14-17 September 1999

The Malacological Society of London

BIOLOGY & EVOLUTION OF THE BIVALVIA

Earth Sciences, Cambridge University

Organised by Liz Harper (Cambridge University), John Taylor (Natural History Museum, London) and Alistair Crame (British Antarctic Survey).

There has been an excellent response to the meeting with more than 100 registered participants. The number of oral presentations offered has been overwhelming and covers a broad spectrum of bivalve topics. There are no more spaces in the timetable for oral presentations. In order to avoid disappointment or the need for parallel sessions talks must be limited STRICTLY to 15 minutes. The list of speakers and poster presentations is available on the Malacological Society web site: http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/MalacSoc/bivalve.htm, and we hope to advertise the provisional order of papers at that site sometime in August.

A day rate of £20 (£15 for registered students) will apply. Contact: Liz Harper. Email: emh...@cus.cam.ac.uk. For details of individual days.

Thursday 18 November 1999

Young Malacologists' Forum 1999

Mineralogy Seminar Room, The Natural History Museum, London

An informal meeting held each year in the autumn giving young researchers an opportunity to meet with other malacologists to present and discuss their research in a relaxed setting and to compare notes on methods and problems.

The meeting will start at 10 am and finish with a wine reception.

Attendance is open to anyone, but speakers will normally be restricted to research students working towards MSc and PhD qualifications and young post-doctoral researchers involved in any field concerning Mollusca, be it palaeontological, ecological, physiological, molecular, systematic or morphological.

The format will be as informal as possible and we welcome either short talks (15 minutes maximum) or posters. The talks need not necessarily be polished presentations of results, but could simply be the description of a new or unusual technique, or discussion of a problem.

For both talks and posters, please send an abstract of not more than 150 words. Posters should be mounted on single pieces of stiff card since they will be mounted on easels or attached to boards with velcro tape (provided). They should not be larger than 1 metre by 1 metre.

If you require facilities other than 35 mm slide projector or overhead projector (for example video or computer graphics projection tablets - please state PC or Mac) please inform the organiser as soon as possible.

Contact: Alex Ball at the EM unit, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.

E-mail: (preferred method) a.b...@nhm.ac.uk. Tel: 0207 942 5263. Fax: 0207 942 5811

Saturday 8 April 2000

Molluscs in the new Millenium:

the future of molluscan studies and societies in the British Isles

A joint all-day meeting with the Conchological Society, at the rooms of the Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly.

A broad range of speakers will give their views on the future of malacology, and the role of the societies devoted to its study. It is hoped that topics will include developments in research, the role of museums, amateur collectors and recorders, he future of malacological publications, and the activities of both Conchological and Malacological Societies. This will be an important meeting, at a time when both taxon-based research and small taxon-based natural history societies are facing a challenging future. This will also be the Annual General Meeting of the Malacological Society.

Contact: David Reid. Tel: 020 7942 5051. Email: dgr...@nhm.ac.uk

Thursday 8 June 2000

Evolution and diversity of pulmonate land snails

A joint meeting with the Linnean Society, at their rooms in Burlington House, Piccadilly.

For information contact Peter Mordan. Tel: 020 7942 5210. Email: pbm...@nhm.ac.uk).

4-8 December 2000

Malacological Society of Australasia

MOLLUSCS 2000: Understanding Molluscan Biodiversity

In Our Region Into The 21st Century

The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

A meeting bringing together people working on molluscs in the Australasian and Indo-west Pacific regions. A major focus will be to investigate new and improved ways of sharing and disseminating information and data throughout the region. There will be 3 symposia and an open session. Accommodation will be in college-style residences and motels.

Contact: Dr W Ponder, Australian Museum, 6 College St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. Tel: 61 2 9320 6120,

Fax: 61 2 9320 6050. Email: wins...@amsg.austmus.gov.au

or: Dr M G Chapman, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Tel: 61 2 9351 4778. Fax: 61 2 9351 6713. Email: gee...@bio.usyd.edu.au

July 2001

9^th International Congress on Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Conference Organiser: Alan Hodgson, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. Email: zoa...@giraffe.ru.ac.za: Fax: +46 622 4377.

The first announcement and preliminary details are available at: http://www.rhodes.ac.za/conferences/icird2001