RESA® EVENTS Terms and Conditions of Attendance and Participation

These are the terms (the “Agreement”) governing your attendance at and participation in any RESA® event (the “Event”).

By registering for the Event you agree to these terms, which form a binding legal contract between Real Estate Staging Association, Inc. (“RESA®”) and the registered attendee or participant (“you”). If you are registering on behalf of another individual, it is your responsibility to ensure the person attending is aware of these terms and accepts them. By completing the registration on behalf of another individual you are warranting that you have made the attendee or participant aware of these terms and that they have accepted these terms.

1 Attendee Requirements

1.1 Admittance. Your registration entitles you to admittance to the Event for which you have registered. Any and all other costs associated with your attendance (including without limitation travel and accommodation expenses) shall be borne solely by you, and RESA® shall have no liability for such costs.

1.2 Use of Likeness. By attending the Event you acknowledge and agree to grant RESA® the right at the Event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media now available or hereafter developed and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise globally to disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from you or any payment to you. This grant to RESA® includes, but is not limited to, the right to edit such media, the right to use the media alone or together with other information, and the right to allow others to use or disseminate the media.

1.3 Event Content. You acknowledge and agree that RESA®, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to change any and all aspects of the Event, including but not limited to, the Event name, themes, content, program, speakers, performers, hosts, moderators, venue, and time.

1.4 Age Requirements. Children of attendees under the age of 21, in strollers accompanying their parents, may come to the hotel; they will not be admitted to any of the RESACON sessions or events. Breastfeeding mothers will be accommodated. 

1.5 Identification. All attendees must provide identification: one photo ID, if asked. 

1.6 Attendee Badge Usage. Attendee badges must be worn at all times in Event areas. If your badge is lost, please contact RESA® staff.

1.7 Visa Requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the attendee to take care of any government visa requirements. Attendees who require an entry visa should allow sufficient time for the application procedure. Attendees should contact the nearest embassy or consulate to determine the appropriate timing of their visa applications. RESA® will not contact embassies and consulates on behalf of visa applicants or provide any other assistance relating to visa issues. Failure to obtain a visa in advance of an Event does not constitute a valid basis for obtaining a refund.

2 Prohibited Conduct

2.1 Limitations on Use. By registering for any RESA® Event Ticket you agree not to sell, trade, transfer, or share your badge. In the event that RESA® determines that you have violated this policy, RESA® may cancel your badge(s), retain any payments made by you, report you to law enforcement authorities, and ban you from future RESA® Events.

2.2 Disruptive Conduct. You acknowledge and agree that RESA® reserves the right to remove you from the Event if RESA®, in its sole discretion, determines that your presence or behavior creates a disruption or hinder the Event or the enjoyment of the Event by other attendees. All RESA® badges are the property of RESA® and must be returned to RESA® upon request.

2.3 Badge Misuse. Attendees wearing badges from previous RESA® Events or falsified badges and/or sharing or swapping badges will be immediately ejected from the Event and banned from future Events. RESA® considers such conduct theft of service, trespassing, and fraud and will report violators to law enforcement authorities. If such conduct is discovered after an Event, violators will be invoiced according to onsite registration pricing and will be required to pay their invoice in full in order to avoid being reported to law enforcement authorities.

2.4 Suitcasing. “Suitcasing” refers to the practice of attending a trade show but “working the aisles” from a suitcase or briefcase, soliciting business from other attendees and exhibitors. For the good of the show and the exhibitors supporting the show, the only legitimate place to conduct business during show hours is within a contracted exhibit space on the show floor. Exhibiting companies are encouraged to protect their investment and report any violations to RESA® management. Attendees observed soliciting business in the aisles or other public spaces, or in another company’s booth, will be ejected from the Event and may be banned from future events in RESA®’s sole discretion.

2.5 Outboarding. “Outboarding” refers to non-exhibiting/non-sponsoring companies or individuals that host meetings, events, or demos, etc. outside of the exhibit hall, such as in hospitality suites, restaurants, or public places in close proximity to the conference, and encourage conference attendees to leave the conference to attend their events.

2.6 Photography, Recording, and Videotaping. Attendees may not record audio or video of sessions. RESA® allows cameras on the show floor. Attendees may take pictures within the show for purposes of company or annual reports, company media pieces, marketing materials, etc.

3 Fees

3.1 Payment. The payment of the applicable fees for the Event is due upon registration. If such payment is insufficient or declined for any reason RESA® may refuse to admit you to the Event and shall have no liability in that regard.

3.2 Taxes. The fees may be subject to sales tax, value added tax, or other taxes and duties, which, if applicable, will be charged to you in addition to the fees.

4 Cancellations

4.1 Due to contract guarantees with the hotel facility, there are no refunds. 

4.2 Once you have received your badge on site, it cannot be changed, substituted, or reissued to a different person.

5 Registration Confirmation, RESA® Updates

5.1 Once you have completed your registration, you will receive your registration confirmation by email. Please ensure that your valid email is entered correctly on the registration form. Be sure to check your junk email box in case any of your RESA® eail(s) are caught by spam filters.

5.2 You will receive essential information for registered attendees electronically at the email address that you provided on your registration form. 

5.3 In addition, you will be added to the RESA® database and begin to receive the RESA® newsletter, if you were not previously on our mailing list. 

6 Privacy Policy  

6.1 Your email will be given to our exhibitors so they may follow up with attendees with special convention offers. They may add you to their general mailing list.  You may opt-out at any time. 

RESA® owns and operates all RESA® Events  and is committed to protecting the privacy of its attendees. RESA® does not rent, share, or sell your contact information or other personal information to any third parties not outlined in this agreement.

7 Intellectual Property

7.1 All intellectual property rights in and to the Event, the Event content, and all materials distributed at or in connection with the Event are owned by RESA®, or the Event sponsors or speakers presenting at the Event. You may not use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce any trademarks (including without limitation “RESA®”, “RESACON™,RESACONNECT™”) or other trade names appearing at the Event, in any Event content or in any materials distributed at or in connection with the Event for any reason without the prior written permission of RESA®.

7.2 For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in you any legal or beneficial right in or to any trademarks or other intellectual property rights owned or used under license by RESA®, Inc. or any of its affiliates; nor does this Agreement grant to you any right or license to any other intellectual property rights of RESA®, Inc. or its affiliates, all of which shall at all times remain the exclusive property of RESA®, Inc. and its affiliates.

8 Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability

8.1 RESA® gives no warranties in respect of any aspect of the Event or any materials related thereto or offered at the Event and, to the fullest extent possible under the laws governing this Agreement, disclaims all implied warranties, including but not limited to warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, timeliness, and merchantability. The Event is provided on an “as-is” basis. Neither RESA® nor its affiliates accept any responsibility or liability for reliance by you or any person on any aspect of the Event or any information provided at the Event.

8.2 Except as required by law, neither RESA® nor its affiliates shall be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential costs, damages or losses arising directly or indirectly from the Event or other aspect related thereto or in connection with this Agreement.

8.3 The maximum aggregate liability of RESA® for any claim in any way connected with, or arising from, the Event or this Agreement, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise (including any negligent act or omission), shall be limited to the amount paid by you to RESA® under this Agreement.

9 Miscellaneous

9.1 RESA®’s failure to exercise any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. RESA® shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where such failure results from any cause beyond RESA®’s reasonable control. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sub-licensable by you except with RESA®’s prior written consent. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California and the parties shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the California courts. A party that substantially prevails in an action brought under this Agreement is entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. Both parties agree that this Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, and that all modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of this Agreement and you acknowledge that you do not have any authority of any kind to bind RESA® in any respect whatsoever.

10 Force Majeure

10.1 If events beyond the reasonable control of the parties, including, but not limited to, acts of God, war in the United States, strikes, terrorist attacks, epidemic, pandemic, disease, in the city where the event is being held or elsewhere, or curtailment of transportation either in the event city or in the countries/states of origin of the attendees, so that it is impracticable, illegal, or impossible to hold the conference, we may cancel the event and offer attendees a credit for a future conference in the amount of the paid registration fee. 

11 COVID-19 Protocols

11.1 RESA®, the convention facility, and all attendees are required to follow the state or any Federal mandates regarding COVID-19.  

11.2 Feel free to bring your own sanitizer or mask. 

11.3 All persons attending certify to the best of their knowledge, information and belief that neither they nor any person with whom they have had contact have been exposed to or tested positive with COVID-19 or await the results of a test for COVID-19. By attending, you hereby release and hold harmless RESA® and their agents, employees, officers, directors, predecessors, successors, subcontractors, and insurers from all claims, actions, damages, and liabilities whatsoever, including those currently known and those which may arise in the future, related in any way to the actual or alleged transmission of COVID-19, regardless of the cause of action or theory of recovery asserted, including, but not limited to claims based on allegations of negligence.