Meeting tables can be booked with EPCA’s assistance for use during the event through a fee
During the registration process, the delegate can select meeting tables at the main hotel. The delegate is required to pay a rental fee to EPCA per allocated meeting table.
The number of meeting tables is limited. EPCA strives towards a balanced allocation of meeting tables between member companies. Therefore, EPCA will review the request for meeting tables and inform the delegate if the request cannot be accepted, or not accepted in full; in that case, EPCA will also send an adapted proposal for meeting tables. If the delegate does not accept that proposal, the request will be cancelled and the meeting table fee will be refunded to the delegate.
Modification and/or cancellation by delegates
Cancellation of and modifications (changes) to meeting table bookings must be made in writing and sent to the EPCA Meeting Administration in Brussels at meetings@epca.eu.
The following refund policy will apply:
- Cancellation received on or before 08 July 2024, 23:59 CEST: reimbursement of the fee is limited to 60% of the full rental fee.
- Cancellation received between 09 July 2024, 00:00 CEST and 05 August 2024, 23:59 CEST: reimbursement of the fee is limited to 40% of the full rental fee.
- Cancellation received on or after 06 August 2024, 00:00 CEST: no reimbursement of the full rental fee.
- No-shows: no reimbursement of the full rental fee.
To allow EPCA to operate in a sustainable way, an administrative fee of one hundred Euro (€ 100.00) per change will be charged from the third (3rd) change onwards in the same registration and/or meeting room or meeting table booking.
Processing of personal data and cookies
Personal data
Personal data is information that identifies and relates to a delegate. In the case of EPCA events, it includes but is not limited to: last name, first name, business mailing address, office telephone, mobile telephone number, business email address, job title, VAT number and legal documentation required under EU VAT codes, picture and voice, as well as other personal information the delegate may disclose as part of the event.
Delegates can obtain from EPCA (data protection officer available at dataprotection@epca.eu) the written communication of their data, as well as, where applicable under the GDPR, portability of the data, rectification, restriction of processing, deletion of those which are inaccurate, incomplete or irrelevant. For further information or to lodge a complaint delegates may also contact the supervisory authority of the country of their habitual residence.
Privacy policy
The personal data and information that the Delegates provide to EPCA are processed by EPCA in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016. The personal data is used in compliance with our Privacy Policy which is available on our website at the following address: epca.eu/privacy-policy
In addition to the provisions of that Privacy Policy, the personal data of the Delegate will be processed by EPCA for meeting management purposes only and more specifically:
a) To provide access (and to monitor such access) to the EPCA Annual Meeting and to allow the participation in the EPCA Annual Meeting (this is needed for the performance of the agreement between EPCA and the Delegate regarding the participation to the EPCA Annual Meeting - article 6.1.b) GDPR) ; In particular, the name of the Delegate and the company represented will be displayed on the badge or screen, or at least made available to other attendants, and recorded, if the Delegates attends a session of the Annual Meeting or another event. In case of questions asked during the Q&A sessions of the business sessions, EPCA can also identify the individual delegate. When the delegate participates in-person in sessions that are recorded and broadcasted online, the delegate's image and/or voice may appear incidentally.
b) To ensure that the Delegates abide by the rules of the present Terms & Conditions (which is a legitimate interest of EPCA - article 6.1.f) GDPR);
c) To make the contact details of the Delegate available to the other Delegates (EPCA has a legitimate interest that Delegates know who is participating in the EPCA Annual Meeting - article 6.1. f) GDPR). However, EPCA delegates who do not wish their name and/or contact details to appear on the attendance list available in the member companies' area of the EPCA website, the event online platform and associated app for registered Delegates should tick the appropriate box during the registration process. Not ticking the relevant box upon registration or the absence of written instructions not to be included will result in the publication of the Delegate's details in the abovementioned list.
d) To transfer the contact details of the participants to health authorities of the location of the Annual Meeting, in order for these authorities to trace and contact EPCA delegates in case of sanitary-related matters (the transmission of the data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which EPCA is subject- article 6.1.c) GDPR)
Third party data processing
EPCA can transmit the personal data of the delegate to third parties when this is needed or useful for the processing described above.
This is the case for the data needed for the booking of rooms: the personal data of the delegate needed for such booking will be transferred to the hotel selected by the delegate. Once transferred, the hotel will be the controller of these data: it is for the delegate to read the privacy policy of the selected hotel.
The delegate is also informed that the processing of the delegate's personal data by third parties can encompass a transfer of data outside the EEA, and more particularly in countries where the level of protection of personal data is not the same as under the GDPR. Such transfer is however needed for the performance of the agreement between EPCA and the delegate regarding the delegate's participation in the EPCA Annual Meeting. Furthermore, where the data are processed by a subcontractor of EPCA in such countries, EPCA has taken additional measures to ensure the protection of the delegate's personal data when these data are processed outside the EEA, i.e., EPCA has signed Standard Contractual Clauses with the company running the event online platform (iDloom). More information regarding these measures can be obtained from the EPCA office by emailing admin@epca.eu. iDloom also installs cookies and unique identifiers on the delegate equipment, which are necessary to identify the delegate upon joining the streamed business sessions. This is needed for carrying out the transmission of communication over an electronic communications network and is also strictly necessary in order for EPCA to provide access to the EPCA Annual Meeting. The list of cookies used by iDloom can be found here and here.
Applicable law and competent courts
The present Terms and Conditions as well as all relationships and contracts with EPCA in relation with the Annual Meeting shall be exclusively governed and construed in accordance with Belgian law. All disputes in relation with the present Terms and Conditions and/or with the Annual Meeting shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Brussels (Belgium), without prejudice to EPCA’s right to initiate proceedings before the courts of the Delegate’s registered office in the event that any sums are due by the Delegate to EPCA.