Over the past year, you’ve had to adapt to Zoom calls and socially distanced learning. It’s time to come back together, face-to-face, for our top-tier learning event in sunny Orlando, Florida.
Grab your sunscreen and book your flights – we’re ready to welcome you back to CHEST 2021 with team-focused learning sessions, immersive gaming opportunities, expert-led faculty presentations, and more. We are making the meeting as safe as possible so you can attend in person.
Attendees will be required to wear a mask covering the mouth and nose at all times during the meeting. There will be masks on-site.
After careful planning, we are excited to be able at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) for CHEST 2021. Health and safety are our biggest concerns for the meeting, which is why we chose this location. The convention center features the extra square footage we needed to design a meeting space with ample room for social distancing.
We are committed to create a meeting experience where you can safely and effectively conduct business, network with colleagues, and experience high-quality education. With your feedback, we have implemented COVID-19 safety measures similar to what is used in your hospitals and facilities. To ensure your health and safety, there will be a few requirements asked of in-person attendees.
Preparing for CHEST 2021
As the pandemic continues and vaccines are more readily available, we are requiring all attendees – participants, vendors, and staff – to be vaccinated to attend in person in Orlando, Florida. Your second vaccination shot should take place at least 2 weeks prior to the conference start. When you complete your registration information, you will be asked to attest that you have or will have completed an FDA-approved vaccination for COVID-19 by October 17, 2021.
We also suggest scheduling extra time at your arrival to the conference site. Realize that registration, lunch lines, hotel check-in, etc, may take longer as we navigate a new way to meet in person. This year, registration will be contactless. Have your digital or print confirmation ready when you arrive – the more prepared you are, the faster registration will be.
While the venue will regularly sanitize all high touch points in the public space throughout the day, remember to pack any personal supplies you may need for individual use, especially masks. Attendees will be required to wear a mask covering the mouth and nose at all times during the meeting. There will be masks on-site in case you forget or misplace your own.
Before making your way to Orlando, complete one last health self-assessment. Are you symptom free? Consider what advice you would give your patient if they felt the way you do in that moment. When in doubt, stay home and join us online. That’s one of the benefits of CHEST 2021.
Keeping safe while experiencing CHEST 2021
Any time you are in the conference center and the Hilton Hotel, the no-contact policy is applicable. Greet your colleagues and new friends using elbow bumps, waves, and any other form of contactless gestures. We will save our handshakes and hugs for CHEST 2022!
By attending in person, you are also agreeing to perform a health status self-check every day for any onset of COVID symptoms as defined by the CDC (https://www.cdc. gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html). If you are feeling ill, immediately notify the first aid office at the meeting.
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