Dear all, The deadline for registration and abstract submissions for the 2017 SVPCA and SPPC meetings in Birmingham is this Friday 14th July. Registration is through the University of Birmingham shop at the following link: http://bit.ly/2qiY473 Abstract submission is through the main SVPCA website: http://svpca.org/abstracts/submit_abstract.php There is still availability for the field trip and workshops, but these are booking up rapidly so I would encourage you to register early if you wish to join these. Richard Zoë Hughes Curator of Brachiopods and Cephalopods Department of Earth Sciences The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD T +44 (0)20 7942 5470 E [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Follow the collections on Twitter: @NHM_Brachiopoda @NHM_Cephalopoda Please note that from January 01 2011, the museum's preferred acronym for specimen citations is NHMUK