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When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies, external content or features. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies or external content/features may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.
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The digital event platform is operated by Koelnmesse Pte Ltd, 152 Beach Road, #24-04 Gateway East, 189720, Singapore (hereinafter referred to as “Koelnmesse”).
You can view, save, and print out the terms of use at any time on the digital event platform.
The use of our digital event platform requires your consent to the following terms of use.
The digital event platform gives you access to the digital part of the event. For more details about this, please see Section 2.
The digital event platform and its features shall not be used for purposes other than those intended. Therefore, please use the platform only to the extent permitted by law and in accordance with our terms of use. If you violate any applicable Singapore law or our terms of use, we reserve the right to exclude you from using the digital event platform.
Using the platform does not give you ownership to any copyrights or industrial property rights.
After purchasing/receiving an event ticket or exhibitor pass, you can use the access data provided to enter the digital event platform of the event for which the ticket/pass is valid and, depending on the type of ticket/pass, access the following platform features.
a) Basic features:
b) Networking feature and settings:
When using the platform, you agree to abide by the basic principles of “netiquette”. Anyone who violates these principles may be excluded from using the platform.
Furthermore, you agree to only provide complete and correct information in your profile.
You also agree to keep your access data, including passwords, for this platform secret and adequately protect them from unauthorized use. You must inform Koelnmesse immediately if you suspect in any way that there has been any unauthorized disclosure of your access data and/or passwords and/or any unauthorized access.
Moreover, you shall be responsible for ensuring that the content you share on the digital platform (e.g. via links) does not contain any viruses, worms, or Trojan horses. You shall be liable for compensating Koelnmesse for any damages incurred as a result of non-compliance with these obligations due to a fault of your own and shall also release Koelnmesse from any claims brought by third parties, including legal fees.
The misuse of platform features is not permitted. This particularly includes the automated reading of data as well as the automated sending of requests or messages to other platform users. You agree to refrain from doing anything that could jeopardize or disrupt the functioning of the digital platform. It is also prohibited to distribute illegal content, address people in an inappropriate or discriminatory way, or ask them for private information (e.g. gender, age, or place of residence).
It is not permitted to share or disseminate content that violates third-party rights, in particular patent rights, utility model rights, copyrights, trademark rights, design rights, or similar third-party property rights, or other legal regulations, in particular criminal law and youth protection law. Commercial advertising and links to advertising as well as excessively long texts in chat forums are not welcome. In the event of a violation of this, we reserve the right to exclude you from further using the platform.
Koelnmesse makes no guarantees with respect to the availability, reliability, functionality, or suitability of the platform for your purposes. Unless mandatory liability is provided under prevailing Singapore liability laws, standards and regulations, liability shall be excluded due to willful intent, gross negligence, injury to life, limb, or health, assumption of a guarantee of quality, fraudulent concealment of a defect, or breach of essential contractual obligations.
Essential contractual obligations are those obligations whose fulfillment is essential for the proper execution of a contract and the fulfillment of which the contracting parties may regularly rely on.
Damages for breach of essential contractual obligations shall be limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract, provided such a breach is not attributed to willful intent or gross negligence.
You may terminate the contract for using the platform, including the networking features, at any time without providing reasons by sending an email to privacypolicycontroller@koelnmesse.com.sg
Koelnmesse also has the right to terminate the contract for use of the platform for just cause. Just cause may include, for example, violation of the provisions contained in Section 4 of these general terms of use.
These terms of use are subject to Singapore law. The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising out of or in connection with these terms of use shall be Singapore including all questions relating to the existence, validity, or termination of these terms of use.
Each provision of these terms of use shall be construed separately and independently. If any provision of these terms of use is invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the remaining provisions of these terms of use shall not be affected thereby. In such a case, the provision in question shall only be limited or deleted to the extent strictly necessary and replaced by a valid provision that comes closest to the intended purpose of these terms of use.
Last amended: June 2023