CloudFest 2020 Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

Dream

Just received this Email from Cloudfest:

Due to public health concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak, we saw no alternative but to cancel CloudFest 2020. The health and safety of our attendees, partners, presenters, and colleagues is of the
utmost importance to us. We were forced to consider the growing risk of exposure, especially in the
German state of Baden-Württemberg, where our event is located.

The unclear infection path, as well as the risk of quarantine orders lasting several weeks on short
notice, could not be ignored. With over 7,000 people from the Cloud community expected to gather from
almost every continent, the risk of inadvertently spreading the virus was just too high.

We know that this news will bring frustration as well as a few challenges, and we hope you understand why we arrived at this decision.

If you booked your event pass, hotel, or Deutsche Bahn tickets through the CloudFest Registration tool you will receive a full refund.

We know you may have other questions, and you’ll find answers for most of your registration,
accommodation, travel concerns, and how to receive your refund here:

Its sad that it's not going to be a "fest" this year. What are your opinions on this?

mfs

Any international event originally scheduled for March or April has been rescheduled for June or September. I'm positive those won't be delayed any further.

EDIT: I see the Bundesrat in Swiss has decided to obliterate any event there, I find it unlikely they won't be eventually rescheduled. Honestly.

MikePT

Holy shit! :O

Makes sense, but... Damn!

InceptionHosting

Wow, things are 'heating up' I guess so it makes sense.

SoftShellWeb

Lets hope the situation gets back to normal soon, such a situation will leave serious consequences in almost all industries.

Clouvider

New plans for March then..

WSS

They should just have it in the cloud.

vyas

Maybe the title of the thread could be updated to list of cancelled conferences due to Coronavirus?

Mobile World Congress

CloudFest

Facebook F8

Neoon

Meanwhile, Swisszerland's killed all conferences larger then 1000 people, which seems to be reasonable.
Its just a temporary messure anyway for a few months.

deank

Repeat after me.

The end is nigh.

Neoon

@deank said:
Repeat after me.

The end is nigh.

The end is already here.

Janevski

@Neoon said:

@deank said:
Repeat after me.

The end is nigh.

The end is already here.

@deank Warned us and had been warning us all the time.
He even came up with a date and it was correct.
Now the end is happening.

uptime

vyas

@uptime said:

That was before he met Dax.

uptime

Be me.

On a rush-hour BART train to the Oakland airport stop.

Going to go get some Chinese food and hack on some robots

Robot overlords dgaf.

WSS

@uptime said:
On a rush-hour BART train to the Oakland airport stop.

I wanna see you wearing a suit and go through Fruitvale.

uptime