2021 Midwest ASAS Meeting Goes All Virtual!
The Midwest Board of the American Society of Animal Science (MW-ASAS) met this week following a final consultation with the city of Omaha and a brief Midwest member/attendee survey concerning the 2021 Midwest Meeting scheduled to be held in Omaha March 8-10, 2021. As a result of pandemic-related travel restrictions and cancellations, moving forward with this event has become impracticable. Unfortunately, we do not believe that we can hold a safe, educational and cost effective meeting with an in person component in March. Consequently, we are now in the process of “flipping the switch” to a fully virtual meeting. We know that we will offer a high quality virtual meeting, but if we are honest, we are extremely disappointed by our decision! No one wanted to hold an in person meeting more than the ASAS staff, the Midwest Board and our members, but we must put the health and welfare of the attendees, employees, above all else!
As demonstrated last July, even with an all virtual meeting, there will be significant opportunities for live-virtual interactions between attendees including social events!