1. By signing and submitting the firm invitation offer form on our website, you acknowledge that this Speaker Booking is a firm offer and verbal contract consequently, if the speaker accepts your offer, a binding written contract will be formed, subjecting you to the following terms and conditions listed on the back of our printed contract (and displayed below), whether or not you have signed it. These terms include the following provision pertaining to cancellation: if you cancel the booking at any time prior to sixty (60) days before the event, the entire deposit is due and if you cancel within sixty (60) days of the event, the entire honorarium is due. Payment terms will be as follows: 50% deposit will be due within two (2) weeks of your contract issue date; the balance will be due thirty (30) days prior to the engagement.

2. You represent that you have the requisite authority to enter into such a binding contract. This offer form must be filled out, signed by someone with the requisite authority and returned within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt by you. If signed forms are not received in a timely manner, your firm offer status will revert to a temporary “hold” on the speaker’s calendar; this “hold” will be removed after 10 days. This Agreement shall be construed under and governed in all respects by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to conflict of law principles. The parties agree that the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Brighton Division of the Boston Municipal Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to consider any matters related to this Agreement, including without limitation any claim for violation of this Agreement.

3. With your signature, you are authorizing AEI Speakers Bureau to bring a firm and binding offer to the speaker on your behalf. This form is not committing AEI or the speaker to the event until he has accepted. Once accepted, contracts for the event will be sent to you for signature.

AEI SPEAKERS BUREAU CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

4. Sponsor agrees to pay Agency as consideration for Artist’s services the amounts set forth under the “TERMS” above. Payment is made in the form of a check, payable to AEI SPEAKERS BUREAU (FID #04-3102047) and mailed to 300 Western Avenue, Suite 2, Allston, MA 02134.

5. The honorarium is understood to be for the Artist’s presentation only and no additional activities, discussion groups, receptions, dinners, press interviews, television or radio arrangements shall be planned by the Sponsor, nor expected of the Artist, unless expressly contained as part of the terms of this Agreement.

6. If applicable, any and all city, state, federal or foreign taxes shall be paid by Sponsor. (No taxes whatsoever shall be deducted from the honorarium.) If host organization is required to withhold state income tax on behalf of the speaker, that amount shall be added to the total speaker fee, resulting in the total gross speaker fee paid to AEI Speakers Bureau the same amount as agreed to within this contract.

7. It is understood that the Artist is an independent contractor and therefore assumes all responsibility for withholding tax, social security, state tax, public liability and workman’s compensation insurance. As an independent contractor, the Artist shall have exclusive control over the means, methods and details of fulfilling the obligations stated above.

8. No virtual program or any part thereof is to be reproduced, including, but not limited to, reproduction by broadcasting, recording, without written permission of the Agency or Artist.

9. It is understood that this Agreement is binding on both parties, it cannot be canceled except as follows: The Agency and Sponsor mutually agree that either party may cancel this Agreement and all parties shall be released from any liability or damages hereunder if the Artist or Sponsor is unable to fulfill the terms of this Agreement due to an Act of God or any legitimate condition beyond the control of the Artist or Sponsor. However, it is agreed by both parties that “best efforts” will be made by both parties to so adapt that the program be presented as scheduled.

10. Should a personal emergency, illness or “Act of God” force the artist to cancel the Sponsor’s date, the Agency will make its best effort to provide a comparable replacement Artist. AEI SPEAKERS BUREAU agrees to refund to the Sponsor any advances or deposits received from the Sponsor in the event the Artist cancels the Agreement and Agency can not provide a comparable Artist that is acceptable to the Sponsor. The foregoing rights of cancellation shall be in addition to any other provision respecting cancellation contained in this Agreement.

11. In the event of cancellation of this Agreement by the Artist or should the Artist be unable to appear as scheduled due to illness or an unforeseen emergency, or overriding obligation or professional responsibility, AEI SPEAKERS BUREAU will not have any liability for expenses or losses incurred by the Sponsor.

12. In the event that Artist is unavoidably delayed but presents his/her program in full as directed by Sponsor, the engagement will be considered to have been completed as agreed and all fees, honorariums and other charges shall be due and paid in full.

13. Your signed copy of this Agreement is acknowledgment that Artist has agreed to appear at the time specified above. It is agreed by both parties that any delay in the Artist’s appearance shall not subject Agency to liability as long as Agency has used its best efforts to assure Artist’s appearance as scheduled.

14. Sponsor acknowledges that AEI SPEAKERS BUREAU acts as the Artist’s agent and shall not be liable in any way for Artist’s actions including, but not limited to, his/her acts, omissions or statements.

15. Deposits received are not refundable if the Sponsor cancels this Agreement for any reason. In the event of breach or cancellation of this Agreement by the Sponsor up to 60 days prior to the event, the entire deposit shall be immediately due AEI SPEAKERS BUREAU.

16. In the event of Sponsor’s breach or cancellation of this Agreement within 60 days of the scheduled event, the entire honorarium shall be due immediately to AEI SPEAKERS BUREAU.

17. The Sponsor may not publicize this event until the contract is signed and returned along with the required deposit.

18. In the event the Sponsor fails or refuses to provide any of the items herein stated, or fails or refuses to make any of the payments as provided herein or to proceed with the engagement, the Artist shall have no obligation to perform this Agreement.

19. If this Agreement is not received within twenty (20) days of the date “entered into,” Agency reserves the right to cancel this engagement.

20. The representative of the Sponsor, in signing this Agreement, warrants that he/she signs as a duly representative of Sponsor and does not assume any personal liability. The Agency representative warrants that the Agency has expressed authority to contract on behalf of the Artist.

21. This Agreement cannot be changed, modified, waived or discharged in whole or in part except in writing and signed by the parties hereto.