Category archives: Conferences

Coronavirus Concerns Prompt Canadian Music Week 2020 Delay

Canadian Music Week 2020 has been rescheduled in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The 2020 Canadian Music Week Conference and Expo had previously been slated to take place between May 19th and 23rd, and organizers reiterated the long-he…

MUSEXPO 2020 Creative Summit Postponed — Here Are the Details

MUSEXPO 2020 Creative Summit has been indefinitely postponed following the World Health Organization’s pandemic declaration and broader travel bans. As a result of the World Health Organization’s officially declaring the coronavirus (COVID-…

Airbnb Refuses to Refund SXSW Reservations, Guests Start Fighting Back

Frustration mounts as SXSW ticketholders are denied refunds for Austin Airbnb stays. Airbnb previously expanded its “Extenuating Circumstances” refund policy to cover renters who had planned to stay in (or who live in) countries and areas that have bee…

Collision Conference (Attendance: 30,000) Cancels, Issues Refunds, and Goes Completely Virtual

Collision Conference, a massive annual gathering for business professionals and tech startups, has canceled the physical edition of its 2020 event in response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.  The action will continue online, however. In…

Sony, Amazon Pull Out of Mobile World Congress Due to Coronavirus

Both Sony and Amazon are not making an appearance at Mobile World Congress 2020. Both companies pulled out of the annual event held in Barcelona over coronavirus concerns. Other companies that have canceled events this year include LG, ZTE, Nvidia, and…