Terms & Conditions
Osteology Vienna 2026 competition - Conditions of participation
Please read these conditions of participation carefully. (hereinafter referred to as the "Promotion").
Organiser of the promotion is Osteology Foundation, Platz 10, CH 6039 Root D4, Switzerland.
Participation in an Osteology Foundation Promotion confirms availability, knowledge and acceptance of these conditions of participation on your behalf. Entry is free and no purchase is necessary.
Participation Requirements
1. Participation is open to all health care professionals.
2. Staff from the organiser, partners, exhibitors and sponsors are excluded.
3. Employees of Osteology Foundation and its partners and their family members are excluded from participating in the promotion. All persons who are directly or indirectly professionally associated with Osteology Foundation and their family members are also excluded.
4. Participation through promotion associations and automated promotion entry services is excluded.
General Conditions of Participation
5. The duration of the Promotion is from 15 September 2025 until 20 October 2025 (Promotional period). Entries received after the end of the Promotional period will be automatically excluded from the promotion.
6. Participation in the promotion will be granted via:
- submitting the guess; and
- accepting the conditions of participating; and
- filling in the required personal data in full
7. To participate in the Promotion, first name, last name, email address and country must be provided ("contact details"). Participants are responsible for the accuracy of the contact details provided. If a participant cannot be reached due to incomplete or incorrect Contact Data, he/she alone shall bear the consequences thereof. Osteology Foundation is not obliged to verify the accuracy of the Contact Data.
8. No other form of participation (other than those listed above) will be accepted. Incomplete entries will be invalid and will be automatically excluded from the promotion.
9. Osteology Foundation will collect and process personal data, such as names or email addresses, for the purpose of determining the winners of the promotion and for further marketing activities. The participant agrees that Osteology Foundation may use the contact data within the scope of the applicable law in order to send the participant personalised information and advertising of Osteology Foundation by post as well as e-mail, social media and other telecommunication means. The participant can object to the use of the contact data for these purposes at any time. The participant agrees that his/her contact data may be processed by Osteology Foundation.
10. Osteology Foundation reserves the right to exclude participants from the promotion in the event of false information, manipulations or use of unpermitted assistance as well as violations of the conditions of participation. A recourse against Osteology Foundation is not permitted.
11. Osteology Foundation reserves the right to end or suspend the promotion at any time. In particular, this applies in the event of circumstances which would disrupt or prevent the orderly running of the promotion.
12. Entry is free and no purchase is necessary. Participants only incur the regular costs of the means of communication used by the participant (e.g. costs of the internet connection). Participation requires that the participant has the latest version of the internet browser used.
13. No correspondence will be entered into in relation to the promotion. Recourse to the law courts is -if permissable- not permitted.
14. The Promotion, the participation therein and all disputes arising in connection with the Promotion shall be governed by the laws of Switzerland. The place of jurisdiction is the domicile of Osteology Foundation.
General Rules of Conduct
15. Participants must not misuse the Promotion to voice their political or religious opinions.
16. Participants may not upload entries that contain offensive, insulting, harmful, obscene, pornographic, sexually-oriented, vindictive, indecent, vulgar, perverse, immoral, aggressive, racist, fanatical, derisive, defamatory, discriminatory, or otherwise unacceptable content.
17. Entries may not violate applicable law or infringe upon the rights of third parties in any way (particularly copyright and trademark rights). Osteology Foundation will not be liable for any content uploaded by the participants. The participant hereby exempts Osteology Foundation as well as any operator of a social media platform from all claims made by third parties due to violation of any copyright law, copyrighted rights, intellectual property rights, personal rights or any other rights resulting from uploaded content, entries etc carried out by him. This exemption also includes the costs for a necessary and appropriate legal defense.
18. Entries may not harm Osteology Foundation, or its partners in any way.
19. Participants may not upload any content that is harmful in any way (such as software viruses, computer code, files or programs).
20. Participants may not submit any expenses or any additional compensation related to their participation in the Promotion.
21. Osteology Foundation reserves the right to exclude participants and to eliminate entries that do not comply with the rules of conduct as stated above, or are otherwise in conflict with the conditions of participation.
Publication
22. Reproducing or publishing the Promotion in any way without the explicit consent of Osteology Foundation is strictly prohibited.
23. Osteology Foundation reserves the right at any time to alter the text, images or entries that are part of the Promotion.
Prizes
24. The Promotion offers participants the chance to win a pre-defined prize.
25. The winners will be selected at random from the submitted entries and among the best results.
26. Winners will be notified personally by email.
27. It is the responsibility of the winners to ensure that the prize is received.
28. Prizes cannot be exchanged for other prizes. Prizes are awarded on an individual basis and are not transferable.
29. Prizes may not be exchanged for cash.
30. The winners agree that they will not sell the prizes that they receive, or otherwise commercially exploit them in any way.
31. Prices are indivisible and must be accepted as stipulated in the Promotion.
32. Osteology Foundation reserves the right to modify or withdraw prizes. The replacement prize will be of an equal or higher value.
33. Prices that are not claimed or rejected for any reason will remain in the possession of Osteology Foundation without the entitlement to receive a replacement.
34. In the event that winners cannot be contacted within 30 working days, or they do not claim their prize within 30 working days of being informed of the announcement, or the contact details provided are incorrect, or the prize cannot be delivered or accepted on other grounds within the winner's control, then the winner will not be entitled to claim the prize and Osteology Foundation reserves the right to select another winner.
Limitation of liability
35. Osteology Foundation is not responsible or liable for any costs or other expenses related to the participation in the Promotion.
36. The liability of Osteology Foundation for damages of any kind is excluded in its entirety to the extent permitted by law.