Jose Aleman points me to this conference on 18-19 June at Fordham University:
This conference is about applications of the R software and Graphics system to important policy and research problems, not about R per se. It provides an excellent opportunity to bring together researchers from various disciplines using R in their reproducible research work. We hope to provide practical help to students and researchers alike.
It says here that I’m an invited speaker. I don’t actually remember being asked to do so, but if I did, then I guess I’ll be there! Fordham is conveniently located near the zoo so perhaps I can somehow combine this with a family trip.
P.S. I checked more carefully and the conference is actually at the Manhattan branch of Fordham (at Lincoln Center). So no zoo trip, unfortunately!
It would be nice to clarify whether you have been invited, accepted the invitation, and forgot about it, or whether they put your name without asking you first, or without getting a positive reply first.
Right now you seem to imply that they put your name there without your consent. In this case, it does not seem to be a conference that someone would like to attend.
Several months ago they invited me and I told them I would come. In the meantime I'd completely forgotten.