Virtual Congress

HOW TO ACCESS THE VIRTUAL CONGRESS PLATFORM?

To join us at the Virtual Congress Center, please click on the following link:
https://europagroup.6connex.eu/event/UIAVirtual/login?lang=en-us

To log in, please fill in the user name and password that have been sent to you by email.

HOW TO REGISTER?

Register online at virtualcongress.uianet.org

REGISTRATION FEES

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GENERAL CONDITIONS

All registrations received by the International Association of Lawyers (UIA – Union Internationale des Avocats) along with the full payment of fees will be confirmed in writing. If you have not received an email confirmation within 48 hours after your registration, please contact the UIA team at uiacentre@uianet.org.

The UIA reserves the right to cancel or postpone the Congress to a later date, change the programme, make any corrections or modifications in the information published in the Congress programme and cancel any invitation to participate in the Congress, at any time and at their discretion, without having to provide any reasons.
Neither the UIA or any of its managers, employees, agents, members or representatives shall be held responsible for any loss or damage, of any nature, suffered (directly or indirectly) by a delegate or a third party following any cancellations, changes, postponements or modifications.
Neither the UIA, nor any of its managers, employees, agents, members or representatives shall be held responsible for any loss or damage, of any nature whatever, suffered (directly or indirectly) by a  delegate, except in case of death or personal injury due to gross negligence by the UIA.
The contractual relationship between the UIA and each participant in relation to the Congress are governed exclusively by French law. All dispute arising therefrom shall be resolved exclusively by the courts of Paris, France.

FORCE MAJEURE
“Force majeure” means any event external to the parties, of both an unforeseeable and insurmountable nature, that prevents either the client or the participants, or the agency or service providers involved in organizing the Congress, from executing all or part of the obligations provided for in the present agreement. By express agreement, such will be the case in the event of a strike affecting the means of transport, hotel staff, air traffic controllers, an insurrection, a riot or any prohibition whatever decreed by Governmental or public authorities. It is expressly agreed that for the parties, a case of force majeure would suspend the execution of their reciprocal obligations. At the same time, each of the parties shall be responsible for all the expenses incumbent upon them, resulting from the case of force majeure.

CANCELLATION TERMS

All cancellations must be sent in writing to the UIA and will be subject to cancellation fees according to the below schedule:
● From registration to September 30, 2020: No fees
● From October 1 to 15, 2020:  50%
● From October 16, 2020: 100%

There will be no refunds for cancellations received after October 15, 2020. All refunds will be paid after the Congress.

Participants who have paid the total registration fees and who are unable to attend the Congress personally may send a colleague as a substitute after informing the UIA. A €50 processing fee will be charged.

1. The personal data that you provide to us is processed by the International Association of Lawyers (the central services, communication, development and accounting departments; the accounting department only processes contact and accounting data), the registered office of which is located at 20 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris, France (Tel: +33 1 44 88 55 66 - Fax: +33 1 44 88 55 77 - privacy@uianet.org), which is the controller, hereinafter “UIA”.

Your data is processed in accordance with French Law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on computerized data processing, personal data and civil liberties, and EU Regulation no. 2016/679 on data protection:

• The data that is necessary for the performance of your contract with the UIA is processed for the following purposes:
i. for the purpose of customer management; ii. for the issuance, collection and verification of invoices.
This data is kept for 10 years after the completion of our last contract.

• If necessary, your data is processed to the extent that is necessary in order to manage:
i. your attempt to be awarded a prize by the UIA; If your application is not successful, the data is deleted within 3 months of the end of the selection process.

• In addition, by ticking the relevant box on our website and providing us with your personal data, you give us your express consent to process this data for the following purposes:
i. for the circulation of the UIA's electronic and printed newsletters
ii. for the purpose of carrying out informational or promotional operations on the UIA’s services
iii.to carry out market studies;
iv. and, with a view to your data be processed for other purposes.

When the processing is based solely on your consent, you may withdraw your consent by making a written request to the UIA at any time, without prejudice to the lawfulness of the processing performed prior to the withdrawal of this consent. Your data is stored until you inform us that you no longer consent to such storage.

2. Your data will not be transmitted to any recipient other than those specified below and for the following purposes:
- to judicial and administrative authorities, to the persons and other entities to which a right of access to such data is granted by law;
- to the public or private entities for which the disclosure of data is necessary in order to meet the accounting and administrative needs of the UIA, as well as to comply with the obligations imposed by tax law and regulations, such as public agencies and accounting firms;
- to certain third parties, such as travel agencies, with which we cooperate for the organization of our events and activities.
- to certain third parties, such as event sponsors or partners, as part of partnerships and in order to inform you of their services or products, to which you expressly agree and can opt out of at any time
- to the law firm and the bailiff, as necessary, that are instructed to collect our invoices in the event of failure to pay,
- your resume to relevant authorities with a view to enabling you to obtain accreditation as part of vocational training and in order to inform participants,
- to our subcontractors that are responsible for the IT infrastructure, our management program, and the production and maintenance of our website and extranet, to the extent necessary for the performance of their respective assignments,

3. By making a written request (including in electronic format) that is dated, signed, and sent to UIA’s data processing officer with proof of your identity, you can obtain from the UIA a free copy (including in electronic format) of the personal data the concerns you, as well as, where appropriate, the rectification or deletion of data that is inaccurate, incomplete or irrelevant, or the limitation of processing within 30 days. You also have a right to data portability. After this period of 30 days, you may consider that the application has been rejected.
You can, under Article 40-1 of the above Law, set guidelines for the retention, deletion and disclosure of your personal data after your death.

4. If at any time, you believe that we have not respected your privacy, please send a letter or email to privacy@uianet.org. We will make every effort to identify and correct the problem. If you would like more information or if you wish to lodge a complaint, you can contact the French Data Protection Agency:
CNIL, 3 Place Fontenoy - TSA 80715 - 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07 (FRANCE) Tel. + 33 1 53 73 22 22 - www.cnil.fr/en/contact-cnil

The UIA had obtained the following accreditations :

• 12 hours of legal training

• 2020 UIA Virtual Congress Sponsorship Brochure

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• 2020 Virtual Congress Programme

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