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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Join us from the comfort of your lab, office, or living room for the 2021 AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Annual Meeting from May 10 – June 24, with a week of pre-sessions
May 3-7.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Planning continues on this year’s
</span><a href="https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">joint virtual conference</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
between the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC). Registration is open, and the
</span><a href="https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/2021-conference-schedule" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">draft schedule</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
available online, which is continually being updated. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Over 150 talks, sessions and workshops on all aspects of the conservation, management, care and use of collections have been put together over the course of the conference.
There are a whole variety of joint sessions to explore, along with more specialist sessions for the SPNHC community such as on digitisation and molecular technologies, along with the welcome return of the popular ‘Specimen Spotlight’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Additional SPNHC content is currently being finalised by the conference team. This includes a series of fun social events to enable people to meet and catch up, and a
series of collection tour sessions. Keep an eye out for the updates as these activities are confirmed in the next few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Meanwhile the date of the SPNHC ABM has been set for Thursday May 27<sup>th</sup> at 09:30 EDT (UTC-4), with committee meetings during the week commencing May 17<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://learning.culturalheritage.org/p/2021AICannualmeeting#tab-product_tab_overview" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Registration
is open</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">, and discounts are on offer for those who register by February 28, 2021. The early registration rate is just $125 (USD) for SPNHC and AIC members and $75 (USD)
for student members through February 28, 2021. To join SPNHC or renew your membership
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">please visit </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://spnhc.org/get-involved/become-a-member/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://spnhc.org/get-involved/become-a-member/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To support our members attending the conference SPNHC is offering grants to cover conference registration. Any SPNHC member who works in fields related to the management and preservation/conservation of natural
history collections may apply; we especially encourage students and emerging professionals. SPNHC members from the following countries are strongly encouraged to apply—Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. APPLICATION DEADLINE:
<b>February 15, 2021, COB</b> (close of business your local time). For further information please visit
</span><a href="https://spnhc.org/what-spnhc-does/awards-and-grants/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Awards and Grants | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (spnhc.org)</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We look forward to welcoming you to the conference. Any queries, questions or ideas please contact the conference committee chair,
</span><a href="mailto:julian.carter@museumwales.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Julian Carter</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CY" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prif Gadwraethydd, Gwyddorau Naturiol / Principal Conservator Natural Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CY" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:julian.carter@amgueddfacymru.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0563C1">julian.carter@amgueddfacymru.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CY" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julian_Carter"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julian_Carter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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