ACT Instructional Mastery Virtual Sessions

Event Terms & Conditions

These terms and conditions may be updated from time to time. Updated terms apply when posted or otherwise provided to registrants; however, any material change affecting an existing registration will apply only as permitted by applicable law. By checking the applicable box or clicking "Register," you are electronically signing and agreeing to these terms and conditions, which constitutes a binding acceptance under the U.S. E-SIGN Act and applicable state law. ACT will provide notice of any material change to these terms by posting the updated terms on the registration page or by email to the address associated with your registration.

Event Cancellation
ACT reserves the right to cancel, postpone, reschedule, modify, or change the platform, speakers, agenda, timing, or format of an event when reasonably necessary, including due to circumstances outside ACT’s reasonable control.  For in-person events, such circumstances include venue unavailability, weather, natural disaster, or other events of force majeure affecting the venue or location. If ACT cancels an event and does not provide a reasonably comparable substitute within a reasonable period not to exceed 30 days from the original event date, registrants will receive a full refund of the registration fee paid. If an event is postponed or materially modified, ACT may transfer the registration to the revised event or offer a refund, credit, or comparable substitute, as required by applicable law. To the fullest extent permitted by law, these remedies are the registrant’s sole remedy and ACT is not responsible for indirect losses or expenses connected with the cancellation, postponement, modification, or technical interruption of an event.

Registration Qualifications
By registering for this event, you confirm that you are over 18 years of age and warrant to ACT that the information you provide when registering is truthful, accurate, complete, and not misleading. Access credentials are personal to the registrant and may not be shared, sold, transferred, or used by another person without ACT’s prior written approval. ACT may deny, suspend, or remove access for a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason, including a breach of these terms or disruptive conduct, in ACT’s reasonable discretion.

Liability Waiver
I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE ACT EDUCATION CORP. ("ACT") WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO EVENT ATTENDEES FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST RECORDS OR DATA, LOST SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE OF DEVICES, SOFTWARE, NETWORKS, OR ONLINE PLATFORMS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, INCREASED EXPENSE OF OPERATIONS, OR OTHER COSTS, CHARGES, PENALTIES, OR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ARISING FROM BREACH OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE OR IF SUCH LOSS COULD HAVE BEEN REASONABLY FORESEEN. ACT’S LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EVENT REGISTRATION FEES PAID BY ATTENDEE. For in-person events, I ALSO UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ATTENDANCE INVOLVES INHERENT RISKS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY, ILLNESS, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND I VOLUNTARILY ASSUME ALL SUCH RISKS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ACT IS NOT LIABLE FOR PERSONAL INJURY, ILLNESS, OR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ARISING FROM ATTENDANCE AT AN IN-PERSON EVENT, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT CAUSED BY ACT'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. For in-person events, I further understand that attendance may involve exposure to communicable illness, and I voluntarily assume that risk. ACT does not warrant or guarantee any health or safety protocol. I agree to follow any health and safety guidance ACT or the venue posts or communicates in connection with the event. Nothing in this provision limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

Disclaimer of Warranties
ACT gives no warranties in respect of any aspect of the virtual event, any online platform used to deliver it, or any materials related to or offered through the event and, to the fullest extent possible under the laws governing this Agreement, disclaims all implied warranties, including warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, timeliness, merchantability, uninterrupted availability, and error-free operation. The event is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis.

Intellectual Property
All intellectual property rights in and to the virtual event, event content, and all materials distributed through or in connection with the event are owned or licensed by ACT. Subject to these terms, ACT grants each paid registrant a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access event materials made available by ACT solely for the registrant’s own internal, non-commercial use. You may not record, screen-capture, download the event or content except where ACT expressly enables download, copy, reproduce, redistribute, publish, sell, share, train artificial-intelligence systems on, or otherwise exploit the event or its content without ACT’s prior written permission. You may not use or reproduce, or allow anyone to use or reproduce, any trademarks or other trade names appearing at the event or in event content except as expressly permitted by ACT. Nothing in this Agreement vests in you any legal or beneficial right in any trademarks or other intellectual property rights owned or licensed by ACT or its affiliates.

Privacy
Please review ACT's Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time, to understand how ACT collects, uses, maintains, shares, and protects your information when you visit ACT websites that provide a link to this Privacy Notice (collectively, the "Site"), as well as when you provide your personally identifying information to us online and offline when you participate in ACT’s assessments, programs, and services. ACT may record the event for future educational, commercial, marketing, or other purposes. By registering, you grant ACT Education Corp. and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and vendors ("ACT") permission to record and use your name, image, voice, video and audio recordings, questions, and poll responses you provide during the event (each and collectively, "Recordings").  Recordings include photographs and video and audio recordings taken of you at an in-person event, including at check-in, during sessions, and at related activities at ACT’s option and in ACT’s reasonable discretion. ACT may use the Recordings for internal display and demonstration, marketing or promotion, and other lawful purposes, in electronic or print form, in all media now known or later developed, without compensation. ACT may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence, to transcribe, caption, analyze, or otherwise process session recordings, chat messages, questions, and poll responses in connection with the event. By agreeing to these terms, you represent that you have all rights necessary to grant these permissions and agree to indemnify and hold harmless ACT from claims, liabilities, damages, and expenses arising from a breach of that representation. ACT may collect and process attendance, participation, and platform data as described in its Privacy Notice and the applicable platform’s privacy notice.

In-Person Participation and Venue Policies
You are responsible for your own travel, lodging, meals, and related expenses in connection with attending an in-person event, unless otherwise stated at registration. ACT is not responsible for losses arising from an inability to attend due to travel delays, weather, or other circumstances outside ACT's control. Registrants may be required to present identification and/or a badge to access the venue and must comply with venue security procedures, including bag checks where applicable. ACT is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged personal property at the venue. Registrants requiring accessibility accommodations should contact WorkKeysPractitioner@act.org in advance of the event.

Code of Conduct
You must participate professionally and may not engage in harassment, discrimination, threats, impersonation, disruption, unauthorized solicitation, credential sharing, or any unlawful conduct. At in-person events, you must also comply with venue rules and the instructions of venue staff and security personnel, and must not bring prohibited items (including weapons, alcohol or illegal substances) onto the premises. ACT may remove a participant from the event or suspend access for a breach of this section, including removal from the physical venue. No refund will be due where access is removed because of the participant’s breach of these terms, to the extent permitted by law.

Program Changes and Disruptions
ACT may substitute speakers, change session content, adjust schedules, or use a different platform in its sole discretion or where reasonably necessary. If a material technical disruption (including facility issues, power outages, or venue vulnerability) affects ACT’s delivery of the event, ACT may reschedule the affected session, provide a recording or comparable substitute, or offer another remedy required by applicable law.

General Terms
These terms, together with the registration page and ACT’s Privacy Policy, form the entire agreement relating to the virtual event. If any provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. ACT’s failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Iowa, and any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms or the event will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Polk County, Iowa (or the county in which ACT's principal offices are then located), and each party consents to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. Neither party will be liable for any failure or delay in performance to the extent caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including natural disaster, act of government, epidemic, labor dispute, internet or utility failure, cyberattack, or failure of a third-party platform or vendor. You may not assign or transfer your registration or rights under these terms except as expressly permitted herein. These terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights. The Liability Waiver, Disclaimer of Warranties, Intellectual Property, Privacy, and indemnification provisions of these terms survive the completion, cancellation, or termination of the event.