e-Biosphere 09: The International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics

The e-Biosphere 09 Conference will be held in London on 1-3 June 2009. The conference has three principal goals:

• To highlight the achievements and capabilities of Biodiversity Informatics;
• To provide practitioners and users of Biodiversity Informatics with opportunities to interact and share information; and
• To gather input from practitioners and users that will help guide the development of Biodiversity Informatics over the coming 5-10 years. Representatives of major Biodiversity Informatics initiatives will meet for two days following the Conference to use this input to develop an R&D roadmap.

The Conference will stress panel discussions, break-out discussion groups, and other meeting formats that will promote active involvement by participants. The Conference agenda will include time for break-out discussion meetings of communities of practitioners and users of Biodiversity Informatics. The Conference organizers will soon launch web-based discussion groups and town-hall meetings through which these communities can develop Position Papers that will be finalised at the Conference.

The e-Biosphere 09 Conference will be an excellent opportunity for developers of biodiversity databases and software to give demonstrations to the community. Instructions for exhibitors is available at http://www.e-biosphere09.org/assets/files/Exhibitors07Jul08.pdf.

The Conference website (www.e-biosphere09.org) now has:

• The Programme of speakers
• Call for Abstracts for poster presentation (15 December deadline)
• Applications for Travel Bursaries for participants from developing countries and doctoral students (15 December deadline)
• Pre-registration online form
• Hotel information

Comments and questions about the Conference can be sent to inquiries.e-biosphere09@si.edu.

Date	Monday 2009/06/01 00:00 to 2009/06/05 00:00
Type	Meeting
Venue	London
Organiser
Agenda	See the agenda