Annual visual effects and animation confab FMX is among the latest industry events to be canceled due to the continuing spread of coronavirus
. The organizers of the event, which had been slated to be held May 5-8 in Stuttgart, Germany, announced its cancellation Friday.
Meanwhile ConnecTech Asia has been postponed. This tech conference, which was slated to be held June 9-11 in Singapore, has been rescheduled for Sept. 29-Oct. 1. The annual National Association of Broadcasters convention remains scheduled to move forward April 18-22 in Las Vegas, though some exhibitors, notably AJA Video Systems, Nikon and Zaxcom, have withdrawn from the event.
FMX is an annual event of the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, presented in cooperation with the Visual Effects Society and Siggraph. In a statement released Friday, FMX said: "Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg is acting upon the current guidelines of the Robert Koch-Institut for the risk assessment of large-scale events. After consultation, the Office for Public Order of Stuttgart considers the decision to cancel FMX as being plausible in the light of infection prevention.
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