Conventions and conferences are back, with changes for the COVID era. Here’s a look inside
LA TimesAn infrared camera checks the people’s temperatures at the entrance to the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics’ gathering at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Before walking into a convention of neuroscientists, surgeons and medical technicians at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Friday, Amy Pruszenski had to check in with staff standing behind plexiglass, show proof that she had been vaccinated against COVID-19 and walk past a thermal camera that measured her body temperature. The precautions taken at the Los Angeles Convention Center — with the possible exception of the robot — may reflect the future of conventions, trade shows and conferences in California, at least until the pandemic is brought under control. The Los Angeles Convention Center has so far hosted a few sporting events, but the gathering of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics is its first major in-person convention.
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