Within my community (Academic) there has also been a bit of a push to hold conferences elsewhere as well. Not because of safety, just because of cost. It's a gr

Within my community (Academic) there has also been a bit of a push to hold conferences elsewhere as well. Not because of safety, just because of cost. It's a growing fortune to hold an event in SF (both event space and then hotels or Airbnb for the attendees) and it's increasingly unclear that you're getting value for the money.