The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Houston (NRG Park), TX · Texas
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2021-08-01 Aug. 1, 2021
- In force
- Aug. 1, 2021 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Weddings, Events and Production Services SEC-25
The organizer's notice
OTC 2021 homepage as captured Aug. 2, 2021: 'Two Ways to Attend OTC 2021' (Aug. 16-19, 2021, NRG Park, Houston); health and safety 'in compliance and following the guidance from federal, state, and local governmental agencies'
Notes
2020: Postponed. The May 2020 conference did not take place; the organizer's 2020 site as of March 30, 2020 is Ex. SEC-25-GM-042 where retrieved (the raw capture was refused). Harris County's Stay Home, Work Safe order (Mar. 24 - Apr. 30, 2020, Exs. MET-HOU-005, -006) and its Fourth Amended order (May 21 - June 10, 2020, Ex. MET-HOU-012) governed NRG Park on the scheduled dates. 2021: Held as a hybrid event August 16-19, 2021: 'Two Ways to Attend OTC 2021'; 'YOUR HEALTH. YOUR SAFETY. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, OTC is dedicated to creating and maintaining a safe and healthy environment in compliance and following the guidance from federal, state, and local governmental agencies and health authorities. Safety precautions and guidelines will continue to evolve' (Ex. SEC-25-GM-043, as captured Aug. 2, 2021). In force on the dates: Texas GA-38 (Ex. TX-036), Harris County's Eighth Order on screening and face coverings in County buildings (Aug. 17, 2021, Ex. MET-HOU-039), the Harris County courts' health-protocol orders (Exs. MET-HOU-052, -053), the Local Health Authority's school mask order (Ex. MET-HOU-038) and the federal conveyance and TSA rules on every traveling attendee (Exs. FED-020, FED-052). Usual dates: First week of May (four days); the 2020 edition was scheduled for May 4-7, 2020. Scale: '93% of OTC 2019 attendees rated OTC's networking experience as positive' (Ex. SEC-25-GM-043); attendance figures not sourced in the exhibits retrieved. Venue orders 2020: MET-HOU-005, MET-HOU-006, MET-HOU-012, MET-HOU-043, TX-008, TX-014, TX-016. Venue orders 2021: TX-036, TX-037, MET-HOU-038, MET-HOU-039, MET-HOU-041, MET-HOU-052, MET-HOU-053, FED-020, FED-052.