INDUSTRY UPDATE
US: CHICAGO
Jason Victor Serinus
AXPONA, the largest audio expo in the Western Hemisphere, has been postponed from April 17–19 to August 7–9.
In a statement released to exhibitors on March 9, shortly before 4pm EDT, Joel Davis, founder and CEO of AXPONA sponsor JDEvents, wrote that the move was precipitated “out of concern for the health and safety of all participants due to the growing coronavirus situation. This decision was made following an outpouring of feedback from the AXPONA community over the last 72 hours … We rescheduled out of an abundance of caution during this unpredictable time … We will contact all exhibitors and attendees directly later this week as we work through the details of the move.”
“Our decision was based on input from hundreds of customers, including conversations, emails and texts in addition to our own best assessment of the situation and what will ultimately be in the best interest of the industry,” Davis told Stereophile. “Since no one can predict the future course of the coronavirus or when the peak will be, we are simply trying to reschedule to what we hope will be a much safer date.”
GERMANY: MUNICH
Jason Victor Serinus
High End 2020, aka Munich High End, has been canceled “due to the current worsening trend with respect to the spread of the novel coronavirus.” Citing a rapid increase in infections in Italy “within a few days,” and uncertainty as to how the virus will continue to spread in Europe, Stefan Dreischärf, managing director of High End Society Service GmbH, declared, “We consider it our responsibility to act in a timely manner.”
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