4-8 September 2000

International Society for.Medical and Applied Malacology

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON

MEDICAL AND APPLIED MALACOLOGY

Havana, Cuba

Further information from: Dr Gloria Perera Email: alfr...@ipk.sld.cu or Fax: 537 246051 OR:
Dr J B Burch Email: jbbu...@umich.edu or Fax: 734 763-4080 or Phone: 734 647-2189.

2 November 2000

The Malacological Society of London

Special General Meeting

In the Mineralogy Seminar Room, Natural History Museum,London, at 9.30 a.m., preceding the Molluscan Forum

To resolve the proposal from Council to change the subscription rate from 1 January 2001 from £36 to £40 (and from £22 to £25 for Student Members).

2 November 2000

The Malacological Society of London

Molluscan Forum

Mineralogy Seminar Room, Natural History Museum, London

10.00 a.m.- 5.30 p.m.

CALL FOR REGISTRATIONS AND PAPERS

An informal meeting bringing together people starting their research on molluscs, to provide them the opportunity to present and discuss their work and to compare notes on methods and problems. It is the successor to the Young Malacologistsí Forum, but with a wider remit. Attendance is open to all, but speakers and poster presenters should be research students, post-doctoral researchers, undergraduates starting molluscan projects or dissertations, and amateurs engaged in substantial projects which have not yet been published. Any topic related to molluscs is acceptable: palaeontological, behavioural, ecological, morphological or molecular.

Short talks (15 min) or posters may be offered. They need not be polished accounts of completed work; describing new methods, work in progress, appeals for assistance with unsolved problems are equally acceptable.

In addition to talks and posters there will be a book sale, and opportunities to acquire reprints contributed by members of The Society. The forum will end with a wine reception.

There is no registration fee; a limited amount of help with travel costs will be available for presenters who cannot claim them from elsewhere. Please use the registration form which can be found on The Societyís Web Site.

Enquiries and registrations to: R. Cameron, 2 Victoria Road, Sheffield S10 2DL (0114 268 6675), or (preferred) to: r.ca...@sheffield.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

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

Details on: http://www.austmus.gov.au/malsoc/

8-9 March 2001

OILB/IOBC Working group on Integrated Control of Soil Pests

Meeting on Integrated Control of Slugs and Snails

School of Agriculture, Lyon, France

Contact: David Glen, IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol BS18 9AF, UK.

Tel: +44 1275 392181 Email: Davi...@BBSRC.AC.UK

19-20 March 2001

The Malacological Society of London

Freshwater Bivalves

Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge

Call for Papers and Posters

Titles of offered papers and posters to Dr Aldridge. Papers will be 20 minutes, including 5 min for questions. We have already had interest from Europe, Canada and USA and expect keynote speakers from overseas.

It is hoped to arrange a field outing on 20th or 21st, depending on the number of speakers. The outing will be to the River Ouse and Wicken Fen, where we can expect to find a wide range of bivalves and terrestrial molluscs.

It is hoped to arrange accommodation at Corpus Christi College, two minutes walk from the Zoology Department.

Organiser: Dr David Aldridge, Aquatic Ecology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Email: d.al...@zoo.cam.ac.uk

Tel: +44 1223 334436 Fax: +44 1223 336676

19 March 2001

The Malacological Society of London

Annual General Meeting

The A.G.M. will be held after lunch at the Cambridge meeting.

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.

Details at: http://www.rhodes.ac.za/conferences/icird2001

19-25 August 2001

14^th International Congress of

Unitas Malacologica

The Institute of Zoology, University of Vienna, Austria

This will also be the first annual meeting of AMS outside America.

Symposia:

• Molluscan conservation (Ian Killeen and Mary Seddon)
• Molluscan development (Gerhard Haszprunar)
• Mollusca in Ancient Lakes (Frank Wesselingh, Ellinor Michel)
• Chemosymbiosis (Carole Hickman, Penelope Barnes, Martin Zuschin)

Contact:

L. Salvini-Plawen Email: luit...@univie.ac.at

or Gerhard Steiner Email: gerh...@univie.ac.at

Phone: 43 1 31336 1264, Fax: 43 1 31336 778

Preliminary registration form at:

http://www.univie.ac.at/WCM2001/index.htm