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FYI, the early registration deadline is quickly approaching. Register by
March 15 to save a considerable savings.

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3rd Announcement SPNHC 2004: Strategies for Emergency Response & Salvage
19th annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History
Collections

This spring the American Museum of Natural History will host the 19th annual
meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
May 11-16, 2004. The theme of the meeting is Museum SOS: Strategies for
Emergency Response & Salvage and as part of this year's activity we will be
devoting one day of the conference's technical sessions to talks focusing on
issues relating to emergency preparedness and response.  The International
Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) will join
SPNHC and organize a specialty session covering issues related to
biomaterials and setting up tissue repositories.
A one-day workshop that deals with practical issues encountered in
responding to the first 24 hours after a disaster, the most critical time
period, will follow the meeting. In addition the we will hold a banquet
aboard the World Yacht's MV Empress, so come along and enjoy the views of
the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty.

Deadlines to remember:

Early Registration: March 15, 2004
SPNHC 2004 Meeting: May 11-16, 2004

Information on abstract submission, registration and housing is available on
the SPNHC 2004 web site and remember to make your hotel reservations early!

For more information, visit www.spnhc.org and follow the links to SPNHC
2004, or contact Chris Norris, Department of Paleontology, American Museum
of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York
10024; [log in to unmask]

We hope to see you this May!


Tim White
Assistant Director for Collections & Operations

Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale University
170 Whitney Ave., PO Box 208118
New Haven, CT 06520-8118

203.432.3767 (voice); 203.432.9816 (fax)
[log in to unmask] (email); www.peabody.yale.edu (www)

Paleontological Society Special Publications Editor
http://www.paleontsoc.org

SPNHC 2004  Museum SOS: Strategies for Emergency Response & Salvage
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/spnhc/

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