CHICAGO - Commercial design and furniture show NeoCon will require attendees and exhibitors to be either vaccinated against COVID or to present a negative COVID test taken within 72 hours of the event.

"As part of our ongoing efforts to produce a safe, healthy and comfortable in-person NeoCon 2021 this October, we will now be requiring proof of COVID vaccination, or negative COVID test within 72 hours of the show, for all NeoCon participants including attendees, exhibitors and staff," show organizers write. "In order to receive your NeoCon 2021 badge and access NeoCon floors, you will need to provide these credentials."

Attendees can undergo pre-screening if they choose. If they do so by September 7, they will receive their show badges via mail.

More information on pre-screening can be found here.

NeoCon takes place October 4-6 at theMART in downtown Chicago. The annual event connects the commercial design community and features more than 500 companies.