Registration for Excelerate26 Thank you for purchasing a ticket for Excelerate26! In order to confirm your attendance, please complete this form.

Registration for Excelerate26
Thank you for purchasing a ticket for Excelerate26! In order to confirm your attendance, please complete this form.

Email (Please use the email that you used to register for Summit)

Talk to me about...
This will appear on your name tag, so keep it short and sweet! For example, my biotech startup, my passion project, marathon training, backpacking through Thailand, etc.

Are there any unique Excel connections you've made in the past year?
Ex: took on an Excel mentor, got a job through the Excel network, became close with an Exceler in a new city, etc..

Do you know of any Excel Success Stories from other Excel Fellows?
Ex: Excelers who cofounded a company together, hired from the Excel network, started dating, etc.

Do you know of any Excelers who have achieved remarkable business or personal milestones in the past year?
Ex: achieved unicorn status, raised significant capital, won Forbes 30 Under 30, won any award, etc.

Do you know of any Excelers who have stepped up in a big way in fighting anti-Semitism/supporting Israel in the past year?
Ex: started a Jewish nonprofit, organized a fundraiser or community gathering, etc.

Please list some topics or subjects you would like to hear at Summit.
Some past topics have included crypto, the future of work, the business of sustainability, Jewish philanthropy, etc.

If you are interested in being considered as a panelist, please list the topic you'd be interested in speaking about.

Are you connected to any speakers you'd like to see as a keynote speaker? If so, please list them here.
Please also indicate whether you have a strong or weak connection to the potential keynote speaker.

Will you be requesting travel reimbursement from Excel to attend Summit?
If you are unsure, please review the booking protocols here:

If based in NYC, would you be willing to be paired with and host a Global or Israeli Fellow?

Please list any dietary restrictions that we should be aware of to accomodate.
Please note that all food provided at Excelerate26 is under the kosher supervision of the OU.

Do you plan to be observing Shabbat during Excelerate26?

If there are any other special accommodations you'll need to participate in Excelerate26, please list them here.

Please read the below and confirm that you understand and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Release & Waiver.

Birthright Israel North America, Inc. d/b/a Birthright Israel Excel ("Excel") is excited to welcome you to the upcoming Birthright Israel Excel Summit 2026, set to take place in Museum of Jewish Heritage,36 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10280 starting on March 6–8, 2026 with optional programming, then formally commencing for all participants on March 2, 2026 and running until March 8, 2026 (the "Summit"). By attending the Summit, you will be bound by and expected to comply with the terms and conditions contained in this Attendee Release & Waiver (the "Release & Waiver").

Safety, Security, and Wellbeing

Excel takes safety, security, and your wellbeing very seriously and will do its utmost to create as safe, secure, and healthy of an environment as possible. In the event of any potential risks to your safety, security, or wellbeing that arise before or during the Summit, Excel may, at its sole discretion, make changes to the Summit and, where necessary, cancel aspects of Summit or the Summit in its entirety. Additionally, you acknowledge that Excel may, at its sole discretion, cancel portions of the Summit or the entire Summit in the event of any adverse impact caused by or anticipated to be caused by a force majeure event, including but not limited to a storm, flood, other natural disaster, labor strike, absence of utility services, public health advisory, government mandate, or for a variety of other reasons beyond its control.

Excel asks that if you are provided with any instructions or guidance related to your safety, security, or wellbeing, that you abide by these instructions. Failure to abide by such instructions may expose you to additional risks. Concurrently, you acknowledge that all travel comes with inherent risks, including risks related to your personal safety and health, and that you are voluntarily and willingly assuming these risks as they relate to your participation in the Summit, as well as your travel to and from Museum of Jewish Heritage,36 Battery Pl, New York, NY and any time you spend in Museum of Jewish Heritage,36 Battery Pl, New York, NY before, during, and after the Summit.

Code of Conduct

Excel is committed to creating an exciting, inspiring, and fun Summit experience. In order to create such an experience, it is up to all Summit participants to conduct themselves with intelligence, kindness, and integrity. Conduct that adversely impacts the Summit or the experience of other participants will not be tolerated. Accordingly, you may be removed from the Summit for any conduct that creates an adverse impact, as determined by Excel in its sole discretion, including but not limited to: i) providing incorrect or false information regarding any portion of your registration at any time during the registration process, or your failure to disclose required and/or material information during the registration process; ii) use or possession of illegal drugs or excessive/disruptive use of prescribed and/or legal drugs; iii) acts of violence or vandalism; iv) excessive/disruptive alcohol consumption or, for those who are not of a legal drinking age, any alcohol consumption; v) acts of harassment, including sexual harassment; or vi) your failure to comply with any rules imposed by Excel, including, but not limited to, all the terms and conditions contained within this Release & Waiver and any additional instructions or guidance provided by Excel during the Summit.

Reimbursements

If Excel has separately committed to assisting your attendance of the Summit by reimbursing you for some of your costs, Excel shall provide such support in accordance with the terms and conditions on the registration form and any communications sent to you, and only after your completed attendance of the Summit. "Completed attendance" shall be understood to mean your attendance of the entire Summit (with the exclusion of optional programming). Failure to comply with the relevant terms and conditions for reimbursement or your failure to attend the entire Summit for any reason may result in the forfeiture of any previously agreed-upon reimbursement.

Removal from the Summit/Failure to Attend

To the extent you are removed from the Summit or fail to attend the Summit for any reason after registering, you will forfeit any registration fees you may have been required to pay upon registration and you will forfeit any reimbursement amount from Excel that you may have previously been promised.

Additionally, Excel shall not be liable for any out-of-pocket costs you or someone acting on your behalf may have already incurred or may still have to incur in connection with flights, hotels, local transportation, incidentals, insurance, or for any other costs associated with your attendance of the Summit or your travel to/from New York, NY or presence in New York, NY whether before, during, or after the Summit.

Cancellations

To the extent Excel cancels only portions of the Summit, registration fees shall not be refunded, but Excel shall still honor any previously agreed-upon promises of reimbursement for travel expenses to the extent you still attend the Summit.

To the extent Excel cancels the entire Summit, Excel shall refund any registration fees you may have been required to pay upon registration. However, should the entire Summit be canceled, Excel shall not be in a position to honor any previously agreed-upon promises of reimbursement for travel expenses, which is why Excel encourages you to obtain travel and trip cancellation insurance, as more fully enumerated later in this Release & Waiver.

Additionally, in the event of Excel’s cancellation of the entire Summit or portions of the Summit, Excel shall not be liable to you for any costs you or someone acting on your behalf may have already incurred or may still have to incur in connection with flights, hotels, local transportation, incidentals, insurance, or for any other costs associated with your attendance of the Summit or your travel to/from New York or presence in New York whether before, during, or after the Summit.

Should Excel’s decision to cancel a portion of the Summit result in you independently deciding not to attend the Summit, your decision shall be treated as a "failure to attend" and covered under the earlier provisions of this Release & Waiver contained above.

Photographic & Documentary Release

Excel will engage individuals to document the Summit by taking still photographs and recording audio/video of the Summit. Excel shall strive to ensure that no such activities interfere with your enjoyment of the Summit. However, you acknowledge that such activities will take place and you hereby agree to participate in all such photography and recording. You hereby grant Excel the right to create, copy, reproduce, publish, retain, publicly display, transmit, modify, adapt, share, license, create derivatives of, extract elements of, edit, distribute, and otherwise use in any and all manners, anywhere in the world and for perpetuity, in any form or medium whatsoever whether now known or hereinafter invented, for any and all purposes (collectively, "Use"), all or part of any photograph, audio recording, video recording, or other still, motion, or recording made of you during or in association with your attendance of the Summit (the "Photographs & Recordings").

Among its other rights to the Photographs & Recordings, your hereby grant Excel the right to Use such Photographs & Recordings, together with your picture, image, silhouette, name, general biographical information, and any other reproduction of your likeness and voice, on their own and in connection with any film, website, social media site, marketing materials, promotional materials, or other materials into which the Photographs & Recordings may be incorporated (the "Content").

Excel shall have the sole and exclusive right, title, interest to, and full ownership in, the Photographs & Recordings and the Content. You understand that you shall have no right, title, interest to, or ownership in, the Photographs & Recordings or the Content, and that neither you nor any party acting in your interest or related to you shall have any right to review, restrict, or limit Excel’s Use of the Photographs & Recordings or the Content. You hereby waive any and all publicity and privacy rights you may have with regard to the Photographs & Recordings and the Content as well as your right to bring any action against Excel in connection with Excel’s creation and Use of the Photographs & Recordings or the Content, including any claims related to defamation, misrepresentation, or portrayal in a false light.

Insurance & Medical Coverage

Excel highly recommends that you secure travel and trip cancellation insurance to protect you against any financial loss that may result because of any cancellations with regard to the Summit.

Excel also highly recommends that you have health insurance that will be applicable and effective in New York, NY during, and if necessary (based on your arrival/departure dates), before and after the Summit. You hereby acknowledge that you will possess medical insurance or have voluntarily chosen not to have medical insurance coverage for the duration of your time in New York, NY in connection with your attendance of the Summit, including before and after the Summit, as may be applicable. Excel shall not itself be liable or responsible for any expenses in connection with your failure to obtain and/or maintain personal medical insurance or any other applicable insurance coverage as noted herein.

In the event of a medical emergency, you hereby give permission to Excel (or another individual authorized by Excel) to make decisions regarding your health and well-being, including but not limited to calling an ambulance for you and, if necessary, selecting a physician to treat you. Any such treatment or service which you receive in the event of an emergency shall be at your own expense. Excel shall not itself be liable or responsible for any of your medical expenses or for any liabilities arising out of any decisions made by Excel which, in its sole opinion, were made in the interest of your health or well-being.

Additionally, to the extent that, because of a medical condition/emergency, you are required to or choose to isolate/quarantine during the Summit, remain in New York, NY past the Summit, or be transferred to a medical facility, Excel shall not be liable or responsible for any associated costs or for any associated liabilities arising out of any such requirement or choice.

Release & Limitation of Liability

You hereby acknowledge that Excel is not responsible for and has no control over any service providers engaged to provide services in connection with the Summit, including venues and caterers, or any service providers engaged, either by Excel or by you, to provide travel-related or lodging-related services in connection with the Summit, including airlines, railway companies, ride share entities, and hotels (collectively, the "Service Providers"). As such, Excel shall not be responsible for or bear any liability in connection with any acts or omissions of any of these Service Providers.

You agree to assume all risk in association with your participation in the Summit, your travel to/from New York, NY in connection with the Summit, and your presence in New York, NY before, during, and after the Summit, and hereby release, hold harmless, exculpate, and covenant not to sue Excel or any of its directors, members, officers, employees, agents, successors, licensees, assigns, related entities, or affiliates (the "Related Parties") in connection with any and all liabilities, claims, damages, demands, and causes of action of whatsoever kind or nature, both in law and in equity, whether now known or hereinafter discovered, including judgments, interest, attorneys’ fees, or any incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages, arising directly or indirectly, or which may be related to, your attendance of the Summit, your travel to/from New York, NY in connection with the Summit, your presence in New York, NY before, during, or after the Summit, or your earlier removal from the Summit, including but not limited to: i) loss or damage to your property; ii) bodily or personal injury suffered by you, including emotional harm and death; iii) claims related to disparagement, defamation, misrepresentation, portrayal in a false light, publicity rights, or privacy rights in connection with Excel’s Use of the Photographs & Recordings or Content; iv) acts or omissions of a Service Provider; and v) the acts or omissions of Excel or a Related Party, including negligent acts or omissions but excluding grossly negligent and malicious acts or omissions, whether or not arising in connection with the Summit.

Indemnification

You hereby indemnify, exculpate, and hold harmless Excel and its Related Parties in connection with any and all liabilities, losses, claims, damages, demands, and causes of action of whatsoever kind or nature, both in law and in equity, whether now known or hereinafter discovered, including judgements, interest, attorneys’ fees, or any incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages, brought by or asserted by a third party against Excel or a Related Party, that arise directly or indirectly from, or which may be related to, your acts or omissions in connection with your attendance of the Summit, your travel to/from New York in connection with the Summit, or your presence in New York before, during, or after the Summit, including but not limited to: i) loss or damage to such third party’s property; and ii) bodily or personal injury suffered by such third party, including emotional harm or death.

Governing Law

It is expressly understood and agreed that this Release & Waiver shall be governed by the laws of the County and State of New York and will be enforced and interpreted pursuant to such laws, without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof. You hereby waive your rights to a jury and agree that all disputes regarding this Release & Waiver, including the applicability of this clause and the validity of this entire Release & Waiver, shall be submitted to an arbitration proceeding conducted by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. ("JAMS") either virtually or in-person in New York City, at Excel’s sole discretion. Arbitration proceedings under this clause shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of JAMS and shall be conducted by one (1) arbitrator who shall be selected by Excel in its sole discretion. The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding upon the Parties with the same force and effect as if a non-appealable judgment had been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any award of the arbitrator may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. All costs and expenses of any arbitration proceeding brought under this clause, including attorneys’ fees, shall be borne by the losing party.

Severability & Survivability

This Release & Waiver is intended to be as broad as permissible under the applicable laws and if any portion is held invalid or unenforceable, all remaining portions of this Release & Waiver shall continue in full legal force and effect. It is further expressly agreed and understood that this Release & Waiver shall in no way be deemed an admission of fault, negligence, or liability of any type or nature on the part of Excel or any Related Party.

All portions of this Release & Waiver which, by their nature, are intended to survive the conclusion of the Summit or your earlier removal or failure to attend the Summit, shall so survive, including but not limited to the sections titled "Photographic & Documentary Release," "Release & Limitation of Liability," "Indemnification," "Governing Law," and this section.