The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Chicago (McCormick Place), IL · Illinois
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-12-09 Dec. 9, 2020
- In force
- Dec. 9, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Staffing and Support Services SEC-19
Operative words
'ISSA Show North America announced today the show will move to a fully virtual event over the same dates, November 16-19' and 'Our mission statement doesn't change as we connect as a united industry this November' (Lindsay Roberts, Group Director) (Ex. SEC-19-GM-012); 'We knew a virtual event would never replace the in-person experience' (Ex. SEC-19-GM-013)
The organizer's notice
CMM (ISSA Media), "A Look Back at ISSA Show North America Virtual Experience" (Dec. 9, 2020)
Notes
2020: Converted to a fully virtual event over the same dates (announced Aug. 17, 2020); McCormick Place hosted no events until July 2021. 2021: Held in person in Las Vegas, Nov. 15-18, 2021 (after the period), under Nevada Directive 050's mask and vaccination-proof regime; a client recorded that the show 'moved to Las Vegas from Chicago'. Usual dates: Nov. 16-19, 2020 (annual, November). Scale: virtual result: 'nearly 14,000 unique visitors', 'more than 250 exhibitors', 6,284 registrations (ISSA recap, Dec. 10, 2020, Ex. SEC-19-GM-013); the cleaning industry's principal trade show. Venue orders 2020: IL-030, IL-031, MET-CHI-024, MET-CHI-016, MET-CHI-053, AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-026. Venue orders 2021: NV-044, NV-045.