<div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 30th International Biometric Conference (IBC 2020) <<a href="mailto:onbehalfof@abstractcentral.com">onbehalfof@abstractcentral.com</a>> Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:49 PM Subject: 30th International Biometric Conference (IBC 2020) (3367804) To: <<a href="mailto:clarice.demetrio@usp.br">clarice.demetrio@usp.br</a>> </div> Greetings, I hope this email finds you well. As it was announced late last week, we regret to inform you that IBC 2020 will not proceed as planned in July 2020. Please review the letter from IBS President, Geert Verbeke and IBC 2020 Organizing President, Louise Ryan. The International Program Committee along with the IBS Board of Directors are exploring options and we will be in touch when we have more information. Until that time please be patient with us. Renato Assunção International Program Committee Chair Message to Membership sent on 20 March 2020: Dear Colleague, The IBS Executive Board met this week and discussed, amongst other things, the global COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for IBC 2020, planned for early July in Seoul, Korea. In consideration of extensive travel restrictions being imposed by countries all over the world and with the health of our IBS community in mind, the board decided that the International Biometric Conference should not proceed as planned in July 2020. We are actively discussing alternatives, including online offerings as well as in-person meeting options, most likely for July and August 2021. We will provide more information as soon as plans firm up in more detail. Anyone who has already registered for IBC2020 may contact the business office at <a href="mailto:ibs@biometricsociety.org" target="_blank">ibs@biometricsociety.org</a> to request a full refund. If any registered members are in a position to simply let their university or employer absorb the registration cost, this would be greatly appreciated since it will help to offset some of the fairly considerable losses that IBS will incur as a result of the changes. In the meantime, we wish everyone can stay safe and manage the considerable challenges of these troubling times, Sincerely, Geert Verbeke, IBS President Louise Ryan, IBS Outgoing President and IBC Organizing President </div></div>