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I am not organising this and not related to it in any way, except that it is my field of study, but thought I'd share it for whoever is interetsted: Genomics Workshop II: Following the previous marine mammal genomics workshop held at the Biennial Conference in New Zealand in 2013, the field of genomics has continued to progress rapidly, experiencing relevant advances in sequencing technologies, laboratory techniques and data analysis methods. At the time of the previous biennial conference, genomic studies on marine mammals were hampered by a lack of suitable reference genomes, with only the high quality genomes of distant terrestrial relatives such as the dog, cow and elephant available for anchoring generated genomic data. However, by the time of the San Francisco conference, the number of high quality genome assemblies of marine mammal species is expected to be in double figures, facilitating the progression of our field, which is also benefiting from new innovative methods being applied to marine mammal species and more data being made publicly available. As a result, the number of published inter- and intra-specific genomics investigations on marine mammal species is expected to significantly increase during 2015. This workshop offers the opportunity for participants to keep track of this progression from genetics to genomics; to present their latest results and findings; and perhaps most importantly to share their experiences on the successes and pitfalls of different genomic techniques that can hopefully benefit us as a community by preventing needless and expensive replication and promoting better, more cost-effective use of resources. (for more info: https://www.marinemammalscience.org/conference/conference-registration/.) There is also this, for which registration is free and I thought sounded very interesting (but it's in Europe): CFP: The External Dimension as a driver for change’ An international conference hosted by the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC), focusing on sustainability and regional cooperation 16-17 September 2015 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain “As fishers, it is in all of our interests to see the sea managed sustainably by our counterparts overseas. The European industry is happy to have the chance to talk about positive changes in long-distance fisheries which we can contribute to and which help provide our livelihoods” – Michel Goujon, Orthongel (the Organisation of Producers of Frozen Tropical Tuna). The Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) will lead the debate on how the EU Cmmon Fisheries Policy’s focus on international fisheries can benefit global governance, transparency in African fisheries and social, economic and environmental sustainability, during this high-level, two-day event.