Terms and Conditions

By registering for 5th IWCB 2026: International Workshop on Carnot Batteries from 21-23 September 2026 you agree to the participation terms and conditions.

If you are registering on behalf of another individual, it is your responsibility to ensure the person participating is aware of these terms and accepts them. By completing the registration on behalf of other individuals you are warranting that you have made the participants aware of these terms and that they have accepted these terms.

These conditions of participation determine the contractual relationship between the participant and the organiser, regardless of the website on which the user registers.

The sole contractual partner of the 5th IWCB 2026 participants is the organiser Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR).

• Registration for the 5th IWCB 2026 workshop is only possible online via this website.
• The organiser reserves the right to change the event format (to a hybrid or purely virtual event) or to cancel the event altogether for reasons of force majeure (including COVID19). If the event format is changed, all participants will be informed immediately.
• In the case of workshop cancellation, the organiser shall have no further obligations towards the participants. In particular, DLR e.V. will not be reimbursing any travel or accommodation costs.
• Submitted abstract will be distributed and handout to all registered participants.
• However, registrations remain valid, if the workshop has to be postponed.
• All hygiene and safety measures will be communicated via the 5th IWCB 2026 website and onsite hygiene measures will also be pointed out. Each participant agrees to comply with the hygiene and safety measures that will apply.
• The organiser reserves the right to make changes to the program.
• Photographing and recording of content / presentations onsite for professional use is not permitted without the prior consent of the DLR organiser.
• Participants are reminded that the material presented at 5th IWCB 2026 is the intellectual property of the respective presenter or his institution. Therefore, participants are prohibited from recording presentations with the intention of sharing them with third parties.
• Each participant is also obliged to observe the applicable laws and all rights of third parties when using the content onsite. In particular, the user/participant is prohibited from use legally protected content (e.g. by copyright, trademark, patent, design or utility model law) without being entitled to do so.
• In accordance with Art. 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR), the organiser informs you here about the processing of your personal data.
• The participant warrants that all data provided by him/her during registration is true and complete. The participant is obliged to notify the organiser immediately of any changes to his/her user data for as long as he/she participates in the workshop. Each participant may only register once.
• Your registration entitles you to access 5th IWCB 2026: International Workshop on Carnot Batteries from 21-23 September 2026, for which you have registered. All other costs associated with your participation are your sole responsibility and the organiser accepts no liability for these costs.
• The participant is obliged to provide only true and non-misleading information in his/her profile and communication with other users and not to use pseudonyms or stage names.
• The participant is also obliged to observe the applicable laws and all rights of third parties during the workshop. In particular, the participant is prohibited from
  • use offensive or defamatory content, whether this content concerns other users or other persons or companies,
  • use pornographic content or content that violates youth protection laws; advertise, offer or distribute pornographic content or content that violates youth protection laws;
  • engage in or promote anti-competitive activities, including progressive recruitment (such as chain, snowball or pyramid schemes)
  • use legally protected content (e.g. by copyright, trademark, patent, design or utility model law) without being entitled to do so, or advertise, offer or sell legally protected goods or services,
  • unreasonably harass other participants (in particular through spam) (see §7 UWG),
  • refrain from the following harassing acts, even if they do not explicitly violate any laws: lewd or sexual communication (explicit or implicit);
  • Participants are reminded that the material presented is the intellectual property of the respective presenter or is. Therefore, participants are prohibited from recording presentations with the intention of sharing them with third parties.
  • The use of personal smartphones, cameras or video devices should be limited to taking snapshots or clippings for personal use.
  • Any further photographing and recording of contents/presentations for professional use is not permitted without the prior consent of the organiser.
• The type and scope of the respective sanction measures against participants are at the discretion of the organiser and are based in particular on the type, severity, duration and number of violations. For example, the organiser may take the following measures, if there are concrete indications that participants are violating legal regulations, the rights of third parties or the conditions stated in this document, or if the organiser has another justified interest:
• Removal of content presented by the specific participant.
• Denying access to the workshop.
• The organiser assumes no responsibility for the content, data and/or information provided by participants, or for content on linked external websites. In particular, the organiser does not guarantee that this content is true, fulfils a specific purpose or can serve such a purpose. The participant is solely responsible for the content he/she presents.
• Each presenter must also independently ensure that he/she does not infringe any third-party rights in the course of his/her presentation and that he/she complies with all contractual and legal obligations (including these conditions of participation). In particular, he/she is obliged to check the information provided by him/her (logos, text and image material, videos, etc.) for their legality, as well as for any existing third-party rights. Special reference is made here to the provisions of the Copyright Act, the Trademark Act and the Unfair Competition Act.
• The organiser will expressly not check the data provided in abstracts and presentations for their legality. Participants shall indemnify the organiser against all claims by third parties that may be asserted against the organiser on the basis of their conduct in violation of the law or the contract. This shall also include the reasonable costs of legal defence, in particular court costs and lawyers' fees in the statutory amount. Sentence two shall not apply, if the participant is not responsible for the infringement. In any case, however, the participant shall be obliged to inform the organiser immediately, completely and truthfully in the workshop of a possible claim by third parties and to provide all information necessary for verification and defence.
• Hosting takes place on servers of a third-party provider (artfiles). The BESL event agency is contracted by the organiser as a technical partner. DLR and BESL Eventagentur are not be liable for failures and damage occurring in connection with problems with the third-party provider. Likewise, DLR and BESL Eventagentur are not liable for failures caused by force majeure.
• DLR accepts no liability for the content of third-party websites, except in cases of intent or gross negligence for the content of third-party offers. The same applies to damage or other disruptions caused by the defectiveness or incompatibility of the user's software or hardware.
• Participants of the international conference come from different countries, also countries that are subject to very extensive United Nations´ embargo regulations which concern even dual use goods. Therefore, we urgently suggest that participants who present new and unpublished scientific results assure that these results are not subject to any applicable embargo regulation. In case they are, all necessary export licenses have to be obtained before presentation. DLR cannot assume any responsibility or liability for compliance with export control laws and regulations by conference participants from other institutions and organizations who present their results. They are liable for a presentation in compliance with applicable export control laws themselves.
• These terms and conditions and all obligations arising therefrom shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. The place of jurisdiction for all disputes between exhibitors and DLR shall be Cologne. Should any provisions of these Conditions of Participation be or become invalid in whole or in part, this shall not affect the remaining provisions.