Monday 6 November 2017

Still on the topic of conference advisor

Conference advisor? Spier in the Western Cape would be one of the most popular conference venues in South Africa for sure
I have spoken about this before, but it seems to be a difficult task to get of the ground - to get a web page up and running where people can evaluate the quality, impact and usefulness of conferences.  I did ask to link such a page up with Trip-advisor and all the other similar web pages (there are quite a lot) linked with Trip-advisor but the CEO does not think this is a viable idea.

Just a few weeks ago we gathered in Toronto Canada for the 27th ICDE conference and even while still on our way back to South Africa, we got a warning from the ICDE not to register for the fake WASET conference that is advertised as an ICDE conference in Berlin 2019. The next ICDE conference will be held in Dublin on 4-6 November 2019.  This was not the first time that I saw warnings about WASET as a fake conference organizer on the web as I recently saw a conference under WASET advertised for Cape Town and while doing a google search, saw some warnings about WASET. I also checked the WASET page which seems to have a huge number of conferences everywhere and on almost all topics - if it is too good to be true, it usually is, so I did not register for the Cape Town conference.  But, how will we know if we do not try? How can one be sure that the conference you are planning to spend your hard earned money on will be worth it?  Did anyone attend a WASET conference? What was your experience? Please share so we can learn.

Reporting on a conference, the following can be used as a templet or guideline, but I am sure this can only be the basics:
Name of the conference, discipline or subject field(s) or topic(s)
How often does this conference take place?
Duration and costs and number of attendants
What is included or excluded in the conference fee
Comments on country and town where it takes place
Comments on the accommodation, food, excursions, functions (like gala dinner and welcoming function)
Network opportunities, Number and level of keynote presentations
personal experiences
And what else?
Any comments or conference evaluations to publish here?




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