Just got this email:
Dear Jonathan,
I hope this email finds you well. I came across your profile while doing some research on the NGS Data Analysis field and I would like to invite you and your team to the “NGS Data Analysis and Informatics Conference, 2016” which will be held on the 18th and 19th of February in San Diego, USA which I hope would be of your interest. I am glad to inform one of the conference sponsors (Illumina, Seven Bridges Genomics, and Molecular Health) has helped arrange a complimentary VIP pass for you. We have limited passes which are being offered for you and some other experts in US.
We are holding these sponsored pass until the end of this week or till these passes are taken, whichever is the earliest. Request you to kindly confirm your participation at the earliest by replying to this email. Attached is the VIP pass.
Our conference link- http://www.mnmconferences.com/ngs-data-analysis-informatics-congress-usa.html
I would be grateful if you can share the information with your colleagues if you are not the right person to contact. Let me know if you need any further information.
Kind Regards, Mahvish Anwar Delegate Executive- Markets and Markets Conferences
So, I checked out the meeting and the gender ratio of speakers. Not good:
4 and 16 were counted at NGS Data Analysis #NGS. Learn more at GenderAvenger Tally
No thanks, not interested in attending, even for free, a YAMMM (Yet Another Mostly Male Meeting).