General Terms and Conditions

Registratrion

Registration fee include scientific program, coffee breaks, lunches, Get together on Monday, conference Dinner on Wednesday and conference proceedings. Early registration fee can be paid including June 30, 2009, late registration fee until October 11, 2009. After this date on-site registration will be possible, only. Please note, according to §4, para. 22, German Turnover-Tax Law registration fees are exempt from VAT.
There are to ways of paying the registration fee:

  1. By credit card: You will receive a written confirmation.
  2. By bank transfer: Please transfer the registration costs after having received a written confirmation.

Please bring your confirmation letter (or if you have not received it, please bring your bank statement) to the registration desk.
All changes or cancellations must be submitted to INTERCOM Dresden GmbH in writing. In case of cancellation after July 30, 2009, INTERCOM is allowed to charge 50% of the registration fee. Cancellations received after August 30, 2009, are not refundable. All refunds will be settled after the congress.
Substitutes will be accepted at any time. 

Hotel reservation

All rates are per night and per room including breakfast and 19% VAT. In case of VAT increase, rates are increasing adequate.
A reservation is only possible, if the necessary credit card details are presented to guarantee the reservation. A written confirmation will be sent out by INTERCOM Dresden GmbH with specification of the exact hotel address and further details. With this confirmation the reservation is binding and rooms are reserved until 6 p.m. on the arrival day. In case of late arrival you have to inform the booked hotel directly. The guest is responsible for payment of all charges to the hotel directly.
All changes or cancellations must be submitted in writing to INTERCOM Dresden GmbH. Cancellations received after August 30, 2009, the first night, later than September 15, 2009 the entire stay will be charged to the credit card on file through INTERCOM Dresden GmbH.
Your credit card will only be charged in case of cancellation before the conference. The payment of the entire stay and your extra costs from the hotel will be charged directly by the booked hotel.

Tours

All tours will only take place with a minimum number of participants; otherwise the tour will be cancelled. In this case participants will receive back the paid fee.
Tours have to be paid by credit card. After receiving a written confirmation by INTERCOM the booking is binding.
All changes or cancellations must be submitted in writing to INTERCOM Dresden GmbH. Cancellations are possible until August 30, 2009. Cancellations received after August 30, 2009, are not refundable. All refunds will be settled within 6 weeks after the congress.
For the tour program VAT is not shown according to the § 25 German Turnover-Tax Law (German: UstG).

Liability

INTERCOM Dresden GmbH shall be liable in the framework of a duty of care as a respectable businessman according to statutory provisions. Liability of INTERCOM Dresden GmbH – for whatever legal reasons – is limited to intent and gross negligence. The liability of commissioned service providers shall remain unaffected by this. Participation in the conference and all events is on the own risk of the participants.