Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) Annual Meeting, 21-26 October 2003 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

The provisional schedule of events for the 2003 meeting is given below. Please note that this schedule is subject to change - further details will appear on the TDWG website (http://www.tdwg.org) as they become available. Events listed on the same day will run in parallel, except events described as plenary, which will run sequentially.

Oct 21, Tue: Structure of Descriptive Data (subgroup working meeting)

Oct 22, Wed: Structure of Descriptive Data (subgroup working meeting) ABCD – Protocol section (subgroup working meeting)

Oct 23, Thu: Taxonomic Names (subgroup working meeting)

Oct 24, Fri: ABCD – Schema section (subgroup working meeting) DiGIR Training (space limited; pre-registration with GBIF required) Evening Reception

Oct 25, Sat: Spatial Data Workshop (by invitation) Structure of Descriptive Data (subgroup working meeting) Contributed Papers (plenary) TDWG Banquet

Oct 26, Sun: Contributed Papers (plenary) Review and forecast (plenary) Business meeting (plenary)

Georgina MacKenzie, Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster, International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG)

gmackenzie@york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793

54 Micklegate, York, YO1 6WF, UK

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