All speakers will be required to provide an electronic signature for the release agreement when submitting proposals. Below is a copy of the agreement:
By signing the release agreement you are confirming that:
I am authorized by my employer to contribute to the 2021 Getting to Zero Forum and have the authority to grant the rights granted herein. If I have included in my contribution any materials in which another person or entity has rights, I have obtained written permission from that person or entity to use, copy, distribute, perform, record, publicly display, and create derivative works from such materials, as well as the further right to grant such rights to the Forum.
As a contributor to the Getting to Zero Forum, I grant the non-exclusive, royalty free, and irrevocable right and license:
- To use, copy, distribute, perform, record, publicly display, and create derivative works from my presentation proposal submission, presentation, presentation materials, and other documents related to my presentation, in all forms, including written, audio, video, and electronic media, whether now or known or hereafter created. I further grant the Forum the right to edit such materials to the extent that the Forum deems such editing to be necessary.
- To use my name, likeness, voice, and biographical and other information concerning me solely in connection with the distribution, performance, or public display of my presentation.
- I further understand that all right, title, and interest in and to the presentation materials will be and shall remain my exclusive property, subject only to the license granted herein.