See below for the newly announced workshops and plenary speakers!
Event dates: June 5-7, 2023
Abstract submission deadline: April 26
Event location: The 2023 conference will be held at Arizona State University, Tempe and virtually via Zoom.
The local sponsor is ASU’s Global Futures Laboratory.
Registration fees:
In-person, Non-student Registration (including virtual participation): $100
In-person, Student Registration (including virtual participation): $50
Virtual Participation Only: Optional
New Announced Speaker and Workshops!
Newly Added Plenary Speaker:
Makenzie Mabry, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Makenzie Mabry, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Crop Wild Relatives and the Role of Herbaria in Future Food Crop Security
In-person Workshops:
Symbiota Skillshare and Capacity Building Workshop
Symbiota portals–including the SEINet Network, the Consortium of Lichen Herbaria, the Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria, and many more–include a variety of features that enable efficient data management, access, and curation.
This workshop will provide hands-on training in using Symbiota tools that allow users to, for example, upload data, manage annotations, manage loans, print label data, crowdsource data transcription, and create checklists.
Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center
The collections community is in the midst of a series of webinars, workshops, and focus groups focusing on Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center as proposed in the recent NASEM report and authorized by the U.S. Congress. This in-person focus/discussion group during this year's Digital Data Conference will address conversations to date and broaden the input into the Action Center concept.
The collections community is in the midst of a series of webinars, workshops, and focus groups focusing on Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center as proposed in the recent NASEM report and authorized by the U.S. Congress. This in-person focus/discussion group during this year's Digital Data Conference will address conversations to date and broaden the input into the Action Center concept.
Addressing Roadblocks and Envisioning Solutions of the Digital Extended Specimen Concept
This two-hour workshop and discussion session will bring together biodiversity informatics and data experts from throughout our community to address some of the possibilities and challenges implementing the Digital Extended Specimen concept. This session will address solutions to date and additionally look to the community for input and discussion.
This two-hour workshop and discussion session will bring together biodiversity informatics and data experts from throughout our community to address some of the possibilities and challenges implementing the Digital Extended Specimen concept. This session will address solutions to date and additionally look to the community for input and discussion.
Open discussion: the NEON Biorepository infrastructure model
This discussion session is offered to complement the opportunity to visit the National Ecological Observatory Network, NEON Biorepository, in person during Digital Data 2023 at Arizona State University. The NEON project involves a structured, long-term plan to sample new, diverse, prioritized specimens across distributed sites of the North American subcontinent, process and store them a both intermediary peripheral facilities and a permanent centralized location, transform them into Darwin Core occurrences and published extended specimens, and actively make both samples and data available for loan to enable question-driven ecological and evolutionary research.
This discussion session is offered to complement the opportunity to visit the National Ecological Observatory Network, NEON Biorepository, in person during Digital Data 2023 at Arizona State University. The NEON project involves a structured, long-term plan to sample new, diverse, prioritized specimens across distributed sites of the North American subcontinent, process and store them a both intermediary peripheral facilities and a permanent centralized location, transform them into Darwin Core occurrences and published extended specimens, and actively make both samples and data available for loan to enable question-driven ecological and evolutionary research.
Additional details and updates including the current draft agenda can be found on the conference wiki page: https://idigb.io/7
Jillian Goodwin
iDigBio Conference Manager
Florida Museum of Natural History
508-887-6043
www.idigbio.org