  Criticism of the conference model should be put in context. Evidences suggest
that the essential features of this model have emerged as responses to
challenges posed by current trends of scientific research and the impact of the
new techno-economic paradigm, the age of Information and Communication
Technology. This context seems indispensable when discussing today's problems
of scientific evaluation, in particular the Conference vs. Journal (CvJ)
debate. This debate, also, would benefit from systematic historical and
sociological studies of these practices. In this note we briefly develop these
arguments.
