Coronavirus postpones Qualtrics meet, others make adjustments

An abundance of caution over the global outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has caused Utah tech giant Qualtrics to postpone its annual user conference originally scheduled this week in Salt Lake City. 

“The health and safety of our customers, employees and partners is our highest priority. Given the state of coronavirus (COVID-19) globally, we are rescheduling X4 to early fall,” the company said on its website last week. The company said it would announce new dates for the conference, which was expected to draw more than 10,000 attendees, in coming weeks. Qualtrics is targeting early fall for the rescheduled meetings.{mprestriction ids="1,3"}

In other local coronavirus-related moves, American Fork-based tech company Domo has moved its in-person conference scheduled for this month to an online event and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has postponed leadership meetings that would normally be held in connection with the faith’s general conference in early April. Brigham Young University has placed a travel ban on China and South Korea for all students and employees until further notice and has recalled some study-abroad students. The University of Utah announced that it will halt university travel to China, Iran, Italy, Japan and South Korea for students, faculty and staff until the end of the spring semester. The school will also suspend all university-affiliated student programs and travel in all international locations for the spring 2020 semester.{/mprestriction}