[Rdap] invited participation at conferences

[Stephanie Swanberg]

Hi Daureen,

Yes, I also get these requests!

Sounds like you might be getting phishing emails from potentially predatory
conferences as cold emails or solicitations from an unknown conference
organizer outside of your field are often signs of this. I would recommend
this article from The Huffington Post: Predatory Conferences Undermine
Science And Scam Academics
<https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/dr-madhukar-pai/predatory-conferences-academia_b_12467834.html?ec_carp=5942490893497754955>
by Pai and Franco and check out the Think.Check.Attend website
<https://thinkcheckattend.org/> for more information.

Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more common, similar to predatory
journals seeking authors to publish in their journals. I'm not sure if
there is a way to identify a source or block these emails. I would
recommend marking as spam and hopefully your email client will start
recognizing them automatically.

Thanks!

Stephanie

On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 3:13 PM Daureen Nesdill <daureen.nesdill at utah.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I’m wondering if I’m not the only one receiving way too many invitations
> to speak at conferences – wait – on subjects ranging from welding,
> pathology, genetics, electronics, immunology, etc.
>
> I’m a little disappointed the subjects are not RDM, animal welfare in
> research, research posters or even squirrel behavior and chemical ecology
> (my MS-PhD work)!
>
>
>
> Is anyone else plagued by these requests and do you have any idea which
> list is causing it?
>
>
>
> -Best
>
> Daureen
>
>
>
> Daureen Nesdill, MS, MLIS
>
> Research Data Management Librarian
>
> The Faculty Center @ the Marriott Library
>
> University of Utah
>
> 801-585-5975
>
> Daureen.nesdill at utah.edu
>
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>
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