This week I received the following email stating “The purpose of this letter is to formally invite you, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, to be the speaker at the upcoming “2nd International Conference on Nanotek and Expo” (Nanotek-2012).” This sounds very much like a desirable invited talk in my area of expertise, nanotechnology. The website of the organizer, OMICS looks good and the organization seems associated with a list of proper scientists as keynote speakers and members.

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Comment by Ad Lagendijk:
We get regularly posts like the following. I will only allow it once. For demonstration purpose. The internet is full of web sites and blogs reporting on the content of science and on the popularization of science. Our web site is not meant for this material. We write about the profession of  scientist.

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