The 30th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society will take place in Funchal, Madeira, from 14 - 16 March 2016, hosted by the Madeira Whale Museum. The theme of the conference is Into the Deep: Research and Conservation on Oceanic Marine Mammals. For further information on the conference visit: http://europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/30th-annual-conference-funchal-... The abstracts submission deadline is 16 October 2015 (23:45 CET). The abstracts may be submitted online at ECS Conference page: http://europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/submit-abstract Workshops proposals are also welcome. Workshops will run on 12-13 March. Workshop proposal forms can be downloaded here: http://europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/workshops-0 and should be sent to ecs2016conference@gmail.com by the 16 October 2015 (23:45 CET) deadline. Looking forward to meeting at Madeira in March 2016, Luís Freitas On Behalf of the Conference Organising Committee