terms of participation or your participation in the Conference.