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LDI 2020 Cancelled ; Dates Set for 2021
Live Design International ( LDI ) has been forced to cancel its 2020 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic . LDI was originally scheduled to run from Oct . 23-25 , 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Nevada .
This will be the first time in 32 years the event has been forced to cancel . “ Our thoughts go out to everyone who has been affected by the current situation and our number one priority remains keeping our entire community safe ,” organizers said in a statement .
The 2021 edition is scheduled to take place Nov . 19-21 , 2021 at the Las Vegas Convention Center . LDI says its team is working through the logistics that are involved with cancelling an event and that all attendee registration tickets purchased for the original LDI 2020 dates will be honoured for a full credit towards the 2021 event .
For more information , go to www . ldishow . com .
CITT / ICTS Enjoys Successful Virtual Edition of Rendez-vous
CITT / ICTS held its annual Rendez-vous conference online from Aug . 17-20 , 2020 , featuring four days of educational programming and networking opportunities as well as the organization ’ s annual general meeting .
Rendez-vous 2020 was comprised of over 20 individual virtual events , including seminars , workshops , roundtables , social and networking activities , and more .
“ Rendez-vous is always about the theatre community supporting each other by socially sharing experiences . This year it was the same – familiar faces with all of us facing the same challenges and the stress of not being able to perform live ,” says Peter Snelgrove of GerrAudio . “ GerrAudio felt that we had strong interest and excellent participation in the events we sponsored , which was encouraging . A lot of work went into making this happen , but overall , we felt it was a very satisfying and well-organized virtual experience .”
For more information , contact CITT / ICTS : 888-271-3383 , mcorbeil @ citt . org , www . citt . org .
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