Online Seminar Policies

• We invite you to actively engage in this online seminar by listening carefully, taking notes, and asking thoughtful questions.
• If you have any questions related to the presentation or for the presenter, please type them into the Q&A feature, located at the bottom of your screen.
• Other comments and questions for the moderator can be posted in the chat feature.
• Respectful dialogue is welcome and encouraged. Disrespectful or discriminatory comments directed at an individual or group on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or disability will not be tolerated. Any participant deemed to have violated this rule will be removed from the webinar and will not be permitted to join any future webinars.

Standard Disclaimer: by registering for and choosing to attend this online event you will be deemed to have granted your permission and consent to the Goethe-Institut/Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) to record, document, and otherwise utilize your voice and/or likeness, potentially in edited/reworked form, in any printed and/or electronic media, for educational and/or non-commercial promotional purposes. Some images/recordings/texts may be selected for permanent preservation. You expressly release the Goethe-Institut/Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) and its employees, contractors, and associates from any and all claims for invasion of privacy, defamation, or any other cause of action arising from your participation of this event.

The views and opinions expressed are the presenter's and do not necessarily reflect those of the Goethe-Institut/Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP).

The Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) will make every attempt to not record or save any content involving minors. "Minors" are defined as those attendees, such as school students, under the age of 18 on the date of the event. Such "content" includes their likeness as defined by video or still imagery, their voice through audio, or any other identifying information, including but not limited to chat and other textual transcripts. For Zoom events in which minor attendees are anticipated, TOP disables the video and audio of attendees not classified as "hosts" or "panelists". Private/direct text messaging as well as custom backgrounds and renaming is also disabled.

All registration information of any/all known "minor" attendees will be discarded after the conclusion of the event.