Dear MARMAM community, We are pleased to announce that the registration and abstract submission for the 14th annual UK & Ireland Regional Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy is now open! This year our annual meeting will be held on the *10th and 11th January 2020* at the *Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology* in Galway, Republic of Ireland. This is a free conference which aims to bring together students interested in marine mammals from across the UK and Ireland. We encourage students to present their work in the form of posters, speed talks and 15 minute slots, along with the opportunity to network. We will also be running workshops and organising talks by invited experts within the field. The event will kick-off with an ice-breaker event on Thursday 9th January, and will close with a conference dinner on Saturday 11th January. *Registration and abstract submission is now open!* Deadline for is the 20th December 2019. For more information please visit our website: https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/ukrsc/conference-2020/ follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UKIRSC/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UKIRSC_SMM Any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. The 2020 committee can be contacted by emailing: ukrsc@st-andrews.ac.uk Please circulate among your labs – this is a great experience for students! Best wishes, Cynthia, Izzy, Laura, María, Becky & Natalie *UKIRSC 2020 committee* *---------------------------------------------------------------* *Committee Member* *UK and Ireland Regional Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy* *Website*: http://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/ukrsc/ *Facebook*: https://www.facebook.com/UKIRSC/ *Twitter*: https://twitter.com/UKIRSC_SMM