Hi Peter, Checking this software science conference in Japan ( http://sdiwc.net/conferences/second-international-conference-on-electronics-and-software-science/) is desirable at this point. I'm hoping this is sufficient information for you to correct your thoughts.
Thank you. On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 5:06 AM, Peter Coghlan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello there, > > Really appreciate the reply. > > Again, my apology for looking like a 'scam'. I'm not, please. > > > > Not a very convincing denial. > > > > > Happy Easter to you and the rest of this elite group. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Joan Sali > > Conference Manager > > > > Originally, I thought these ads were what a colleague of mine used to > refer to > as "academic spam". I haven't seen anything like it for many years. > Almost > brings back memories of the days before spam went mainstream when mailing > lists > devoted to academic topics were cluttered up with dozens of relatively > harmless > but highly irritating "invitations" to ghastly overhyped conferences. > > The more I look at these new examples, the more dubious they look. A > collection of popular buzzwords and bleeding edge terminology, no > specifics, > no names of contributors, not even unrecognisable ones, an "invitation" > addressed to nobody in particular, a few hundred dollars registration fee. > > It appears the main attractions are (unspecified) "researchers from the > international community", "presentations from (unspecified) keynote > speakers" > and "state-of-the-art lectures", something I would want to be paid for if I > was required to attend, not the other way around. > > Regards, > Peter Coghlan. >
