Conditions of Participation

1. The listed seminar fee per person and date includes refreshments during the event and breaks, as well as lunch on full-day seminars. Instructional materials are included in the seminar fee. Participants bear all costs for travel and accommodations. No other costs will be billed to participants.
2. As events are planned long in advance, changes in the programme may become necessary for organizational reasons, e.g. if too few registrations are received, if problems arise with the venue, or if a participating speaker falls ill. ZEW reserves the right to replace announced speakers and make necessary changes to dates, start times, and venues, provided the overall character of the event is preserved. Participants shall be notified immediately of any changes. As a result of changes to the event, you are entitled to cancel your further participation immediately in writing. In such case, ZEW shall refund seminar fees already paid to a designated account.
3. ZEW is entitled to cancel an event with good cause, including the illness of a speaker or an insufficient number of participants. In such case, ZEW shall notify the participants immediately and refund seminar fees already paid to an account designated by the participant.
4. ZEW makes no guarantee that an event will be held. If an event is cancelled by ZEW, thattendee shall have no right to compensation for travel and accommodation expenses or an inability to work, unless such losses occurred as a result of grossly negligent or deliberate behaviour on the part of ZEW. The foregoing shall also apply to necessary changes made on short notice to event dates and times. If an event is cancelled due to an insufficient number of participants, ZEW will provide notice of cancellation at least two weeks in advance. In the event of disruptions to performance, ZEW undertakes to use all reasonable efforts to help remedy or mitigate the disruption.

Cancellation of seminar participation is only valid if made in written form. Cancellation received up to 14 days before the start of an event is exempt from charges. After this point, fees shall be due in full. Your place can be given to another person acting as a substitute at no additional cost. The participant is entitled to produce proof that ZEW has incurred no damages, or damages substantially lower than the cancellation fee retained by ZEW, as a result of the cancellation.

Rebookings shall be treated in the same manner as cancellations.

Note: Due to a change in § 309 Nr. 13 BGB, only written declarations (e.g. via e-mail) are accepted as valid.

1. If two or more persons from the same organisation participate in the same course, the second participant (as well as any additional participants) will receive a 10% discount off the regular course fee. Persons who register for two or more courses at the same time will receive a 10% discount starting with the second course. Discounts do not apply to package deals (Konjunkturanalyse and Panelökonometrie).
2. Members of the Leibniz Association, universities, colleges, non-university public research institutions, federal and state ministries, non-profit organisations (must be certified non-profit under article 52 of the German tax code (Abgabenordnung, AO)) are eligible to receive a 30% discount off the regular course fee.
3. Individual discounts cannot be added together.
4. The listed seminar fees do not include applicable VAT.
5. The participation fee is due upon receipt of invoice.

Any electronic data you provide for registration will be deleted immediately after you complete your course, unless you expressly agree to receive information about future ZEW events. When you register for further training courses at ZEW, your data is processed with your consent according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The personal data you provide on your registration form is deleted automatically after you have completed your course.

For more information, see the privacy notice on the ZEW website.

Cancellation policy

You have the right to cancel your registration in writing without having to state grounds within 14 days after receiving confirmation of registration.

To comply with the deadline, the cancellation must be sent in a timely manner either via e-mail (weiterbildung@zew.de) or via post to: ZEW, L 7, 1, D-68161 Mannheim. You can use the cancellation form below, though this is not a requirement. 

To comply with the cancellation policy, it is sufficient to inform us that you intend to cancel your registration before the cancellation deadline.

This right of cancellation is void if the event took place or if the participant was in attendance.

After cancellation

Once you have officially cancelled the course, we are required to reimburse all payments we have received from you immediately and within 14 days of receiving your notice of cancellation. You will be reimbursed via the same payment method used for the original transaction, unless some other arrangement is explicitly agreed; you will not be charged any fees for this repayment.

Download withdrawal form (as PDF file, not accessible, 387 KB)

The European Commission offers a platform for online arbitration. The platform can be accessed via https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr/

ZEW endeavours to resolve potential disagreements with contractual partners consensually. Beyond that are we not obliged to participate in arbitration by a Consumer Arbitration Service and can, accordingly, not offer participation in such arbitration proceedings.