COVID-19 update: this Thursday, 3/12 (by EOD) we will make a decision on one of these four options:
No change
Reschedule to summer
Go virtual
Reschedule to March 2021
Refunded ticket cancellation can be requested for any of the below options here or by emailing support@nerd.ngo
Attendees | Speakers | Sponsors | Volunteers | Hackathon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No change | Each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions Many attendees may cancel Food orders reduced by ~50%? Boxed lunches both days? Cancel Party? | Each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions Some sessions may change | Each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions | Each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions Reduced registration effort? Self-service? All surfaces are wiped down between sessions/hourly. | Each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions |
Reschedule to summer | No changes other than date change Attendee numbers may change | No changes other than date change Some sessions may change. | No changes other than date change | No changes other than date change | No changes other than date change |
Go virtual | Attend session by clicking Zoom link | Give session by clicking Zoom link | Join session by clicking Zoom link We could let Booth eligible Sponsors pick a number of sessions to join and interact with the audience in the first 10 minutes? Coupons to give out for for Lunches, Coffees, Swag? | Start session by clicking Zoom link, speaker presents Zoom room for registration? Virtual Swag at https://shop.nerd.ngo with coupons to virtual attendees? | Cancelled? Or, go ahead separately? Up to Chad? |
Reschedule to March 2021 | No changes other than date change Attendee numbers may change | No changes other than date change Some sessions may change. Follow up CFP? | No changes other than date change | No changes other than date change | No changes other than date change |
Combined: Dates kept, virtual available, secondary followup event planned for Summer | Non-virtual attendees, each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions Food orders reduced by ~50%? Boxed lunches both days? No appetizers at party? Virtual attendees will attend session by clicking Zoom link | Non-virtual speakers, each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions Some sessions may change, ones that don’t make sense to have a virtual options could be rescheduled to summer, or simply at speakers request. Virtual speakers give session by clicking Zoom link | Non-virtual sponsors, each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions We could let Booth eligible Sponsors pick a number of sessions to join and interact with the audience in the first 10 minutes? Coupons to give out for for Lunches, Coffees, Swag? Sponsors are automatically also sponsors of the Summer event. | Each receives sanitizer and prevention instructions All surfaces are wiped down between sessions/hourly. Reduced registration effort? Self-service? Zoom room for registration? Start virtual session by clicking Zoom link, speaker presents Virtual Swag at https://shop.nerd.ngo with coupons to virtual attendees? | Cancelled? Rescheduled? Or, go ahead separately? Up to Chad? |
Any Coronavirus announcements will be posted here and @NERDSummit….
As tickets continue being purchased, NERD Summit is still on. We are monitoring and discussing the situation in our Slack community. We will post resources here, below, and realtime updates to @NERDSummit.
COVID-19 update 3/10/2020: we've been steadily working through the logistics of how to best adapt to the emergence of COVID-19. While we still have more to announce, we can say at this time that NERD Summit 2020 will be virtual. Details will follow this Thursday, 3/12. For now, know that both attendees and presenters will be able to attend/present online.
COVID-19 update 3/3/2020: this Thursday, 3/12 (by EOD) we will make a decision on one of these four options:
no change
reschedule to summer
go virtual
reschedule to March 2021.
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Updated Information about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) for the UMass Amherst Community