The Symposium organizers are carefully monitoring and assessing the development and potential impact of the Novel Coronavirus on the 36th International Symposium on Child Abuse to be held in Huntsville, AL on March 23-26, 2020. Based on current information there are no plans to cancel the conference.
We wish to reassure all attendees that health and safety is our paramount concern. However, as with any other virus, each individual must take precautions to reduce the spread of illness.
For information on how the virus is spread and precautions to take, please refer here:
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Alabama Public Health
For information on the locations and occurrences of confirmed cases, please refer here:
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE
Attendees are recommended to take the necessary precautions before travelling and rely on their individual travel insurance where applicable.
Based on current conference registration, we are expecting attendees from 47 states and Washington DC of the U.S. and the following countries:
· Australia
· Canada
· Cayman Islands
· India
· Norway
· Puerto Rico
· Sierra Leone
· Sweden
· Uganda
· United Kingdom
· Zambia