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Events2008Becoming a Data Provider to the Global Invasive Species Information Network poster, live demonstration, and oral presentation at Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM) 2008 Annual Conference and Business Meeting: Using Innovative Technology to Move From Planning to Implementation, 27-30 October in Albuquerque, NM, USA. Abstract (PDF) Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Annual Conference, 19 - 25 October, 2008 at the Western Australian Maritime Museum, Victoria Quay, Fremantle (Perth), Australia. Programme
IUCN World Conservation Congress, 5-14 October, 2008 in Barcelona, Spain
GISIN2 Data Providers Workshop, 9-12 August, 2008. A second technical data providers' workshop for first adopters of the GISIN System was held in Elmira, New York, USA to continue to discuss the GISIN Protocol Data Models and improve the GISIN search prototype. This workshop was made possible through funding from the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) and logistical support from The Polistes Foundation.
GISIN1 Data Providers Workshop, 2-5 June, 2008. A technical workshop was held in Athens, Georgia, USA to test implementation of the GISIN search prototype by connecting distributed online invasive species information systems through web services, exposing/indexing their data holdings for simultaneous search. As this was a test implementation, participation in the workshop was by invitation only. This workshop was made possible through funding and logistical support from the Secretariat of the Group on Earth Observations (GEOS), the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), with additional logistical support by The Polistes Foundation. The Steering Team of the Global Invasive Species Information Network and others from around the world are also collaborating on this effort. For more information contact Annie Simpson at asimpson@usgs.gov.
2007GISIN presentation given at the International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species. A GISIN talk was presented at the International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICEAS) in Nejmegen, The Netherlands, 23-27 September, 2007. GISIN presentation and poster given at the 9th International Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions (EMAPI) Conference. A GISIN presentation (PDF) and poster was presented at EMAPI9 in Perth, Western Australia, 17-21 September, 2007. Other presentations given at the conference are listed online at http://www.hear.org/emapi/2007/.
GISIN Joins Group on Earth Observations (GEO), March 2007. The GISIN has accepted the responsibility for coordinating Task BI-07-02: Invasive Species Monitoring System under the Biodiversity section of the GEO Work Plan (PDF). Contributing GISIN members include (but are not limited to) the USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the Global Invasive Species Programme, and CAB International, with collaboration from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the USGS National Institute of Invasive Species Science, Discover Life, Diversitas International, and other information managers working with the invasive species science community. Task BI-07-02 involves characterizing the current requirements and capacity for invasive species monitoring, identifying gaps, and developing strategies for implementing cross search functionality among existing online invasive species information systems from around the globe.
In addition to this training, participants delivered country reports on the status of invasive species in their nations and agreed to prepare a regional proposal for funding consideration. This five day workshop was held at the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Serdang, Malaysia, and hosted by ASEANET, the southeast Asian loop of BioNET-INTERNATIONAL, and the CABI South-East Asia Regional Centre. The meeting's five person organizing committee was led by Dr. Keng Yeang Lum and Dr. Soetikno S. Sastroutomo. Additional sponsors included the US Department of State, the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP), and the US National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII).
2006
Annie Simpson convened the Invasive Species Information Systems interest group as a TDWG subgroup, and more information can be found at http://www.tdwg.org/subgroups/isis. Within this interest group, Jim Graham (Research Scientist, Colorado State University, USA) convened the Invasive Species Profile Schema Task Group, which will develop standard computer-based mechanisms for expressing and transferring information about invasive species, including taxonomies, distributions, terminologies, descriptions, identification tools, pathways, invasiveness, management information, and associated resources. These mechanisms will be created for use by the TDWG, GISIN, and the global invasive species science community in general. TDWG task groups are ad hoc, formed with a specific goal and product in mind, and disband once the task is completed. Interest groups, however, continue long-term as long as there are members interested in the topic. Draft charters for each of these groups are posted on the TDWG ISIS Web page, and anyone interested in forming part of either group should contact the group conveners, at asimpson(at)usgs.gov or jim(at)nrel.colostate.edu. More information about the products and achievements of the 2006 TDWG Annual Meeting may be found at http://tdwg2006.tdwg.org/
GISIN Symposium at the AAAS Annual Meeting 2005 Experts Meeting on Implementation of a Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) 6-8 April 2004, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Tremont Plaza Suites Hotel, 222 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
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