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Terms of Use

Please read the following Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) carefully as they constitute legally binding terms and conditions between you (“you”, “your”) and the (“AAA-ICDR®”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).

 

  1. Introduction and acceptance

These Terms of Use regulate the access, navigation, and use of the Website www.icca2028.org (the “Website”). Access, navigation, and use of the Website imply understanding and acceptance of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY.

The observance and compliance with the provisions of the Terms of Use shall be enforceable with respect to any person accessing the Website. If you do not agree with the terms set forth, do not access, browse, or use the Website.

 

  1. Organization details

Identification of the entity: American Arbitration Association, Inc., International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR)
Registered office: 120 Broadway, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10271
E-mail: [email protected]

 

  1. Services and contents of the Website

The Website includes information for the general public about the services offered in connection with its role as a Hosting Organization for the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (“ICCA”) Congress San Francisco 2028 (“ICCA Congress 2028” or “Congress”). The content on the Website is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal or professional advice. Pre-registration and registration for the ICCA Congress 2028 are administered through a third-party platform, Intellum. Your use of that platform is subject to Intellum’s own privacy policy and terms of service, which are made available on the Intellum platform at the time of pre-registration and registration. AAA-ICDR is not responsible for the terms, practices, or policies of Intellum, including with respect to data handling, and any disputes arising from your use of the Intellum platform shall be resolved in accordance with Intellum’s own terms.

The ICCA Congress 2028 may be photographed, audio recorded, and video recorded for documentation, promotional, and archival purposes. By registering for or attending the ICCA Congress 2028, you acknowledge and consent to such recording. If you do not wish to be individually identified in any recording, you may notify AAA-ICDR at [email protected], and AAA-ICDR will use reasonable efforts to accommodate your request, subject to practical limitations.

Any change in this regard will be published visibly on the Website, indicating the date of the last update at the bottom of the document. If you continue to access the Website once the Terms of Use have been modified, it will be understood that you accept such modifications.

 

  1. Intellectual property rights

owns or, where applicable, has the corresponding licenses on the rights of exploitation of intellectual property of the Website, as well as intellectual and industrial property rights on all information, materials, and content, including among others, source code, designs, navigation structure, images, graphics, databases, music, sound, photographs, videos and texts written in any language, also including programming codes.

Under no circumstances shall it be understood that access, browsing and use of the Website by the user imply a waiver, transmission, license or total or partial transfer of any intellectual or industrial property right by AAA-ICDR. The user only has the right to view the Website in a strictly personal, non-commercial context or in connection with his or her professional activity. Any additional rights of use that the user obtains upon pre-registration or registration for the ICCA Congress 2028 are specified in the terms and conditions applicable to registration.

No content of the Website may be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, extracted, displayed, published, transmitted, or sold in any way or by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of , except as by Congress cohost California Arbitration (“CalArb”) or Congress owner ICCA. Any other use of the content of the Website is also strictly prohibited, with the sole exception of strictly personal, non-commercial use.

It is expressly forbidden to use, without prior consent, any element of the Website that is subject to protection in accordance with current legislation on intellectual or industrial property. In particular, trademarks, trade names, business signs, works, names, logos, slogans, or any type of distinctive sign belonging to may not be used without prior written authorization from that respective organization.

The unauthorized use of the information contained on the Website, as well as any type of damage to the intellectual or industrial property rights of AAA-ICDR, will give rise to the legally established liabilities.

If you believe your copyrighted work has been used improperly on our Website, please forward the following information to our Copyright Agent named below:

  • Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
  • A description of the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed;
  • A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;
  • A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by you, the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • The signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright interest’s owner;
  • And a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the provided information is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Copyright Agent:
Sasha A. Carbone, Esq.
Office of the General Counsel
American Arbitration Association, Inc.
120 Broadway, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10271
Phone: (212) 716-5800
Fax: (646) 663-3074

 

  1. Linked sites; Third-party platforms

does not authorize the inserting of a link to this Website from other websites that contain materials, information or contents that are illicit, illegal, degrading, obscene and, in general, that contravene the law, morality or public order, or generally accepted social norms.

AAA-ICDR has neither the power nor the human and technical means to know, control or approve all the information, contents, products or services provided by other websites that have inserted links to the Website.

AAA-ICDR does not assume any type of responsibility for any aspect related to the websites that insert a link to this Website; specifically, including but not limited to their operation, access, data, information, files, quality and reliability of their products and services, their own links and/or any of their contents, in general.

In any case, AAA-ICDR reserves the right to prohibit links to the Website and to demand their removal when they do not comply with the conditions required in this section.

AAA-ICDR makes available to users, through different tools and applications, links that allow users to access the Website on different platforms and social networks belonging to and/or managed by third parties (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.). The inclusion of these links to the Website are solely for the purpose of providing users with access to such channels on the different platforms and social networks.

The implementation of these applications does not imply the existence of any relationship between AAA-ICDR and the owner, developer, or distributor of the third-party platform, nor the acceptance and approval by AAA-ICDR of its contents and/or services, the owner, developer, or distributor being solely responsible for them.

The activation and use of these third-party applications may involve the identification and authentication of the user (login/password) on the corresponding platforms, which are completely external to the Website and beyond AAA-ICDR’s control. By accessing these external networks, the user enters an environment not controlled by AAA-ICDR, and AAA-ICDR shall not be held responsible for the security configuration of these environments.

As may have limited control over the content hosted on such platforms, the user acknowledges and agrees that AAA-ICDR assumes no responsibility for the content or services that the user may access on such pages, nor for any content, products, services, advertising, or any other material available on such pages.

In the event that the Website displays links to websites not belonging to AAA-ICDR by means of different links, buttons, banners or embedded contents, AAA-ICDR informs that these are directly managed by the owners of the respective websites, and AAA-ICDR does not have the human or technical means to know in advance and/or control and/or approve all the information, contents, products or services provided by other websites to which links may be established from the Website, and therefore AAA-ICDR does not assume any type of responsibility for any aspect related to the linked website. A link to a third party’s website does not mean that AAA-ICDR endorses it or that we are affiliated with it.

In this sense, if the user has actual knowledge that the activities carried out through such third-party websites are illegal or contravene morality and/or public order, he/she must immediately inform AAA-ICDR so that the link to access them can be disabled, which will be carried out as soon as possible.

In any case, the publication of any link from the Website to another external website does not imply that there is any type of relationship, collaboration or dependence between AAA-ICDR and the person or entity responsible for said website.

 

  1. Terms and conditions of use of the Website

Access to or use of the Website for illegal or unauthorized purposes, with or without economic purpose, is not permitted and, therefore, its consequences shall be the sole responsibility of the user, and more specifically, by way of example, but not limited to, it is prohibited:

  • To use the Website in any way that may cause damage, interruptions, inefficiencies, or defects in its functionality or in the computer of a third party.
  • To use the Website for the transmission, installation or publication of any viruses, malicious code or other harmful programs or files.
  • To use the Website to collect personal data from other users, except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use.
  • To use the Website for advertising or commercial exploitation activities.
  • To communicate with AAA-ICDR through the Website under a false identity, providing false data or information, impersonating third parties or performing any other action that may mislead other users as to the identity of the origin of a message.
  • To access any section of the Website, or other systems or networks connected to it, or to the services offered through the Website, in an unauthorized manner by hacking or forgery, password mining or any other illegitimate means.
  • To break, or attempt to break, the security or authentication measures of the Website or any network connected to it, or the security or protection measures inherent to the contents offered on the Website.
  • To post or share anything that is illegal, abusive, harassing, harmful to reputation, pornographic, indecent, profane, obscene, hateful, racist, or otherwise objectionable.

The breach by the user of any of these conditions of use may lead to the adoption by AAA-ICDR of appropriate measures protected by law and in the exercise of its rights or obligations.

AAA-ICDR may deny participation in the ICCA Congress 2028 and/or prevent access to the Website or the possibility of participating in the spaces provided therein to users who violate these conditions, without the possibility of any compensation for damages caused.

 

  1. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATIONS ON OUR LIABILITY

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AAA-ICDR AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, “RELEASED PARTIES”) DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, AND REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AND THOSE ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

IN PARTICULAR, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AAA-ICDR AND THE RELEASED PARTIES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES OR OTHER SERVICES LINKED TO OR INTEGRATED WITH THE WEBSITE. AAA-ICDR AND THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY:  (a) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT; (b) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE; (c) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR OF ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OR USER DATA; (d) ANY INTERRUPTION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE; (e) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY; (f) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, SHARED, OR GENERATED THROUGH THE WEBSITE; OR (g) ANY DAMAGES, HARM, OR LOSSES THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE WEBSITE.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY MATERIAL OR INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE ARISING FROM DOING SO. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, OR DATA) OR FOR THE COST OF OBTAINING SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES FROM ANY CLAIM BASED UPON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE’VE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE, FROM ALL CAUSES OF ACTION AND ALL THEORIES OF LIABILITY, WILL BE LIMITED TO AND WILL NOT EXCEED THE FEES YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PAID US DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY.

If you become aware of the publication of any inaccurate, outdated or false information or of the existence of any content that is illicit, illegal, contrary to the law or that could involve an infringement of intellectual or industrial property rights, of the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data and/or of any other right, you must immediately notify AAA-ICDR so that it can proceed to take the appropriate measures.

 

  1. User Warranties

You represent and warrant that you will only use the Website in accordance with these Terms of Use and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, and policies applicable in any relevant jurisdiction.

 

  1. Service Modifications and Technical Outages

The AAA-ICDR may change, add, or remove any of the services or features available on the Website at any time. The AAA-ICDR shall not be responsible for any outages, technical failures or defects in the Website.

 

10. User IndemnificationBy using this website, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold AAA-ICDR and the Released Parties harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and legal costs), arising from or relating to, any actual or alleged breach of these Terms by you or anyone using the Website through your access.  We will have the right to participate in the selection of counsel to represent us in connection with any such claim, and you will reasonably cooperate with us in such defense.

 

11. Termination We reserve the right to modify, limit, or terminate any person’s access to the Website at any time, in our discretion. If you violate any of these Terms, we may terminate your permission to use the Website.

 

12. Territorial Use/Access Disclaimer: We control and operate the Website from the United States of America. Materials on the Website may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you choose to access this Website from other locations, you do so at your own initiative, and you are responsible for complying with local laws.

 

13. Privacy Policy and Cookies

Your privacy is very important to us. This Website’s Privacy Policy (which supplements the AAA-ICDR Privacy Policy available at www.adr.org/privacy-policy) explains how we collect, use, and share personal information in connection with your use of the Website and participation in the ICCA Congress 2028.

Access to the Website does not require you to provide personal data. However, certain functionalities of the Website depend on the use of Cookies, as informed in the Cookie Policy.

Whenever you provide personal data, you shall be responsible for the truthfulness and accuracy of such data and shall inform AAA-ICDR of any update of such data as soon as practicable.

 

  1. Safeguard clauses

If any clause included in these Terms of Use is declared totally or partially null or ineffective, such nullity or ineffectiveness shall only affect such provision or the part of it that is null or ineffective, subsisting these Terms of Use in everything else, and considering such provision totally or partially as not included.

 

  1. Dispute resolution and choice of law

If a dispute arises out of or relates to your use of the Website, you agree to first attempt to resolve the dispute informally through good-faith negotiation by contacting AAA-ICDR at [email protected]. If the dispute cannot be settled through negotiation within thirty (30) days, you agree that any legal action will take place exclusively in the federal or state courts located in New York County, New York.

Your use of the Website and these Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law provisions, except to the extent that mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence apply.

To file a complaint regarding the use of the Website, you can contact us by mail at the e-mail or physical address indicated at the beginning of these Terms of Use. AAA-ICDR undertakes to seek at all times an amicable solution in the event of a dispute.

 

  1. Miscellaneous

    Under no circumstances will we be held liable for any delay or failure in performance due in whole or in part to any acts of nature, pandemic, epidemic, government action or restriction, war, terrorism, civil unrest, cyberattack, power failure, telecommunications failure, or other causes beyond our reasonable control.

The failure by us to enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use will not prevent us from enforcing such right or provision in the future.

We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale of assets or equity, or by operation of law.

 

  1. Changes to these Terms of Use From time to time, we may change these Terms of Use. If we change these Terms of Use, we will give you notice by posting the revised Terms of Use on the Website. Changes to the Terms of Use are effective when posted to the Website.

 

PLEASE PRINT A COPY OF THESE TERMS OF USE FOR YOUR RECORDS AND PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES TO THESE TERMS OF USE.

 

Last updated: 2026/04/13