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Program Changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond Prosper Foundation (Vancouver)'s control to change the content and timing of the programme, the speakers, the date or the venue at any time prior to the event date.

Copyright and Content Usage

All content on this site including but not limited to text, data, graphics, and sound (collectively “Content”) is the intellectual property of Prosper Foundation (Vancouver) (“Prosper”). The Content is protected by Canadian copyright laws and other intellectual property laws and is used under licence of Prosper. Prosper's logo and icons may not be used in any way without prior written permission from Prosper Foundation (Vancouver). All other logos, service marks, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

You may download and use a reasonable amount of the conference materials provided on the website for your own personal non-commercial use so long as you keep all copyright notices visible and unaltered, agree to not alter any part of the Content, do not use the Content to suggest any affiliation with Prosper, agree to cease all use of any and all Content immediately upon the request of Prosper, and agree to remove any and all Content from any mediums, including but not limited to social media, blogs, websites, printed materials, upon the request of Prosper.

External Speakers

External speakers are responsible for the content of their respective sessions, including keynote, workshop, or Prosper Connect. It is the policy of Prosper to give the fullest freedom to the speakers to express their opinions. The opinions expressed by the speakers do not necessarily represent the views of Prosper Foundation (Vancouver) and Prosper affiliated personnel. Prosper Foundation (Vancouver) will make every effort to ensure the validity and accuracy of the information provided by external speakers.

Case and Academic Integrity

Prosper highly values academic integrity. Attendees are subject to disqualification from the competition if they are caught sharing the case before their designated times or committing any act of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to: receiving help from external individuals or sources, providing help to other teams, editing presentation after the designated cutoff time, and copying existing solutions from external sources. Teams who violate this rule will be disqualified and prohibited from attending any future Prosper Foundation events for three (3) years.

However, due to the research and hypothesis driven nature of Prosper 2024’s case study, all attendees will be expected to conduct their comprehensive research using credible external sources. Attendees will also be required to provide a list of sources used in the Appendix section of their presentation.

Conference Premise Access

To protect the safety of all attendees and integrity of the conference, only authorized participants are allowed on conference premises at any given time. Authorized participants include student attendees, volunteers (general and media team), judges, speakers, sponsor teachers with students who registered under “School Registration”, Prosper Expo representatives, sponsor representatives, and other authorized guests who have been pre-approved by the Board of Directors and/or Executive Team.

All unauthorized individuals will be asked to leave conference premises immediately. Prosper reserves the right to escalate the situation should the unauthorized party refuse to comply.

Conference Attendance Policy

Prosper's fundamental mission is to provide attendees with an opportunity to experience the multidisciplinary nature of the business world. Therefore, Prosper expects all attendees to attend all the events highlighted on the conference schedule.

Beginning at Prosper 2025, attendees will have to receive special endorsements from executive team members to validate their attendance at several segments of the conference including but not limited to: the opening ceremony, workshops, case release, and other activities at the discretion of Prosper.

For attendees who registered as an "Entire Team" or "Individuals Already Part of a Team," Prosper expects all team members to be present at every event throughout the conference. If your team has an extenuating circumstance, you must email administration@prospervancouver.org and receive a valid attendance exemption before the event. Teams will only qualify for finalists if all members have received the necessary attendance endorsements.

For attendees who registered independently and are placed onto random teams, the policy will not affect their chances to compete and qualify for finalists should their team members fail to receive endorsements for attending all segments of the conference.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Registration Terms and Conditons

Registration and Confirmation

If you have any problems with your registration, please contact administration@prospervancouver.org. Only the primary contact can make amendments to an "Entire Team" registration. Registrations are subject to availability and therefore we cannot guarantee you a place on any event.

Registration confirmation will be sent to your email immediately for all online bookings. If you have not received an email confirmation within 24 hours of making the online booking, please contact the Director of Administration.

Payments and Discounts

Payment must be made at the time of booking unless specifically stated. Discounts cannot be used in conjunction with other offers or discounted rates.

Transfers

If you cannot attend the event, you may transfer your registration to another individual up until 2 weeks before the conference. Only the primary contact of an "Entire Team" registration can make amendments to the team composition.

Price Changes

Prosper reserves the right to implement discounts and other promotions at any time prior to the conference and will not provide any refunds of registration fee differences to participants who registered prior to the implementation of such promotions.

The registration types and prices listed on the Registration page will be valid until 11:59 PM PT on the last day of the applicable registration date range unless stated otherwise.

Refunds

Prosper will only issue a full refund, minus any applicable administrative fees, under the following circumstances:

any systematic errors during registration submission
any medical circumstances with valid supporting documentations

Please note that starting on June 5th, 2023, the applicable administrative fees will increase from 0%~2% to 3.4% due to our payment provider's new terms and conditions.

Cancellations

If Prosper has to cancel the event, our liability in the event of cancellation is limited to a full refund of the event fee only. We will not refund the following:

any travel or external hotel costs associated with the cancellation of an event
any fees relating to the joining of a faculty or community with respect to the event booking

All cancellations and subsequent transfers must be made in writing and sent to administration@prospervancouver.org. Prosper does not issue any refunds for cancellation on attendee's part.

Prosper Foundation (Vancouver) and our venue provider accept no liability if an event is canceled or postponed for reasons beyond our reasonable control resulting from an act of God, government regulation, fire, war, natural disaster, global health crisis, terrorist activity, or civil commotion.

REGISTRATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Information

All attendees are required to sign the general release of liability document (hereby known as "Waiver") prior to attending the event. Attendees will not be allowed to participate in the event without signing the general release of liability. All registered attendees will receive an email 1 week before the event about signing the Waiver. The form must be completed online.

Sample Waiver

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