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Announcing Workshops and Symposia for TDWG 2017
by James Macklin 18 May '17

18 May '17

Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the list of accepted workshops and symposia at TDWG 2017, viewable here <https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2017/program/>. Abstract submission, which will be via the Pensoft ARPHA tool, will be available soon. In the meantime, we invite you to begin considering your contributions to this year's meeting. Abstracts are required for all oral presentations (with the exception of “wild ideas”, see below), computer demonstrations, and posters. These categories are described below. Types of Contributions: Symposia or Workshop Presentations The backbone of a TDWG meeting are its symposia and workshops. At TDWG, a symposium is typically a collection of talks, sometimes with a panel or open discussion; a workshop may have talks, but typically encourages more active engagement through training activities, or through facilitated discussion around a key issue. Accepted symposia and workshops are listed here <https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2017/program/>, along with an indication of whether or not the symposium/workshop is accepting submissions. If you would like to give a talk, you should see if any open workshops/symposia are suitable. Other Oral Presentations If no workshop or symposium is suitable, you can submit your abstract to the "Other Oral Presentation" track. Accepted abstracts will be arranged so that talks on similar subjects are in the same session. Computer demonstrations We will provide an opportunity for live computer demonstrations. Note that rooms for these presentations may have WiFi connections only (not wired), and you may want to have a backup plan should the internet connection not work to your satisfaction. Posters We will provide dedicated space for posters, and at least one dedicated poster session on the agenda. Instructions on poster size will be posted nearer the conference. 5-Minute Wild Ideas/Unconference Towards the end of the conference, we will have a “Wild Ideas” session, with talks selected via an unconference <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference>-style procedure. Abstracts will not be required for these. Best, James Macklin (Local Committee Chair) & Joel Sachs (Program Chair)

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BigDig 2017: High Throughput Digitization for Natural History Collections
by Stanley Blum 08 May '17

08 May '17

Hello TDWG and a special shout-out to TDWG'ers in New Zealand and greater Oceania, Please help the BigDig organizing committee reach a worldwide audience with this call for papers. Deadline: June 30th, 2017. RE: BigDig 2017: High Throughput Digitization for Natural History Collections DETAILS here: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid= 63603&copyownerid=49294 WHAT is it? A one-day workshop held in conjunction with the 13th IEEE International Conference on eScience (http://escience2017.org.nz/) WHEN: 24—27 October 2017 WHERE: Auckland, New Zealand The BigDig workshop will focus on high-throughput digitization, driven by the keen need to move the world’s physical collections into the digital realm where they are safer from the ravages of time, can be used by larger numbers of scientists and the public, and can contribute in new ways to the study of biodiversity. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Digitization technologies for high-throughput 2D and 3D capture of collection objects * Instrumentation strategies and algorithms * Specimen handling, label information capture, OCR, crowd-sourced label transcription, 3D reconstruction * Digitization requirements, metadata, image and 3D fidelity, time and resource constraints, speed * Workflows for high-throughput digitization of natural history collections * Data management for large and perhaps distributed digital collections of such data * Interface requirements, issues, and solutions both for scientific research and for public outreach to extremely large virtual collections * Applications of the resulting data resource to potentially new science and approaches as evidenced by theoretical models, case studies, parallels with existing similar data resources Thank you for your part in extending the reach of the organizing committee with this call for papers. Deadline: June 30th, 2017. With gratitude and in anticipation, Debbie Paul, et al on the Program Committee PS: Since TDWG-SPNHC 2018 is in NZ, this is an opportunity to cross-advertise both events?

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