The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and precautionary measures continue to impact technology conference schedules and business supply chains worldwide.
We've organized this blog into three sections, each of which is updated daily.
- Technology Conference Cancelations - Sorted by Company and Event Name
- Technology Conference Cancelations - Sorted by Date
- Rescheduled Conferences With Confirmed Dates - Sorted by Date
Blog originally published January 29, 2020. Updated regularly thereafter. Earlier versions of this blog also mentioned supply chain, country, regional and human toll updates. But now that those issues have gone mainstream, we recommend tracking this overall coronavirus update line from CNN.
1. Coronavirus: Technology Conference Cancelations - Sorted By Name
The following events have been canceled, postponed or shifted to digital only events. Sorted alphabetically.
- Adobe Summit 2020 (March 29-April 2): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Amazon AWS Sydney Summit (March 31-April 2, Sydney, Australia): Canceled.
- Amazon AWS Mumbai Summit (April 7-9, Mumbai, India): Canceled.
- AMD Americas Partner Summit (April 28-30, New Orleans): Postponed. New date pending.
- Amazon re:MARS 2020 AI Conference (June 16-19, Las Vegas): Canceled
- Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit 2020 (May 12-14, Chicago): Postponed
- Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 (June): Online only. Face to face had never been announced.
- Aruba Atmosphere 2020 Conference (March 22-27, Las Vegas): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Atlassian Summit 2020 (March 31-April 2, Las Vegas): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Black Hat Asia 2020 (March 31-April 3, Singapore): Postponed.
- Black Hat USA 2020 (August 1-6, Las Vegas): Online only. Face to face canceled.
- Cannabis Tech Conference for MSP (June 1-2, Denver, Colorado): Online only. Face to face event canceled.
- CERAWeek 2020 (March 9-13, Houston): Canceled
- Channel Partners Conference and Expo (March 9-12, Las Vegas): Postponed. New date to be determined.
- Cherwell Software Clear 2020 Europe Conference (March 9-10, London): Canceled.
- Cisco Live Melbourne (March 3-6 in Australia): Canceled.
- Cisco Live Las Vegas (May 31-June 4): Digital Only scheduled for June 2-3. Face-to-face canceled.
- Cisco Partner Connection Week (March 23-25, Boca Raton, Florida): Canceled
- Citrix Synergy (May 19-21, Orlando, Florida): Online only
- CloudFest 2020 (March 14-20, Germany): Canceled.
- Collision 2020 (June 22-25, Toronto, Canada): Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- CompTIA ChannelCon (August 4-6, Miami): Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- CompTIA Communities & Councils Forum (CCF) 2020 (March 16-18, Chicago): Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- Conferences - Asia: More than two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in Asia have been postponed because of the spread of the China coronavirus, shuttering events where billions of dollars worth of deals have been signed in the past. Source: Reuters, February 6, 2020.
- Conferences - Europe: In Europe alone, 260 conferences have been canceled due to coronavirus, said Sherrif Karamat, chief executive of PCMA, a trade association representing the business events industry. Most of those were located in Italy. Source: Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2020.
- ConnectWise IT Nation Connect 2020 Europe (May 12-14, Amsterdam): Postponed.
- ConnectWise IT Nation Evolve - Service Executive Peer Groups (March 30-April 3, Chicago): Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- ConnectWise IT Nation Explore (June 23-26): Online Only. Face-to-face cancelled.
- Creatio Accelerate 2020 (May 7-9, 2020): Postponed.
- Data Center World 2020 (March 16-19, August, Texas): Rescheduled for August 2020 in San Antonio, Texas.
- DattoCon 20 Atlanta (June 8-10, Atlanta, Georgia): Postponed. New details pending. Datto CEO Tim Weller shares more thoughts in this ChannelE2E interview.
- Dell Technologies World 2020 (May 4-7, Las Vegas): Face to face is Canceled. Virtual event planned for October 2020. Details pending.
- DVCon U.S. 2020 (Shortened to March 3-4): The electronic systems conference has shortened its conference schedule to reflect that fact that some presenters had to cancel their participation due to corporate travel mandates. Please visit the website for the updated program matrix for Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 4.
- DocuSign Momentum (March 4, San Francisco): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Domopalooza (March 18-19, Salt Lake City, Utah): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Eaton Partner Summit (March 16-18, Fort Lauderdale, Florida): Postponed until November 9 to 11.
- E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) for Video Games (June 9-11, Los Angeles): Canceled.
- Ellucian Live 2020 (April 5-8, Orlando, Florida): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- eMerge Americas 2020 (March 30-31, Miami Beach, Florida): Postponed.
- F5 Agility (March 16-19, Orlando, Florida): Online only is under development. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Facebook F8 2020 Developers Conference (May 5-6): Canceled
- FinancialForce Summit 2020 (June 1-4, Las Vegas): Canceled
- Fortinet Accelerate New York (May 16 - May 21): Canceled
- Game Developers Conference (March 16-20): Postponed.
- Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit (June 1-4, Washington, D.C.): Postponed.
- Google Cloud Next 2020 (April 6-8, San Francisco): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Google I/O 2020 (May 12-14, Mountain View, California): Canceled.
- HIMSS 2020 (March 9-13, Orlando, Florida): Canceled.
- HPE Discover 2020 (June 23-25, Las Vegas): Online only starting June 22. Face-to-face event canceled.
- HP Reinvent (March 24-27, Anaheim, Calif.): Postponed. Details pending
- IBM Think 2020 and PartnerWorld (May 4-7, San Francisco): Online only. Face-to-face conferences canceled.
- Ingram Micro Cloud Summit (May 12-14, Miami Beach, Florida): Postponed until early 2021.
- ISC West (March 17-20, Las Vegas): Postponed. Expected to be rescheduled in July 2020.
- Internet of Things World (April 6-9, San Jose): Postponed until August.
- IT By Design Build IT 2020 (May 17-19, New Jersey): Postponed until August
- IT Owner’s Compass (April 23-25): Canceled/Postponed. New date to be determined.
- IWCE (March 30-April 2, Las Vegas): Rescheduled for August 24-28.
- Kaseya Connect IT Global 2020 Conference (May 4-7, Las Vegas): Rescheduled for August 24-27.
- Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit (April 6-9, Barcelona, Spain): Postponed.
- K2 FastFWD Low Code User Conference (April 6-8, Seattle, Washington): Online only. Face to face canceled.
- Lenovo Transform 2020 (June 16-19, Las Vegas): Postponed. Fall 2020 date pending.
- LogicMonitor Level Up 2020 Conference (May 27-29, Austin, Texas): Canceled
- MBA (Mortgage Bankers Association) Technology Solutions Conference and Expo (March 29-April 1, Los Angeles): Canceled.
- Microsoft MVP Global Summit (March 15-20): Online only. Face to face canceled
- Microsoft Build 2020 (May 19-21, Seattle): Online only. Face to face canceled.
- Microsoft Inspire 2020 Worldwide Partner Conference (July 19-23, Las Vegas): Face-to-face canceled. Alternative approaches under consideration.
- Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2020 (Feb. 24-27): Canceled.
- MSPWorld 2020 (March 15-17, New Orleans): Rescheduled for September 30-October 2.
- Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (March 22-26): Online only. Face-to-face conference canceled.
- Oka Oktane (March 30-April 2, San Francisco, California): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Oracle Modern Business Experience (March 23-26, Chicago): Postponed.
- Oracle NetSuite SuiteWorld 2020 (April 20-23, Las Vegas): Postponed until August 10-13.
- Oracle OpenWorld Asia 2020 (April 21-22): Postponed.
- Palo Alto Networks Ignite20 (June 1-4, Austin, Texas): Rescheduled for November 9-12 in Las Vegas.
- Pax8 Wingman 2020 (June 3-5, Denver): Online date pending. Face to face canceled.
- PTC LiveWorx20 Digital Transformation Conference (June 8-11, Boston): Online Only. Details pending. Face to face canceled.
- RSA Conference 2021 has been delayed from February until May 2021.
- Red Hat Summit 2020 (April 27-29, San Francisco): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- Robin Robins - The IT Sales And Marketing Boot Camp, Nashville, Tenn (April 8-11): Broadcast from Nashville.
- Rubrik Forward 2020 (May 11-13, Chicago): Online only May 11. Face-to-face event canceled.
- SaaStr Annual (March 10-12, San Jose): Canceled. Bi-Annual conference still set for September in San Francisco.
- Salesforce Dreamforce (November 9-12, San Francisco): Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- SANS 2020 Cybersecurity Training Conference (April 3-10, Orlando, Florida): Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- SAP Concur Fusion (March 9-12, Orlando, Florida): Canceled
- SAP Ariba Live (March 16-18, Las Vegas): Canceled
- SAS Global Forum (March 29-April 1, Washington, D.C.): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- SAP Sapphire Now 2020 (May 12-14 in Orlando, Florida): Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- ServiceNow Knowledge (May 3-7, Orlando, Florida): Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- Shoptalk (March 2020): Rescheduled for September 14-17, Las Vegas
- Snapchat Snap Partner Summit (April 2, Los Angeles): Online only.
- SolarWinds Empower MSP (May 12-14, Prague): Cancelled. Please mark your calendars for Empower MSP Prague 2021, April 19 – 21 at the Prague Congress Centre. SolarWinds will officially launch registration later this year, so look for updates in the future.
- Sophos Evolve (April 22-24, Las Vegas): Canceled
- Splunk .conf 2020 (October 20-21): Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- SSOW - Shared Services and Outsourcing Network 2020 (March 23-26, Orlando): Postponed until August 2020.
- Strata Data Conference 2020 (March 15-18, San Jose): Postponed.
- SUSECON 2020 (March 23-27, Dublin, Ireland): Online only.
- SXSW - South by Southwest (March 13-22, Austin, Texas): Canceled
- Synnex Varnex Spring (March 29-April 1, Greenville, SC): Canceled
- Synnex Red, White and You (March 31-April 3, Greenville, SC): Canceled
- VeeamOn 2020 (May 4-6, Las Vegas): Online only; face-to-face canceled
- VMware Carbon Black Connect 2020 (May 13-15, Chicago): Online only. Face to face canceled.
- VMware VMworld 2020 (August 30-September 3, San Francisco): Online only scheduled for the week of September 28, 2020. Face to face canceled.
- Women in Cyber Security (WiCys) 2020 (March 12-14, Aurora, Colorado): Canceled
- Zendesk Relate 2020 (March 3-5): Canceled.
- Zoholics 2020 (April 28-30, Austin, Texas): Canceled.
- More: ChannelE2E's complete technology industry event schedule is here.
2. Coronavirus: Technology Conference Cancelations - Sorted By Date
The following events have been canceled, postponed or shifted to digital only events. Sorted alphabetically.
February 2020 Technology Event Cancelations & Postponements
- Feb. 24-27 - Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2020: Canceled.
March 2020 Technology Event Cancelations & Postponements
- March 3-4 - DVCon U.S. 2020: The electronic systems conference has shortened its conference schedule to reflect that fact that some presenters had to cancel their participation due to corporate travel mandates. Please visit the website for the updated program matrix.
- March 3-5, Miami, Florida - Zendesk Relate 2020: Canceled.
- March 3-6, Australia - Cisco Live Melbourne: Canceled.
- March 4, San Francisco - DocuSign Momentum: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 9-10, London - Cherwell Software Clear 2020 Europe Conference: Canceled.
- March 9-12, Orlando, Florida - SAP Concur Fusion: Canceled
- March 9-12, Las Vegas - Channel Partners Conference and Expo: Postponed. New date to be determined.
- March 9-13, Orlando, Florida - HIMSS 2020: Canceled
- March 9-13, Houston - CERAWeek 2020: Canceled
- March 10-12, San Jose, California - SaaStr Annual: Canceled. Bi-Annual conference still set for September in San Francisco.
- March 12-14, Aurora, Colorado - Women in Cyber Security (WiCys) 2020: Canceled.
- March 13-22, Austin, Texas - SXSW - South by Southwest: Canceled
- March 14-20, Germany - CloudFest 2020: Canceled.
- March 15-17, New Orleans - MSPWorld 2020: Rescheduled for September 30-October 2.
- March 15-18, San Jose - Strata Data Conference 2020: Postponed.
- March 15-20 - Microsoft MVP Global Summit: Online only. Face to face canceled
- March 16-18, Chicago - CompTIA Communities & Councils Forum (CCF) 2020: Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- March 16-18, Las Vegas - SAP Ariba Live: Canceled
- March 16-18, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Eaton Partner Summit: Postponed until November 9 to 11.
- March 16-19, Orlando, Florida - F5 Agility: Online only is under development. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 16-19, August, Texas - Data Center World 2020: Rescheduled for August 2020 in San Antonio, Texas.
- March 16-20, San Francisco - Game Developers Conference: Postponed.
- March 17-20, Las Vegas = ISC West: Postponed. Expected to be rescheduled in July 2020.
- March 18-19, Salt Lake City, Utah - Domopalooza: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 22-27, Las Vegas - Aruba Atmosphere 2020 Conference: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 22-26: Nvidia GPU Technology Conference: Online only. Face-to-face conference canceled.
- March 23-25, Boca Raton, Florida - Cisco Partner Connection Week: Canceled
- March 23-26, Chicago - Oracle Modern Business Experience: Postponed.
- March 23-26, Orlando, Florida - SSOW (Shared Services and Outsourcing Network): Postponed until August 2020.
- March 23-27, Dublin, Ireland - SUSECON 2020: Online only.
- March 24-27, Anaheim, Calif. - HP Reinvent: Postponed. Details pending
- March, Las Vegas - ShopTalk: Rescheduled for September 14-17
- March 29-April 1, Los Angeles - MBA (Mortgage Bankers Association) Technology Solutions Conference and Expo: Canceled.
- March 29-April 1, Washington, D.C. - SAS Global Forum: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 29-April 1, Greenville, SC - Synnex Varnex Spring: Canceled
- March 29-April 2 - Adobe Summit 2020: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 30-31, Miami Beach, Florida - eMerge Americas 2020: Postponed.
- March 30-April 2 - Oka Oktane, San Francisco, California: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 30-April 2, Las Vegas - IWCE (International Wireless Communications Expo): Rescheduled for August 24-28.
- March 30-April 3, Chicago: ConnectWise IT Nation Evolve - Service Executive Peer Groups: Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- March 31-April 2 - Sydney, Australia - Amazon AWS Sydney Summit: Canceled.
- March 31-April 2, Las Vegas - Atlassian Summit 2020: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 31-April 3 - Singapore: Black Hat Asia 2020: Postponed.
- March 31-April 3, Greenville, SC - Synnex Red, White and You: Canceled
April 2020 Technology Event Cancelations & Postponements
- March 29-April 1, Los Angeles - MBA (Mortgage Bankers Association) Technology Solutions Conference and Expo: Canceled.
- March 29-April 1, Washington, D.C. - SAS Global Forum: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 29-April 1, Greenville, SC - Synnex Varnex Spring: Canceled
- March 29-April 2 - Adobe Summit 2020: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 30-April 2, Las Vegas – IWCE (International Wireless Communications Expo): Postponed. New date pending.
- March 30-April 2: San Francisco, California - Oka Oktane, : Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 31-April 2 - Sydney, Australia - Amazon AWS Sydney Summit: Canceled.
- March 31-April 2, Las Vegas - Atlassian Summit 2020: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- March 31-April 3, Greenville, SC - Synnex Red, White and You: Canceled
- March 31-April 3 - Singapore - Black Hat Asia 2020: Postponed.
- April 2, Los Angeles - Snapchat Snap Partner Summit: Online only.
- April 3-10, Orlando, Florida - SANS 2020 Cybersecurity Training Conference: Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- April 5-8, Orlando, Florida - Ellucian Live 2020: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- April 6-8, San Francisco - Google Cloud Next 2020: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- April 6-8, Seattle, Washington:K2 FastFWD Low Code User Conference: Online only. Face to face canceled.
- April 6-9, Barcelona, Spain - Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit: Postponed.
- April 6-9, San Jose, California - IoT World 2020: Postponed until August
- Apro; 7-9, Mumbai, India - Amazon AWS Mumbai Summit: Canceled.
- April 8-11, Nashville, Tenn: Robin Robins - The IT Sales And Marketing Boot Camp: Now broadcast from Nashville; face to face no longer available.
- April 20-23, Las Vegas - Oracle NetSuite SuiteWorld 2020: Postponed until August 10-13.
- April 21-22 - Oracle OpenWorld Asia 2020: Postponed.
- April 22-24, Las Vegas - Sophos Evolve: Canceled
- April 23-25 - IT Owner’s Compass (April 23-25): Canceled/Postponed. New date to be determined.
- April 27-29, San Francisco - Red Hat Summit 2020: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- April 28-30, New Orleans - AMD Americas Partner Summit: Postponed. New date pending.
- April 28-30, Austin, Texas - Zoholics 2020: Canceled.
May 2020 Technology Event Cancelations & Postponements
- May 3-7, Orlando, Florida - ServiceNow Knowledge 2020: Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- May 4-6, Las Vegas - VeeamOn 2020: Online only; face-to-face canceled
- May 4-7, San Francisco - IBM Think 2020 and PartnerWorld: Online only. Face-to-face conferences canceled.
- May 4-7, Las Vegas - Dell Technologies World 2020: Face-to-face event canceled. Virtual event planned for October 2020. Details pending.
- May 4-7, Las Vegas- Kaseya Connect IT Global 2020 Conference: Rescheduled for August 24-27.
- May 5-6 - San Jose, California - Facebook F8 2020 Developers Conference: Canceled.
- May 7-9, Chicago, Illinois - Creatio Accelerate 2020: Postponed.
- May 11-13, Chicago - Rubrik Forward: Online only May 11. Face-to-face event canceled.
- May 12-14, Mountain View, California - Google I/O 2020: Canceled.
- May 12-14, Miami Beach, Florida - Ingram Micro Cloud Summit: Postponed until early 2021.
- May 12-14, Chicago, Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit 2020: Postponed
- May 12-14, Amsterdam - ConnectWise IT Nation Connect Europe 2020: Postponed.
- May 12-14, Prague - SolarWinds Empower MSP: Cancelled. Please mark your calendars for Empower MSP Prague 2021, April 19 – 21 at the Prague Congress Centre. SolarWinds will officially launch registration later this year, so look for updates in the future.
- May 12-14, Orlando, Florida - SAP Sapphire Now 2020: Online only. Face-to-face event canceled.
- May 13-14, VMware Carbon Black Connect 2020, Chicago: Online only. Face to face canceled.
- May 16-21, New York - Fortinet Accelerate New York: Canceled
- May 17-19, New Jersey - IT By Design Build IT 2020: Postponed until August
- May 19-21, Orlando, Florida - Citrix Synergy: Online only
- May 19-21, Seattle - Microsoft Build 2020. Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- May 27-29, Austin, Texas - LogicMonitor Level Up 2020 Conference: Canceled
June 2020 Technology Event Cancelations & Postponements
- June - Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC): Online only. Face to face was never announced.
- June 1-2, Denver, Colorado - Cannabis Tech Conference for MSPs: Online only. Face to face event canceled.
- June 1-4, Las Vegas - FinancialForce Summit 2020: Canceled
- June 1-4, Washington, D.C. - Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2020: Postponed.
- June 1-4, Austin, Texas - Palo Alto Networks Ignite20: Rescheduled for November 9-12 in Las Vegas.
- June 2-3, Cisco Live: Digital Only scheduled for June 2-3. Face-to-face canceled.
- June 3-5, Denver, Colorado - Pax8 Wingman 2020: Online date pending. Face to face canceled.
- June 8-10, Atlanta, Georgia - Datto DattoCon20 Atlanta: Postponed. New details pending. Datto CEO Tim Weller shares more thoughts in this ChannelE2E interview.
- June 8-11, Boston, Mass - PTC LiveWorx20 Digital Transformation Conference: Online Only. Details pending. Face to face canceled.
- June 9-11, Los Angeles - E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) for Video Games: Canceled.
- June 16-19, Las Vegas - Lenovo Transform: Postponed. New fall 2020 date pending.
- June 16-19, Las Vegas - Amazon re:MARS 2020 AI Conference: Canceled
- June 22-25, Toronto - Collision 2020: Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- June 23-25, Las Vegas - HPE Discover 2020: Online only starting June 22. Face-to-face event canceled.
- June 23-26, Orlando - ConnectWise IT Nation Explore: Online Only. Face-to-face canceled.
July 2020 Technology Event Cancelations & Postponements
- July 19-23, Las Vegas - Microsoft Inspire 2020 Worldwide Partner Conference: Face-to-face canceled. Alternative approaches under consideration.
August 2020 Technology Event Cancelations & Postponements
- August 1-6, Las Vegas - Black Hat USA 2020: Online only. Face to face canceled.
- August 4-6, Miami - CompTIA ChannelCon: Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- August 30-Sept 3, San Francisco - VMware VMworld 2020: Online only scheduled for the week of September 28, 2020. Face to face canceled.
October 2020 Technology Event Cancellations and Postponements
- October 20-21 - Las Vegas - Splunk .conf20: Virtual only. Face to-face event cancelled.
November 2020 Technology Event Cancelations & Postponements
- November 9-12, San Francisco - Salesforce Dreamforce: Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
3. Rescheduled Conferences With Confirmed Dates
August 2020
- August 10-13, Las Vegas - Oracle NetSuite SuiteWorld 2020: Confirmed. Conference had been postponed from April 2020.
- August 10-13, San Jose - IoT World 2020: Confirmed. Conference had been postponed from April 2020.
- August 24-27, Las Vegas - Kaseya Connect IT GlobalConference: Confirmed. Conference had been postponed from May 2020.
- August 24-28, Las Vegas - IWCE 2020 International Wireless Communications Expo: Confirmed. Conference had been postponed from March 2020.
- August 30- Sept 1, New Jersey - IT By Design Build IT 2020: Confirmed. Conference had been postponed from May 2020.
September 2020
- August 30- Sept 1, New Jersey - IT By Design Build IT 2020: Confirmed. Conference had been postponed from May 2020.
- September 28 - VMware VMworld 2020. Online only Actual dates for the week are pending. Face to face event canceled.
- September 30-October 2, New Orleans - MSPWorld from MSP Alliance: Confirmed. Conference had been postponed from March.
October 2020
- Date Pending: Dell Technologies World 2020 will be held as a virtual event in October 2020. Details are pending.
November 2020
May 2021:
- May 16-21, San Francisco - RSA Conference 2021: Confirmed. Conference had been postponed from February 2021.