Dear all, Only 2 weeks to go until the registration deadline for the UK Regional Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference at Bangor University from the 21st to 23rd of January 2015! An icebreaker will be held on the evening of the 21st of January. We encourage all students registered in Universities across the UK and Ireland that are interested in marine mammal research to attend. The atmosphere of the conference is relatively informal, giving students a platform to discuss their research with other students. Postgraduate students are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentations and posters. For planning purposes, we have divided presentations into 5-minute speedtalk and 15 minute slots. We encourage new postgraduate students to talk about their future research plans using the 5-minute slots and for those further along in their studies to present for 15 minutes. Undergraduates with an interest in the field are also welcome to attend. Our guest speakers this year are Dr Peter Evans (SeaWatch), Dr. Ceri Morris (Natural Resources Wales) and Dr. Line Cordes (University of Bangor). Two workshops will be held as part of the conference by Gemma Veneruso (SEACAMS) and Joseph Onofriou (SMRU). The final deadline for presentation / poster abstracts (max 300 words) will be the 5th of December 2014. Registration forms can be downloaded from our website http://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/ukrsc/. There is no registration fee and you don’t need to be an existing member of the Chapter. You can register for the Chapter at the same time as registering for the conference. Please submit your registration form by e-mail attachment to ukrsc@st-andrews.ac.uk. Best wishes, The committee of the UK Regional Student Chapter for the Society for Marine Mammalogy.