Health & Safety

The safety and health of our members, credential holders, attendees, exhibitors, vendors and staff is of the highest priority, and we are actively monitoring the guidelines and recommendations from the government agencies as well as the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Hotel to ensure the safety of everyone involved. We will provide updates surrounding the BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition as they become available.

Be sure to take note of BICSI's Know Before You Go email prior to travelling - this will contain the latest updates and information as to what is expected on-site.  You should also ensure that you have reviewed any advisories or restrictions that may be in place for travel to the United States and for travel to Nevada. Visit www.nvhealthresponse.nv.gov for more information. 

Prior to purchasing a ticket for and attending the BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition, please ensure you have read the latest CDC Guidelines for Prevention. 

Please be advised that travel and attendance at in-person events involves the risk of contracting communicable diseases. By registering for the BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition, you agree to comply with all safety protocols announced by BICSI or the facility. You also agree to waive and hold BICSI harmless from against any liability or expenses arising from the contraction or spread of communicable disease at the BICSI event.

Accordingly, you agree that you will not attend the BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition if within fourteen (14) days preceding the Conference, you have:

1. tested positive or presumptively positive for COVID or other communicable disease or been identified as a potential carrier of COVID or other communicable disease; or
   
2. experienced any symptoms commonly associated with COVID or other communicable disease; or
   
3. traveled to a country that is subject to a U.S. State Department Level 4 “Do Not Travel” health advisory or a CDC Level 3 Travel Health Notice (each, a “Prohibited Country”); or
   
4. been in direct contact with or the immediate vicinity of (collectively, the “Encounter”) any person who is either confirmed or suspected of being infected with COVID or other communicable disease or who has travelled to a Prohibited Country within the last fourteen (14) days preceding the Encounter.

Please Note: The guidelines in this document are based on information currently available regarding the behavior and characteristics of the COVID-19 virus, public health information and local or state guidelines with respect to large gatherings in any particular community. As more clarity with respect to these variables emerges, it is expected that these guidelines may need to be adjusted accordingly.