SPEAKER AGREEMENT

PREAMBLE

NETWAYS Event Services presents the Open Source Monitoring Conference (OSMC) 2024 from November 19 – 21. The speaker is presenting at this conference and may attend free of charge. The following agreement outlines the mutual rights and obligations between NETWAYS Event Services and the speaker to avoid any confusion or misunderstanding:

Mutual agreements

1. The speaker will give a presentation at the conference according to the following unless otherwise agreed: The presentation is timed for either a 45 minutes speech including a 5 to 10-minutes question and answer session, a 30 minutes talk with an included 5 to 10-minutes Q&A session, or an Ignite talk being a five minutes speech accompanied by 20 slides (15 seconds for each slide). The speaker declares their presentation meets the OSMC guidelines for submission and conduct.

2.1. In return for a presentation timed for 45 or 30 minutes the speaker is offered free conference participation in accordance to the conference ticket General Release PLUS (regular price EUR 1.499 + VAT). Hence all speaker costs, charges and fees are acquitted. This includes the following benefits:

  • attendance at all presentations | Nov 20 + 21
  • refreshments during the morning and afternoon breaks
  • lunch on both conference days incl. softdrinks
  • evening event on the first day | Nov 20
  • Wi-Fi access during the conference
  • two nights accommodation including breakfast at the conference hotel | Nov 19 – 21
  • an additional dinner on the evening prior to the conference | Nov 19

2.2 In return for the Ignite talk the speaker is offered free conference participation in accordance to the conference ticket General Release (regular price EUR 1.199,- + VAT). Hence all speaker costs, charges and fees are acquitted. This includes the following benefits:

  • attendance at all presentations | Nov 20 + 21
  • refreshments during the morning and afternoon breaks
  • lunch on both conference days incl. softdrinks
  • evening event on the first day | Nov 20
  • Wi-Fi access during the conference
  • an additional dinner on the evening prior to the conference | Nov 19

3. Presentation cancellation may only be made with mutual consent between the speaker and NETWAYS Event Services. By absence through illness or force majeure, the earliest possible notification is requested.

4. The speaker agrees to send their relevant presentation abstract (brief description of content) no later than September 30, 2024 to NETWAYS Event Services to meet print deadlines for the final conference program.

5. The speaker declares that their presentation does not infringe any rights of a 3rd party (e.g. copyrights) and gives consent to being recorded at the conference in audio, visual and textual mediums. The speaker gives consent to NETWAYS Event Services to publish these recordings along with their presentation materials with clear and due reference to the author (e.g. for download on the conference website). The right on any changes of the program is reserved.

6. The event may be cancelled due to not reaching the minimum number of participants two weeks prior to the event by the organiser. Further the organiser is reserving the right to cancel the event with short notice if extraordinary reasons out of their control are occurring. In these cases, entitlement to damages excluded.

7. Please note that the organiser is reserving the right to exclude accepted speeches on short notice due to necessary program changes caused by unforeseen events. The related speaker will be offered a 20% discount on any chosen conference package to join the conference as a participant.