ADBC Summit 2017

Digitizing the Past and Present for the Future
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Join the leading researchers and professionals striving to digitize our nation's Natural History Collections! The annual ADBC Summit brings together representatives from TCNs, PENs, NSF, iDigBio, and other initiatives related to the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program. The Summit inspires collaboration and focuses discussions on shared goals, challenges, and opportunities.

General Information

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  Harn Museum of Art

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  Florida Museum of Natural History

• When: November 2-3, 2017
• Where: Gainesville, Florida
• Venue: University of Florida Cultural Plaza

Maps & Dining Information

• Walking Map and Directions from Hilton to UF Cultural Plaza
• Map of Restaurants near the Florida Museum
• UF Campus Map
• Gainesville Map

Area Information

• Visit Gainesville
• Gainesville Area Nature Parks
• University of Florida
• Florida Museum
• Harn Museum of Art

Ground Transportation Options

• Hilton Courtesy Shuttle
• Gainesville Regional Transit System: Gator Locator; Campus Routes; City Routes
• Lyft
• Uber
• Bike Share for Gainesville

Wireless Service

Wireless access for onsite iDigBio participants is provided by the University of Florida. Refer to iDigBio's Wireless Network Service wiki page for more information on how to connect.

Remote Access

To the extent possible, the Summit sessions will be broadcast and recorded using Adobe Connect. If you wish to listen to the meeting remotely:

1. First, read the iDigBio Web Conferencing Wiki Page to get you started.
2. Connect to the meeting:
   • Navigate to: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/summit7
   • Choose Enter as Guest.
   • Type your First and Last Name in the box provided.
   • Click Enter Room.

Summit Program

We are in the process of preparing an interactive PDF program for the Summit. Check back here for a download link as the meeting gets closer. Note that we also plan to print a one-page, double-sided reference agenda for distribution at the Summit.

Agenda

Monday, October 30, 2017 thru Tuesday, October 31, 2017 -- Data Carpentry

Time

Location/Information

9:00-4:30

Data Carpentry Workshop Data Carpentry UF Informatics Institute iDigBio The UF Carpentries Club and iDigBio are offering a two day Data Carpentry Workshop to help participants in the 2017 ADBC Summit and the UF community get started learning R and common data management tools such as the spreadsheets, OpenRefine, and SQL. Need to learn some programming for a class? Have data you're scared to work with in Excel? Want to collaborate effectively with your peers? We were there once too. Come start learning with us! Visit the workshop website to learn more: https://idigbio.github.io/2017-10-30-iDigBio-Summit-UFII/ The workshop will be held at the UF Informatics Institute, which has generously volunteered space and resources for this workshop. iDigBio is providing staff support. All of the organizers, instructors, and helpers are volunteering their time to help ADBC, UF, and you! Advanced registration for 12 seats is available for attendees of the 2017 ADBC summit. Please contact Matt Collins if you are interested. We will open general registration for this workshop to the UF community on Monday, 10/9/2017.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 -- Florida Museum Collections Tours

Time	Location/Information
TBD	Information: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/collections/ Registration: Contact Adania Flemming Fee: None Florida Museum of Natural History

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 -- Pre-Summit Meetings

Time	Harn Galleria	Harn Chandler Auditorium	Harn Classroom 1	Harn Classroom 2	Powell Classroom	McGuire Classroom	McGuire Director's Conference Room
Morning	Breakfast on your own
10:00-10:30	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Setup	Unavailable	Unavailable	Open meeting space
10:30-12:00	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Orientation - Welcome to ADBC	Unavailable	Unavailable	Open meeting space
12:00-1:00	Lunch on your own
12:30-1:00	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Setup	Setup	Setup
1:00-4:30	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Open meeting space	oVert TCN Kickoff Meeting	IDigBio External Advisory Board (closed session)
4:30-5:00	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Cleanup	Cleanup	Cleanup
Evening	Dinner on your own
6:30-9:30	Informal welcome and meet & greet with iDigBio staff in the 2-Bits Lounge inside the Hilton

Thursday, November 2, 2017 -- Summit Day 1

Time	Harn Galleria	Harn Chandler Auditorium	Harn Classroom 1	Harn Classroom 2	Powell Classroom	McGuire Classroom	McGuire Director's Conference Room
Morning	Breakfast on your own
8:00-9:00	Setup	Setup	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	EAB meeting with the TCN community	Open meeting space
9:00-9:30	Arrival, Summit check-in, coffee, networking	Networking, getting settled	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable		Open meeting space
9:30-10:40	Unavailable	9:30-9:40 Opening/Welcome (Larry Page) 9:40-9:50 Logistics (David Jennings) 9:50-10:00 ADBC Program Update (Reed Beaman) 10:00-10:15 iDigBio 10:15-10:25 2017 TCNs oVert SoRo 10:25-10:40 2016 TCNs Cretaceous World LepNet Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable		Open meeting space
10:40-11:00	Morning break		Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable
11:00-12:15	Unavailable	11:00-11:10 2015 TCNs Microfingi Fossil Marine Invertebrates 11:10-11:25 2014 TCNs Great Lakes Aquatic Invasives InvertEBase Key to the Cabinets 11:25-11:40 2013 TCNs Fossil Insect Collaborative Vouchered Animal Communication Signals Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium 11:40-12:00 2012 TCNs New England Vascular Plants Paleoniches Macrofungi Collection Consortium Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network 12:00-12:15 2011 TCNs InvertNet Tri-Trophic Associations North American Lichens and Bryophytes	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable		Open meeting space
12:15-1:15	Unavailable		Box lunch provided		Setup		Open meeting space
1:15-2:30	Unavailable	Group Discussion: Data Integration, attribution and interoperability					Open meeting space
2:30-3:00	Unavailable		Afternoon break				Open meeting space
3:00-4:15	Unavailable	Meeting of the Symbiota Working Group	WeDigBio Planning Meeting	Legal Issues with Collections	Open meeting space	Meeting of the iDigBio student group	Open meeting space
4:15-4:30	Unavailable	Transition to Auditorium for wrap-up	Cleanup	Cleanup	Cleanup	Cleanup	Cleanup
4:30-5:00	Unavailable	Day 1 Wrap-up	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable
6:30-9:30	Evening program at the Florida Museum of Natural History (Powell Hall) Florida Museum of Natural History iDigBio 6:30-7:30 Arrival, heavy hors d'oeuvres, cash bar 7:30-7:40 Welcome/Introduction by Larry Page, iDigBio Project Director 7:40-7:55 Presentation about the Florida Museum's 100-year Anniversary by David Reed, Florida Museum Natural History Department Chair 7:55-9:30 Museum exhibits open for your enjoyment

Friday, November 3, 2017 -- Summit Day 2

Time	Harn Galleria	Harn Chandler Auditorium	Harn Classroom 1	Harn Classroom 2	Powell Classroom	McGuire Classroom	McGuire Director's Conference Room
Morning	Breakfast on your own
8:00-9:00	Setup	Setup	Unavailable	Unavailable	Setup	Setup	Open meeting space
9:00-9:30	Arrival, Summit check-in, coffee, networking		Unavailable	Unavailable			Open meeting space
9:30-10:10	Unavailable	DemoCamp	Unavailable	Unavailable	ICER Working Group workshop on collections data in ecological and conservation research	Small Collections Network	Open meeting space
10:10-10:25	Morning break		Unavailable	Unavailable			Open meeting space
10:25-12:30	Unavailable	DemoCamp (continued)	Unavailable	Unavailable	ICER Working Group workshop (continued)	iDigPaleo meeting	Open meeting space
12:30-1:30	Unavailable		Box lunch provided				Open meeting space
1:30-3:15	Unavailable	Building a Local Carpentries Community	Broadening Participation & Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE)	Open meeting space	Specify meeting	Open meeting space	Open meeting space
3:15-3:30	Unavailable	Transition to Auditorium for wrap-up	Afternoon break		Cleanup	Cleanup	Cleanup
3:30-4:00	Unavailable	Summit Wrap-up	Cleanup	Cleanup	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable
4:00-5:45	Natural History Seminar at the Harn Chandler Auditorium in collaboration with the Florida Museum's Department of Natural History, iDigBio, myFOSSIL, and the Paleontological Society Florida Museum of Natural History iDigBio myFOSSIL Paleontological Society 4:00-4:30 Arrival, refreshments 4:30-5:00 Presentation by Dr. Jonathan Hendricks of the Paleontological Research Institution (Ithaca, NY) 5:00-5:15 Questions & answers 5:15-5:45 Chat, departure
5:45pm-6:00pm	Unavailable	Cleanup	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable
Evening	Dinner on your own
TBD	Drink with the Extinct at the Florida Museum (optional activity) Florida Museum of Natural History Separate registration and payment is required, but a discount code will be available for Summit participants (contact us for details). Registration for this event opens Monday, September 25. Event details are available on the Florida Museum's website.

Saturday, November 4, 2017 -- Optional Activities & Field Trips

Self-Guided Activities

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  National Fossil Day

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  The Tree of Life

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  Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

• National Fossil Day™ at the Florida Museum: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/event/fossil-day/
• 100th Anniversary Exhibit at the Florida Museum: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100years/
• Tree of Life Exhibit at the Harn Museum of Art: http://www.harn.ufl.edu/treeoflife
• Natural Area Teaching Laboratory: http://natl.ifas.ufl.edu/
• Hike around Lake Alice (including Bat House): http://soils.ifas.ufl.edu/campuswaterquality/water/lake-alice.shtml

Guided Field Trips

Fossil Hunting at Montbrook

• Information: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/sites/mont/
• Registration: Contact Sadie Mills
• Fee: None

Sweetwater Wetlands Preserve

• Information: http://www.sweetwaterwetlands.org/
• Registration: Contact Cathy Bester
• Fee: None
• Where to meet: HiltonLobby
• When: 8 AM pickup; 11 AM dropoff