The ongoing Coronavirus epidemic has forced the cancelation of a lot of events in the tech industry. These are the major tech events that got canceled, postponed, or got shifted online as a digital event:
One of the largest gaming events on the planet, Game Developers Conference 2020 was originally scheduled to be held from the 16th to the 20th of March in San Francisco, California. The event recently got postponed to summer citing Coronavirus concerns. The organizers of the event have not announced the revised event dates so far. Keep watching this space as we will be updating the new dates once an official announcement is made.
Facebook canceled its annual F8 developer conference that was originally planned for the 5th and 6th of May in San Jose, California. The company will be organizing a combo of locally hosted events, videos, and live-streamed content to make its announcements.
Redmond giant Microsoft has also canceled its physical Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Summit and moved the event online. The virtual event will be hosted from the 16th to the 20th of March.
Adobe has announced that it will be canceling its live event in Las Vegas for Adobe Summit. “Over the past few weeks, we have been closely monitoring and evaluating the situation around COVID-19 to ensure we are taking the necessary measures to protect the health and wellbeing of Adobe Summit attendees.”, said Anil Chakravarthy, EVP & GM at Adobe.
Google I/O, the Mountain View giant’s biggest tech event of the year, has been canceled due to the spread of the Coronavirus. According to Google the decision to cancel Google I/O 2020 was taken “due to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), and in accordance with health guidance from the CDC, WHO, and other health authorities.”
