Hello, Fosdem brings together people from many places all over the world, which is awesome. But the timing of this year's Fosdem is unfortunate. I suggest to discuss the potential effect of the Coronavirus (2019nCov) on Fosdem, and potential measures. The new virus appears to be transmittable from person to person, even by people not showing any symptoms yet (this is different from the SARS 2002 virus). Based on today's reports from Hong Kong university, the virus might have an incubation period around 10 days. Currently 44000 people are estimated to be infected (not yet sick), and that number might double every 6 days. The city of Wuhan (11 million inhabitants) was put under lockdown on Jan 23. However, it is estimated that 5 million people were able to leave the city prior to the lockdown. I think this means, it's currently unknown how successful the quarantine effort is. Another developer conference by a large Telco, that was originally planned to take place mid February in Shenzen (more than 1000 km away from Wuhan), was already canceled. How likely is it that the virus might already be spreading internationally, with the majority of cases still being unnoticed, because of the long incubation period? How likely is it that the virus reaches the Fosdem venue and that many attendees will catch it, thereby putting themselves at risk, and further contributing to a quick international distribution? Kind Regards, a regular Fosdem visitor. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.