I've heard of numerous tech vendors banning travel, including across the US. Same for big banks. I fear that the current issue may be one of insurance liabilities.

If twitterverse is any indication, several key people and companies appear to be pulling back. Thus, providing a backup plan sooner than later would also help reduce anxiety. I am not sure how the

I'll pile on. As much as I'd love for this to happen (Kubecon is my favorite conference of the year), I fear there will be restrictions (from either government or employer) preventing travel. We

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Hello All, Facts: Companies are issuing/issued global travel bans to un-essential travel with immediate effect (including my own company). It is matter of weeks (if not days) that many other

For some reason, I’m not on this distribution list but Raziel was kind enough to forward it to me. I agree with Andreas. Based on the latest available data, I do not believe there are significant

Just an addition, From my point of view this is all just due to panic. Corona will spread and is not avoidable. So postponing will just shift the problem to later time. But it will essentially

For reference. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jp-morgan-coronavirus-idUSKCN20M0EX

Large FinServs already issued a non-essential international travel ban. Conferences are seen as non-essential. D.

FWIW, Contributors Summit staff is mentioned plan B in our meeting this week. We hope it’ll go on but, we also understand it might not be CNCF’s decision. -- Chris Short He/Him/His Web |

Dan, Let's discuss plan B. It may not be possible to have an event at all. Instead it may make sense to disseminate the information through articles, blogs, interactive content. And then provide

That's also an option if we could choose to get a refund. Example, KubeCon is my last conf for next few months as we are expecting. If it gets rescheduled then I won't be able to join. Another thing

Hi all, Why not just postponing the event (like everyone else is doing)? Virtual conferences might be ok for content/talks, they are totally meaningless for developing new business (as a sponsor,

That makes perfect sense. The question is, do folks get a refund? While virtual is great alternative, I don't see myself spending 4 days watching videos if I may be honest as well. So ideally it

Nothing like face-to-face in my opinion too but better safe than sorry, in terms of everybody's health, and the foundation. Another alternative (besides having a large virtual conference) is to just

I agree that there's no real replacement for face-to-face. However, virtual conference experiences are getting increasingly more interactive and a lot of conferences organize local gatherings for

As a speaker of KubeCon EU 2020, I am currently in China. Due to the influence of COVID19, the embassy of the Netherlands in Beijing is currently closed. I think there is a great possibility that I

Yeah, but... Who can sit in front of a screen for eight hours or more of streaming?! Roger B.A. Klorese (they/them or he/him) Senior Product Manager SUSE 255 King Street Suite 800 Seattle WA

+ 1 to solid virtual conference plan B option. I imagine there will be a lot more people tuning in online so we should make sure the live-streaming tech can handle the load. Fingers crossed