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[anonemous]

Paris International Conference on Education, Economy & Society
Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel, 17-19 July 2008

Thanks.

[namazu]

PICEES.  Sounds fishy.



<Note: the above is just word play; I know nothing about the conference!>

[caramer]

I am curious too about this conference too. It seems a bit like the Oxford Roundtable which has been debunked by several post on here. Can anyone provide any information or feedback about it?

[untenured]

Two things that make me suspicious when looking at a conference:

1. The conference accepts papers from a very broad range of disciplines
2. The conference is unfailingly in a highly desirable destination.

This does not necessarily mean that every conference that meets these requirements is of questionable quality.  Not at all.  This just makes me suspicious enough to inquire further.

Untenured

[anthroid]

I am especially suspicious about this conference, as it apparently took place 2 years ago.  I would suggest that forumites should not try to contribute papers to this particular conference unless they have perfected the Way-Back Machine.*








*In which case we ought to be talking about a completely different kind of conference.

[kedves]

The first conference in the series was held in 2008 and there is another this year.  The deadline for abstracts was in October and the host is a consulting firm.  That's in the website information.  It doesn't look very promising to me.

On the other hand, who's paying?

Paris.........ahhhh!

[socsci]

Two things that make me suspicious when looking at a conference:

1. The conference accepts papers from a very broad range of disciplines
2. The conference is unfailingly in a highly desirable destination.

This does not necessarily mean that every conference that meets these requirements is of questionable quality.  Not at all.  This just makes me suspicious enough to inquire further.

Untenured

And it costs a lot! That always sets off my alarm bells.

[dellaroux]

I am curious too about this conference too. It seems a bit like the Oxford Roundtable which has been debunked by several post on here. Can anyone provide any information or feedback about it?

Or is this the fishy part?