The government of the Czech Republic declared the state of emergency in its entire territory for 30 days with effect from March 12, 2020 and subsequently prolonged the state of emergency till April 30, 2020. The current legal measures of the government include a ban on all public events attended by more than 30 people, no entry for foreigners from many countries and stopping all proceedings of short-term visa applications.
Based on this fact, the organizing committee of the conference decided to reschedule the conference to a new date: November 8–11, 2020.