Hello, Could we submit this for posting? very best Prof Philip Hoare, University of Southampton The Whale: An Exploration. An all-day conference at the National Maritime Museum, London, 20 September.http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/events/the-whale A unique day event investigating and celebrating one of the ocean’s most captivating and mysterious residents. In the company of award winning writers, artists, film-makers and specialists in cetacean studies and conservation. Navigating the fluctuating human relationship with one of the ocean's most remarkable and threatened creatures, Philip Hoare (Leviathan, The Sea Inside); sound-recordist and composer Chris Watson (Life, Frozen Planet); former whaler and Greenpeace activist John Burton; Rob Deaville (UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme); Mark Carnall (Grant Museum of Zoology); and Steve Deput (author/discoverer of Jonah the Circus Whale) join acclaimed artist film-maker Jessica Sarah Rinland for a multi-faceted voyage into the extraordinary world of the whale. Taking place in the week of the International Whaling Commission’s biennial global meeting, the event will consider the challenges facing current whale populations while also tracking their energising presence in literature, film and music.