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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear Colleagues,<br>
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We kindly remind you that the deadline for <b>submitting an abstract to the
European Geosciences Union (EGU)</b> General Assembly 2009 is <b>13 January</b>
2009! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>
We cordially invite you to </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>submit an abstract
for the <b>Biodiversity Informatics</b> session, the main objective of which is
to highlight the value of adopting informatics standards for both Biodiversity
and Earth and Space Science disciplines thereby promoting interoperability
across heterogeneous systems and, in particular, demonstrating how the kinds of
observational data mobilised by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
network can be integrated with other geospatial data to address issues relating
to climate change, protected area management, invasive species, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>General
information: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/index.html">http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Biodiversity
Informatics Session: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/session/380">http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/session/380</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Guidance
on abstract submission: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/abstract_management/index.html">http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/abstract_management/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If
you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of the organisers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Convenor:
Eamonn O Tuama; eotuama at gbif.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Co-convenor:
Hannu Saarenmaa; hannu.saarenmaa at helsinki.fi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Co-convenor:
Jeremy Kerr; Jeremy.Kerr at uottawa.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Éamonn Ó Tuama, Ph.D. (<a
href="mailto:eotuama@gbif.org">eotuama@gbif.org</a>), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Senior Programme Officer,
Inventory, Discovery, Access (IDA), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Global Biodiversity
Information Facility Secretariat, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Universitetsparken 15,
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK <br>
Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480</span><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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