2021 PIA SYMPOSIUM

The PIA Symposium has been rescheduled from February 1-5, 2021 to August 30 - September 3, 2021.

Planning the event takes a lot of work many months in advance and with the uncertainty of the Pandemic, it was wise to reschedule.

The question is, is 6 months enough.  Will the covid virus be under control by the end of August.  No one really knows for sure.

There are several promising vaccines and large scale manufacturing is underway but none have received approval yet, maybe December, January ?

When the vaccine is available, it will be administered in phases, starting with health care workers and first responders, then so on as time and enough vaccines are available.

How long will this take, 6 months, 9 months, a year to get things under control.

For the reasons above, I would be in favor of postponing the Symposium to January or February 2022 then holding future ones on even years.

What are your thoughts.

15 hours ago, johnhking1 said:

The PIA Symposium has been rescheduled from February 1-5, 2021 to August 30 - September 3, 2021.

Planning the event takes a lot of work many months in advance and with the uncertainty of the Pandemic, it was wise to reschedule.

The question is, is 6 months enough.  Will the covid virus be under control by the end of August.  No one really knows for sure.

There are several promising vaccines and large scale manufacturing is underway but none have received approval yet, maybe December, January ?

When the vaccine is available, it will be administered in phases, starting with health care workers and first responders, then so on as time and enough vaccines are available.

How long will this take, 6 months, 9 months, a year to get things under control.

For the reasons above, I would be in favor of postponing the Symposium to January or February 2022 then holding future ones on even years.

What are your thoughts.

 

 

I forgot to include the fact that the northern DZ's are open and busy August / September and a number of people may not be able to attend.