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Two leading international congresses in Iran in the era of COVID‐19: 21st royan international twin congress, 4th international and 16th Iranian genetics congress
Author(s) -
Montazeri Leila,
Mohajeri Maryam,
Baharvand Hossein,
Fathi Rouhollah,
Poli Valeria,
Kazemi Sara,
Pahlavan Fattaneh,
Kouhestani Solmaz,
Ahmadi Firoozeh,
Mowla Seyed Javad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.202100078
Subject(s) - covid-19 , face (sociological concept) , pandemic , political science , outbreak , virology , sociology , medicine , social science , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In this report, we look at the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID‐19 and how the Executive Board of these two congresses succeeded in overcoming those challenges and holding two congresses. The approach for a large festival with different virtual setting components provided a suitable solution that led to exemplary achievements and created an appropriate model for future virtual or combined virtual and face‐to‐face events. These events proved that pandemic problems could not limit the organizers, pushing them to make better use of the facilities and turning this threat into an opportunity.