Plans for the Biodiversity Digitization Conference (BioDigiCon 2022) are nearly complete. You can explore the agenda and other conference-related information on the conference wiki page here: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/BioDigiCon_2022 and the presentation abstracts here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qooo7bKfTC8mGXAct2xhjrhg1nWZFHPrtJBJ_n6oLds/edit#heading=h.lhcfh1hw2hqa. 

Registration is free! Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-biodigicon-tickets-367104919697 

There is an excellent line-up of discussion sessions and workshops, including:  

BiotaPhy Webinar 2: Resolving Nomenclature: Making Appropriate Taxonomic Choices
Maria Beatriz de Souza Cortez, University of Florida
BioDigiCon is pleased to provide the platform for the second in a series of 10 webinars sponsored by BiotaPhy, a set of computational workflows with broad impact on data-intensive research spanning ecology, phylogenetics, systematics, and conservation biology.  

Data quality: most common data dealbreakers
Cat Chapman, iDigBio; Margot Schneider, Atlas of Living Australia; Dora Canhos, CRIA; Andrea Hahn, GBIF; Elspeth Haston, RBGE  

Digital Extended Specimen Discussion Session
Libby Ellwood, iDigBio; Katja Seltmann, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, UC Santa Barbara; Julie Allen, University of Nevada, Reno; Katie Pearson and Ed Gilbert, Symbiota Support Hub 

Digitization Coordination: Combining Project Management & Digitization Efforts to Benefit Collections, Big and Small 

Jackie Chapman, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives; Frederik Berger, MfN Berlin; Helen Hardy, NHM London; Sylvia Orli, NMNH Smithsonian; Mareike Petersen, MfN Berlin; Kira Sobers, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives; Alyson Wilkins, NHMU Utah 

Digitization Workflows in Symbiota-based Biodiversity Specimen Data Portals
Katie Pearson, Symbiota Support Hub, Arizona State University; Lindsay Walker, Symbiota, ASU 

GBIF, ALA, iDigBio: Aligning systems to benefit data mobilization  

Federico Mendez (GBIF), Javier Molina (ALA), Maureen Kelly (iDigBio), Chris Wilson (IDigBio)  

Imaging Biodiversity Specimens: First Steps to a Great Start (and Beyond)
Austin Mast, Florida State University, Dept of Biological Science; Lauren Cohen, FSU, Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication; Nicole James, FSU, Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication; Alex Adkinson, FSU, Department of Art 

Including Indigenous Metadata in Collection Records
Maui Hudson, University of Waikato; Jane Anderson, New York University 

Solutions for long-term image storage and accessibility
Dave Blackburn, University of Florida; Doug Boyer, Duke University; Nico Franz, Arizona State University; Michelle Koo, University of California - Berkeley; Nelson Rios, Yale University; Julie Winchester, Duke University 

Sustaining Institutional Digitization of Biodiversity Collections: Considerations and Examples 

Austin Mast (iDigBio, FSU), David Jennings (iDigBio), Jenn Yost (Symbiota Support HUB, CalPoly), Lindsay Walker (Symbiota Support HUB, ASU) 

Capturing trait data: broad, across different taxonomic groups
Rob Guralnick, Florida Museum of Natural History; Maggie Hantak, FLMNH; Ed Stanley, FLMNH; Julie Allen, University of Nevada at Reno; Jacob Idec, FLMNH; Bryan McLean, University of North Carolina, Greensboro