1.  It is expressly agreed that the members of the Organizing Committee and the Conference Secretariat for the 50th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, their legal representatives, directors and employees, and their agents, officers and services, shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any kind whatsoever suffered directly or indirectly by the person, possession or property of any conference delegate or other person or in connection with the events on the program or any other activities of the 50th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities for any reason whatsoever no matter howsoever caused.

2. It is expressly agreed that the Organizing Committee and the Conference Secretariat for the 50th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, and their agents and officers, reserve the right to cancel at any time any or all of the programmed or other activities if this should appear necessary as a result of events which are beyond their control or which they cannot reasonably be expected to influence or for which they are not responsible. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such events shall include force majeure, government or other official regulations, natural disasters, strikes or any kind whatsoever, civil, international or other crises, or any other unforeseen occurrence. Decisions regarding the necessity for such cancellation shall be taken by the Organizing Committee, or their agents, at their sole discretion and shall be final.