The Board of the Institute of Food Technologists will transition the scheduled 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo to a web format. The event was scheduled for July 12-15 at the McCormick Place Exhibition Center in Chicago. The cancellation is due to the anticipation that COVID-19 restrictions will apply through the middle of the year and the Institute was obliged to provide notice to the Venue and hotels. The IFT Annual Meeting usually attracts 1,100 exhibitors and 17,000 registrants.