Update Corona / Covid 19

Statement on coronavirus | 20.04.2020

We take the developments around the coronavirus (Covid-19) very seriously. The safety and health of our employees, business partners and participants at our events is our top priority. Due to the current situation, we would like to inform you that we are taking all necessary precautions for our events in autumn. We are currently working on a Smart Distancing concept which will allow us to hold live events in the usual quality after the contact ban has been relaxed.

For this purpose, we are in close contact with our partners and customers, follow and observe the current developments via the Federal Ministry of Health and the Robert Koch Institute.

How can the current situation and developments in the coming weeks be assessed?

Major events play a major role in the dynamics of infection, which is why they will remain prohibited in the next weeks and probably months.

At the moment, nobody knows which events fall under this ban, this is to be regulated by each state, but the hitherto common term of a major event with 5,000 participants – which is hung up on safety aspects – will not help here.

With a certain probability, the countries will at least go down to 1,000 or 500, but in the beginning maybe more likely to 100-200 visitors – this will happen in the coming days & weeks. And from May / June at the earliest, realistically but also probably rather later, small events will be conceivable, which, comparable to shops and businesses, will be able to maintain the necessary distance and hygiene rules and also guarantee compliance.

That means that if:

it is spatially possible to create sufficient space for the spacing rules there are sufficient possibilities for hand washing, disinfection etc
it is possible for event design to maintain distance and hygiene rules, this is where we are currently developing our “Smart Distancing & Networking” concept
the visitors are, from experience, reasonable,
it can be expected that all parties involved will abide by the rules,

then events should be possible in the next months, subject to conditions.

Since our conference hotels usually take these points into action without any problems, since the size of our events ranges from 50-200 participants, and the area rarely exceeds 400 sqm, we.CONECT conferences are not likely to be banned for as long as “big events” where crowds and breaches of the rules are to be expected.

However, we are currently unable to predict how the pandemic will develop in the next weeks and months and which regulations will apply accordingly. In general, we will do everything we can to ensure that secure and high-quality business conferences – digital and live – can continue to be held in the future – with Smart Distancing & Networking!

Will the live events take place?

we.CONECT is currently not planning to cancel any events for the year 2020.

All events up to and including June will take place digitally.
The preparations for our events in September are running as planned and will be equipped with our “Smart Distancing & Networking” concept according to the latest developments.
In addition, all events at we.CONECT will be delivered digitally.
More than 2 years of expertise from more than 35 digital events of our digital event series “ScaleUp 360° – https://www.scale-up-360.com/” help us to provide our partners and participants with a hybrid event experience.

What are the security measures at events?

At our events we will ensure the highest possible standard of hygiene measures. In addition, we are currently developing a “Smart Distancing & Networking” concept which will enable us to conduct our events according to the current situation and as usual with the necessary safety and quality.