Re: [107all] Update on IETF 107 Vancouver and COVID-19

Hello,
If the meeting is cancel, what will become our participation fees.
Best regard

Le mer. 4 mars 2020 à 20:50, IETF Executive Director <exec-director@ietf.org>
a écrit :

> This is a further update on IETF 107 Vancouver and the ongoing situation
> with COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
>
> It is still our intention to go ahead with IETF 107 Vancouver as the
> public health advice remains that we do not need to cancel conferences in
> Vancouver or avoid travel to Vancouver.  The Public Health Agency of Canada
> (PHAC) continues to classify the risk of infection in Canada as low [1] and
> the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to recommend against travel
> restrictions [2].  As shared earlier, special measures are being put into
> place for IETF 107 in Vancouver following public health recommendations for
> meetings of this nature [3].
>
> We continue to monitor the situation and will respond quickly if the
> public health advice changes.  While it is clear that the situation is
> deteriorating, the public health advice from the WHO, which is very
> consistent and evidence-based, is that local containment of outbreaks is
> both feasible and demonstrated to work.  To hear more about the
> evidence-based guidance being provided by the WHO we recommend watching a
> WHO press briefing [4] or reading their daily situation reports [5].
>
> We are aware that more companies have imposed travel restrictions and in
> some cases those are dependent on who else will be attending the
> conference.  However, we will not be imposing travel restrictions on IETF
> participants from specific countries or regions as it is for the Canadian
> government to decide who can enter their country.
>
> The current PHAC advisory page for visitors [6] is that those arriving
> from Hubei province of China or from Iran should self-isolate for 14 days
> on arrival and monitor their health.  That advisory may be updated at any
> time and so we advise anyone travelling from a country with an infection
> cluster to check that page before travel.
>
> We continue to receive new registrations every day but those are now being
> offset by cancellations and the number of registered in-person participants
> is hovering at around 625 [7] with over 200 registered remote
> participants.  The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) and IETF
> Administration LLC continue to monitor the situation and the IESG is
> currently seeking input from working group and research group chairs to
> understand the extent of expected session cancellations.
>
> If we are required to cancel then the IESG is considering options for
> virtual meeting support, which it will report on in due course.
>
> Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or
> comments.
>
> [1]
> https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html
> [2]
> https://www.who.int/ith/2019-nCoV_advice_for_international_traffic-rev/en/
> [2] https://www.ietf.org/how/meetings/107/ietf107-health-measures/
> [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAo9Nooi69E (about 55 minutes in)
> [4]
> https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/
> [5]
> https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/latest-travel-health-advice.html
> [6] https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf107/attendance.py
>
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