Oh my - they finally have read my Abstract and CV, but calling me names about this seems to be a little much...

From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call for Speakerat2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Date: March 18, 2012 10:38:30 PM PDT

Dear Knut,

How are you? Your abstract was re-evaluated again, the abstract is not professional, neither science nor technology. We're so surprising that how a real scientist can write such article. The reviewers doubt the truth of the report; also remind us of the faking author.

So, we hope you CAN provide us the real biography; otherwise, we will stop all the correspondence with you!

Best regards,

Ella

2012-03-19

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ella

发送时间： 2012-03-19  14:05:39

收件人： ella

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主题： Re: 099-Call forSpeakerat2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Dear Ella,

I just checked your website and I noticed that my talk has been

removed from the program.

I must say that I am very disappointed about this.  I thought that

Bitlifesciences is a reputable scientific meeting place and I have been

looking forward to visiting Guangzhou and other places in the Middle East.

I am sure that there has been a mistake.  In reality, it does not matter

I believe how good or bad my science is - as long as I am a regular participant

at the conference and pay my way, you would not mind that I show up, right?

At this point, please reinstate my name on the program.  I am extremely humiliated

about this and losing my face in front of all my colleagues is going to be

very difficult to deal with.  This can ruin my career because I was counting

on presenting my latest scientific findings at your conference.  

If there is anything that I can do to help with this and to get me back

into the program, please let me know.

Best wishes,

Knut

I guess that this issue has really upset poor Ella.  She is using cuss words in her
reply to me, or perhaps, she tries to give me back some of my own medicine?
But still, brilliant move, Ella!

From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call forSpeakerat2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Date: March 19, 2012 1:13:53 AM PDT

Dear Kunt,

 

Sorry, we need to take responsibility for all the speakers and participants of our conference. No "faking" speaker or participant. SBI decided not to accept you as 

the speaker or participant anymore, stop all the correspondence with you, delete all the information. 

 

We will disregard the absurd biography that you provided.

 

Best regards,

 

Ella

 

2012-03-19

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ella

Still, I needed to clarify:

Subject: Re: 099-Call forSpeakerat2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Date: March 19, 2012 7:26:46 AM PDT

To: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Dear Ella,

There is no reason for calling me names!  My name is Knut.

I appreciate that finally someone has actually read my abstract and

CV, but I am still puzzled (i.e. I do not understand) what the issues

are with my abstract and CV.  You are conversing with me and I am

a real person.  I would not think that I would fake something just 

to visit your conference - that does not make sense.

Could you please provide details what you think is not

correct with my abstract and I would be more than happy to provide

you with a new version.

Thank you,

Knut

Ok - we settled on the dog issue... and move on to a BBQ near Groom lake (nice!)

From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call for Speaker at2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection (SBI-2012)

Date: January 27, 2012 6:15:51 PM PST

Dear Knut,

 

Thank you for your kind reply. It is really good for your dog not coming to China, because he may not adapt to the hot weather in Guangzhou at that time. We sincerely hope that you and your wife can come to China together and make a tour in China. It must be wonderful!

 

Please contact me freely when you have any question. I will try my best to help you.

 

By the way, did your colleagues interested in our conference? We sincerely hope that more experts can come to share their researches. Thank you for your efforts.

 

Best regards,

 

Ella

 

2012-01-28

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ella

Then, another attempt to get my friends to sign up.  They are pushing - seems the conference is far from complete.

From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call for Speaker at2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Date: January 30, 2012 9:53:43 PM PST

Dear Knut,

 

Thank you for your reply. We sincerely hope that your colleagues can share something with the experts across the world. It will be better to send their abstracts in 2 weeks.

 

If possible, it is convenient to tell their contacts so that I can contact them directly? Thank you for your support.

 

Look forward to your early reply.

 

Best regards,

 

Ella

 

2012-01-31

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ella


More - it pays to lay low for a while:

From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call for Speaker at2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Date: February 13, 2012 11:46:52 PM PST

Dear Knut,

 

How are you? Sorry to bother you. Did your colleagues finish their abstracts? If yes, could you send them to us? Thank you for your support.

 

Look forward to your early reply.

 

Best regards,

 

Ella

 

2012-02-14

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ella

A quick explanation:

发件人： seppkalle

发送时间： 2012-02-15  14:02:42

收件人： ella

抄送：

主题： Re: 099-Call for Speakerat2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Hi Ella,

Nice to hear from you.  I still have not received an answer.  I will try a last time 

over the long weekend to talk to both of them.  

One of my colleagues had some issues when traveling to Taiwan before.  I believe he

got into some kind of issues with the officials at the immigration.  I personally do not know

exactly what happened, but he might not be allowed to visit any more, but Taiwan is

a different country, I believe.  In any case, I will try to find out and give it a last try this

weekend.  We have a group barbecue at the Groom Lake exit off of Highway 375 -

a godforsaken place for having a BBQ, but over a couple of beers, I might get him to

join.

Cheers and best wishes,

- Knut

 From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call for Speakerat2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Date: February 14, 2012 10:20:26 PM PST

To: seppkalle <seppkalle@me.com>

Dear Knut,

 

Thank you very much for your kind reply and great effort.

 

Wait for your news and have fun with your BBQ.

 

Best regards,

 

Ella

 

 

2012-02-15

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ella

Oh - yeah, it will be fun!
Just to keep the conversation going, Ella does not stop bothering me...

From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call for Speakerat2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Date: February 28, 2012 7:09:02 PM PST

Dear Knut,

 

I'm sorry to disturb you but I would bring you the latest news about our conference.

 

Now we have a rare opportunity for participants, Biomedical High-level Overseas Professionals Exchange and Project Matchmaking Fair will be held in July 31, 2012 during our conference. You can also find the introduction attached.

 

Free booths are limited to 30 and are awarded on a first come first served basis. If you are interested, please apply ASAP. Hope you do not let this chance slip from your fingers.

 

If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

 

Look forward to your reply.

 

Ella

 

2012-02-29

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ella

 From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call for Speakerat2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection(SBI-2012)

Date: March 15, 2012 1:05:50 AM PDT

Dear Knut,

 

I'm sorry to disturb you but I would bring you the latest news about our conference.

 

Now we have a rare opportunity for participants, Biomedical High-level Overseas Professionals Exchange and Project Matchmaking Fair will be held in July 31, 2012 during our conference. You can also find the introduction attached.

 

Free booths are limited to 30 and are awarded on a first come first served basis. If you are interested, please apply ASAP. Hope you do not let this chance slip from your fingers.

 

If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

 

Look forward to your reply.

 

Ella

 

2012-03-15

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ella

I forgot! They really do NOT like dogs!

On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:59 PM, ella wrote:

Dear Knut,

Thank you for your reply.

Generally the attendee should not bring their pet in our conference, sorry about this.

Best wishes,

Ella

All right!  Let's be a little funny:

On Jan 27, 2012, at 11:12 AM ... wrote:

Hi Ella,

Thank you for the information.  This is good to know.  It seems that there are issues with bringing 

a pet to China and knowing that dogs are being served rather hot in your country, we decided to leave 

him at home so he is not getting traumatized when looking at the lunch menu.  

We are looking forward to our trip - all this planning and the conversations have been a lot of fun

so far.  I am glad that Bit took the bug, so to say ;-)

Regards,

- [AND HERE, I MADE A MISTAKE!]

I signed with my real name!!!
ok - they did not get the whole thing thus far, so nothing to worry in my mind...

Need to register at a later date - a nice conversation with Ella...

On Jan 26, 2012, at 12:32 AM, ella wrote:

Dear Knut Buttnase,

 

Long time we have no your news. Wish you everything goes well.

 

Did you receive my last letter?

 

Until now, we have not received your registration information. Please log on the website: http://www.bitlifesciences.com/wcm2012/register.asp. Also you may find more information.

 

We appreciate you would finish the formal registration online for us to confirm your participation. I would like to remind you of the deadline of January 31, before that deadline, you can enjoy the early bird registration rate.

 

Look forward to your reply.

 

Ella

 

 

2012-01-26

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ella

Yeah, right - they want the money.
Let's try to win some time (bringing wife and dog might pose a problem)...

发件人： 

发送时间： 2012-01-27  01:04:45

收件人： ella

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主题： Re: 099-Call for Speaker at 2ndAnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection (SBI-2012)

Hi Ella,

I am still waiting for word from my wife Wendy Wilcox.  She is planning to join me on my trip and may attend the conference as well.

Since it is not yet clear whether she will be able to join, I will very likely register at a later time together with her.  This is all fine because 

my department is covering the costs and they do not require me to take the early registration.  She also plans to bring her little dog, but

on the other hand, she is not sure about regulations - we hope to find out.

I am also still working with planning a little vacation in your country after or before the conference.  It seems that driving in China is

different than in the rural and desert areas of the United States, but I am making progress with planning the trip.

With best wishes,

- Knut 

Happy New Year! And, YESSSS! The program has been updated and my hilarious plot still has not been detected

Here is the email of today (seems they are desperately trying to get me to register early).

From: ella <ella@bitconferences.com>

Subject: Re: Re: 099-Call for Speaker at 2nd AnnualSymposiaofBacteriologyandInfection (SBI-2012)

Date: January 18, 2012 5:51:08 PM PST

To: 

Dear Knut,

 

How are you? Have you decided your schedule?

 

You are entitled to give us a speech and chair SBI 2-1: Old vs New Antibacterial Targets of Superbugs

 

The time allot for your speech is 20-25 minutes. We have updated the program and released the information online:

 

http://www.bitlifesciences.com/wcm2012/fullprogram_sbi.asp . 

 

For the registration, please log on the website:

http://www.bitlifesciences.com/wcm2012/register.asp

 

We appreciate you would finish the formal registration online for us to confirm your participation. I would like to remind you of the deadline of January 31, before that deadline, you can enjoy the early bird registration rate.

 

Look forward to your reply.

 

Ella

 

And - unbelievable!  They have added the whole thing into the program.
Again, my apologies to Oleg (He must know that I am just an annoying small bug) and apologies as well to Andrew.

On another note, I continue to receive invitations from BIT for other conferences, but also there are some invitations to Romania ("the land of Dracula" it said), Greece, and India.  This "business" must really be booming and I fear that over time, this sneaky strategy really pays off.

Still, it is annoying and these places simply do not take your e-mail off their spam lists... perhaps I should play this with another one of these spammers as well.  If I just had the time...