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Story: GBIF Science Symposium 5: Biodiversity on the Web
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The public is invited, but PLEASE REGISTER by clicking on the "Concerned URL" below. GBIF Science Symposium 5 will highlight the new GBIF Data Portal, the scientific and policy uses of GBIF data, and the information infrastructure that GBIF makes available for use by other initiatives.
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11 September 2007 |
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Meredith Lane |
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English |
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GBIF Secretariat |
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http://www.gbif.org/Events/ss5 |
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GBIF Science Symposium 5:
Biodiversity on the Web: Information and Informatics
Mövenpick Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands 18 October 2007, 0900 - 1600
The Program for the Symposium (including abstracts and speaker biographies), is available here.
INTERESTED PUBLIC PLEASE REGISTER
Biodiversity on the Web: Information and Informatics
- 0900 Introduction to the Symposium
- 0915 Keynote: The GBIF information architecture: Data sharing and interoperability - Donald Hobern (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- 1015 Break
- 1045 The role of GBIF data in biodiversity studies: Examples from the sea - Magda Vincx (University of Ghent, Belgium)
- 1130 GBIF's role in creating a platform for biodiversity prediction - Robert Guralnick and Andrew Hill (University of Colorado, USA)
- 1215 lunch
- 1330 Using GBIF data and the GEOSS framework to strengthen predictions of global change impacts on biodiversity - Jeremy Kerr (University of Ottawa, Canada)
- 1415 The role of GBIF data and information infrastructure in the Barcode of Life initiative - David Schindel (Consortium for the Barcode of Life)
- 1500 break
- 1515 The future of biodiversity informatics: GBIF, the Encyclopedia of Life and beyond - James L. Edwards (Encyclopedia of Life)
- 1600 Closure of the Symposium
What is the mandate of the GBIF Science Symposium?
The mandate of the yearly GBIF Science Symposium is to highlight the centrality of science to GBIF and its goals of serving society and sustainability. Its function is to bring scientific topics to the attention of the wider GBIF community.
What are the main objectives of the GBIF Science Symposium?
The general objectives of the Science Symposium are to bring forth topics of interest to both policy-level persons and scientists in a setting that includes both, to enhance mutual understanding of the topics and thus to strengthen the connection between science and policy.
Who are the stakeholders in the GBIF Science Symposium?
Besides the members of the Governing Board and the Committees of GBIF, anyone who is interested in the use of biodiversity data in scientific biodiversity research (both marine and terrestrial) and in applied areas such as conservation, decision-making, ecological modeling, the international biodiversity-related conventions, resource management and agriculture, and the general public.
What are the goals of GBIF Science Symposium 5?
Specifically, the objectives of Science Symposium 5 are to present the new GBIF Data Portal to the audience and the public, and to discuss the role of the data that GBIF mediates in biodiversity studies (featuring examples from the marine environment). The information infrastructure that GBIF has created is also offered to others for use. Therefore, the role of that infrastructure, as well as the data that are shared by using it, will be presented in relation to: prediction of changes in biodiversity occasioned by, for example, climate change; the major international initiative GEOSS (Global Earth Observing System of Systems); and CBOL (Consortium for the Barcode of Life), an international effort in which GBIF is a partner. The symposium will conclude with a look at the future of biodiversity informatics.
What are the key issues to be raised at Science Symposium 5?
What are the technologies employed by GBIF now and in the future? How are they used in biodiversity research, and how can they be used by major information initiatives? What are the benefits of GBIF's efforts to science and society? How do GBIF-mediated data relate to the decisions that must be made concerning the sustainable management of biodiversity?
Related Event: Ebbe Nielsen Prize CeremonyThe public is also invited to the awarding of the 2007 Ebbe Nielsen Prize, and the subsequent presentation by the Prize winner, Paul Flemons. A separate registration is required for that event.
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