Hermon A.
Money making conference, a ripe-off organisation
I have attended the 11th International Hematology and Oncology conference on the 8th and 9th of Nov 2017 Las Vegas organised by and paid to conference series. I am sad to say that my experience of attending the conference was less than impressive. I have paid the full expense out of my pocket, as I didn't have a sponsor and spent more than 2000 pounds for the trip and registration. However the conference was not as advertised and it didn't meet the learning and networking opportunity it stated will offer. On the first day of the conference around 5 people were present in the morning; that had improved to about 10 people in the early afternoon. Overall around 70% of speakers didn't attend on the first day. On the second day there were 15 people in the morning that had dropped to around 10 by the afternoon. Again substantial number of speakers didn't attend. Thus the poster presentation section had to be moved to soon after lunch and the conference had to be concluded early. I have attended several national and international conferences and I was shocked to find the lack of organization and consistency the conference had been prepared. I had travelled over 10 hours of flight and missing days of work as i was made to believe the conference is a great learning opportunity and not to be missed. But what I found was quite disappointed and unprofessional. I felt I was treated as a foul and wasted my time and money for nothing. I contacted the program organiser called Alisha Summer when I got back to the UK. After several emails and phone calls she agreed to refund my registration fee in full as they didn't delivered what they had advertised. However a month had gone by and i am still waiting for refund. I have contacted her several times since then but my emails have not been replied too. I don't expect them to keep their word and refund me at all. Since i complained and highlighted my concerns my picture and details had been removed from the list of presenters who attended and presented in the conference, even though i presented poster and was awarded best poster. However, they still use details of presenters who didn't attend the conference to advertise the next conference and give credibility to their conference . I feel Conference-series is a money making conference and absolutely waste of time and money attending it. They will never address concerns and complaints afterwards. They don't even reply emails once they have taken your money. I would never have paid and/or attended the conference if i had known, thus i thought to inform others so that they will not make the same mistake i had made and would not waste their money or time. DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ ON THEIR WEBSITE!!