Drug Companies Getting Unfavorable Publicity for Participating in Questionable Conferences

A provocative and revealing article in Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg's BNA Expert Evidence Report is noted in the Flaky Academic Journals blog.

Pulsus Is Another OMICS Tentacle

PULSUS Medical Meetings are put on by the Pulsus Group. Initially a reputable publisher, the Pulsus Group of journals were sold to OMICS in 2016. The domain cmesocietyconferences.com, which Pulsus used in the email to me is registered to Srinubabu Gedela of the OMICS Group. Incredibly, the email denies that it is a promotional message and refers to my "eminence in the field" of osteoporsis.

A reader invited to the group's "Annual congress on Mycology and Fungal Infections" wrote me (10/13/17) that "it took about ten seconds on Google to see the street address (attached photo) and to discover that between 150 and 850 different companies online all claim the same little street address -- that must be one cramped 'Lower Ground  Floor'! I think I'll take a pass on this one." The email he received is excerpted below. The questionable address also is used by EuroSciCon.

Email

• Warm Greetings! To empower our researchers working on the field of Mycology and its related fields, we are organizing Annual congress on Mycology and Fungal Infections, schedule during November 16-17, 2017 at Atlanta, USA. Based on the field of your expertise we are inviting you to participate as delegate/oral/poster presenter and share your research findings with global experts in your field and increase your professional network in this scientific community at Atlanta, USA. ... Scheduled keynote talks:
  • Prof. Yury O Chernoff, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States ...
  • Prof. Li Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas, United States ...
  • Dr. Kenji Sasaki, MD, PhD, Home Medical Care Supporting Clinic Sendai, Japan  ...
  • Dr. Maria Korneykova, Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia  ...
  Note: This invitation includes food and beverages during the event and No registrations required. We hope to have your valuable presence to make Fungal Infections 2017 a grand event ...
  Sincerely Yours, Samuel Diaz, Event Coordinator, Fungal Infections-2017, Pulsus Group, 40 Bloomsbury Way, Lower Ground Floor, London, United Kingdom, WC1A 2SE, USA/Canada Toll Free: +1-800-982-0387, UK Toll Free: +0-800-088-5419 E: fungi@cmesocietyconferences.com
• From: Osteoporosis Congress 2017 (osteoporosis@cmesocietymeeting.org)
  Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 1:49 AM
  Re: Gentle Reminder: Abstract submission | Osteoporosis Congress
  Dear Colleague, We take the pleasure of inviting you to attend and present at the Eleventh International Conference on Osteoporosis, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders which is slated to hold from December 4-5, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. The purpose of this 2-day conference is to bring together physicians and researchers from around the world who are interested in exploring the link between Osteoporosis, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders with a broad theme Osteoporosis and Musculoskeletal Disorders as the primary health concern. The conference will focus on topics such as Juvenile Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Orthopedic Surgeries, Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Orthopedic Nursing and many other important topics. The conference is hosted by Pulsus Group which is an ardent supporter of international medical research, and publishes 50+ journals in association with 20+ International medical and scientific societies. All the accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings and in the special edition of JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDICS TRAUMA SURGERY AND RELATED RESEARCH with ISSN: 1897-2276 and e-ISSN: 2449-9145. ...
  We believe this congress will be a highly rewarding educational and networking experience for all. To know more about the congress and like to submit your abstract or registrations please visit our Osteoporosis Conferences Website ... Thank you for reading, and we very much look forward to hearing from you.
  Sincerely Yours,
  Dwane Harrison | Program Director, Osteoporosis Congress 2017, PULSUS Medical Meetings, 40 Bloomsbury Way, Lower Ground Floor, London United Kingdom WC1A 2SE Ph.: +44-203-769-1765, Customer Service: 0-800 014 8923 (Toll-free)
  Disclaimer: This is not a promotional message, and has been sent to you because of your eminence in the field. If, however, you do not want to receive any email in future from Osteoporosis 2017 then reply us with the subject “remove /unsubscribe”. We concern for your privacy.
• From: Osteopoesis 2017 (osteoporosis@cmesocietymeeting.org)
  Sent: Wed 11/22/2017 3:26 AM
  Subject: Final Call for Learn, Connect and Contribute at CME credited Osteoporosis Congress
  Dear Colleague, Greetings from Osteoporosis Congress! We contacted you by email earlier, since we have not yet received a response from you regarding submission of abstract and your participation in the conference. We are taking the liberty of re-sending this mail as we are aware that you may be engaged in other activities or my message may not have successfully reached you.
  Sincerely, Dwane Harrison, Program Director, Osteoporosis 2017, PULSUS Medical Meetings

BIT's World DNA Day Is Back

Index to postings on BIT's conferences

BIT won't quit.^* Now it wants me "to be the chair/speaker at Theme 5-2: Bio-diagnosis and Biotherapy" of its World DNA Day. Being neither a biologist nor a physician, I am not sure how "presenting about DH Kaye," as the emailer of many names (Audrey, Helen, and Jessica) propose, could "create huge opportunities for the famous coastal City by showcasing the growth and breakthrough of life sciences at a time when so many new therapies and diagnostic evaluations are available." Oh well, here's the first email. I anticipate more.

From: audrey (helen@gfac2017congress.com)
Sent: July 19, 2017, at 2:30 AM
Re: 3114-Entitled to be Chair/Speakers for WDD-2018, Dalian, China
We are proud to announce that BIT’s 9th Annual World DNA Day (WDD-2018) will be held on April 25-27, 2018 in Dalian, China. We cordially welcome you to be the chair/speaker at Theme 5-2: Bio-diagnosis and Biotherapy while presenting about DH Kaye. ... WDD-2018 will be held in April 25-27, 2018 in Dalian, China, is to follow up the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the publication of DNA double-helix structure in Nature from April 25, 1953 by Dr. James Watson and Dr. Francis Crick.
WDD, as one of the BIT’s branded conferences, had been successfully organized in Dalian, Xi’an and Nanjing in last eight years. To update the frontiers of life sciences and Industrial Biotechnology, WDD-2018 comes to Dalian City again. We believe worldwide scientists and biotech entrepreneurs in Bioscientific fields will create huge opportunities for the famous coastal City by showcasing the growth and breakthrough of life sciences at a time when so many new therapies and diagnostic evaluations are available. The conference has broad public support and has the additional goal of spreading and increasing the understanding of modern biological sciences among the lay public. The idea exchanges are always helpful for generating positive impact on propelling the regional advancement of science and technology.
BIT’s 8th Annual World DNA Day (WDD-2017), was successfully held in Hilton Xi’an, China during April 25-27, 2017. Almost 1000 participants from over 32 countries and regions shared the details of their research during the sessions. It was sure to announce it gained a great success.
The following is the Preliminary Program:
Theme 1: Prologue & DNA Day Ceremonial Fire
Theme 2: Ice Breaking & Reception
Theme 3: Golden Ceremony
Theme 4: Scientific Collision
Theme 5: Translational Bioeconomy
Theme 6: Biosafety/Bioethics
Theme 7: Bio-Education & Bio-Training
Theme 8: Community Alliance
Theme 9: Bio-Culture
Theme 10: Farewell Ceremony
... 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? ...
Sincerely Yours,
Ms. Jessica Yang
Organizing Committee of WDD-2018, BIT Congress Inc., East Wing, 11F, Dalian Ascendas IT Park, No. 1 Hui Xian Yuan, Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone, LN 116025, P.R.China, Tel: 0086-411-84799609-826, Fax: 0086-411-84799629, Email: Jessica@dnaday.com

Sure enough ...

From: Judy (catherine1@congress-2017iddst.com)
Sent: Nov 4 at 10:15 PM
Subject: Would You Like to Confirm Your Distingsuidhed [sic] Speech
I'm writing to follow-up my last invitation as below, would you please give me a tentative reply? Thank you very much. I apologize for the inconvenience if the letter disturbed you more than once.
We are proud to announce that BIT’s 9th Anniversary World DNA Day (WDD-2018) will be held on April 25-27, 2018 in Dalian, China, which is a grand life science congress to follow up the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the publication of DNA double-helix structure in Nature from April 25, 1953 by Dr. James Watson and Dr. Francis Crick. We cordially welcome you to propose a presentation about your recent work. For more information, please visit the conference website http://www.dnaday.com/.
Nobel Laureates of WDD-2018: Dr. Edvard Ingjald Moser, Professor and Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at NTNU, Norway, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2014; Dr. Aaron Ciechanover, Distinguished Research Professor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 2004.
This meeting will be a dynamic forum for geneticists, biotech entrepreneurs and other life scientist. The conference will provide participants a face-to-face platform to exchange ideas, share update breakthroughs and promising solutions to most important issues in the area.
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?
WDD, as one of the BIT’s branded conferences, had been successfully organized in Dalian, Xi’an and Nanjing in last eight years. The 8th Annual World DNA Day (WDD-2017) was successfully held in Hilton Xi’an, China during April 25-27, 2017. Almost 1000 participants from over 32 countries and regions shared the details of their research during the sessions. It was sure to announce it gained a great success. To update the frontiers of life sciences and Industrial Biotechnology, WDD-2018 comes to Dalian City again. We believe worldwide scientists and biotech entrepreneurs in bioscientific fields will create huge opportunities for the famous coastal City by showcasing the growth and breakthrough of life sciences at a time when so many new therapies and diagnostic evaluations are available. The conference has broad public support and has the additional goal of spreading and increasing the understanding of modern biological sciences among the lay public. The idea exchanges are always helpful for generating positive impact on propelling the regional advancement of science and technology.
The venue adds an important attraction to the congresses. Dalian is a beautiful city with an excellent climate and unparalleled hospitality. It is the flagship city of the wealthiest region of China, leader in economy, art, design, industry and lifestyle, a must visit for travelers and an endless source of inspiration. April - Cherry Blossom Season, we cordially invite to join a Tech Tour to experience traditional Chinese culture, and to enjoy the delicious food of Dalian.
Finally, we hope and trust that you will find the conference and your visit to the very beautiful and exciting city of Dalian, in April 2018 both valuable and enjoyable!
Sincerely Yours,
Xiaodan Mei, Ph.D.
Executive Chair of Organizing Committee of WDD-2018
Contact: Ms. Judy Du, Organizing Committee of WDD-2018, Tel: 0086-411-84799609-839, Email: judy@mol-cell.com

For 2019, my status has risen to becoming a keynote speaker with a "unique and inspirational message":

From: Jessica [jessica@wdd-2019.com]
Date: Mon Dec 25, 2018, at 9:08 PM
Subject: Keynote Speech Invitation
Dear Dr. David H. Kaye,
Greetings from WDD-2019 !
We are delighted to announce that BIT’s 10th Anniversary World DNA Day-2019 (WDD-2019) will take place during April 25-27, 2019, Nanjing, China. Based on your outstanding contributions, we are expecting your gracious presence as Keynote Speaker at this conference, your unique and inspirational message will highlight the congress.
WDD, as one of the BIT’s branded conferences, has been successfully organized in Dalian, Xi’an and Nanjing in last nine years. WDD-2018 was successfully held in Dalian, China. Three Nobel Prize Laureates and almost 700 participants in total from over 32 countries and regions participated in the congress. As for WDD 2019 we expect more than 700 attendees at the conference. Generally, attendees include professors, researchers, partners, enterprisers, supporting organizations, media, exhibitors and sponsors.
For this year anniversary, we introduce the new meeting, BIT’s 1st Annual Symposium of Synbio Plus 2019 (Synthetic Biology Conference) to integrate upstream and downstream talent resources including policy makers, distinguished bioscientists, industrial leaders, entrepreneurs, investors so as to enable the participants to network with all potential partners. The “1+1” Event Program of WDD will cover both hot topic in basic research in life sciences and current trend toward next generation biomedical industry. ...
We look forward to your active support and participation.
Ms. Jessica Yang
Organizing Committee of WDD-2019
BIT Congress Inc. East Wing, 11F, Dalian Ascendas IT Park, No. 1 Hui Xian Yuan, Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone, LN 116025, P.R.China Tel: 0086-411-84799609-843 Fax: 0086-411-84799629 Email: Jessica@dnaday.com
According to the new European Union Regulation for the Protection of User Data (Regulation 2016/679, known as GDPR), which takes effect on 2018/05/25, we would like to refresh our mailing list with your consent. Please note that if you agree to receive our message in the future, please reply to us. You can contact us at any time to unsubscribe from our mailing list.

Then comes the plague of follow-up emails:

From: Jessica [jessica@wdd-2019.com]
Date: Jan 10, 2019, at 10:19 AM (and 9:42 AM and 9:43 AM)
Subject: Latest News for Speakers
Dear Dr. DH Kaye,
Happy New Year 2019!
Sorry to disturb you more than once. [Me too.]
We are proud to announce that the 10th Anniversary World DNA Day (WDD-2019) will be held on April 25-27, 2019 in Nanjing, China.
By now, one Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2016 and more than 100 leading experts have confirmed their speeches. If you are interested in, please click here reply me as soon as possible, once we received your kindly feedback, we will send you more related items about the conference.
Look forward to hear from you.
Sincerely Yours,
Contact:
Ms. Jessica Yang
Organizing Committee Coordinator of WDD-2019 Tel: 0086-411-84799609-839 Email: Jessica@dnaday.com
Disclaimer: This is not a spam message, and has been sent to you because of your eminence in the field. If, however, you do not want to receive any email in future from WDD-2019 then reply us with the subject “remove /opt-out”. We concern for your privacy.

* Correspondence about WDD-2011 is on the posting about The Dalian Letters.

OMICS Jumps from the 2d to the 23rd Conference on Adolescent Medicine and Child Psychology

OMICS is spamming for the "23rd International Conference on Adolescent Medicine & Child Psychology." Last year, the spam was for the "2d International Conference on Adolescent Medicine & Child Psychology." Although the email does not give the name OMICS, one can find the conference through links on the OMICS webpage https://www.omicsonline.org/international-scientific-conferences/.

The address of "Cindy Allen, Program Manager," is Kemp House, 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX. This address seems to available to anyone for less than two pounds a week. From https://yourvirtualofficelondon.co.uk/ (6/17/17):

Our prestigious virtual office London address is a ideal for personal use or to add gravitas to your Business brand can cost as little as £1.92 a week! Easy to set up, our ‘Virtual Office London’ allows you to collect mail from our London premises or use it as a mail forwarding address, posted to any location worldwide.

Email

• From: Child Psychology 2017 <childpsychology@conferencesinternational.org>
  Re: Follow up: Avail few Speaker Opportunities at Child Psychology 2017
  Date: 6/16/17
  Greetings!! I am writing this mail on behalf of the organizing committee with the purpose to invite you to be a Speaker/Delegate at the upcoming "23rd International Conference on Adolescent Medicine & Child Psychology" to be held from September 28-29, 2017 at Berlin, Germany. We welcome you to explore opportunities with worldwide audience and sharing the knowledge and research in Psychiatry sector and establish collaborations with international clients. The targeted audience will include experts from Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Nursing and Pharma fields .We are truly honoured to welcome a world-renowned faculty who will encourage all the attendees.
  The main theme of the conference is "Unveiling Novel Therapies and Developmental Strategies to Help Children Grow Better" which covers a wide range of critically important sessions from basic research to innovations in all Expertise. For more information, Please Visit: https://tr.im/childpsy ... Kindly confirm your availability at the conference by submitting your abstract (your speech proposal within 300 words and short biography within 150 words).The abstract submission will be closed within the 25th of June.
  With best regards,
  Cindy Allen
  Program Manager | Child Psychology 2017, Kemp House, 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, Ph: +1-702 508 5200, F: +1-650-618-1417, childpsychology@conferenceseries.net
• From: Child psychology 2017 (childpsychology@conferencesinternational.org)
  Sent: Jun 19 at 9:49 AM
  Re: Follow up invitation to be a speaker
  Greetings!! I am writing this mail on behalf of the organizing committee with the purpose to invite you to be a Speaker/Delegate at the upcoming "23rd International Conference on Adolescent Medicine & Child Psychology" to be held from September 28-29, 2017 at Berlin, Germany. We welcome you to explore opportunities with worldwide audience and sharing the knowledge and research in Psychiatry sector and establish collaborations with international clients. The targeted audience will include experts from Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Nursing and Pharma fields .We are truly honoured to welcome a world-renowned faculty who will encourage all the attendees. The main theme of the conference is "Unveiling Novel Therapies and Developmental Strategies to Help Children Grow Better" which covers a wide range of critically important sessions from basic research to innovations in all Expertise. ...
  Benefits:
  • Keynote sessions by world's most eminent researchers and Networking with Experts in the field of Psychiatry
  • Live Streaming of your presentation through our websites and YouTube
  • Accepted Abstracts will be published in the respective journals and will be labelled with a Digital Object Identification Number (DOI) provided by Cross Ref
  • Speaker and Abstract pages created in Google on your name would get worldwide acknowledgment to your profile and Research.
  • e-Poster for $99
  • Top Industries Representation
  • For Students Best Poster and Young Researcher Award.
  • Group registration discounts
  The Child Psychology 2017 Committee is pleased to announce that they are currently accepting proposals for Symposia and Workshops on the above given topics. We look forward to meeting you in person during the conference. Kindly confirm your availability at the conference by submitting your abstract (your speech proposal within 300 words and short biography within 150 words).The abstract submission will be closed within the 25th of June.
  With best regards, Cindy Allen, Program Manager | Child Psychology 2017, Kemp House, 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, Ph: +1-702 508 5200, F: +1-650-618-1417
• From: Child Psychology 2017 [childpsychology@conferencesinternational.org]
  Sent: Jun 9 at 2:27 AM
  Re: Give your valuable presence at Child Psychology 2017
  Dear Dr.David H. Kaye,
  Greetings! We know being an eminent personality you must be busy with your prior commitments in respect to which you couldn't reply to our e-mail. We just want to be sure that you have received our previous mail regarding invitation for you to be Speaker/delegate for our "23rd International Conference on Adolescent Medicine & Child Psychology" during September 28-29, 2017 at Berlin, Germany and would like to know your consent regarding same. As we are closing our abstract submissions so we would like to remind you to submit your abstract on or before the 15th of June if you wish to participate at the conference. ... We hope you are reviewing the invitation and would make your presence at our event. Waiting to hear from you soon.
  With best regards, Program Manager | Child Psychology 2017, Kemp House, 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, Ph: +1-702 508 5200, Twitter: @child_2017, childpsychology@conferenceseries.net

Saint Peters Engineering College (SPEC)

Saint Peter's Engineering College seems real enough, but its conference marketing leaves something to be desired.  The spam from Hyderabad contains an absurd confidentiality notice, and the conference website (5/22/17) includes the slogan "Giving Wings to Thought" and the observation that "The conference also providing facilities for discussing between various participants to improve their knowledge, research ability and group works/collaboration works." It also includes a picture of a Springer journal, with the caption "Publication Partner" although the connection between the conference and the journal seems to be more aspirational rather than actual -- "About Conference" section explains that "The proceedings of the conference will be submitted to springer journal - Global Social Welfare."

Email

From: Yamini S [mailto:kl1@icicc.co.in]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 2:44 AM
To: contact@aheei.co.in
Subject: [SPAM?]
Respected Author(s), Greetings from St. Peter’s Engineering College. We are happy to inform you regarding our International Conference on "Current Research on Human Rights and Social Justice (CRHS-2017)”. In the course of 26th to 28th October. All the approved papers are planning to submit in Springer Journal of "Global Social Welfare". Deadline for Abstract/Full paper submission extended: 05th June 2017. Please know us at: http://ow.ly/Y3tH30bVem. Please find the complete details of Journal as attached below. [There was an attached Word document that I chose not to open.]
[No signature line]
Disclaimer: This email and any file(s) transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named.If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.

From JUST to WASET

I doubt that Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) is in the predatory camp, but it (or someone else) is tries to insert the following reply to postings on the Forensic Science, Statistics, and the Law blog:

thank you for your useful information we hope from you to visit our new website Jordan University http://www.ju.edu.jo

The replies then give links to JUST's faculties of medicine, arts, law, business, and science.

JUST's webpages do not list many conferences. The only one I saw was the "Second international conference on Advanced Materials: ICAM-2017." The description of the conference reads a lot like those from predatory conference organizers. It fills in the template "After the success of the first [name of conference] held in [city name], it was decided to continue the [conference]. The main goal of the conference is to bring together [types of professionals] and to provide a platform for [types of professionals] from all over the world to present their research results and development activities."

We also are told that "All submitted papers will be peer reviewed, and the accepted papers will be published in a special issue of a Scopus Indexed Journal. The journal offers open access to the publications which make the proceedings available to a wider readership." The open-access publisher is not named.

The Invited Speakers webpage (5/16/2017) begins, "To be announce later on the conference website" but then lists "Cofirmed Speakers." The US ones are

○ Prof. Dr. Renat Sabirianov, ​University of Nebraska at Omaha
○ Prof. Mark Hernandez, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado
○ Prof. Dr. Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, University of Rhode Island
○ Prof. Isabel C. Escobar Ph.D., Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, and
○ Prof. Dr. Laura Schifman, NRC Associate at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

UPDATE (12/26/2021): I am happy to report that no further advertisements for JUST have been sent as comments to this blog. The Advanced Conference on International Materials is the work of the World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology (WASET). The name of this organization is itself so pretentious and unfocused as to be a danger sign. An entry in Wikipedia describes WASET as an egregiously predatory publisher and conference organizer run by a family in Turkey.

European Conference on Science, Art and Culture (ECSAC)

According to the website, this "conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world." This domain is more or less anything you can imagine, since it is nothing less than all of "science, art, and culture." But the breathtaking scope of the conference does not preclude a well-organized affair: "The conference will cover important issues in Scientific Research under various sub-themes." As of 5/14/17, there is no program, and there are no speakers and no accepted papers. (Actually, this is an improvement over sites that give a program with speaker names before even checking with the putative speakers.)

The conference venue is "Prague, Czechia at the Vienna House Diplomat Prague Hotel," but "[t]he official languages of the Conference are English and Turkish." The organizer "For Scientific Issues" is "Assist. Prof. Dr. Atilla Atik, atilla@ecsac.org," at "Adress: Inonu University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture." The "Scientific and Arts Committee" includes (from North America):

Prof. Andrew Kusiak, PhD., The University of Iowa, USA.
Prof. Aris Carastathis, PhD., Lakehead University, CANADA.
Prof. Craig Walker, PhD., Queen’s University, CANADA.
Prof. Guy Boy, PhD., Florida Institute of Technology, USA [who is University Professor & Dean of the School of Human-Centered Design, Innovation and Art at FIT].
Prof. Robert L. Elliott, PhD., Tennessee State University, USA.
Prof. William Moylan, PhD., UMass Lowell, USA.
Assoc. Prof. Edward Turgeon, PhD., Algoma University, CANADA.

The ecsac.org domain is registered to Mustafa Ergat, Burhaniye Mah. Enveriye Sk. No:59/A, Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey, +90.2163182200.The "Organization Company" for the conference is "Nera Event, Burhaniye Mah. Enveriye Sk. Palmiye Evleri No:59/A Üsküdar, Istanbul," whose motto is "feel what we show."

The 2018 conference is in Anatalya, Turkey. The domain www.ecsac2018.org is registered to a shell: FBS INC / Whoisprotection.biz, Atasehir Goztepe Nida Kule Is Merkezi Bora Sokak No:1 Kat 7, Istanbul 34704, +90.8502000444, 4694119@whoisprotection.biz. The program webpage reads "Coming Soon..." (1/7/2018)

Email

• 4/13/17, from Deneme (atilla@ecsac.org): Invitation to Scientific Committee of "European Conference on Science, Art & Culture" (ECSAC)
  Dear Colleague, We would like to invite you to the Scientific Committee of "European Conference on Science, Art & Culture" (ECSAC'17) to be held in Prague, Czechia from 19 to 22 October 2017 at the Vienna House Diplomat Prague Hotel. "European Conference on Science, Art & Culture" provides an ideal academic platform for researchers to present the latest developments, research findings, ideas, and applications about all aspects of science and culture. The purpose of this conference is to come together with scientific studies scholars working in different disciplines, to exchange knowledge and experiences and thus to prepare the ground for multidisciplinary studies. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world.
  Prof. Hasan Arapgirlioglu, PhD., Conference Chairman, Inonu University, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Malatya-TURKEY
  Assist. Prof. Atilla Atik, PhD., Conference Secretary, Inonu University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture, IU Main Campus/ 44280 / MALATYA-TURKEY, Phone: +90 422 377 31
• From: Ecsac 2018 [mailto:info@ecsac2018.com]
  Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 9:30 PM
  Subject: ECSAC Call for Paper
  Dear colleague,
  On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to announce that the 2nd European Conference on Science, Art & Culture (ECSAC 2018) will be held from April 19 to 22, 2018 in Antalya, Turkey.
  “European Conference on Science, Art & Culture” provides an ideal academic platform for researchers to present the latest developments, research findings, ideas, and applications about all aspects of science and culture. The purpose of this conference is to come together with scientific studies scholars working in different disciplines, to exchange knowledge and experiences and thus to prepare the ground for multidisciplinary studies. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world
  You are kindly invited to participate and take advantage of the opportunity to present your unpublished abstracts or/and full length scientific papers. The official languages of the Conference are English and Turkish.
  The conference will cover important issues in Scientific Research under various sub-themes. Special sessions (for design projects; landscape architecture, interior architecture, industrial products design, graphic design, urban planning and design etc.), poster and oral presentations, exhibition and concert sessions on performing, visual and plastic arts will be included to the conference program. Sport Scientists, from academia, researchers, lecturers to practitioners, like PE teachers, coaches, physicians (esp. specialists of sports medicine), physiotherapists and others, as well as postgraduate students and experts from cognate and adjacent scientific fields from all over the world. The Scientific Committee of ECSAC 2018 will provide the Award of Excellent Paper for oral presentations, Award of Excellent Poster for poster presentations and Award of Excellent 3D work & sculpture, performing, painting for art works. Certificate will be given away.
  All papers are going to be selected according to double blind reviews and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Book of Abstract and Conference Proceedings E-Book with an ISBN number that will be given to you in a flash memory during conference registration.
  Best regards.
  On behalf of the Conference Committee, Prof. Hasan ARAPGIRLIOGLU, PhD., Conference Chairman
  ... Notification of Acceptance Within 7 days after the submission ... Payment for Conference Fee and Social Activity Package Start Upon receiving acceptance letter