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The Club of Rome: biodiversity / technology: call for contributions
by Lee Belbin 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

This looks like it should be a very interesting meeting and one where it would seem appropriate for TDWG to be 'raised'. Is anyone planning to attend? Would anyone consider representing TDWG and possibly reporting back (v.)briefly? We do have a number of prepared PowerPoint presentations on TDWG, a poster and brochures that could be used (see http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/resources-for-outreach/). I'd be happy to help tailor a brief presentation. Help! Lee Lee Belbin TDWG Secretariat From: Club of Rome - ESC [mailto:agenda@clubofrome.at] Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2008 1:52 AM To: agenda(a)clubofrome.at Subject: biodiversity / technology: call for contributions <http://www.clubofrome.at> The Club of Rome - European Support Centre Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, we are searching for contributions to an event which will discuss the usage of Information Technology for Biodiversity Conservation and Management and Information Technology in Agriculture. This implies database processing, sensor technologies, and also networking of organisations and activists. The event will be held on January 15th at UNESCO in Paris and is organized by the European Support Centre of the Club of Rome ( http://www.clubofrome.at ) and the project ICT Ensure ( http://ict-ensure.tugraz.at ). We would be very grateful if you forwarded this mail to persons in your organisation who are dealing with the topics and who might be interested to participate or to contribute with a statement. Please don't hesitate to contact us for further information. Best regards Thomas Schauer -- Dr. Thomas Schauer Director European Support Centre of the Club of Rome Tuchlauben 8/15, 1010 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43-1-5125770 Fax: +43-1-5125770-10 http://www.clubofrome.at

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Biodiversity Informatics session at European Geosciences Union meeting: call for participation
by Eamonn O Tuama (GBIF) 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Colleagues, You are invited to submit an abstract for the Biodiversity Informatics session in the forthcoming Earth and Space Sciences Informatics programme of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly to be held in Vienna, 19-24 April 2009. The main objective of this session 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 Authors are invited to submit abstracts by Tuesday 13 January 2009. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or one of the co-convenors of the session, and please feel free to forward this message to others who may be interested. Convenor: Éamonn Ó Tuama; eotuama at gbif.org Co-convenor: Hannu Saarenmaa; hannu.saarenmaa at helsinki.fi Co-convenor: Jeremy Kerr; Jeremy.Kerr at uottawa.ca With regards, Éamonn Ó Tuama _______________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, Ph.D. (eotuama(a)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

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