Due to the worsening effects of the Covid-19 situation in Munich, the Summit, planned to take place October 14 – 15 2020 has been cancelled at short notice.
The cancellation concerns both the physical and the digital part of the event. The company has commented in a press release that a purely digital event would not have made sense since both formats of the Hybrid Summit are interlinked and mutually dependent.
Yesterday at noon, the German Robert Koch-Institute (RKI) classified Munich and other cities and administrative districts in Germany as risk areas. The incidence of infections has also increased dramatically in other European countries. Many speakers and participants declared that they would not be traveling to Munich and following this, it can also be assumed that further participants and speakers would have decided against the summit at short notice.
Klaus Dittrich, Chairman and CEO of Messe München regrets the cancellation at short notice, but sees no other option: “The decision is, of course, a tough one, but it is to protect our customers. According to current developments, the EXPO REAL Hybrid Summit would not have become a meeting place for the real estate industry and would therefore not have met its own claims. Moreover, under these circumstances, the event would have disappointed the customers’ expectations.”
