IUC 45 remote attendance options required

[Dominik Röttsches]

Hi again everyone,

I haven't received any response so far - could you please reply and explain
how you plan to organize the conference in a way that prevents remote
attendees from being at a disadvantage. I still find this essential with
the background of restrictive rules that still exist regarding entering the
US at the time of the conference, in particular for an international
organisation like the Unicode consortium?

Thanks,

Dominik


On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 5:21 PM Dominik Röttsches <drott at google.com> wrote:

> Dear Unicode Consortium IUC organizers, dear Mike and Carol,
>
> I would like to inquire what measures are taken for international
> attendees and speakers to participate in IUC 45 if they are not able to
> travel to Santa Clara.
>
> Schengen area (≈ European) residents and residents from a list of other
> countries (at least: China, UK, India, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, Iran)
> are still not allowed entry into the US - as per US policy
> <https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/covid-19-travel-restrictions-and-exceptions.html>.
> This means, conference participants restricted by these travel policies are
> unfairly left out if there is no option to contribute to and attend the
> conference in some form of hybrid conference way.
>
> Please let me know how you plan to address this in a way that prevents
> remote attendees from being at a disadvantage.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Dominik Röttsches
> Speaker for Session 10, Vector Color Fonts
>
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