Dear MARMAM community, The committee of the UK and Ireland Regional Student Chapter (UKIRSC) of the Society for Marine Mammalogy are pleased to announce our 14th annual conference. This year our meeting will be held on the 10th and 11th January 2020 at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in Galway, Republic of Ireland. This is a free conference which aims to bring together students interested in marine mammals from across the UK and Ireland. We encourage students to present their work in the form of posters, speed talks and 15 minute slots, along with the opportunity to network. We will also be running workshops and organising talks by invited experts within the field. The event will kick-off with an ice-breaker event on Thursday 9th January, and will close with a conference dinner on Saturday 11th January. Registration and abstract submission will be opening soon! Deadline for this will be the 20th December 2019. For more information please visit our website: https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/ukrsc/conference-2020/ follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UKIRSC/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UKIRSC_SMM Any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. The 2020 committee can be contacted by emailing: ukrsc@st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:ukrsc@st-andrews.ac.uk> Please circulate among your labs – this is a great experience for students! Best wishes, Cynthia, Izzy, Laura, María, Becky & Natalie UKIRSC 2020 committee ---------------------------------------------------- Izzy Langley Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB Twitter: @LangleyIzzy @_SMRU_ The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No SC013532