The Secondary Schools Principals' Association of Ireland will hold its annual conference on Thursday, November 6th, and Friday, November 7th, this year. The venue is the Corrib Great Southern Hotel in Galway. Michael McCann, president of the SSPAI, says this will be "a very practically oriented conference." It will include sessions on dealing with bereavement, Departmental building procedures and grant applications. The SSPAI's administrative officer is Deirdre Keely, who is based at Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 3. Phone - (01) 857 2019.