[Call for Paper - SCOPUS/ISI THOMSON] ICESTI 2014, September 10-13, 2014, Kuta Bali - Indonesia

[Terry Reedy]

On 5/3/2014 1:23 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 03 May 2014 15:50:40 +0000, Denis McMahon wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 03 May 2014 06:51:02 -0700, icesti2014editor wrote:
>>
>>> sharing best practice in the field of Engineering, Science, and
>>> Technology towards sustainable development.
>>
>>> The first event of this conference series (ICESTI 2014) will be held in
>>> Bali, Indonesia
>>
>> Let's all fly to Bali in the name of sustainability and preserving the
>> planet, and damn the CO2 created by doing so.
>
> Pennywise and pound-foolish perhaps? If spending a few thousand tonnes of
> CO2 enables the saving of a few million tonnes, I think that would be
> well worth it.
>
> Of course, Bali happens to be one of the premier holiday destinations in
> the world. Presumably that's completely a coincidence...

If this had been held for moderation and I were the one responding to 
it, I would have discarded it as commercial spam. Many such conferences 
detached from professional societies are profit-seeking enterprises. I 
consider both the cross-posting and location as evidence that this might 
be true of this conference.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy