Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections March 2018 - 16

Annual Meeting 2018
SPNHC 2018 Joint Meeting with
TDWG

What
33rd SPNHC Annual Meeting
1st Joint meeting with TDWG
Where
The Castle Complex, University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
When
August 25-September 2, 2018
Hosts
The Otago Museum and the University of Otago
Theme
Collections & Data in an Uncertain World
Website
http://www.spnhc-tdwg2018.nz
Contact Us
sphnc.tdwg2018@otagomuseum.nz

Kia ora koutou katoa

The Otago Museum and the University of Otago are excited
to host the 2018 SPNHC 33rd Annual Meeting. For the first
time, the meeting will be held in the Southern Hemisphere in
Dunedin, New Zealand. It will also be the first time that the
meeting will be jointly held with the Biodiversity Information
Standards body, TDWG. Information about the conference
can be found at the conference website, http://www.spnhctdwg2018.nz. Please keep checking the website as we will
be posting more information on registration, abstract submissions, etc., over the next few months.
Key Dates and Deadlines
* Submissions for abstracts, workshops, posters, etc., and
travel grant applications are now open.
* The deadline for all abstracts and travel grant submissions is COB your local time, Monday 12 March, 2018.
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Speakers and travel grant recipients will be notified by 2
April 2018.
Early bird registration is 12 March to 13 May 2018.
Regular registration is 14 May to 4 July 2018.
Late and onsite registration is 5 July to 31 August 2018.

Otago Museum

Location, Lodging, Travel

The conference will be held in the Castle Street Complex on
the campus of the University of Otago. Within the immediate
vicinity there are several break out rooms with further options
available if required. All meals, poster sessions and sponsors/
trade stands will be held in the neighbouring Link centre. The
Otago Museum is located across the road from the Link less
than 100 meters away. More lecture halls, break out rooms,
reception and functions venues will be available here as
required.
Dunedin accommodation is diverse, from luxury and boutique hotels to homestays, motels and backpackers. Our city's
compact nature means that many are close to the city centre,
so you can easily get to and from sites of interest. There are
4 and 5 star hotels in the centre that are within a 20 minute
walk or 7 minute bus ride to the University or quality motels
and smaller hotels less than a 10 minute walk from the conference venue. We have secured special rates with some of
the hotels in Dunedin. Bookings will open when registration
commences in March.
New Zealand is approximately a 10-hour direct flight from
most places in the Pacific Rim, including Singapore, Hong
Kong, Tokyo, the west coast of the USA, and it is only a
3-hour flight for neighbouring Pacific islands and the eastern
seaboard of Australia. Auckland International Airport is the
largest and busiest airport in New Zealand with its modern
facilities making it a seamless way for you to arrive before
taking a short 2-hour domestic flight to Dunedin. Alternately,
Christchurch is serviced by seven international airlines providing flight access to and from Asia, the Pacific and Austra-

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