The mysterious Emma of the Organizing Commission of ICG-2017 with the email address of emma@dnaday.com has been tireless in her spam.I received four copies of the following enticement on 10/23/16 and another six on 12/4/16:
Emma is right about one thing. My recent research is very exciting. It is sad that not all of the small cadre of readers share her opinion.Dear Dr. David Kaye, I apologize for the inconvenience if the letter disturbed you more than once due to the non-feedback of last one. It is our great pleasure to welcome you to join the 2nd Annual International Congress of Genetics (ICG-2017), which will be held during April 25-27, 2017 at Xi'an, China. As your recent research is very exciting, the organizing committee cordially invite you to make an oral presentation at ICG-2017. Your prompt reply with a speech proposal will be highly appreciated! ICG-2017, as concurrent conference of the 7th Annual World Congress of Molecular & Cell Biology (CMCB-2017) and the 1st International Biotechnology Congress (IBC-2017), plans to approach more than 200 oral speeches and 1000+ participants from 50+ countries will join in the whole event. You can enjoy the concurrent conferences for free with One Registration of ICG-2017. To date, more than 600+ positive feedbacks in which 400+ already registered to confirm their participation. You may check the confirmed speakers and their novel topics at Scientific Program <http://www.bitcongress.com/icg2017/scientificprogram.asp>.
The ten emails copied above were preceded by one on 8/14/16 that began "Hope you everything goes well" and continued with the text used in five more invitations (two on 8/14/16, two on 9/8/16, and one on 9/12/16) from BIT's CEO himself (although he neglected to mention that role and used urls such as judy1@cmcb-2017.com, marie5@medichem2016.com, and irene5@drugdiscovery2016.com):
These speakers are the same bunch who are keynoting BIT's Annual World Congress of Molecular & Cell Biology (CMCB). One can only hope they are receiving overtime pay for being in two or three conferences at once.From: emma <jennifer3@iddstmeeting-2016.com>
To: kaye@alum.mit.edu
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 10:09 AM
Subject: David H. Kaye Would You Like to be Chair/Speaker at ICG 2017
Dear David H. Kaye,
I'm writing to follow-up my last invitation as below, would you please give me a tentative reply? Thank you very much.
ICG group are honored to announce that the 2nd Annual International Congress of Genetics (ICG-2017) will be held during April 25-27, 2017 in Xi’an, China. On behalf of the organizing committee, I am writing to you to propose a Speech as a speaker/chair at the the conference and talk about the latest discovery in your research.... We believe that your participation will add great value for ICG-2017.
A rich selection of topics will be addressed during ICG-2017 ... After the first round of invitation, we have got overwhelming responses around the world. So far, nearly 150 outstanding international scientists working at the forefront of research have confirmed their presentation and many experts have been also in further discussion, I am listing confirmed keynote speakers as below:
Dr. Christian Patermann, Former Director, European Commission, Germany
Dr. Jiayang Li, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
Dr. Robert Plumb, Professor, Imperial College London, UK
Dr. Martin Banwell, Professor, Australian National University, Australia
Dr. Dongping Zhong, Professor, Ohio State University, USA
Dr. Yuxin Yin, Dean & Director, Peking University, China
...
Xi'an enjoys the title of "A Natural Museum of History", it has been the most popular tourist city in China and the World owing to its brilliant historical and cultural relics, and spring is the most pleasant season for a visit.We expect your precious comments or suggestions; also your reference to other speakers will be highly appreciated. We look forward to receiving your replies on the following questions:
1. What is the title of your speech?
2. Do you have any suggestions about our program?
...
We look forward to seeing you in Xi’an in 2017 for this influential event.Sincerely yours,
Xiaodan Mei, Ph.D., Executive Chair of Organizing Committee of ICG-2017
Contact: Ms. Emma, Organizing Commission of ICG-2017
Emma (now using the email catherine3@2016iddst-meeting.com, emma1991@wddcongress.com, irene3@2017-iddst.com, and irene1@drugdiscovery2016.com) was back with New Year's greetings in 2017:
And then writing from other email addresses, such as1/12/17 (five emails in one day): Dear Dr. David H. Kaye, This is Emma writing to wish you the New Year filled with happiness. The ICG Organizing Committee is delighted to welcome you to present a speech in this congress. ... ICG-2017 supporting by Shaanxi Society of Cell Biology is highlighted as Keynote Forum, 24 Parallel Sessions with 200+ Oral Speeches, Posters and Papers, and Diversified Social Events. Each day will include 10 concurrent focus sessions, each focus session featuring speakers who will present cutting-edge research on a wide range of topics. We sincerely welcome you to submit presentation abstract, short paper or preliminary speech title. ... Kind regards, Emma
catherine3@2016iddst-meeting.comEmma grew less effusive, dropping the "filled with happiness" part:,
jennifer3@iddstmeeting-2016.com
emma1994@genetics2017.com
judy3@annual-cmcb2017.com
judy4@cmcb2017.com
judy1992@2017-cmcb.com
irene3@iddstconferenc2016.com, and
irene4@iddstconference2016,
Returning to an Emma email address (emma1994@genetics2017.com) and hoping that "you still remember me" -- as if I could forget -- "Emma" sent emails on 2/21/17, 2/22/17 (thrice), 2/23/17, 2/15/17, from URLs such as judy2@cellbio2017.com, irene3@2017-iddst.com, and irene4@iddstconferenc2016.com, entitled "Would You Like to Confirm Your Distinguished Speech."2/2/17, 2/8/17, 2/9/17, 2/11/17 (thrice): Dear Dr. DH Kaye, This is Emma writing to wish you a Happy Chinese New Year. The ICG Organizing Committee is delighted to welcome you to present a speech at ICG-2017. Your prompt reply with a speech proposal (Speech Title and abstract preferred along with full CV) will be highly appreciated. ICG-2017 highlighted as Keynote Forum, 24 Parallel Sessions with 200+ Oral Speeches, Posters and Papers, and Diversified Social Events. ... Kind regards, Emma
The "hope you remember me" theme continued with emails from Emma (emma_93@genetics2017.com), Emma-Nancy (nancy3@2017gckemeeting.com), and Emma-Catherine (catherine3@2016iddst-meeting.com) on 3/19/17 on the "Last Round Speakers Recruiting of ICG-2017." Yet another came from Emma-Marie (marie3@medichem2016.com) on 3/19/17. One can only hope that it truly is the last round.Dear Dr. David H. Kaye, This is Emma, the coordinator of the ICG conference, hope you still remember me. The ICG Organizing Committee is delighted to welcome you to present a speech in this event. Your prompt reply with a speech proposal (Speech Title and abstract preferred along with full CV) will be highly appreciated. ICG-2017 highlighted as Keynote Forum, 24 Parallel Sessions with 200+ Oral Speeches, Posters and Papers, and Diversified Social Events. ... We sincerely welcome you to submit presentation abstract, short paper or preliminary speech title. ... Kind regards, Emma
Dear Dr. David H. Kaye, How are you doing? This is Emma, the coordinator of ICG-2017. Hope you still remember me. ICG-2017 will be held during April 25-27, 2017 in Xi’an, China. As your recent research is very exciting, the Organizing Committee is delighted to welcome you to give a presentation in ICG-2017. We plan to close the program by 24th March, 2017. Thus, it is the last chance to get a time slot for oral presentation. Welcome to take a look at the Scientific Program. As you can see, a large number of outstanding international scientists will show their latest progress at the congress, and there is only a few speech opportunity left now. You may let me know which time slot you are interested in and reply me via emma@dnaday.com. ... Emma
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