Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the following event on behalf of the organizing committee. Regards, Pavel Gol'din Dear colleagues, On 29 Sept. -1 Oct. 2016 the Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi is organizing a symposium on the evolution of marine mammals dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Dr. Guram Mchedlidze (1931–2009), a Georgian paleontologist. The first circular and pre-registration form can be found on the web-site of the GNM: museum.ge, home-page ->events->future events. URL: http://museum.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=98&info_id=13723 You can send the filled in pre-registration form directly to me on this e-mail (maiabukh@gmail.com). Hope very much to see you all in Tbilisi in September. Please, distribute this information among interested scientists. Sincerely, Maia Bukhsianidze Senior researcher Georgian National Museum