BCoN Webinar: BIOFAIR Data Network Listening Sessions – A Summary Date: November 13, 2024 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Eastern Registration link: https://burkinc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ji_RzxJDSPCob29SAH5CZA Intended audience: * Collections and curatorial professionals across natural history disciplines * Biodiversity researchers, students, and individuals working on or interested in issues of data sharing, management, and integration The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), in collaboration with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), held a series of domain-focused virtual listening sessions over the summer to engage an expansive set of stakeholders toward Building an Integrated, Open, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (BIOFAIR) Data Network. The sessions convened stakeholders from the federal agency<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/federal-agencies-session/>, genetic and genomic data<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/genetic-genomic-data-session/>, One Health<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/one-health-session/>, ecological data<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/ecological-data-session/>, climate and environmental data<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/climate-environmental-data-session/>, and biodiversity informatics<https://bcon.aibs.org/our-work/current/biodiversity-informatics-session/> communities with the goal of initiating a collaborative and accessible partnership towards an integrative and expanded data network. The final summary report<https://bcon.aibs.org/2024/10/09/summary-report-listening-sessions/> focusing on the areas of unity across the six virtual Listening Sessions is now available. The steering committee is holding a webinar on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET to discuss this report and to gather additional feedback to inform preparations for the upcoming interdisciplinary workshop (February 2025) to develop recommendations and create a roadmap towards a FAIR, open, and integrated data network. ___________________ Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D. Director of Community Programs, American Institute of Biological Sciences Executive Director, Natural Science Collections Alliance This message is confidential and should only be read by its intended recipients. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies.