December 4, 2020: BCI has confirmed that it has moved its regular late April Convention and Power Mart Expo, this year to have been held in Naples, Florida, to San Diego, California, and set a new date of September 22-25, 2021 for the meetings.

In a special announcement released on December 2, BCI is encouraging attendees to register when it goes live early next year.

“Although we’ve adjusted to a new normal filled with virtual experiences in lieu of in-person events, social distancing and face masks, the desire to meet again in-person has been building,” the announcement says.

“BCI recognizes the important role face-to-face interaction plays in our industry.”

The North American lead battery industry will be eager to make up for the forced cancellation of this year’s April event, which had been organized for Las Vegas and had to go online for the first time.

In September the second major event of the year, the European Lead Battery Conference, had to follow suit, having originally been planned for Milan, the Italian city which initially bore the brunt of the virus.

All over the world, conferences have been cancelled or held online this year and next.

With the hope of at least three vaccinations being deployed as early as next week in the UK and other countries, event organizers and conference delegates will be hoping for a completely new scenario come 2021.