Dear Colleagues, We kindly remind you that the deadline for submitting an abstract to the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2009 is 13 January 2009! We cordially invite you to submit an abstract for the Biodiversity Informatics 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. General information: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/index.html Biodiversity Informatics Session: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/session/380 Guidance on abstract submission: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/abstract_management/index.html If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of the organisers: Convenor: Eamonn O Tuama; eotuama at gbif.org Co-convenor: Hannu Saarenmaa; hannu.saarenmaa at helsinki.fi Co-convenor: Jeremy Kerr; Jeremy.Kerr at uottawa.ca _______________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, Ph.D. (eotuama@gbif.org), Senior Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access (IDA), Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480