Indoor meetings are normally held at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London (nearest undergound station South Kensington) at intervals of four to six weeks between September and April. The main event at these meetings is usually a lecture by a guest speaker or society member. Most meetings also include a show-and-tell session when people have an opportunity to show specimens and anything else of molluscan interest to those at the meeting, and get comments from them. There are also opportunities for informal discussions over tea/coffee, and to purchase Society goods and back publications. The meetings take place in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity. To find this most easily, come into the Museum at the main entrance. In front of you, you will find a large blue whale skeleton. At the far end of the blue whale skeleton, turn left down a passage past a shop on the right and a cafeteria on the left and you'll see stairs leading down to an open glass-fronted lower-level atrium. The Centre is not open-access, so you will need to ring the bell to the right of the door (close to the end of the atrium) to gain admission.
To join the online meetings please contact the Programme Secretary, Matt Law (programme@conchsoc.org) preferably at least one week prior to the meeting, indicating your intention to attend. She will then send you full joining instructions and a meeting agenda.
Conchological Society Indoor Meetings 2025
Saturday 12th July 2025
ONLINE ONLY meeting with exhibits and lecture (Zoom link)
Guest speaker: Chong Chen (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) - How did molluscs from deep-sea hot vents and cold seeps evolve to "feed on the Earth"
12.00 - 14.00 (11.45 Zoom sign in)
Council members please note that this will be followed by a Council meeting at 14:00, via Zoom.
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Sunday 5th October 2025
REGIONAL MEETING in Waterford
Lawlor’s Hotel, Dungarvan, County Waterford
10:00 AM – 16:00 PM
Short talks by members and guests on a range of mollusc-related subjects. Speakers include Louise Firth (University College Cork) on “Limpets: Ecosystem Engineers” (postponed from December 2024). If you would like to attend or offer a talk, please contact Ben Rowson (president@conchsoc.org) before 1 September 2025.
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Saturday 15th November 2025
INDOOR MEETING with exhibits and lecture (NHM Angela Marmont Centre, London with Zoom link)
Guest speaker: Professor Robert Cameron - Why are there so many snails?
14.00 - 17.00 (13.45 Zoom sign in)
Council members please note that this will be preceded by a Council meeting at 12.00 (Live and Zoom)
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Saturday 6th December 2025
INDOOR MEETING with exhibits and lecture (NHM Angela Marmont Centre, London with Zoom link)
Guest speaker: Dr Dai Herbert - South African land snails: the legacy of drifting continents
Council members please note that this will be preceded by a Council meeting at 12.00 (Live and Zoom)
ONLINE ‘EXHIBITS’
Members are invited to address the meeting for a maximum of four minutes to show an exhibit or speak briefly on a mollusc-related theme. Anyone wishing to do this please e mail the Hon. Secretary, Rosemary Hill (secretary@conchsoc.org) in advance of the meeting. Note that for each meeting the number of speakers will be limited to the first five applicants.
The Programme Secretary will be happy to receive suggestions about interesting speakers or subjects.
Meeting Programme compiled by Matt Law. Contacts for meetings related matters are either Matt Law
(programme@conchsoc.org) or Rosemary Hill (secretary@conchsoc.org).