GBIF is convening a “Biodiversity Informatics” session in the forthcoming Earth and Space Sciences Informatics programme of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly to be held in Vienna, 19-24 April 2009. The main objective of this session is to highlight the value of adopting informatics standards for both Biodiversity and Earth and Space Science disciplines thereby promoting interoperability across heterogeneous systems and, in particular, demonstrating how the kinds of observational data mobilised by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility network can be integrated with other geospatial data to address issues relating to climate change, protected area management, invasive species, etc.

Authors are invited to submit abstracts by Tuesday 13 January 2009.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the convenor or one of the co-convenors of the session.

Convenor: Éamonn Ó Tuama; eotuama at gbif.org
Co-convenor: Hannu Saarenmaa; hannu.saarenmaa at helsinki.fi
Co-convenor: Jeremy Kerr; Jeremy.Kerr at uottawa.ca

For additional information, please consult the following web pages:

• General information: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/index.html
• Biodiversity Informatics Session: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/session/380
• Guidance on abstract submission: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/abstract_management/index.html