The Seventh International Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals and Melts will be held in Halifax from August 21-25, 2011. This is the first time this triennial meeting will be held in Canada, with previous locations including Japan, Italy, Bulgaria, UK and USA. The meeting will have a strong solid-state NMR component, as members of the organizing committee include Joe Zwanziger (conference chair), Randy Youngman, Sabyasachi Sen and Scott Kroeker. Invited speakers include Hellmut Eckert and Sung Keun Lee.