AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 is officially cancelled
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced that its AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 has been canceled for the foreseeable future. As part of the cancellation, AIA will be refunding conference registraton fees for those who had previously purchased tickets to the three-day event, which was originally scheduled for May 14-16th in Los Angeles. Los Angeles authorities have indicated that the city’s shelter-in-place directives would remain in place through mid-May at the very least. In mid-March, AIA announced that it was postponing the conference, but did not give a new date for the event. Now, as the likelihood that social distancing measures will remain in place perhaps into the summer months becomes more widely acknowledged, the organization has opted to begin preparations for a potential virtual event, the latest in a series of such transitions. In a statement published by AIA, AIA 2020 President Jane Frederick, FAIA writes, “After carefully monitoring COVID-19 ...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced that its AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 has been canceled for the foreseeable future.
As part of the cancellation, AIA will be refunding conference registraton fees for those who had previously purchased tickets to the three-day event, which was originally scheduled for May 14-16th in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles authorities have indicated that the city’s shelter-in-place directives would remain in place through mid-May at the very least. In mid-March, AIA announced that it was postponing the conference, but did not give a new date for the event.
Now, as the likelihood that social distancing measures will remain in place perhaps into the summer months becomes more widely acknowledged, the organization has opted to begin preparations for a potential virtual event, the latest in a series of such transitions.
In a statement published by AIA, AIA 2020 President Jane Frederick, FAIA writes, “After carefully monitoring COVID-19 ...