Hello Clay Community, The session proposal portal is now open for **The Clay Minerals Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting** and session proposals are currently being considered. Please supply the proposed session title (300 character limit) with a short descriptive paragraph (150 word limit) and your name/contact information. Please submit proposals via the 2023 Annual Meeting website (near the bottom of the page): [Summary - 2023 The Clay Mineral Society Annual Meeting (utexas.edu)](https://cvent.utexas.edu/event/b8822615-d0e8-4730-89e4-2ef519cbeb5b/summary) Submission deadline is August 15, 2023.  **Meeting Basics** The Clay Mineral Society is an international organization devoted to the study of clays and clay minerals. CMS hosts annual meetings bringing clay scientist across a multitude of disciplines together to exchange research findings and build a collaborative atmosphere. The Annual Meeting will be held from **May 20-25, 2023,** in **Austin, Texas** and is hosted at the University of Texas-Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus. Short-Course: Chlorite geology and mineralogy with core viewing. Field Trip: Clay mineralogy and geology of caves in the Edwards Limestone. **Organizing Committee** Michael Cheshire, Chevron Timothy Fischer, Chevron Toti Larson, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, [University of Texas at Austin](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_org&hl=en&org=14823011757688503605). George Veni, National Cave and Karst Research Laboratory