Johnmyx

All very informative answers, thanks. Professor responded to same question with much of the same: apparently the registration fee is miniscule compared to some of the bigger conferences out there and registration fees are, by and large, standard at these things. There is a free dinner included, so WIN, I guess.

Hey, So, impressed with a paper I submitted, a prof of mine forwarded said paper and abstract to a research conference taking place at a University, which was subsequently accepted. I was excited about all this until I got an email from one of the conference's organizers imploring me to register for the conference and pay accompanying fees (what!!??) Now I'm an undergrad with zero experience on this so naturally I had some questions; Is paying a fee to present at a research conference normal? My natural reaction is to see this as some sort of money making thing preying on the naivety of approval seeking students. The institution is a legitimate Canadian University and the keynote speakers are, as far as I can tell, legitimate and published PHD's in the field. But still; I cant shake this deep, foreboding sense that I'm being "took". Am I wrong to feel this way? Again, I have absolutely no (read zero) experience with this sort of thing. Thanks.