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)...

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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...