The UK and Ireland Regional Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 8th annual UKIRSC student conference. The meeting will take place between 21st – 23rd of January 2015 at Bangor University, Wales. Abstract deadline is December 5^th. Detailed information is available on our website: http://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/ukrsc .