Conference Next Builds "One Modest Dynamic Runway"

Conference Next advertises conferences, but I do not think it organizes any. If it has the foggiest idea of what it is advertising, there was no indication in the email praising the Flaky Journal Blog.  According to website, "Conferencenext is one such platform which uniquely positions all the conferences of all the streams, domains and nature into one modest dynamic runway."

The domain name conferencenext.com was registered by Technoarete Research And Development Association, 4a,girija appartment,mmda signal Arrumbakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600106, India, +91.9944046574, bpdevelopment15(at)gmail.com. The original registrant in 2015 was "Nier." Nier was more secretive, giving no street address and inserting the bogus telephone number +91.123456789. But Nier and the R&D association have the same postal code and gmail account.

Email

• From: Ronan James [conferencenext04@gmail.com]
  April 8, 2019, 9:52:26 AM EDT
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  If you have any questions or need any help setting it up, let me know!
  Thanks
  -Ronan
  Conference Next Team

Conferences from an Unnamed Organizer in China

I am seeing more spam for conferences that do not disclose who is behind the conference -- no names (fictitious or otherwise), no addresses, nothing but a one-off conference name and website.The separate conference webpages, some of which claim to have American universities as co-sponsors, contain the same Beijing mobile telephone number: +86-13618615451. The email originated from a Chinese server, and the email addresses on the individual conference websites are for accounts from Chinese email service providers.

Conference names with the Beijing number include AICAE2019 (zai Wuhan), CEME2018 (Shanghai), CIMNS2018 (Wuhan), ECAE2018 (Wuhan), EMCAR2019 (Beijing), ICEPECA2019 (Wuhan), ICEPESE2018 (Xiamen), and SSEMR2019 (Hangzhou).

Another common feature is a promise of publication in a DEStech journal (for "excellent" papers). The publisher has been characterized as predatory.

Email

• X-Originating-IP: [122.114.120.249]
  From: SSEMR'19 [Wanda@mail3.recent-based.com]
  Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 02:30:11 +0800
  Subject: To experts/scholars: The 2019 SSEMR call for articles by 04/12
  Sending Your Paper to Join us from May 26-27, 2019
  The purpose of 2019 International Conference on Social Science, Economics and Management Research (SSEMR2019) is to serve as a platform for international exchange of ideas, collaborations, and cooperation. This platform provides an excellent venue for presentation & discussion of novel research ideas, designed to welcome academicians, professors, students, and industry practitioners. We sincerely invite you to participate us by sending your paper to us. Submission E-mail: ssemr2019@sina.com before 12 April.
  Papers’ Topics
  Theoretical, applied and, empirical research in multidisciplinary areas of business, finance, marketing, management, accounting, MIS, public administration, economics, business law, business education, and related fields are welcome.
  As for Publication
  Excellent papers will be published on Economics, Business and Management (ISSN: 2475-8868). And those will be submitted to Thomson Reuters Web of Science CPCI-SSH (ISSHP) and CNKI Scholar for indexing after the publication is over.
• X-Originating-IP: [116.255.251.15]
  From: SSEMR'19 [Eddy@mail3.other-parks.com]
  Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:31:36 +0800
  Subject: -This email carries our sincere expectation that you can submit-[Deadline: April 29]
  2019 International Conference on Social Science, Economics and Management Research (SSEMR2019) will be a kind of academic bridge between different cultures, scientific attitudes, and academic stages and is aimed at gathering researchers from all around the world, thus contributing for a global flow of the newest scientific thoughts and promotion of Social Science, Economics and Management Research.
  Supporting the development we welcome submissions in all academic areas related to Social Science, Economics and Management Research. Please deliver your papers to ssemr2019@sina.com before 04.29.
  Proceedings: The submitted full papers will be peer-reviewed, accepted and registered full papers will be published on Economics, Business and Management (ISSN: 2475-8868) and will be indexed by ISSHP|CNKI Scholar.
  To Solicit TPC: You can deliver your CV to ssemr2019@sina.com if you want to be the TPC of SSEMR2019.
• X-Originating-IP: [116.255.164.16]
  From: MESS2019 [Katie@mail2.destiny-look.com]
  Date: Jun 24 2019 6:35 AM
  Subject: Keynote Speaker Invitation from MESS2019
  5th Annual International Conference on Modern Education and Social Science December 20-21, 2019, Guangzhou, China Mess2019 Topics of interest include, but are not limited to 1. Human Sciences and Society 2. Education 3. Art, Law, Culture and Politics
  If you are willing to be our keynote Speaker according to your research areas, please send your CV , MUST INCLUDES Name, Title, research area, university and email to us. Email: messcpci &vip.163.com [please replace &with@] Phone: +86- 186#279#181#37
  [The publisher for (the aptly named?) MESS2019 is Atlantis Press, but DEStech was listed for previous incarnations.]

Academy of Art Science & Technology (AAST) "reaches out to all paradises and global cosmos"

The Academy of Art Science & Technology (AAST) website advertises "an awesome opportunity to join the world of scholars and become part of this conference by presenting your effort in the multiple disciplines regarding business, technology, science and social subjects." "This conference" refers to a conference in Dubai and another in Singapore. Two conferences might not sound like a lot, but every imaginable topic falls within the purview of the International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Management, Engineering, Sciences and Humanities (ICTIMESH-19)and the International Conference on Innovative Practices in Management, Engineering & Social Sciences (IPMESS-19).

The website for the latter conference vacuously explains that AAST's "main objective ... is to promote scientific and educational activities by improving the theory and practice of various disciplines and sectors." Moreover, "[t]he academy being one of the largest professional association [sic],"is not at a loss for words:

AAST International Conference is a global class interactive professional association for technical development and scientific knowledge creation where the international academics and professional community often meet and share their experience and wisdom in the forum that leads to its growth in addition to updates on cutting edge advancement on relevant research fields and technology. The academy organizes several desks of unique discussions which make our conferences a perfect platform for B2B interactions and academic niche for all scientific research oriented interactions covering the entire canopy of academic research and development that affects world academic research and relevant development association.
The academy along with its team reaches out to all developed and developing countries, paradises, exotic islands, harbour cities, hill stations, and global cosmos to make the activities of this nurtured forum provide innovative and unique solutions for challenges the world is facing."

The AAST domain name aastconference.org has an IP address in India (Haryana, Faridabad). No physical address or individual names appear on the one-page website or in the email.

Email

• From: ipmess19=aastconference.org@bounces.elasticemail.net on behalf of; IPMESS-2019 [ipmess19@aastconference.org]
  Date: Tue Apr. 9:34 AM
  Subject: IPMESS-19, Singapore Conference, June 20-23, 2019
  International conference on Innovative Practices in Management, Engineering & Social Sciences (IPMESS-19), SINGAPORE, is being organized under the ageis [sic] of Academy of Art, Science & Technology (AAST), the main objective of which is to promote scientific and educational objectives by improving the theory and practice of various disciplines and sectors. IPMESS-19 aims to provide solutions to the challengs [sic] from Industry, research and academia across the field of Engineering & technology, business management, Physical Sciences and social sciences. AAST invites papers for IPMESS-19 for Engineering and Technology, Business and Economics, Social Science & Humanities, Education and Physical life and Health Science
  Registered Participants will be offered complimentary excursion tour to Singapore Zoo and Singapore City on June 21 & 22, 2019 respectively. ...
  Sincerely your's,
  AAST Team
• From: Dr. G.K Khamba [aastconferenceseries@gmail.com[
  Date: Sun28 July 2019 8:11 PM
  Subject: ICTIMESH 19, Dubai International Conference Dec. 18-21, 2019
  Academy of Art, Science & Technology (AAST) cordially invites you to International conference on Trends & Innovations in Management, Engineering, Science & Humanities (ICTIMESH-19), DUBAI, Dec. 18-21, 2019. IPMESS-19 is an international convention for advancement of academic research in engineering & technology, business management, and social sciences that invites academics, independent scholars and researchers from around the world to meet and exchange the latest ideas, frontiers, innovations, advancements and developments in the contemporary disciplines. AAST invites papers for ICTIMESH-19 for Engineering and Technology, Business and Economics, Social Science & Humanities, Education and Physical life and Health Science
  All Participants will be offered complimentary excursion tour to Abu Dhabi and Dubai City on Dec 19 & 20, 2019 respectively.
  Important Dates: Abstract Submission deadline: Nov. 10, 2019 For Details Visit: www.aastconference.org/dubai/ Contact us: info@aastconference.org
  Sincerely
  AAST Team

OMICS Group ordered to pay $50 million for deceptive practices

A few days ago, a U.S. District Court held Srinubabu Gedela and his companies, the OMICS Group, Inc., iMedPub, and Conference Series, liable for over $50 million. It also issued a permanent injunction against many deceptive practices on the part of this nest of companies and the various other entities through which they operate (such as Allied Academies, Meetings International, and Pulsus). Excerpts from the opinion that describe the deceptive practices and other information are posted on the Flaky Academic Journals blog.