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Comms Council Courses
Terms & Conditions – Professional Development Courses/Seminars/Workshops

 

1. Terms of Payment

This page includes the relevant information surrounding terms of participation for any service-based product offered by The Comms Council. Please read these terms of use carefully before you decide to purchase training with The Comms Council.

 

Overview

Attendance to any training event conducted by The Comms Council is subject to all outstanding funds being cleared prior to the course delivery date.

To confirm your booking, you will need complete the registration form on The Comms Council website. You then receive a confirmation email from The Comms Council along with any other relevant course information.

The Comms Council will make every effort to ensure that your allocated course will take place on the relevant date and time originally specified within your booking confirmation, but where this is not possible, The Comms Council reserves the right to alter the date, time and location, provided that The Comms Council gives the delegate considerable notice of any such change(s) as soon as is reasonably possible.

Once a registration has been received by The Comms Council, you will receive an invoice for the course within 5 working days. Confirmation of your place on such course shall be deemed by way of payment.

Should The Comms Council be required to cancel a course for whatever reason, you shall be refunded the course fees in full. No other associated costs incurred by the participant shall be passed onto The Comms Council and shall remain the liability of the participant

 

2. Services and Pricing Information

The Comms Council offers several courses which vary in price. Details can be found here: https://commscouncil.nz/courses

 

3. Refund/Cancellation Policy

In the event that you wish to cancel any training session that you have booked through The Comms Council, the following applies:

  • If you are unable to attend a booked course, a substitute attendee may be sent as a replacement (subject to approval).
  • For all courses (*excluding Senior Negotiation), if you wish to cancel more than 14 working days before the start of the course, we will refund 50% of the course fee.
  • If you cancel less than 14 working days before the start of the course, no fee will be refunded.
  • If you wish to cancel after the course has started, no fees will be refunded.

*For the Senior Negotiation course only:

  • If you wish to cancel more than 30 working days before the start of the course, we will refund the full cost of the course fee.
  • If you cancel less than 30 working days before the start of the course, no fee will be refunded.
  • If you wish to cancel after the course has started, no fees will be refunded.

 

All cancellations or postponements must be notified in writing to the Comms Council Training & Development Manager.

 

4. Non-attendance

Non-attendance of any event due to illness, or for personal or professional reasons does not provide the right to refunds or a transfer to another event

 

5. Privacy Policy

The Comms Council is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. The Comms Council may collect information surrounding information of a personal nature (Name, Company, Title etc) for The Comms Council’s database for industry communications only. The Comms Council is an independent entity that does not deal with any third parties, all information collected is stored at The Comms Council for internal purposes only and will endeavour to remove you from our record should we receive a written request. The Comms Council is a not-for-profit association registered at the New Zealand Companies Office (Registration Number: 216595).

Young Lions Competition
Young Lions Competition 2025 Terms and Conditions

 

These terms and conditions (Terms) are between Commercial Communications Council Inc (Comms Council) and you (you or your).

Ascential Lions Competitions (Europe) Limited (Cannes Lions) is running a competition (Young Lions Competition) that will be held at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. To be considered to take part in the Young Lions Competition, you must first be selected by Comms Council as set out in these Terms.

These Terms are to be read together with the terms and conditions set out in the relevant entry form for each category (Entry Form). To the extent of any inconsistency, these Terms will prevail to the extent of that inconsistency.

 

You accept and agree to be bound by these Terms and the Terms of the Entry Form by submitting an Entry.

 

1. Competition process

This competition is comprised of 3 stages:

  • First Stage: You must submit an online registration form and pay the relevant entry fee (Entry). Comms Council will provide you with a copy of the competition brief at a later date specified on the Entry Form and on Comms Council's website. You must then submit the required deliverable materials (Deliverables) as described in the relevant brief and in the terms of the entry form for the category in which you are entering. A panel of judges established by Comms Council (Panel) will judge the entries and a shortlist of competitors will be selected to go through to the second stage of the competition (Aotearoa Finalists).
  • Second Stage: The Film and Media Category finalists will be announced on the Comms Council website. Finalists in both Categories will present live to a Panel in Auckland. The Panel will select bronze, silver and gold winners in each category.
  • Third Stage: Gold winners announced at AXIS Speaks on the 27 March 2025 will win the competition and compete in the Young Lions Competition in Cannes.

 

2. Applications
  • Entries must be submitted to Comms Council by the specified method and within the specified timeframe as set out in the relevant Entry Form. Late or incomplete Entries may not be considered.
  • You must provide accurate and true information in your Entry. Comms Council may request additional information from you to verify the information provided.

3. Teams
  • Your team must consist of 2 people. Each team member must agree to these Terms and the Entry Form and must satisfy the Eligibility Criteria.

4. Eligibility and entry fee
  • To be eligible for consideration, the Deliverables and the Entry must meet the eligibility criteria specified in the relevant Entry Form (Eligibility Criteria), and you must have paid the entry fee set out in the relevant Entry Form.
  • Entry fees are not refundable once you have registered to participate.
  • Comms Council may disqualify any participant who does not, or whose Deliverables do not, meet the Eligibility Criteria or where a participant provides false information in the Entry.
  • You may only enter one category at Stage One.

5. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • You may use AI in the development of your entry, but any such use must be declared, and outlined to enable the Panel to identify such usage and scope of such usage.

6. Judging
  • Entries will be adjudicated by the Panel. The judging criteria are set out in the Entry Form Terms.
  • Entrants will be notified if they are selected for participation in the Second Stage and/or the Third Stage of the competition. Comms Council is not required to otherwise contact entrants, or to provide further information or updates in respect of the competition.
  • The names of Aotearoa Finalists and Aotearoa Winners may be publicised.
  • The selected Aotearoa Finalists and Aotearoa Winners are at the sole discretion of Comms Council and the Panel.
  • The judging criteria of the Young Lions Competition are at the sole discretion of Cannes Lions. ACA and the Panel have no input into the judging of the Third Stage.

7. Terms applicable to Aotearoa Finalists

If you are selected as an Aotearoa Finalist (i.e. to participate in the Second Stage) you:

  • must be available and must attend the Second Stage in Auckland on the date determined by Comms Council to present your Deliverables live to the Panel;
  • must confirm your acceptance and availability with Comms Council to attend the Second Stage within 1 business day of being notified that you are an Aotearoa Finalist;
  • acknowledge that you will be responsible for all travel, accommodation and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with your participation in the Second Stage in Auckland; and
  • must participate in Comms Council's marketing endeavours as reasonably required by Comms Council.

15. Amendments

Comms Council reserves the right to:

  • extend, vary, suspend, terminate or abandon the competition;
  • vary these Terms and the Entry Form, subject to it providing notice to you.