Society Talk

The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession’s regulators, government and others, to offering training and advice, we’re here to help, protect and promote solicitors across England and Wales.
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk

The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International is a non-profit organization infused with the energy of 2300 members – individuals and organizations who are actively engaged in ecologically-sensitive repair and management of ecosystems through an unusually broad array of experience, knowledge sets and cultural perspectives. They are scientists, planners, administrators, ecological consultants, first peoples, landscape architects, philosophers, teachers, engineers, natural areas managers, writers, growers, community activists, and volunteers, among others.
http://www.ser.org

Delta Society is the leading international resource for the human-animal bond. Delta Society has been the force to validate the important role of animals for people’s health and well-being by promoting the results of research to the media and health and human services organizations.
http://www.deltasociety.org

The Marine Technology Society was incorporated in June 1963 to give members of academia, government and industry a common forum for the exchange of information and ideas. Our guiding purpose is:

“To promote awareness, understanding, advancement and application of marine technology.”
Today, MTS boasts a membership of businesses, institutions, individual professionals and students who are ocean engineers, technologists, policy makers and educators.
http://www.mtsociety.org

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.
http://www.ashrae.org

The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is an independent research library founded in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The library’s collections document the life of America’s people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Collections include books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, manuscripts, music, graphic arts, and local histories.
http://www.americanantiquarian.org

We’re spirited people protecting America’s Wilderness since 1935 through the potent combination of science, advocacy and education.

Our Mission
To protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places.

What We Do
We bring to bear our scientific expertise, analysis and bold advocacy at the highest levels to save, protect and restore America’s wilderness areas.

Our Programs Include

* Protecting the last great American wilderness area, the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, from oil and gas drilling;
* Staving off logging and road building on 58 million acres of roadless lands;
* Curbing the abuse of our lands by off-road vehicle users;
* Protecting wild places within the lower 48 states from rampant oil development.
http://www.wilderness.org

The NS represents and promotes the interests of Britain’s regional and local press. It was founded in 1836 and is believed to be the oldest publishers’ association in the world. The sector is focused on providing local news and information across its 1,300 daily and weekly, paid-for and free newspaper titles, as well as 1100 websites, 750 magazines, 36 radio stations and two TV stations.
http://www.newspapersoc.org.uk

In 1934, a group of professional engineers met in New York City to establish an organization dedicated to the non-technical concerns of licensed professional engineers. The National Society of Professional Engineers stands today as the only national organization committed to addressing the professional concerns of licensed PEs across all disciplines.
http://www.nspe.org

The Mathematical Programming Society is an international organization dedicated to the promotion and the maintenance of high professional standards in the subject of mathematical programming. It is incorporated as a non-profit tax-exempt scientific organization in the United States. It publishes the journals Mathematical Programming A and B, consisting of technical articles on all aspects of the subject; the MPS/SIAM Series on Optimization, comprising monographs and texts on particular optimization topics; and the newsletter Optima. Every three years the Society sponsors the International Symposium on Mathematical Programming. Every other year it supports the Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO). It awards a number of the most prestigious prizes in the field. The Society also sponsors and supports other meetings and activities in mathematical programming throughout the world.
http://www.mathprog.org