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Terms of Use

Last Revised: (07/04/2021)

General Education of Medicine and Science (GEMS) and its subsidiaries and affiliates (hereinafter, the “Company“, “We“) welcome you to this website, which is owned and/or operated by the Company,  and to all of its related domains and subdomains (collectively, the “Sites“) and/or to use the services offered by the Company (the “Services“).

  1. Acceptance of the Terms

By using the Sites and/or by accessing the Sites (including, without limitation, by linking to the Sites), downloading any Materials (as defined hereafter) from it, or using any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these terms of use including the terms of the Privacy Policy (https://gemseducation.org/privacy-policy/) (collectively, the “Terms“) and you agree to be bound by them and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the use of the Sites. If you do not agree to the Terms, do not enter the Sites nor use the services they provide.

The Terms may be revised and updated from time to time, with or without any notice.

By using, entering and/or viewing the Sites, you acknowledge that these Terms constitute a binding and enforceable legal contract between the Company and any person so using or entering the Sites.

  1. Availability of the Sites

Access to the Sites and/or Services may not be available at all times or in all areas. Company reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Sites, with or without any notice to you. You agree that the Company shall not be liable to you or to any third party for the content or any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of: (a) the Sites, or (b) the materials presented on the Sites (including contact information, links, publications, blogs, travel and conference information, medical, and scientific informational materials presented, other specialized content, documentation, data, related graphics, and other features as applicable) offered herein (collectively, the “Materials“).

  1. Use Restrictions

You may not: (i) copy, modify, adapt, make available (whether publicly or not), translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of the Sites and/or Services or the information which the Sites contain in any way; (ii) create a browser or border environment, or GUI around the Sites (e.g. no “frames” are allowed); (iii) interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Sites and/or Services, or the servers or networks that host the Sites or make the Materials available, or disobey any laws or regulations or requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of such servers or networks; (iv) interfere with or violate users’ right to privacy or other rights, or harvest or collect personally identifiable information about users without their express consent, including using any robot, spider, crawler, site search or retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve index and/or data-mine information; (v) impersonate any person or entity or provide false personal information or business information, for the purpose of receiving the Materials provided in the Sites or gaining unlawful access to it; (vi) falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, including without limitation, with the Company, or express or imply that Company endorses or is in any way affiliated with you, your website, your business or any statement you make, or present false information about the Sites; (vii) transmit or otherwise make available in connection with this Materials any virus, “worm”, “Trojan horse”, “time bomb”, “web bug”, spyware, or any other computer code, file, or program that is malicious by nature or defective, and may, or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of any hardware, software, or telecommunications equipment, or any other actually or potentially harmful, disruptive, or invasive code or component; (viii) create a database by systematically copying and storing all or any of Company’s Intellectual Property (as shall be defined below); (ix) use any of the Sites and/or Services, and/or any information contained therein or relating therefrom, for any commercial purposes; and (x) use the Sites and/or Services, and/or any information contained therein or relating therefrom, for any illegal, immoral or unauthorized purpose.

Your failure to comply with the provisions set forth herein may result in the termination of your access to the Sites, Materials and/or Services and may expose you to civil and/or criminal liability.

  1. Intellectual Property Rights

The Materials, the Services, the Sites and all the content provided through them, including without limitation, the graphics, photos, texts, data, personal data and information, business and technical data and information, medical and scientific information, guides, manuals, specifications, brochures, banners, any proprietary resources, presentations, sounds, music, videos, interactive features, software (whether in source code or object code), scripts, designs, interface functionality trademarks, service marks, and logos (collectively, “Intellectual Property“), whether or not registered and/or protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws, are solely owned by or licensed to the Company and subject to copyright and other applicable intellectual property rights under Israeli laws, foreign laws and international conventions. Except as permitted by applicable laws, you are not granted, expressly or by implication, estoppels or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Intellectual Property without the prior written permission of the Company.

  1. Specific Notice Regarding Links to Third Party Sites

Certain links provided herein may permit you to leave the Sites and enter third party sites. These linked sites are not under Company’s control. Company is not responsible for the contents of any linked site, any changes or updates to such sites or the availability of such external sites or resources. Company is providing these links to you only as a convenience. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Company of any linked site. Company’s publication of information regarding third-party products or services does not constitute an endorsement regarding the suitability of such products or services or a warranty, representation or endorsement of such products or services either alone or in combination with any of company’s Materials. Company reserves the right to terminate any link at any time. You further acknowledge and agree that Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such linked sites or resource.

  1. Commercial Advertisements

Company may integrate commercials and advertisements as part of the Sites and/or Services. All the information contained in such commercials and advertisements belongs solely to the third party advertisers and Company makes no warranties or representations as to such advertisements, whether or not Company had control over such advertisements.  

  1. Disclaimer and Warranties

THE MATERIALS AND THE CONTENTS OF THE SITES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CONTENT, DATA AND INFORMATION RELATED THERETO, IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” OR “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF USE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE INCLUDING FOR SUCCESSFUL OR PROPER INSTALLATION. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE MATERIALS, SERVICES AND INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THE SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. COMPANY MAY CORRECT, MODIFY, ENHANCE, IMPROVE AND MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO ANY DATA, INFORMATION AND CONTENT AVAILABLE VIA THE SITES, AT ANY TIME OR TO DISCONTINUE DISPLAYING SUCH MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND CONTENT WITHOUT NOTICE.

COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT NOR GUARANTEE ANY ADVICE OR INFORMATION OTHERWISE GRANTED THROUGH THE SITES AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE OR ITS ACCURACY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS PRESENTED ON THE SITES SHOULD BE USED FOR GENERAL INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ALSO, COMPANY CANNOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR UPDATING OR CORRECTING ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE ONCE IT HAS BEEN GIVEN.

  1. Limitation of Liability

THE USE OF THE SITES IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPNAY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DEATH OR INJURY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUSACTION RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER COMPANY OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, EXCEPT WHERE LIABILITY IS MANDATORY IN WHICH EVENT LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE SUMS ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY COMPANY FROM YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE.

  1. User’s Representations and Warranties

As a condition for your use of the Sites, you hereby represent and warrant that (i) you possess the legal authority to enter into these Terms and to form a binding agreement under any applicable law, to use the Sites in accordance with these Terms, and to fully perform your obligations hereunder; (ii) the execution of these Terms does not and will not violate any other agreement to which you are bound or any law, rule, regulation, order or judgment to which you are subject; (iii) you will safeguard your account information and will supervise and be completely responsible for any use of your account by anyone other than you; (iv) you will provide true and accurate information and will not impersonate or provide a false identity; (v) you will not infringe any right of any third party, including intellectual property rights, privacy rights and publicity rights; and (vii) you will not harm any user and will not use the Sites and Materials presented therein for any illegal, Immoral or unauthorized purposes.

  1. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, debts, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) your use of  the Sites including for successful or proper installation; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any intellectual property right, property right, privacy right or publicity right; and (iv) any damage of any sort, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, you may cause to any third party with relation to the Sites or the Material. This defence and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms.

  1. Special provisions relating to Third Party Components

The Sites and/or Service may use or include third party software, files and components that are subject to open source and third party license terms (“Third Party Components“). Your right to use such Third Party Components as part of, or in connection with the Sites and/or Service is subject to any applicable acknowledgements and license terms accompanying such Third Party Components, contained therein or related thereto. If there is a conflict between the licensing terms of such Third Party Components and these Terms, the licensing terms of the Third Party Components shall prevail in connection with the related Third Party Components. These Terms do not apply to any Third Party Components accompanying or contained in the Sites and/or Service and We disclaim all liability related thereto. You acknowledge that We are not the author, owner or licensor of any Third Party Components and that We make no warranties or representations, express or implied, as to the quality, capabilities, operations, performance or suitability of Third Party Components. Under no circumstances shall the Sites and/or Service or any portion thereof (except for the Third Party Components contained therein) be deemed to be “open source“ or “publicly available“ software.

  1. Termination

You agree that Company, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of the Sites or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason, including, without limitation, if Company believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these terms and conditions. You agree that any termination of your access to the Sites under any provision of these terms and conditions may be effected without prior notice. Upon termination of these Terms, your right to use the Sites will immediately cease. Company shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Sites or any part thereof.

  1. General

These Terms do not, and shall not be construed to create any relationship, partnership, joint venture, employer-employee, agency, or franchisor-franchisee relationship between the parties hereto.

Any claim relating to the Sites and/or Services or its use thereof will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Israel without reference to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising out of or related to your use of the Service will be brought in, and you hereby consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in, the competent courts of the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa District, Israel. Except that you agree that the Company shall have the right to bring suit against you, in any venue and/or jurisdiction outside of the State of Israel, in which you have assets, domicile or a place of business.

You agree to waive all defences of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non-convenience and agree that process may be served in a manner authorized by applicable law or court rule.

If any provision of this Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from this Terms and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder will be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading, caption or section title contained herein is inserted only as a matter of convenience, and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof.

For information or questions contact:

Kenes Group
Rue François-Versonnex 7
1207 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 9080488
Email: info@kenes.com

 

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Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

 

Last updated on May 01, 2018.

 

We, at G.E.M.S (together with our affiliates, “G.E.M.S“, or “we“) respect the privacy of the users of our website (the “User” or “you“) and are committed to protecting the personal information that Users may share with us. This Privacy Statement describes our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information which we may obtain when you visit our website from which you are accessing this Privacy Statement (the “Site“) or when you participate in any of the online forums, platforms, newsletters or other digital activities carried out by us on the Site (“Activities“). This Privacy Statement also describes your choices regarding the use, access and correction of your personal information.

BY ENTERING THE SITE AND USING OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY ACTIVITIES, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, INCLUDING TO THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR INFORMATION. IF YOU DISAGREE TO ANY TERM PROVIDED HEREIN, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY ACTIVITIES.

BEFORE SUBMITTING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US, PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT CAREFULLY TO LEARN ABOUT OUR PRIVACY PRACTICES.

  1. WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
  • Personal Information: We receive and store information you may provide us when using the Site or participating in any Activities. This information includes information that personally identifies you, or that may, directly or indirectly, personally identify you, including your name, telephone number, postal address and email address. Such information is referred to in this Privacy Policy as “personal information”, and comprises solely of information that is voluntarily provided by you (for example, when you contact us through the “contact us” form appearing on the Site, sign up for our newsletters or otherwise voluntarily participate in any Activities). You can choose not to provide us with any personal information, but failure to do so may preclude us from responding to any questions and comments you may refer to us on the Site or may otherwise preclude you from participating in certain Activities.
  • Log Data: As is true of most websites, our servers automatically collect and record information that the browser on your computer or mobile phone, tablet or similar device you use to access our Site (a “Device“) sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). Log Data may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type and language, referral and exit pages and URL’s, language information, the domain from which you are visiting and additional information in respect to your usage and browsing of the Site. We do not link this automatically-collected data to other information we collect about you. We also may collect information about various aspects of your use of our Site or your participation in any Activity, such as the dates and time of your login, the content you have viewed, the pages you have visited, the searches and/or registrations you may have made and any clickstream data.
  • Location Data: When you access our Site on a mobile Device (such as a tablet or a mobile phone), we may collect information about your location through location information accessible through your Device. You can change the privacy settings of your Device at any time, in order to turn off the functionality of sharing location information. If you have any queries about the privacy settings of your Device, we suggest you contact the manufacturer of your Device or your mobile service provider for help.
  • Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies. We collect certain information by automated means, using technologies such as cookies, pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs and web beacons “cookie” technology. For example, when you visit our website, we place certain cookies on your computer. Please see below our detailed policy on how we use cookies and other tracking technology and your options relating to such use.
  • Social Media Widgets: Our Site also includes some social media features, such as a Facebook “like” button, and widgets, such as a “share” button. These features may collect your Internet Protocol address, which page you are visiting on the Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on the Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy statement of the companies that provide them.
  1. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Personal Information:

We may use your personal information for the following general purposes:

  • to communicate with you in general, including for the purpose of providing you information about our products and services or responding to your questions and comments;
  • to measure interest in and improve our Site and/or Activities;
  • to enable some of our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, researching and developing or improving new Activities, enhancing our Site, and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns relating to our products and services;
  • subject to applicable law, to send you marketing information that we believe may be of interest to you, regarding our products and services. You may choose not to receive such information and opt-out of such future communications. All such communications sent to you will contain the instructions for opting-out;
  • to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities or handle and resolve legal disputes, for regulatory purposes, to enforce this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use, or as we may otherwise believe to be necessary or appropriate: (i) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; and (ii) to protect our rights, properties or interests; and
  • as otherwise described to you at the point of collection.

Non-Personal Information:

Log Data and other non-personal information that we gather and collect is used mainly for the purpose of administering the Site; analysing trends in the aggregate in the use of our Site (for instance, we may use such information to create user predicted preferences and social characteristics); enhancing user experience on our Site (for instance, we may use such information to determine which areas of our Site are more popular than others), estimating and reporting total audience size and traffic; for purposes of ad optimisation (i.e., tailoring, targeting, analysing, managing and optimising of our ads), investigating, detecting, preventing or otherwise taking action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud or abuse; and providing analytics and reporting with respect to the use of the Site.

Data Retention:

Your personal information is held in our systems for the duration of your interaction with our events, websites and webmail communications up to one year after your last interaction with us. You may request to be removed from our systems at any time, however, please note that if you have registered as an attendee to one of our events, your data must be retained for as long as local accounting regulations require us to keep it, and generally for 7 years.

  1. WITH WHOM WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

Personal Information

We will not share your personal information collected from your use of the Site with others, except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may share your personal information under the following circumstances:

  • In the course of operating our business, it may be necessary or appropriate for us to provide access to your personal information to others such as our affiliates (i.e., any company controlled by us, controlling or under common control with us), service providers, contractors and select vendors so that we can operate our business. Where practical, we seek to obtain confidentiality agreements that are consistent with this Privacy Policy and that limit others’ use or disclosure of such personal information.
  • We may share your personal information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, to enforce our legal rights, to defend against legal claims or in such circumstances where, in our judgment, a disclosure is necessary or appropriate in accordance with applicable law.
  • We may share your personal information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, detect, prevent or otherwise take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud or abuse, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our various terms of service or as otherwise required by applicable law.
  • As we continue to develop our business, we may sell all or part of our business. In such transactions, personal information collected from users is generally one of the business assets that will be transferred. The transferred personal information will remain subject to this Privacy Policy or subsequent policies which may be adopted in its stead.

Public Information:

  • We may share information that you voluntarily make public, including information that you post on any blogs, message boards, chat rooms or other similar forums, whether or not such forums are owned by G.E.M.S. Since such public information can be accessed by others and used by any member of the public, such use by third parties is beyond our control. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, please contact us at info@gemseducations.org. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
  • We may also display personal testimonials of satisfied customers on our Site in addition to other endorsements. With your consent, we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at info@gemseducaton.org.

Non-Personal Information:

We may share aggregated or anonymous information or statistics (which in any event does not contain any of your personal information) with third parties, such as our existing or potential agents, investors, affiliates, vendors, service providers and other business partners.

  1. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
  • Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies:

We collect certain information by automated means, using technologies such as cookies, pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs and web beacons “cookie” technology. For example, when you visit our website, we place cookies on your computer.

Cookies (sometimes referred to as browser cookies) are small packets of data that a website stores on your Device’s hard drive allowing your Internet browser to save and retrieve information about your visit to the website. You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your Internet browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your Device until you delete them) to help us collect non-personal information about various aspects of your use of our Site or your participation in any of the Activities, and to enhance your experience using the Site. Cookies can also help enable the detection of certain kinds of fraud. If you do not want us to place a cookie on your Device’s hard drive, you may be able to turn that feature off on your Device. Please consult your Internet browser’s documentation for information on how to do this and how to delete persistent cookies. However, if you decide not to accept cookies from us, the Site may not function properly.

Pixel tags and web beacons are tiny graphic images placed on website pages, emails and social posts that allow us to determine whether you have performed a specific action. When you access these pages, open or click an email, or share a post on social media, the pixel tags and web beacons generate a notice of that action. These tools allow us to measure responses to our communications and improve our web pages and promotions.

Some web browsers may transmit Do Not Track signals to websites with which the browser communicates, telling the websites not to follow its online movements. Because of differences in how browsers interpret this feature, it is not always clear whether Users intend for these signals to be transmitted, or whether they are even aware of them. Therefore, our Site currently does respond to such Do Not Track signals.

  • Analytics and Remarketing Tools:
    • We may use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics, Marketo and CrazyEgg) to analyse your use of the Site, compile reports on activity, collect demographic data, analyse performance metrics, and collect and evaluate other information relating to the Site and mobile and Internet usage. These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help analyse and provide us this data. We do not have access or control over the cookies placed by these analytics providers. When you access and use the Site, your Log Data and other non-personal information may be processed by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. More information about the analytics tools we use can be found in these links:
  • We may also use third-party remarketing services (including Google Remarketing and Marketo) to advertise on third party websites to previous visitors to our Site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who have visited our Site or participating in any Activity (for example sign-up to receive our newsletters). These third-party remarketing service providers use cookies to serve ads based on a past visit to the Site. Any data collected by such third-party remarketing service providers will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the privacy policy of such third party remarketing services provider. More information about the remarketing tools we use can be found in these links:
  • General Opt Out Option. In addition to the opt out options mentioned above, you may also opt out of any of our third-party’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page, located at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/.
  1. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We take commercially reasonable steps to protect your information from loss, misuse, and unauthorised access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. When personal information is transferred over the Internet, we encrypt it using Transfer Layer Security (TLS) encryption technology or similar technology. You should note, however, that no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our databases or the databases of the third parties with which we may share such information, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet. In particular, e-mails sent to us may not be secure, and you should, therefore, take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.

We use third-party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run our Activities. Where practical, we seek to obtain confidentiality agreements that are consistent with this Privacy Policy and that limit others’ use or disclosure of your personal information.

  1. ACCESSING AND MODIFYING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES

If you have provided us with any personal information, you have the right to access & review, and/or make changes, and under certain circumstances – remove your data, by contacting us at info@gemseducation.org. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

In addition, you may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of any of our marketing e-mails.  Subject to applicable law, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to process such requests in a timely manner. You should be aware, however, that it is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our subscription databases.

If you reside in the EU, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of infringement, if you feel that the processing of your personal data infringes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

  1. EXTERNAL SITES

The Site may contain links to websites operated by third parties (“External Sites”). Be sure to read the privacy policies, supplemental notices, and settings of all websites or platforms that you visit so you can understand their privacy practices and your options. These External Sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these External Sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Site and welcome and feedback about these sites.

  1. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY PROTECTION

We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy in the interactive online world. The Site is not designed for or intentionally targeted at children 18 years of age or younger.  We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from children under the age of 18 through the Site. If you are under 18, please do not give us any personal information. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide personal information through the Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 18 has provided personal information to us, please contact us, and we will endeavour to delete that information from our databases.

  1. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time with or without notice to you. Any such changes will be posted on the Site. By accessing the Site after we make any such changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. Please be aware that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, our use of your information is governed by the Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collect the relevant information. Please refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.

  1. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF INFORMATION

Please be aware that information you provide to us or we obtain as a result of your use of the Site may be processed and transferred all countries in which G.E.M.S has offices and operations and be subject to applicable law. This information may also be processed by staff working for us or for one of our suppliers. The privacy and data protection laws in such countries may not be equivalent to such laws in your country of residence. By using our Site, or by providing us with your information, you consent to this collection, transfer, storage, and processing of information to and in countries. 

Any data transfers from within the EU will be carried out only to locations with similar & adequate levels of data protection.

  1. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, California residents who have an established business relationship with G.E.M.S may choose to opt out of our sharing their personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and (1) you wish to opt out; or (2) you wish to request certain information regarding our disclosure of your personal information to third parties for the direct marketing purposes, please send an e-mail to info@gemseducation.org with “Privacy Policy” in the subject line or write to us at:

Office of Data Protection

G.E.M.S

Rue François-Versonnex 7

1207 Geneva, Switzerland

  1. GOVERNING LAW

This Privacy Policy is construed in accordance with and shall be governed by the substantive laws of Switzerland, without regards to principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

  1. QUESTIONS

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or do not feel that your concerns have been addressed, please direct your questions at:

info@gemseducation.org

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Making an Impact: ECCMID 2014

Kenes facilitates the sharing of this vital information among health professionals by organising some of the world’s leading medical and scientific congresses in a variety of disciplines.

Call to Action

ESCMID has a long standing tradition of innovative science and research in the field of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. Its annual congress, ECCMID, the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, gathers together researchers and clinical physicians from all over Europe and is extremely well attended.

Over the last few years, the overall numbers of the congress, including participants, abstract submissions, exhibitors, and sponsors, plateaued. In 2012, Kenes was appointed as the Professional Congress Organiser (PCO) for ECCMID, an established congress with 9,000 participants. We immediately began work on reinvigorating the energy and participation at ECCMID 2014, the first congress facilitated by Kenes since being appointed PCO.

Kenes Takes Charge

A 25-year-old, leading medical congress like ECCMID, looking to enliven and increase its impact on the world of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases, requires a company that is willing to think outside of the box. Kenes, an international congress organiser for almost 50 years, has the ability to harness data, technology, networks and outstanding service to bring to fruition increases of over 100% in all of the key areas that matter.

Increased Impact

28% growth in abstract submissions
45% growth in sponsorship
42% growth in exhibitors
17% growth in registration

Enhanced Visibility

After managing a very successful campaign on social media throughout the year, we reached a peak with ECCMID 2014 Live. Harnessing the power of social media, specifically Twitter and Facebook, we successfully reached the microbiology and clinical infectious diseases community whether or not they were in attendance at ECCMID 2014.

During the event, we reached record highs:

• Over 3,800 tweets were sent during the congress, resulting in over 2 million impressions
• Visits to the ECCMID Facebook page and engagement increased dramatically over the week
• Average mentions of ECCMID/ESCMID on the web reached 740 mentions a day compared to a pre-congress average of 10

Agritech Asia: Acres of Growth and Exhibition

With this need in mind, Kenes established the first Agritech Asia Exhibition and Conference in Mumbai, India in September 2011.

Kenes’ proven track record of close to fifty years of working in numerous congress destinations and venues across the globe,  gives us an added value that is difficult to match. We are familiar with different cultures, diverse populations and varied congress needs which allow us to realise conferences that impact not only the participants and organisers but the general local population as well.

Sustained Success

Only Kenes can harness its years of experience in organising large global conferences and exhibitions with a wide network in complementary industries and experienced team of professionals that combined, leads to sustained success. As shown in the numbers below, Kenes developed and produced an exhibition entirely from the ground up, that through hard work, diligence and networking, has grown into a quality brand in the Asia Pacific agricultural technology industry. 

Kenes facilitates the sharing of information among relevant professionals by producing world-class congresses in a range of disciplines. From beginning to end, Kenes provides superior service and excels at meeting client needs, planning and logistics, top-tier exhibitions and industry liaising and overall satisfaction.

CME/CPD Accreditation & Industry Compliance

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CME/CPD Accreditation & Industry Compliance

Continuing education is an important component of healthcare professionals’ practice, crucial for their development. Kenes Education focus is on significantly improving the ways of delivering medical education.

Commitment to Quality and High Standards in CME/CPD

Kenes Education is committed to being a valuable and knowledgeable partner in the design and delivery of educationally strong, independent, transparent, and effective CME/CPD programmes. Kenes is a proud member of the Good CME Practice Group (gCMEp), a member organisation contributing to improving health outcomes by:

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  • Championing best practice in CME/CPD
  • Maintaining and improving standards
  • Mentoring and educating
  • Working in collaboration with critical stakeholders

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Membership in the Good CME Practice Group illustrates the Kenes commitment to high standards and knowledgeable partnership with its clients in the design and delivery of educationally strong, independent, transparent, effective and financially viable medical events.

Industry Compliance

Industry (pharmaceutical and medical device companies) can make a vital contribution to support and enable educational and professional development needs.

Kenes Education offers services to help ensuring all support is managed in compliance with relevant accreditation criteria and industry compliance codes.

 

Online Education

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Engaging and effective education: anytime, anywhere.

eLearning Consultancy – working closely with you to define your society or medical professional goals and needs, to determine necessary strategies and measures using the most effective and engaging technologies.

Online Medical Learning Portal – Through our teams’ combined expertise and resources, we can create educationally strong, and well-attended learning portals that will contribute toward improved physician competencies and ultimately improved patient care.

Content Development – Your learning experience must have the right content in place if the tools in which you use to share it are to be effective. Based on our findings during the needs analysis, our team will develop a high-level outline to ensure all topics are being covered and are organized in the best manner to benefit the learner and move the needle for the organisation. From here we develop storyboards or drafts of documents in order to see how this outline will come to life in the future and identify what technologies are needed. Collaborating with Key Opinion Leaders, our team will select resources that integrate with your existing or new learning platforms.

Blended Learning Strategies – each client presents a different educational or professional development need and depending on the nature of the educational objectives and learner preferences, a blend of traditional, face to face learning and remote, anytime-anywhere learning may be most powerful, accessible and cost-effective. As experts in PCO and elearning, as well as a blended learning strategy, we can help you to make the right decisions for your needs.

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For more information, please contact education@kenes.com and/or +31 2 076 301 10.