Golden Ticket | Free Registration to 2025 Innovation Academy | July 10-13, 2025
OFFICIAL RULES & REGULATIONS
Prize: Two (2) winners will each receive one (1) complimentary registration to the 2025 AAD Innovation Academy in Chicago on July 10- 13, 2025. Each winner is responsible for their own travel expenses.
Complimentary registration is only valid for this meeting and is nontransferable to any other individual or AAD meeting. The odds of winning a prize depend upon the number of individuals who participate. Prize winners are responsible for any applicable federal, state, and local taxes on their prize.
Prize Eligibility: No purchase necessary to participate or win. Open to those who are age 18 or older at the time of entry, and are U.S. AAD members (U.S. residents and legal citizens) of one of the following types:
- Fellows
- Associates
- Affiliates
- Adjunct members
- Life members
- Graduate members
This does not include individuals who reside in Canada or outside of the United States. AAD employees and their immediate family as well as AAD officers and board members are not eligible for entry.
Winner Selection and Notification: Two winners will each find a “Golden Ticket” in Doctors Bags distributed at the AAD Annual Meeting on Friday, March 7, 2025. If the potential winning entrants do not redeem their tickets at the AAD Resource Center in the Exhibit Hall during regular hall hours, the winning ticket will be disqualified and forfeited.
Prizes may not be substituted or transferred by any contest winner and a winner may not receive cash redemption equal to the value of the prize in lieu of the prize. AAD reserves the right to substitute alternate prizes of equal or comparable value.
Restrictions; Release of Liability; Additional Terms: This Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law, and is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules & Regulations.
Neither AAD nor anyone involved in administering or providing the prize for the Contest will have liability for (A) technical malfunctions, including those arising from electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, (B) any damages or losses of any kind caused by any acceptance, possession or use of the prize, or (C) inaccessibility or unavailability of AAD’s exhibitor floor in whole or in part for any reason.
By participating, the winner agrees that under no circumstances will AAD, its affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, agents, or licensees (“Released Parties”) be liable for any form of damages arising out of their participation in the Contest, including but not limited to any injuries that winners or others may suffer while at the meeting venue, and each winner and his/her family and heirs further waive any rights to bring any claim against the Released Parties in any forum related to their participation in the Contest.
If for any reason this Contest is not capable of being conducted as planned due to tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, acts of God, government regulations, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of AAD, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, AAD reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. This Contest is also void where prohibited by law, including in jurisdictions requiring registration, filing, trust account, or posting of a bond, or any other requirements or disclosures that are not expressly satisfied by these contest Rules and Regulations.
