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.
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.
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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
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
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
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EAB meeting with the TCN community (Neil Cobb)
Open meeting space
9:00-9:30
Arrival, Summit check-in, coffee, networking
Networking, getting settled
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Open meeting space
9:30-10:40
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9:30-9:45
Opening & Welcome (Larry Page)
9:45-9:55
Logistics (David Jennings)
9:55-10:10
ADBC Program Update (Reed Beaman)
10:10-10:20
2017 TCNs
oVert
SoRo
10:20-10:35
2016 TCNs
Cretaceous World
LepNet
Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis
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Open meeting space
10:35-10:55
Morning break
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10:55-12:10
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10:55-11:05
2015 TCNs
Microfingi
Fossil Marine Invertebrates
11:05-11:20
2014 TCNs
Great Lakes Aquatic Invasives
InvertEBase
Key to the Cabinets
11:20-11:35
2013 TCNs
Fossil Insect Collaborative
Vouchered Animal Communication Signals
Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium
11:35-11:55
2012 TCNs
New England Vascular Plants
Paleoniches
Macrofungi Collection Consortium
Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network
11:55-12:10
2011 TCNs
InvertNet
Tri-Trophic Associations
North American Lichens and Bryophytes
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Open meeting space
12:10-1:15
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Box lunch provided
Setup
Open meeting space
1:15-2:30
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Group Discussion: Data Integration, attribution and interoperability (Andy Bentley, Robert Gropp)
Collections, aggregators, data re-packagers, publishers, researchers, and external user groups form a complex web of data connections and pipelines. This forms the natural history infrastructure essential for collections use by an ever increasing and diverse external user community. We have made great strides in developing the individual actors within this system and we are now well poised to utilize these capabilities to address big picture questions. We need to continue work on the individual aspects, but the focus now needs to be on integration of the functionality provided by the actors involved in the pipeline to facilitate the transfer of data between them with as few human interventions as possible. In order for the system to function efficiently and to the benefit of all parties, information, data, and resources need not only to be integrated efficiently but flow in the reverse direction (attribution) to facilitate collections advocacy and sustainability. For instance, there are benefits to collections from inclusion into aggregators and subsequent use by researchers and publishers that are not being realized. The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) is planning a program of workshops in conjunction with other groups to perform a needs assessment to identify gaps and problems in the data pipeline and explore future steps in coordinating efforts, providing solutions and standardizing tools and methods. This talk will explore this landscape and highlight BCoN’s efforts in this regard while soliciting participation from actors in the pipeline and the community at large.
Building a Local Carpentries Community (Matt Collins, Deborah Paul)
The capacity to manage, manipulate, and analyze data is important to modern research programs. Ensuring research staff and students have access to the education and learning opportunities to maintain their development is the role of PIs, program heads, and institutional directors. Peer teaching and learning communities provide a learner-lead environment that is easy to foster and support in parallel with formal structures like academic curricula and professional development. We will describe our experiences at UF and FSU developing a community centered around the Data and Software Carpentry organizations to advance the informatics capacity of our organizations.
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
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
