Once a year, GBIF sponsors a Science Symposium in association with its Governing Board meeting and science planning meetings. The GBIF Secretariat also organises symposia on biodiversity informatics at other meetings. On this page, you can access abstracts, PowerPoint presentations and other materials related to these events.
GBIF Science Symposium 2008:
Biodiversity, humans and global change in Africa
Programme (includes Abstracts and Speaker Biographies) (PDF 525 KB)
PowerPoint presentations:
GBIF Science Symposium 2007:
Biodiversity on the Web: Information and Informatics
Programme (includes Abstracts and Speaker Biographies) (PDF 810 KB)
PowerPoint presentations
GBIF Science Symposium 2006:
The role of GBIF and other new technologies in conservation and monitoring biodiversity change
Abstracts
Speaker biographies
PowerPoint presentations
DIVERSITAS International Conference Integrating Biodiversity Science for Human Well-being 2005:
Biodiversity informatics: Acquisition, analysis, archiving and applications
Abstracts and PowerPoint presentations from a symposium organised by GBIF.
Natural Science Collections Alliance 2005:
Bioinformatics to Ecoinformatics: Digital Interconnectivity
PowerPoint presentations from a symposium organised by GBIF.
GBIF Science Symposium 2005:
Tropical Biodiversity: Science, Data, Conservation
GBIF Science Symposium 2004:
Biodiversity Data Users Serving Science and Society
IUBS 2004: The Role of Biodiversity Informatics in Science and Society
Symposium Presentations
GBIF Science Symposium 2003:
On the Rock of Real Data or the Sands of Speculation?