Privacy, Refund & Cancellation Policies

Exhibitor & Conference Attendee Privacy

We are committed to keeping your e-mail address and other non-public information confidential. We do not sell, rent, lease or give away our attendee contact information to any third parties, and we will not provide your personal information to any third party individual, government agency, or company at any time unless compelled to do so by law.

Enoforum USA exhibiting companies will be utilizing a Lead Retrieval service on the day of the show. This gives our attendees the ability to opt-in to a company's mailing list by allowing an exhibiting company to scan a Enoforum USA name badge to retrieve the following information from the registration platform: first name, last name, email address, phone number, job title, company name, and company mailing address.

Enoforum USA will use your e-mail address solely to provide timely information about Enoforum USA and updates pertinent to your participation as an exhibiting company or as a conference attendee.

Enoforum USA will maintain any contact information you send to us in accordance with applicable federal law.

Trade Show Floor Pass or Conference Pass Cancellations

  • All refund requests must be received no later than 2 weeks before the show date. Refunds are not available for registrant "no shows" or for those who depart before the completion of the event.
  • Conference Pass Cancellations received before April 26, 2022, will be given a full refund minus a $50.00 administration fee. Any cancellations received after April 26, 2022 will be given the equivalent dollar value as credit, applicable to the following year's Event.
  • Please note that speakers and topics were confirmed at the time of publishing, however, circumstances beyond the control of the organizers may necessitate substitutions, alterations or cancellations of the speakers and/or topics. As such, Enoforum USA reserves the right to alter or modify the advertised speakers and/or topics if necessary, or to cancel sessions and buildings if enrollment criteria are not met, or when conditions beyond its control prevail. Any substitutions or alterations will be updated on our web page as soon as possible.

All cancellations must be submitted in writing to: [email protected] or Enoforum USA, C/O Stephanie Lozinto, 155 Foss Creek Circle, Healdsburg, CA 95448. Enoforum USA is not responsible for notices that are not received.

Exhibitor Booth Cancellations & Refund Schedule

Exhibitor cancellations must be submitted in writing via email or via USPS postmarked to the attention of Nick Young, no later than the following dates to be eligible to receive a refund.

All final payments for Exhibitor Booth Space are due by February 11, 2022. Any assigned booth space(s) not paid in full will be in Breach of the Exhibitor Agreement and considered 'forfeited' and will be re-assigned at  Enoforum USA's sole discretion. Your eligibility for a refund will remain as dictated by the following schedule:

  • December 11, 2021 — Within 150 days of the event, up to 75% of your payments will be refunded
  • January 11, 2022 — Within 120 days of the event, up to 50% of your payments will be refunded
  • February 11, 2022 — Within 90 days of the event, up to 25% of your payments will be refunded
  • March 11, 2022 — Within 60 days of the event - No Refunds Available

Early Breakdown / Vacant Booths

Any exhibiting company that dismantles or vacates their booth space prior to 4:00pm, or any booth space that is not occupied before 8:29am on the day of the show, will forfeit their priority status, and will not be allowed to participate in the early registration process the following year. Enoforum USA can opt to reassign the booth space at their sole discretion.

Intellectual Property Rights

Enoforum USA retains exclusive intellectual property rights including to all printed material, art, content or other images, the sponsorship program, program presentations, and the trade show. Any editorial use or commerce conducted other than as agreed to with Enoforum USA representatives in writing is a direct abuse and violation of intellectual property rights held by Enoforum USA. These restrictions also pertain to any sales or promotional use of any audio, visual, or other technological reproduction or capturing of any aspect of Enoforum USA unless written authorization from Enoforum USA is obtained in advance.

No Liability for Acts of God, Natural Disasters & Other Causes

Wine Industry Network, Vinidea & Enoforum USA shall not be liable for loss or damage that results from "acts of god", natural disasters, weather conditions, strikes, lockouts, labor disputes, embargoes, disruption of utility services, public authority, governmental restrictions, governmental regulations, governmental controls, judicial orders, public enemy, acts of terrorism or war, hostile governmental action, civil commotion, fire, casualty, unforeseen occurrence, national / state / county / city-wide emergencies or any other event that renders the performance of Enoforum USA impracticable or impossible. If any of these events occur, Enoforum USA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, reschedule, or cancel Enoforum USA trade show and/or any associated events. If any of these events occur, performance by Enoforum USA shall be excused without liability or obligation to anyone.

Alcohol Consumption

No one under 21 years of age will be permitted in the exhibit areas or sessions where alcohol is being provided unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Identification by a photo i.d. may be required at any time during Enoforum USA as deemed necessary.

Copyrights & Trademarks

Reproduction of any part of Enoforum USA in any form, including Enoforum USA logo and other graphics, electronic publication or presentation, without advance written consent from Enoforum USA or presenting speaker (when applicable), is strictly prohibited. All presentations of any form are exclusive and released only to Enoforum USA and its audio recording contractor. Any participant presenting any material for which copyright and/or trademark laws apply is solely responsible for adhering to such laws.

Endorsements

Enoforum USA provides a forum for the presentation, discussion and publication of research and technological developments for the promotion of education in winemaking, grapegrowing, marketing and finance. Enoforum USA does not endorse the products, services, views or opinions of either its members, exhibitors, speakers or other delegates. No endorsement by Enoforum USA of any kind should be inferred.

Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://enoforumusa.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.