BioDigiCon 2023

iDigBio is pleased to invite you to this year’s Biodiversity Digitization Conference (BioDigiCon) to be held virtually on 19-20 September 2023.

Social Media

Twitter: #biodigicon2023, @idigbio

Announcement Page

BioDigiCon 2022 Announcement page

Conference Registration

Registration is open! Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-biodigicon-tickets-673866140767

Abstracts

Registration is required to submit an abstract. The submission link will be in your registration confirmation from Eventbrite.

• Abstract submission deadline is Friday, September 1st.

• Lightning Presentations will be 15 minutes including time for questions.
• All presenters will be asked to provided a pre-recorded presentation and additionally present live virtually.

Conference Resources

• Virtual Meeting Resources
• iDigBio's Code of Conduct
• Update your Zoom client for the latest security enhancements

Zoom Information

• Make sure you have upgraded your Zoom client.
• We suggest using the desktop client or mobile app, which use less bandwidth than Zoom in your browser. See Zoom help for more: https://bit.ly/2RM0rzQ.
• We will be using the Zoom webinar platform. Only speakers' cameras and microphones will be enabled.
• Please use the Zoom Q&A feature if you have questions for the presenters. The chat function will only be used for discussion.

Recording Policy

By attending iDigBio’s online events, you accept that the event will be recorded and posted for later asynchronous viewing.

Presenters have submitted pre-recorded presentations for the option to watch asynchronously but all sessions will take place live.

Conference Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday, 19 September 2023

iDigBio Orientation

Time EDT	Zoom link
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome from iDigBio - Gil Nelson
9:15 - 10:30	Report on 2023 - David Jennings, Libby Ellwood, Jose Fortes, Nico Franz, Austin Mast, Pam Soltis
10:30- 10:50	Plenary Presentation: Helen Hardy, Natural History Museum, London
11:00 - 1:00	Symposium: 10 years of Digitization at London's Natural History Museum
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch

Lightning Presentations

Time EDT	[Zoom link for Day 1, Room 1]	[Zoom link for Day 1, Room 2]
1:00 - 1:15
1:15 - 1:30
1:35 - 1:45
1:45 - 1:55
1:55 - 2:05
2:05 - 2:15	Break	Break
2:15 - 2:25
2:25 - 2:35
2:35 - 2:45	Break	Break
2:45 - 2:55
2:55 - 3:05	Break	Break
3:05 - 3:15
3:15 - 3:25
3:25 - 3:35
3:35 - 4:00	Q & A / Open Discussion / Wrap-Up

Day 2 - Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Visionary Plenary

Time EDT	Zoom link
10:00 - 10:10	Welcome: Gil Nelson
10:10 - 10:30	Visionary Plenary

Biodiversity Digitization Lightning Presentations

Time EDT	Zoom link for Day 2, Room 1	Zoom link for Day 2, Room 2]	Zoom link for Day 2, Room 3
10:30 – 10:40
10:40 – 10:50
10:50 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:10
11:10 – 11:20
11:20 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:40
11:40 - 11:50	Break	Break	Break
11: 50 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:10
12:10 – 12:20
12:20 – 12:30
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch

Time EDT	Zoom link
12:30 - 1:30

Themed Discussion Groups

Time EDT	[Zoom link for Day 2, Room 2]
1:30 - 2:30
2:30 - 3:30
3:30 - 4:30