The visitor / user of the website www.athenscallsathens.gr/.org is invited to carefully read the terms of use below which apply on the entirety of the content (texts, graphics, images, photographs, archives) and offered services and to visit/use its pages/services only if it accepts them fully.
The continuance of browsing on your side implies the explicit and unreserved acceptance of the terms of use of the Webpage.

IDENTITY AND SUBJECT OF WEBSITE
This website, www.athenscallsathens.gr, offers information and services related to the Conference.
Organizer of the Conference, as well as administrator of the Website is the company under the name “ATHENS CALLS ATHENS PC” (hereinafter referred to as “Operator”).

The website presents information on the schedule of the Conference, the speakers and the venue. After the end of the Conference, it shall present the speeches and photographic material from the activities.

The website offers the following services:

  • Online submission of summaries for presentation at the Conference
  • Online purchase of subscription in order to participate in the Conference
  • Online subscription to the electronic newsletter of the Conference

GENERAL TERMS

Copyright

All content of the website of the Conference which – indicatively – includes texts, graphics, images, photographs, designs, video, sounds, etc. (hereinafter content) constitute copyright of the Operator and it is protected by the applicable national, Community and international law. The Operator reserves all copyright concerning the content and the copies created based thereon. The content of the Conference is available to visitors / users for personal use. The content is subject to changes without relevant notice, at the discretion of the Operator. Following the acceptance of terms of use, the non-commercial use and its partial reproduction is allowed, under the condition that the reproduced product is consequently freely available through the Internet or other appropriate medium and accompanied by clear and distinct reference to the its source of origin. Any other use requires the written authorization of the owner or holder of the copyright.

The texts of the speakers express in any case personal opinions and are, according to the law, “intellectual property” protected by the legislative provisions on intellectual property and specifically L. 2121/1993 and the relevant rules of conduct of the internet.

The other texts mentioned in the electronic pages of the website of the Conference and bear the trade marks of the relevant organizations, companies, associated operators, associations or publications constitute their own intellectual and industrial property, and therefore, these operator bear the relevant liability. For any question related to the rights of reproduction of any part of the content of the Website of the Conference, as well as for applications for approval of reproduction of the content, you may communicate with the Secretariat of the Conference at the address conference@athenscallsathens.gr. It is the responsibility of each visitor and mainly of those who submit summaries or other material to comply with the provisions of the relevant legislation, as in force each time.

Any exploitation, such as, for example, sale, modification, reproduction (reformatting), republication, upload, broadcasting or redistribution, publication, performance, dubbing, formulation, mirroring, profit or non-profit, of part of or the entire material of the website, without the previous written authorization of the Operator is strictly forbidden.

The visitor / user of the website undertakes liability for any damage caused to itself by inappropriate or illegal use of the relevant services. Under any circumstances, including the case of negligence, the Conference shall not be liable for any kind of damage suffered by the visitor/user of the pages, services, selections of website, which are made at its own initiative and knowing the terms hereof.

The Operator does not guarantee in any case the correctness, fullness or/and availability of the content, pages, services, selections or their results.

The Operator reserves its right to make at any time, any change, amendment, addition or removal to the information and technical material of the website and to apply techniques or methods to facilitate the public.

The Operator does not control, nor bears liability for the content, the personal data protection policy, the quality and completeness of the services of other websites to which it refers through links (cf. services by third parties).

The services and the content of the website are addressed to adults, who have full legal capacity. Minors using the services of the website are considered to have the consent of their parents or custodians.

The management and protection of personal data of the user of the website services are subject to the relevant provisions of the Greek and European law, as in force.

Online Submission of Summaries

The submission of summaries is made only electronically. Summaries sent by e-mail or fax, are not taken into account. The methods of presentation are two: A. Posted Announcement and B. Free Announcement. The Scientific Committee shall decide on the final method of presentation of the essay, following evaluation. The results shall be sent by e-mail. Necessary condition for the approval of the essay is the subscription to the Conference.

The copyright of summaries belong to the authors who submit the summary and remain owners of the copyright and of the relevant liability also after submission.

Online Purchase of Subscriptions to the Conference

The subscription to the Website of the Conference includes the following:

  • Personal name label
  • Entrance to scientific sessions and participation in the opening ceremony
  • Entrance to the exhibition chamber
  • Conference material
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Breaks for coffee and lunch light meal throughout the Conference

Methods of subscription

The pre-subscriptions and subscriptions are made through the website. The subscription shall be considered valid only with the payment of the subscription fee.

In order to take advantage of the reduced cost of subscription, the payment of the fee for the participation right must be made no later than the date of expiry of the 1st period of pre-subscriptions, that is, until 29/02/2020. 

Methods of Payment

The payment of the subscription may be made in the following ways:

  • By deposit to the banking institution EUROBANK S.A.

Account No. 0026.0019.59.0201133014, beneficiary account:                 ATHENS CALL ATHENS PC

IBAN: GR6302600190000590201133014

SWIFT: ERBKGRAA

For the identification of the transaction the following must be indicated on the deposit slip:
“PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE ATHENS CALLS ATHENS” and the full name of the participant

  • By debit/credit card via the e-shop of the website

It noted that bank expenses are incurred by the sender.

Policy of cancellation and reimbursement of money

In case the participant cancels its participation in the Conference after February 29, 2020, the return of money is not possible.

For the cancellation received Return of subscription fee  
until February 29, 2020 return 50%  
of March 1st, 2020 and onwards no return  

POLICY OF NON-PROVISION OF SERVICES

ACA shall be obliged to return the cost of participation to the Participant in case of cancellation of the Conference.

Newsletter

When visiting the website of the Conference, if you wish, to subscribe to our newsletter, filling your name and email address in the relevant application. The subscription and deletion from the newsletter is made through an authenticity control procedure of the electronic address of the subscriber (opt-in, opt-out). Each receiver of the newsletter, may be deleted at any time, by clicking the indication “Unsubscribe” which may be found at the bottom of our newsletter. It is emphasized that the ability of deletion is provided in each newsletter sent by the Conference.

The emails of the users of the Newsletter service are used exclusively for the sending of a requested service and consequently for the purpose of promotion of information related to the content of the Website. When a subscriber chooses its deletion for the mailing lists, then its email is permanently deleted.

The newsletters received by the public upon its registration with mailing lists are copyright of the Conference and therefore are protected by the relevant provisions of the Greek legislation and international conventions. The Conference reserves the right of non-subscription of a person with the mailing lists or its deletion from them.

Hyperlinks to third parties

Our website and newsletters may contain links, hyperlinks and references in general (jointly, the “links”) to websites, platforms or applications of third parties (jointly “websites of third parties”), the control of which does not belong to us. Such links are provided to you exclusively for facility reasons. Similarly, the access to the Website may be achieved via links you may find at websites of third parties, which are beyond our control. You must know that the websites of third parties, as well as the applications, the access to which and use of which shall be made through the abovementioned websites, may collect your personal data for their own processing purposes.

The Operator does not guarantee, nor is liable for the accurateness, completeness or update of the information provided in these websites, for the quality of their services or the confidentiality of the data collected upon your visit to thereto. We aske from you to be careful and control the terms and policies (privacy, cookies) governing the websites of third parties, as they may be different from ours.

Contact form

When visiting the website of the Conference, if you wish, you may use the “Contact form”, filling in your name and email address at the relevant fields, in order to submit your questions concerning your subscription to the Conference, the summaries submission procedure, the activities of sponsors and other issues related to the organization and conduct of the Conference.

The email addresses of the users of the above service shall not be stored, processed and published, and their retention shall last exclusively for the time required in order the purpose of their provision to be achieved.

PRIVACY POLICY

From 25.5.2018 the new General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, known as GDPR applies, by which the personal data protection is enforced in the whole European Union. Organizer of the conference and administrator of the relevant Website is the company “ATHENS CALLS ATHENS PC” (“Operator”), which is located at Glyfada, 47 Gounari str., 47, fully complies with the national and European legislation regarding the collection, processing and storage of personal and sensitive data.

Purpose of this Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as “Policy”), is to inform you in the type of personal data we collect, the method and purposes for which we collect and process them, the third parties with which we share such data, as well as the rights you have upon subscription as speakers or members of the committees of the Conference (hereinafter referred to as “speakers”, or as participants.

We would like to inform you that the processing of the personal data of speakers and participants of the Conference is governed by this Policy and the current legislation on personal data, including the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).

Browsing the website of the Conference and participation in the Conference under any capacity constitutes practical and unreserved acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use of this website, of this Privacy Policy, as well as of the Cookies Policy. In case you do not agree, we aske you to refrain from the use of the website and the provided services (such as, for example, the subscription to the Conference as participant).

 Personal Data

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). Identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

The Operator as organizer of Conference and administrator of this website acts as controller, collects and processes the personal data you voluntarily provide to it when you visit the website of the Conference, when you use the services of the website (e.g. participation declaration, subscription to newsletter, participation in the Conference as speaker, etc.) or when you choose in any way to contact the Operator and/or the Conference.

You may refuse to provide your personal data (except for those related to the use of communication protocols in the internet which are normally collected, when you visit a website), however, in this case some of the function of out website, including services provided through it, may not be available or performing correctly.

Purpose of the Operator is the personal data collected and processed to be consistent with the purpose for which they are intended, to be accurate, complete and subject to legal and fair processing, in a transparent manner.

Important information for You:

a) The Operator does not collect personal details of visitors. As visitors of the Conference you can be sure that no personal data of yours is stored or used by us.

b) The controller, with whom you may communicate regarding any issue concerning the personal details and data, is available at the electronic address info@athenscallsathens.gr and shall respond promptly to any question of yours.

c) The Operator collects personal details of the participants and speakers, in order:
– to be uses for the proper organization and secure conduct of the Conference
– to contact with you

d) Details of the participants and speakers which are collected and used are the following:

  1. Your full name
  2. The company / organization in which you work
  3. Your professional capacity
  4. Your email address
  5. Your phone number
  6. Your address
  7. Your tax identification number (TIN) and the Tax Office to which you belong (only in case you wish the issue of invoice)

e) When and how we collect them:

You provide voluntarily the above details to us upon your subscription as Participant and/or Speaker. These data are held by us and used only for the fulfillment of the above purposes on which you have been informed and consent explicitly by the provision of the relevant details.

We do not provide any details of yours to third parties and we do not provide access to any person except for those mentioned below under the heading Recipients of Personal Data, that is, to our external partners who act on our behalf.

Your personal details are subject to legal and fair processing in a transparent manner in relation to you. They are collected for the above determined, explicit and legal purposes and not subject to further processing in a manner which is not consistent with these purposes. They are appropriate, related and limited to the necessary extent for the purposes for which they are subject to processing.

The retention of personal data shall last for as long as it is required for the fulfillment of the purposes described in this Policy, unless the Greek legislation requires or allows a longer period. In any case, we make every effort in order the retention of data does not exceed the necessary time of their purpose of receipt. The criteria governing the determination of time of data retention include the following: (a) for as long as the relationship between us is valid, (b) for as long as it is required in order the Operator to comply with a legal obligation borne by it, (c) for as long as it is considered appropriate in view of the legal position we are in (such as defense of before courts, audits of regulatory authorities, etc.).

their protection from non-authorized or illegal processing and accidental loss, destruction or wear, by the use of appropriate technical or organization measures. For their best safekeeping they are encrypted by modern methods of encryption.

The collection and processing of your personal data includes:

– In the case of Speakers:

a) posting of your details (full name, capacity, company/ organization in which you work) on the Website of the Conference, as well as in the leaflets of the Conference.
b) publication of the summaries of your speeches on the website of the Conference www.athenscallsathens.gr

c) use of the content of your presentation / speech in Newsletters, Conference Record Books (paper and/or electronic).
d) sending of your presentation to journalists.
e) posting your photos from sessions and/or the venue of the conference.
f) use of your presentation combined with the video of your speech (webcasting).
g) posting and/or publication of the pdf of your presentation.

– In the case of Participants and Speakers

a) use of your full name and email address for sending notification for the Conference and related issues until the completion of the next Conference or at the latest until 9/5/2021
b) investigation of violation of law, rule or regulation, of the terms and policies of our website, as well as the protection of the rights, ownership and security of ours, of the users or third parties.
c) the compliance of the Operator with its legal obligation (e.g. disclosure imposed by law, regulation or judgment).

The Operator uses modern encryption technology upon transfer of the data exchanged in our website. That does not only apply each time information related to financial data are sent and received by the users, but throughout their visit at the website.

We take the necessary security measures, in order to provide to the users / visitors of the Website the greatest possible protection and security, regarding your personal data.

Right of information, access, rectification, objection, portability & erasure

As data subject you have the ability to request from the controller information on and right to access them, while you always maintain the ability of modification or objection to processing, as well as the right of their portability or erasure. Also, in some cases you have the right to withdraw your given consent to the processing, while, in any case, you have the ability to refer to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, if you think that any of your rights regulated by the current national and regulatory framework related to personal data is violated.

The contact details of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority are the following: Hellenic Data Protection Authority. Postal address: 1-3 Kifissias str., P.C. 115 23, Athens, phone number 210. 6475600, (e-mail) contact@dpa.gr).

If you have queries, comments or concerns on the processing of your personal data by the Operator or you wish to exercise your rights, you may contact us by sending an email to the email address info@athenscallsathens.gr

The Conference is strictly addressed to persons above eighteen (18) years old and the continuing of the visit/ use implies that the age of the visitor/ user is above eighteen (18) years old. If, nevertheless, minor users proceed to the use of the website or of the services provided by the Conference, the Conference bears no liability for their exposure to its content or for any other use thereof. If the age of the visitor is less that eighteen (18) years old, but more than sixteen (16), it has the right to use the services of the website exclusively and only under the supervision of a parent or other person exercising parental responsibility, who by the continuing of navigation in the website of the Conference accepts the terms of privacy policy and gives the relevant consent. In any other case, the Conference bears no liability for such use/participation. In the case that upon collection or processing of the data it is understood that the user is of a younger age or does not have the necessary parental consent, we shall not use, nor retain its personal data.

Recipients of Personal Data

The Operator shall not sell, exchange, lease personal data to third legal or natural persons, not it intends to disclose your personal data to anyone, except for: a) external partners who are contracted with it and act on its behalf undertaking in part or in whole the responsibility of implementation of the activities of promotion, organization and organizational support of the Concert, as well as its creation and management, b) providers of website/database hosting services, c) providers of services of sending newsletters, etc., d) processors (natural or legal persons).

In addition public authorities and services may have access to your personal data, if that is required in compliance with the applicable law. In case the Operator is subject to any change as legal person, your personal data may be transferred. In such case, the Operator shall make every effort to inform you via email or any other appropriate medium on the change in the control of your personal data, while you shall be given a clear choice of exercising your rights, including the erasure of your data.

Explicit consent for video recording – photograph taking

Your subscription to the Website of the Conference, which implies your participation as Speaker or Participant and consequently your attendance at the venue of the Conference and your participation in it in any capacity constitutes a practical and unreserved consent for the use by the Operator of your image and declarations/recommendations, as they may be recorded in a video taken during the days of the Conference for any purpose and, especially, informative, promotional, commercial, etc., and, in general, for the projection of the specific Conference in any way and by any medium, such as, indicatively, through paper and electronic press or the internet (this Website, other websites, social media, etc.) or any other carrier of sound and image (television, radio).