Dear Araksya

I am sorry to hear you wont be able to make it for the conference! We will remove your paper from the program, and re-assign your role as discussant to someone else, if possible.

Unfortunately, at this late time, we cannot issue a refund for the registration, regardless of the reason. This is not just a policy, it is because this close to the conference, we have incurred high catering and printing/production costs towards your participation that we are not able to recapture. Please notice that because of COVID-19, DRUID has had a very liberal cancellation policy this year, with full refund until September 15 and 50% refund until October 1. 


We hope to see you for a future DRUID event!


Kind regards


Mark Lorenzen
Department of Strategy and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School
Director, DRUID
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/mlino
www.druid.dk
Fra: Druid <druid-bounces@druid.dk> på vegne af Ayvazyan, A. <a.ayvazyan@rug.nl>
Sendt: 12. oktober 2021 14:14
Til: druid@druid.dk <druid@druid.dk>
Emne: Re: [Druid] DRUID21 - cancellation, unexpected issue
 
Dear DRUID21 organizers, 

I am sorry, I realize I did not include the attachment in my previous email. Please find the report enclosed.

Best regards, 
Araksya Ayvazyan

On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 1:15 PM Ayvazyan, A. <a.ayvazyan@rug.nl> wrote:
Dear DRUID21 organizers, 


I hope my email finds you well. 

I am contacting you regarding my participation in DRUID21. 

Unfortunately, I have to cancel my registration this year, as I will not be able to travel to Copenhagen. I lost my residence permit card earlier this month, on Oct 1 (attached the report from the police), and since then, I have not been able to find an alternative solution: this seems to be a quite long process in the Netherlands. 

Though I am aware of the general refund policy, I would like to kindly ask you for the possibility of (partially) refunding the conference fee, given that this happened on Oct 1 and it was not clear to me until now, whether I would be able to attend the conference. I would, of course, understand it, if you cannot provide a refund.

I would like to apologize for the inconveniences caused by this unexpected issue, and I hope you will be able to find a replacement for my sessions, Oct 19 (presentation session, paper 6139) and 20 (discussant session: "Industrial dynamics: Innovation performance"). 

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards, 
Araksya Ayvazyan

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A. Ayvazyan
Assistant Professor
Department of Innovation Management & Strategy
Faculty of Economics and Business
University of Groningen
Nettelbosje 2, 9747 AE Groningen
Room DUI - (5411.0432)
+31 50 36 33507; a.ayvazyan@rug.nl


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A. Ayvazyan
Assistant Professor
Department of Innovation Management & Strategy
Faculty of Economics and Business
University of Groningen
Nettelbosje 2, 9747 AE Groningen
Room DUI - (5411.0432)
+31 50 36 33507; a.ayvazyan@rug.nl