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We are pleased to announce a sampling of the lightning rounds to be offered at BioDigiCon. Remember, registration is free, and all events will be pre-recorded or recorded live for asynchronous viewing to suit your time zone or schedule. Registration is free but required.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-biodigicon-tickets-367104919697<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eventbrite.com_e_2…>
Lightning Rounds: Up to 30 rounds will be offered. Here is a sampling:
A set of four rounds focusing on comparing popular collections management systems (CMS) for folks deciding which CMS to adopt, determining whether to switch from a custom CMS, adopt a new CMS, or just to learn more of these options. Talks will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A. Included are:
* Arctos, with Emily Braker, University of Colorado
* Emu, with Larry Gall, Yale University
* Specify, with Randy Singer, University of Michigan
* Symbiota, with Katie Pearson, California Polytechnic State University
A set of five rounds focusing on digitization activities at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian.
* Coordinating digitization at NMNH, Sylvia Orli
* A completely digitized collection – what does digitization maintenance look like for NMNH botany, Sylvia Orli
* Digitizing the Odonata, Torsten Dikow
* Creating an Informatics and Data Science Center, Rebecca Snyder
* New generation digitization of specimens in situ, Holly Little
Individual lightning rounds will include:
* Extending the model for digitized data, Ely Wallis
* Software-based capture of 2D barcodes on duplicate herbarium sheets during digitization & subsequent data discovery via GBIF, including a sample script to adapt and reuse, David Shorthouse & Shannon Asencio, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada
* Digitization as art, Zach Randall, Florida Museum of Natural History
* Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), Jorrit Poelen, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration
* A workflow for cleaning Notes from Nature data transcriptions, Peter Oboyski, Essig Museum
* Digitizing the CSIRO Collections, Australia, Nicole Fisher, CSIRO
* An open, continuously updated Fern Tree of Life, Joel Nitta, University of Tokyo
* 10 minute Q&A with U.S. National Science Foundation representatives, Steve Ellis
* MorphoBank, Brooke Long-Fox
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