27th World Congress of Architects ? UIA2020RIO, International Union of Architects Event 2020 News
27th World Congress of Architects: UIA2020RIO
25 Mar 2020
UIA World Congress of Architects News
Forecast to attract 20,000 Attendees, the World Congress of Architects is postponed
The International Union of Architects (UIA) and the Brazilian Institute of Architects (IAB) announce that the 27th World Congress of Architects ? UIA2020RIO will be postponed.
Initially scheduled for July 19 ? 23, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, it will now be held on July 18 ? 22, 2021.
This decision was taken jointly with the UIA2020RIO Executive Committee, after carefully analysing the situation caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This raised a series of stumbling-blocks (consisting mainly of health threats) for the vast majority of the countries that would otherwise have attended the world?s largest Architecture event. With attendees already signed up from more than sixty countries, this Conference also has some fifty speakers and seven keynote speakers from seventeen countries. The original expectations were that this event would attract between 15,000 and 20,000 participants to Rio de Janeiro in 2020, ranking it as one of the largest business events in the city this year.
The many pre-Congress events ? including exhibitions, seminars, lectures and other occasions ? will be rescheduled as soon as permitted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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