Loaddata: Invalid model identifier

[marcazo]

I am encountering the following error when I run the python manage.py loaddata fixtures/*:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 12, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 385, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 377, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 288, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.dict)
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 338, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py", line 61, in handle
self.loaddata(fixture_labels)
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py", line 91, in loaddata
self.load_label(fixture_label)
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py", line 142, in load_label
for obj in objects:
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/json.py", line 81, in Deserializer
six.reraise(DeserializationError, DeserializationError(e), sys.exc_info()[2])
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/json.py", line 75, in Deserializer
for obj in PythonDeserializer(objects, **options):
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/python.py", line 93, in Deserializer
Model = _get_model(d["model"])
File "/home/brian/mysiteenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/python.py", line 158, in _get_model
raise base.DeserializationError("Invalid model identifier: '%s'" % model_identifier)
django.core.serializers.base.DeserializationError: Problem installing fixture '/home/brian/mysite/fixtures/conference.json': Invalid model identifier: 'symposion_conference.conference'

I am using Python 2.7.12 and Django 1.7.1