Biodiversity Digitization: Celebrating a decade of progress

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Twitter: #biodigi2021, @idigbio

Conference Registration

Registration is open!
Please register via Zoom: https://bit.ly/3zDMcQS

Conference Resources

• Virtual Meeting Resources
• iDigBio's Code of Conduct
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Zoom Information

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Kumospace

We will use a website platform called Kumospace for poster Q&A session. Kumospace is similar to Zoom, but more casual and fun (there’s a rooftop pool).
Location: a link to our Kumospace room will be provided via email and during the conference. In the meantime please check out kumospace.com and take a look around to become a little familiar with it.

Remote Poster Session

All posters will be electronic and linked to this wiki page. Presenters have additionally provided five minute prerecorded presentations describing their posters.
Posters should be viewed asynchronously.
We will then be using Kumospace for a live Q&A session on September 22 1:00 - 3:00 PM EDT.

Conference Agenda

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2021

Session One 8:30 - 11:00AM EDT
8:30	Opening Gil Nelson (iDigBio) & Rebecca Johnson (NMNH)
8:40	Welcome Kirk Johnson (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
Oral Presentations Topic: Innovations: Strategy & Coordination
9:00	David Blackburn (iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida)
9:20	Progress in data mobilization: standards, coordination, and linking knowledge Holly Little (Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)"
9:30	Creating the Building Blocks for Biodiversity Research Diane Zorich (Digitization Program Office, Smithsonian Institution)
9:40	Translating digitization and data mobilization capacity into the geosciences and other disciplines Gary Motz (Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Indiana University)
9:50	Session Q&A
10:00	Virtual NMNH Tour: Botany Conveyor Tour Sylvia Orli, Eric Schuettpelz, Ken Rahim
10:20	Addressing key challenges in biodiversity data mobilization and use through the development of regional capacity. Maheva Bagard Laursen (Global Biodiversity Information Facility - GBIF, Denmark)
10:30	Digitizing large insect collections - approaches and prioritization for sharing meaningful data and media Torsten Dikow (Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)"
10:40	user experience (UX) for citizen science Mia Ridge (The British Library)
10:50	Session Q&A
Session Two 1:00 - 3:00 PM EDT
Poster Session Topic: Digitization Spotlights Asynchronous 5 minute prerecorded presentations with Live meet & greet within Kumospace
Session Three 6:00 - 8:00pm EDT
Oral Presentations Topic: Community
6:00	Mobilizing the US Paleontological Collections Community Talia Karim (Invertebrate Paleontology, CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado)
6:20	South African collections data mobilization and digitization Michelle Hamer (Natural Science Collections Facility, South African Biodiversity Institute, South Africa)
6:30	DigiVol: Crowdsourcing Collection Digitisation Paul Flemons (Digital Collections and Citizen Science, Australian Museum)
6:40	WeDigBio—Next steps as the community blends a global data campaign, virtual science festival, and local outreach opportunities Austin Mast (Department of Biological Science, Florida State University)
6:50	Session Q&A
7:00	Virtual NMNH Tour: Digitizing Molluscs Through Space and Time Kathy Hollis, Holly Little, John Pfeiffer, Ellen Strong, Bill Moser"
7:10	We’re in this Together: Arctos Community and the Shared Data Ecosystem Emily Braker (Vertebrate Zoology, CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado)
7:20	Wei Song Hwang (Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore)
7:30	Dimitris Koureas (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands)
7:40	Regional collaboration through GBIF: Latin America and the Caribbean Anabela Plos (Global Biodiversity Information Facility - GBIF, Argentina)
7:50	Session Q&A

DAY TWO: THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2021

Session Four 8:30 - 11:00AM EDT
8:30	Global Collaboration for Improved Biodiversity Data Joe Miller, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Oral Presentations Topic: Natural History Collections in Grand Challenges
8:50	Rebecca Johnson (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
9:10	Pam Soltis (iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida)
9:20	Yvonne Linton (Walter Reed Biosystematics, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
9:30	Developments in valuing digital collections data Helen Hardy (The Natural History Museum, London)
9:40	Session Q&A
9:50	Virtual NMNH Tour: Tlingit Sculpin Hat Eric Hollinger, Vince Rossi
10:10	Extended Digital Specimens on the Internet Alex Hardisty (School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, United Kingdom)
10:20	Bird’s Eye View of the Past 10 years of Collections Digitization in the U.S. Barbara Thiers (New York Botanical Garden)
10:30	speciesLink's data cleaning strategies Dora Canhos (CRIA - Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental, Brazil)
10:40	Session Q&A
Session Five 1:00 - 3:30 PM EDT
Oral Presentations Topic: What’s Next
1:00	Fatima Parker (South African National Biodiversity Institute)
1:20	Experiments with knowledge: Equality and access as drivers for collection development Johannes Vogel (Museum für Naturkunde, Germany)"
1:30
1:40	New Drivers for Digitization at NMNH. Carol Butler (Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
1:50	Session Q&A
2:00	Virtual NMNH Tour: Entomology Floyd Shockley, Torsten Dikow
2:20	Paleo, µCT, Deep Learning pipelines and research applications Stewart Edie (Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
2:30	Pierre Bonnet (CIRAD, France)
2:40	Scott Miller (Smithsonian Institution)
2:50	Hopping from NEON specimens and samples into a web of linked data Paula Mabee (National Ecological Observatory Network - NEON)
3:00	Reed Beaman (National Science Foundation)
3:10	Session Q&A
Session Six 6:00 - 8:00 PM EDT
Panelist Discussion & Conference Wrap-up Topic: Looking to the Future of Digitization