Digitizing Fluid-preserved Vertebrate Specimens

Logistics

• Hotel information
• Train information
• Original workshop announcement

Agenda
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Day One
Time	Topic	Presenter(s)/Leader(s)
6:30 - 7:30 a.m.	Breakfast at Hotel Complimentary breakfast 6:30 - 9:30 a.m.
8:00-8:15 a.m.	Welcome and Workshop Introduction and Logistics	Gil Nelson, iDigBio/Florida State University Chris Phillips, Illinois Natural History Survey
8:15-8:45 a.m.	Introduction to ADBC, iDigBio, and TCN Development	Larry Page, iDigBio/Florida Museum of Natural History
8:45-9:15 a.m.	Why this Workshop? Workshop Goals, Discussion, agenda additions	Larry Page Gil Nelson
9:15-9:45 a.m.	The case for imaging fish	Mark Sabaj-Perez, Drexel
9:45-10:15 a.m.	The case for imaging herps	Hinrich Kaiser
10:15-10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45-11:15 a.m.	The case for 2D imaging	Mark Sabaj-Perez
11:15-12:00 p.m.	The case for 3D imaging	Hank Bart, Tulane Nelson Rios, Tulane
12:00-12:30 p.m.	The case for CT imaging	David Blackburn, Florida Museum of Natural History
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-1:45 p.m.	Review and discussion of pre-workshop survey results (including discussion of the status of databasing in fish and herp collections)	Gil Nelson
1:45-3:00 p.m.	Status of imaging at participating collections: Each participant to have 3 minutes to outline the status of imaging at their institution.	Greg Watkins-Colwell, moderator
3:00-3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Imaging for data collection: An overview	Miriam Zelditch, U. Michigan Donald Swigerski, U. Michigan
4:30-4:45 p.m.	Discussion/Q&A: Imaging for data collection	Miriam & Donald moderators
4:45-5:00 p.m.	Daily wrap-up, observations, comments, challenges, criticisms, further discussion	Greg Watkins-Colwell moderators
Dinner on Your Own

Agenda
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Day One
Time	Topic	Presenter(s)/Leader(s)
6:30 - 7:30 a.m.	Breakfast at Hotel Complimentary breakfast 6:30 - 9:30 a.m.
8:00-8:15 a.m.	Welcome and Workshop Introduction and Logistics	Gil Nelson, iDigBio/Florida State University Chris Phillips, Illinois Natural History Survey
8:15-8:45 a.m.	Introduction to ADBC, iDigBio, and TCN Development	Larry Page, iDigBio/Florida Museum of Natural History
8:45-9:15 a.m.	Why this Workshop? Workshop Goals, Discussion, agenda additions	Larry Page Gil Nelson
9:15-9:45 a.m.	The case for imaging fish	Mark Sabaj-Perez, Drexel
9:45-10:15 a.m.	The case for imaging herps	Hinrich Kaiser
10:15-10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45-11:15 a.m.	The case for 2D imaging	Mark Sabaj-Perez
11:15-12:00 p.m.	The case for 3D imaging	Hank Bart, Tulane Nelson Rios, Tulane
12:00-12:30 p.m.	The case for CT imaging	David Blackburn, Florida Museum of Natural History
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-1:45 p.m.	Review and discussion of pre-workshop survey results (including discussion of the status of databasing in fish and herp collections)	Gil Nelson
1:45-3:00 p.m.	Status of imaging at participating collections: Each participant to have 3 minutes to outline the status of imaging at their institution.	Greg Watkins-Colwell, moderator
3:00-3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Imaging for data collection: An overview	Miriam Zelditch, U. Michigan Donald Swigerski, U. Michigan
4:30-4:45 p.m.	Discussion/Q&A: Imaging for data collection	Miriam & Donald moderators
4:45-5:00 p.m.	Daily wrap-up, observations, comments, challenges, criticisms, further discussion	Greg Watkins-Colwell moderators
Dinner on Your Own