to whom it may concern: Just a few lines to inform you all that on november 26th and 27th the 6th Italian National Conference on cetaceans and sea turtles will take place in Sperlonga (LT) (around 100 km to the south of Rome) organized by the Parco Regionale Riviera di Ulisse, Salin' srl, and Zoonomia on behalf and in cooperation with the Italian National Stranding Network, the Centro Studi Cetacei ONLUS. Several verbal and poster presentation related to these issues will be presented during the two-days conference. Furthermore we will be pleased with the presence of international invited speakers, such as Lucia Rueda, Seamus Kennedy and Charles C. Manire. Information available at <http://www.centrostudicetacei.org>, choose NEWS or DOWNLOAD. In days to come you will also find an updated program as well as the .pdf version of the abstracts book. Should you need any further information, please feel free to contact us. Cheers, Dr. Alessandro Bortolotto President of the Italian National Stranding Network centrostudicetacei@libero.it Scientific Secretary abortolotto@zoomarine.it