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Ex. SEC-01-GM-068 Organizer notice Primary source read

Organizer notice

ACS Clinical Congress 2020

American College of Surgeons · Chicago (McCormick Place), IL (Organizer)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Chicago (McCormick Place), IL · Illinois
Level
Organizer
Issued
2022-01-01 Jan. 1, 2022
In force
Jan. 1, 2022 (the notice's date)
Functions reached
  • SX
  • HR
  • MK
  • SC
Collection
Hospitals and Health Systems SEC-01

Operative words

'The American College of Surgeons (ACS) leadership decided to provide the virtual meeting at no cost given the financial impact the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had on surgical practices.'

The organizer's notice

ACS Clinical Congress 2020

Notes

2020: Held virtually, October 3-7, 2020, in place of the Chicago meeting; offered at no charge. 2021: Clinical Congress 2021 (scheduled for Washington, D.C.) held as 'its second successful Virtual Clinical Congress October 23-27, 2021, with approximately 9,000' registrants. Usual dates: October 3-7, 2020 (annual, October). Scale: ACS Bulletin: 'More than 30,000 health care professionals--nearly 16,000 of whom practice outside of the U.S. and Canada--registered to participate in the virtual Clinical Congress 2020 October 3-7'. Venue orders 2020: IL-019, MET-CHI-015, IL-028. Venue orders 2021: DC-057, DC-021, DC-061.