TERMS & CONDITIONS

These are the terms (the "Agreement") that govern your attendance at and/or participation in the National Small Business Government Contractors Association's 2027 National Small Business Conference (the "Event") on February 1–3, 2027.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY AS THEY INCLUDE A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION.

By registering for the Event and in consideration for your ability to attend the Event, you are agreeing to these terms, which form a legal contract between National Small Business Government Contractors Association (the "Association") and the registered attendee and/or participant ("you"). If you are registering on behalf of another, it is your responsibility to ensure that the person attending is aware of these terms and accepts them, and by completing the registration you are warranting that you have made the attendee aware of these terms and that they have accepted these terms.

1. Event Admission

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

1.2 Termination. You acknowledge that the Association reserves the right to remove you from the Event if the Association, in its sole discretion, considers your presence and/or behavior to create a disruption or to hinder the Event and/or the enjoyment of the Event by other attendees or speakers.

1.3 Media. By attending the Event, you acknowledge and agree to grant the Association the right during the Event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media now available and hereafter developed, and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise globally disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from you or any payment to you. This grant to the Association 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 and/or disseminate the media.

1.4 Event Content. You acknowledge and agree that the Association, 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, and time.

2. Fee(s)

2.1 Payment. The payment of the applicable fee(s) for the Event is due upon registration. If such payment is insufficient or declined for any reason, the Association may refuse to admit you to the Event and shall have no liability in that regard.

3. Substitution and Cancellation Policy

3.1 If you cancel before January 15, 2027, you will be eligible for a refund. If you register after January 15, 2027, but before January 29, 2027, you will have a window of 48 hours from the time you register to cancel your registration and be eligible for a refund. If you do not cancel before January 15, 2027, or within 48 hours after registration, you will not be eligible for a refund.

3.2 Force Majeure. In the event that the Event does not take place, in whole or in part, due to the acts of any third parties, including but not limited to any Act of God or force majeure, including, without limitation, war, weather, fire, flood, strike, pandemic, declared emergency, labor dispute, Government action, Government shutdown, or similar cause beyond the control of the parties, then you shall be entitled to a refund of 50% of the Fee paid, or a pro rata portion thereof, to be determined in the Association's sole discretion, if the Event took place only in part.

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 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 the Association and/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 or other trade names appearing at the Event, in any Event content, and/or in any materials distributed at or in connection with the Event for any reason without the prior written permission of the Association.

4.2 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 the Association or any of its affiliates, or grant to you any right or license to any other intellectual property rights of the Association or its affiliates, all of which shall at all times remain the exclusive property of the Association and its affiliates.

5. Warranties and Limitation of Liability

5.1 The Association 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. Neither the Association nor its affiliates can accept any responsibility or liability for reliance by you or any person on any aspect of the Event and/or any information provided at the Event.

5.2 Other than to the extent required as a matter of law, neither the Association 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.

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

6. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

6.1 This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States, and the parties shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States courts.

6.2 The parties agree that any dispute between them arising out of, based on, or relating to this Agreement shall be resolved exclusively by arbitration conducted in accordance with the Commercial Rules then in effect of the United States. Judgment upon the award rendered shall be final and non-appealable and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Each party shall bear its own expenses arising out of any such proceeding, except that the fees and costs of any arbitrator(s) shall be borne equally by the parties. Notwithstanding the obligations set forth in this paragraph, the Association shall be permitted to seek equitable relief from a court having jurisdiction to prevent the unauthorized use or misuse of its Marks and Intellectual Property.