SARS Prompts CoreNet to Cancel Toronto Global Summit

ATLANTA-CoreNet Global this week canceled its Toronto Global Summit set for May 3 – 7, citing growing member and sponsor concerns over SARS that were backed up this week by travel advisories issued by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In an email note to members, CoreNet President and CEO Peggy Binzel said the decision was made to ensure the health of conference attendees after early reports that the SARS outbreak in Toronto was contained became less reliable in recent days. CoreNet made the decision on Tuesday, after the CDC issued a travel warning for Toronto.

On Wednesday, WHO issued a more stern warning, urging persons planning to travel to Toronto in the next three weeks to postpone their travel. “That would have been the end of it for us if we hadn’t already done it,” CoreNet spokesman Richard Kadzis tells GlobeSt.com.