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IRE22 COVID-19 Safety Protocols

Updated 6/20/22

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone 5 and older get a COVID-19 vaccination to help prevent the spread of disease.

People who are fully vaccinated with an FDA-authorized vaccine or a vaccine authorized for emergency use by the World Health Organization can travel safely within the United States.

IRE takes the health and safety of all attendees at its events seriously and follows the guidelines of CDC. All in-person attendees at the 2022 IRE Conference must be fully vaccinated, including the booster.

If a conference participant — registrant, speaker, IRE staff — does not meet these requirements, they will not be allowed to enter in person. They will have the option of attending virtually. 

To request a medical or religious exemption from the vaccine requirement, please complete this confidential form. IRE has the sole discretion to approve or not approve the request.

IRE will work with the hotel to provide hand sanitization stations throughout the event spaces.

Masks aren’t required by Denver or Colorado law, but IRE encourages attendees to use masks indoors. CDC notes people properly wearing a well-fitting mask protect themselves and those around them, and that wearing a well-fitting mask is most beneficial in crowded and poorly ventilated locations.

You should not attend the conference if you are experiencing or exhibiting any COVID-19 symptoms. For a list of symptoms from the CDC, click here.

If you are fully vaccinated with a booster as required for registration and you have been in close contact — less than 6 feet away for 15 minutes or longer — with someone who has COVID-19 within the last 14 days but you show no symptoms, get tested at least 5 days after exposure or as close to your scheduled arrival day at the conference as possible. If you test negative, there is no need to isolate and you may attend the conference. You must use a mask.

If you are fully vaccinated with a booster as required for registration and you yourself contracted COVID-19 within the last 14 days but have been isolated for at least five days and fever-free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine, get tested as close to your scheduled arrival date at the conference as possible.  If you test negative, you may attend the conference. You must use a mask.

IRE will continue to monitor CDC guidelines and any state/local ordinances and will update this document as needed.

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