Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center: NYBG

Series Page: Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center

Workshop at NYBG: March 2023

When: March 23-24, 2023
Where: New York Botanical Garden
Organizers: John Bates, Field Museum of Natural History; Carol Butler, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian; Matt Borths, Duke Lemur Center; Joe Cook, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico; Libby Ellwood, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Jillian Goodwin, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; David Jennings, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Gil Nelson, Natural Science Collections Alliance, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio; Jyotsna Pandey, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Natural Science Collections Alliance; Emily Sessa, New York Botanical Garden; Pam Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History, iDigBio, UF Biodiversity Institute; Breda Zimkus, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Biological Collections Network
Expected number of participants: 30 - 40

Logistic information

Invited participant support: Hotel cost, travel, and per diem expenses reimbursed following workshop.
Airport: Please contact Jill Goodwin at jgoodwin@floridamuseum.ufl.edu to approve flights prior top booking

• LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 10 mi from NYBG
• JFK Airport (JFK) 20 mi from NYBG
  
• Newark (EWR)
  
• Westchester County (HPN)
  

Airport transportation: Uber/Lyft/taxi/rental car is the easiest and most convenient way to get from any of these airports to the Bronx; the fastest public transportation will take at least an hour and require several switches of bus and/or train. By car the trip will take 20-30 minutes or less, depending on traffic (and be sure to account for traffic and leave plenty of time to reach return flights).
Recommended workshop hotels: Please book a room ASAP to ensure availability and stay under $200/night.

• Rodeway Inn 0.6 mi from NYBG
• Sleep Inn 0.6 mi from NYBG
• Tremont Hotel Bronx

Transportation from hotel to venue: Uber, Lyft, or taxi from any of the suggested hotels to NYBG should be 5-10 minutes. The Rodeway Inn is walking distance, though walkers should use common sense while traveling on foot in the Bronx. Participants should come to the Mosholu gate and check in with security, who will direct them to the appropriate building and entrance.
Workshop venue: New York Botanical Garden
William & Lynda Steere Herbarium
NYBG Mosholu entrance: 2950 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458
Workshop location: Reading Room, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Breakfast and lunch: Pfizer Laboratory Conference Room
PLEASE NOTE: Workshop participants should come directly to the Mosholu gate, NOT the main entrance to the Garden. Be sure to use the Mosholu address given above for your Uber/taxi driver or GPS (2950 Southern Blvd). When you arrive at the gate, if you are coming by car, you will need to check in with Security at the booth, and ask them to direct you to either the Pfizer lab or Ross Gallery entrance, depending on the time you arrive (see schedule and map provided). Walkers can turn left upon entering the gate and proceed directly to the appropriate building; do not go to the visitor ticket booths. On the accompanying map, the Pfizer lab entrance is marked A, and the Ross Gallery B.
NYBG Map

Wifi networks: Once on-site, workshop participants can log into the NYBG_Guest network for internet access.
Meals: Breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch will be provided at NYBG on both workshop days. Dinner is not provided, but you will be reimbursed for meals not provided following the workshop.

Agenda

	Day 1: Thursday, March 23
8:00–9:00 AM	Breakfast @ NYBG
8:30 am	Why we are here: NASEM Report Recognize NASEM authors present CHIPs and Science Act Not a proposal-writing workshop; goal is to add detail and definition to the NASEM-recommended concept Welcome and introductions (organizing team first) Name Affiliation What is your interest in this workshop? What is one goal you would like to see a Biological Collections Action Center accomplish?	Libby Ellwood
9:30 am	Review of NASEM report and webinars	Pam Soltis Andy Bentley
10:00 am	Impacts and Challenges	Gil Nelson Libby Ellwood
10:30 am	Break
10:45	Looking back from the Future: Nobel Prize exercise	Emily Sessa
Noon	Lunch @ NYBG
1:30	Large group brainstorm: Refining ADBC components/topics/questions: Combine; Merge; Refine; Augment; Delete Emily Sessa (Moderator)
3:00 - 3:30 PM	Break 2
3:15 - 3:45 PM	Large group brainstorm: Refining ADBC components/topics/questions: Combine; Merge; Refine; Augment; Delete Breda Zimkus (Moderator)
5:00	Wrap-Up (Joe Cook)

	Day 2: Friday, March 24
8:00 - 9:00 AM	Breakfast @ NYBG
9:00 - 10:30	Break-out Discussions
10:30 - 10:45 AM	Break
10:45 - 12:00 PM	Break-out Discussions
Noon	Lunch @ NYBG
1:30 - 3:00 PM	Break-out Discussions
3:00 - 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 - 5:00 PM	Break-out Discussions/ Wrap-up