Information about several papers discussed in the 88th annual general meeting of the Kipling Society held at the Mountbatten Room in Royal Over-Seas League in London, England on July 8, 2016, is presented. Topics discussed include the John Slater Memorial Prize, 150th birthday of Rudyard Kipling and the election and re-election of Honorary Executive Council Officers.
Information about the open science conference hosted by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), in an annual voyage between Great Britain and South Atlantic on September 15, 2015. Topics of the conference include assessment of mesoscale to basin scale variability in phytoplankton processes, atmosphere-ocean exchange and photo-degradation influence the formation and fate of organic matter and scientific infrastructure for independently funded biogeochemists.
The article offers developments related to the Association for Symbolic Language (ASL). Former McGill University Professor Emeritus Joachim Lambek died on June 23, 2014. Members of the ASL are scheduled to elect two Executive Committee members and two council members during its 2014 election. Moreover, the ASL urges members to submit proposals for its 2017 North American Annual Meeting.