Max Gadouleau will be giving a talk at the next Workshop on Applied Algebra and Geometry, in York on Tuesday 15th September. During this same week, Craig Millar will be speaking at the International Conference on Semigroups and Applications, which honours the 65th birthday of Vicky Gould (York). We send our love to Vicky for her birthday, noting that she visited Durham last December for the meeting of the North British Semigroup and Applications Network.