The deadline for the Call for Abstracts for the joint  Biodiversity_Next conference in Leiden, The Netherlands, 19-25 October 2019 has just been extended to 5 April 2019.  This conference also serves as the annual meeting for Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG).  With over sixty programmed symposia, workshops, and other events  the conference will bring together major international organisations, research scientists, and policy makers to look at the horizon of data-driven biodiversity and geodiversity research and uses.

Make sure to submit your abstract by this new 5 April deadline. Conference registration is scheduled to open 26 March with a limited number of super early bird registrations available. Sign up on the website for latest news, follow biodiversitynext on Facebook and Twitter @biodiv_next and use #biodiversity_next.  Please spread the word to your networks!

Regards,

Arturo H. AriƱo
Biodiversity_Next Program Committee Chair

 and

Gail Kampmeier
Program Committee, biodiversity_next
Editor-in-Chief, Biodiversity Information Science and Standards