Dear colleagues Apologies for cross posting. The following have agreed to present at next Summer's 150th Anniversary Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland (minsoc-150.org): Mineralogical Society at 150: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers 23rd -25th June 2026, The University of Manchester, UK Mike Rumsey (Natural History Museum, London) Elizabeth Watkin (Edith Cowan University, Australia) Carolyn Pearce (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) Jeffrey Paulo H. Perez (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany) David Manning (Newcastle University, UK) M. Hochella (Virginia Tech, USA) Julie Cosmidis (U. Oxford, UK) Pierre Josso (BGS Critical Metals Intelligence Centre, UK) Geraldine Tchimbali (Pensana Ltd, Angola) Katie McFall (University College London) Thomas Breithaupt (U Cambridge, UK) Jennifer Jackson (Caltech, USA) Hannah Hughes (Camborne School of Mines, UK) Oliver Higgins (St. Andrews University, UK) Alan Hastie (University of Edinburgh) Emma Tomlinson (Trinity College Dublin) Pierre Le Pape (Sorbonne Université/CNRS/MNHN/IRD, France) More to follow..... And our 2025 medallists Andrew Berry, Australia National University, Canberra (Neumann Medal) Barb Dutrow, Louisiana State University, USA (Collins Medal) Lin Ma, University of Manchester, UK (Max Hey Medal) James Byrne, Bristol University, UK (Howie Best Paper Award) Read about our proposed sessions: https://minsoc-150.org/programme/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__minsoc-2D150.org_programme_-5F-5F-3B-21-21PDiH4ENfjr2-5FJw-21DOu95Iv5XfMf-2D5ozvIdOu-2DfCVCoolAMeaJB-2DTQSKewRbq-5FSBHBK1cB1eIfFDu7Yn0nPIoroN7pRb8sua55NSHA-24&d=DwMF-g&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=c6ktTdxEOovPagytu-FebUIWcQ00m5UZLPxE-HPkkzo&m=9sCd9AxPtnbLGk3VTAcLawrS9B6LgeBULqwid4hL4wxaeIJgT6wnDFkvFP2Mz8Ua&s=ZxMxsbS6c6eL0rG9-m9K57mU-6u5cW_zO2_Wh1mV1Ek&e=> Registration is open: https://minsoc-150.org/registration/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__minsoc-2D150.org_registration_-5F-5F-3B-21-21PDiH4ENfjr2-5FJw-21DOu95Iv5XfMf-2D5ozvIdOu-2DfCVCoolAMeaJB-2DTQSKewRbq-5FSBHBK1cB1eIfFDu7Yn0nPIoroN7pRb8sv7DZXU6g-24&d=DwMF-g&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=c6ktTdxEOovPagytu-FebUIWcQ00m5UZLPxE-HPkkzo&m=9sCd9AxPtnbLGk3VTAcLawrS9B6LgeBULqwid4hL4wxaeIJgT6wnDFkvFP2Mz8Ua&s=xtrSWFracP0OmNOEk0ShHPV0OtaST1vZfWCb5O2FDN4&e=> Bursaries are available: https://www.minersoc.org/postgraduate-bursaries.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A__www.minersoc.org_postgraduate-2Dbursaries.html-5F-5F-3B-21-21PDiH4ENfjr2-5FJw-21DOu95Iv5XfMf-2D5ozvIdOu-2DfCVCoolAMeaJB-2DTQSKewRbq-5FSBHBK1cB1eIfFDu7Yn0nPIoroN7pRb8stQSPPsbg-24&d=DwMF-g&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=c6ktTdxEOovPagytu-FebUIWcQ00m5UZLPxE-HPkkzo&m=9sCd9AxPtnbLGk3VTAcLawrS9B6LgeBULqwid4hL4wxaeIJgT6wnDFkvFP2Mz8Ua&s=YqsN0708NSv02zGqKggy2qZ9V6f85VtaDlJWocg4rNY&e=> Prof. Sam Shaw President and Conference Organizer sam.shaw@manchester.ac.uk<mailto:sam.shaw@manchester.ac.uk> Kevin Murphy Executive Director, Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland kevin@minersoc.org<mailto:kevin@minersoc.org>