Advances in Computational Mechanics (ACM 2013) — A Conference Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Thomas J.R. Hughes will be held on February 24-27, 2013, at Omni San Diego Hotel, in San Diego, California. The 17th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems (FEF 2013) will be a special track within the birthday celebration conference. There will also be a short course on Computational Fluid–Structure Interaction, tentatively scheduled to take place on February 23-24. For more info see: http://www.tafsm.org/TH70/