Could you please share any information you might have about https://vaccine-congress.org/. I've been invited to present my research data at their conference, and I'd appreciate any input.
Dear Barnabe D Assogba
Your intuition was right, there are many questions to ask in this case. Using their contact info I found that it is clear that they are linked to “Innovinc” https://innovinc.org/Current-Conference see for some of the reasons to question them for example https://www.researchgate.net/post/IFHN-2024_Prague_Czech_Republic_is_this_a_real_conference
But even if you are not aware of the poor reputation of the organization behind this congress, there are numerous red flags:
-The contact info ( https://vaccine-congress.org/contactus ) is at best a virtual office, compare this with a genuine congress like for example https://www.terrapinn.com/conference/world-vaccine-congress-washington/contact-us.stm
-The photo’s used for the scientific committee (https://vaccine-congress.org ) are of poor quality, compare this with https://www.terrapinn.com/conference/world-vaccine-congress-washington/index.stm
-Looking at the scientific committee they mention an 83-year-old Dr. Don Berry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Berry_(statistician) a big name indeed but a 100% sure he is not involved with these people. They also mention someone who is a RG member https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brandon-Lucke-Wold would be interesting to see if he is aware of these people who misleadingly use his name. The same is true for https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susu-Zughaier
Furthermore, I see the mentioning of hybrid (which is in the situation where COVID is finally gone an option that is or should be no longer relevant) as disturbing since I read here that it is not unusual that at the last moment everything becomes virtual. I think that at best the whole thing takes place, but I think it will be a small audience with a broad diversity in terms of background and field of expertise to make it really relevant (for exchanging knowledge and possible networking).
Personally, I would say avoid.
Best regards.