BMC Evolutionary Biology,BMC Developmental BiologyandEvoDevowill be attending two upcoming conferences in the next two weeks: theFirst Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biologyin Ottawa and the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biologyconferencein Lisbon.

Evolution Ottawais a joint conference of theAmerican Society of Naturalists,theCanadian Society for Ecology and Evolution,theEuropean Society for Evolutionary Biology,the他要y for the Study of Evolution,and the他要y of Systematic Biologists, and will be hosting a record 2300 delegates betweenJuly 6^th-10^th. The conferencecoversthe whole spectrum of evolutionary biology so promises to provide anilluminating overview of a diverse field in a hectic five days.

We would be delighted to meet you at the conference. We will be located at Booth 218 and you can meet us there during the exhibition times (and collect one of our ever-popularGulliverturtles), or you can get in touch with us attim.sands@biomedcentral.com
orGenevieve.horne@biomedcentral.com.

For a more focused view, we will also be attending theEuropean Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology’sEuro Evo Devoconference, in Lisbon from July 10^th–13^th. Our journalEvoDevois sponsoring a poster session and we’re looking forward to seeing some fascinating new research.Get in touch withGenevieve.horne@biomedcentral.comto meet up at the conference.