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
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Agenda |
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