IDigBio Summit 2015

The annual iDigBio Summit is a meeting of representatives from TCNs, iDigBio, and other activities related to the U.S. National Science Foundation's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program. The Summit focuses on discussions of shared goals, challenges, opportunities, and collaboration.

Digitizing the Past and Present for the Future
Quick Links for iDigBio Summit V
Announcement
Agenda-at-a-Glance
Biblio Entries
Summit Report

General Information

When: November 4-6, 2015
Where: Hilton Arlington

Remote Access

To the extent possible, the Summit sessions will be broadcast and recorded using Adobe Connect, and the meeting hosts will monitor the chat to address questions/concerns. To connect, go to https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/summit5/ and choose Enter as Guest, type your first and last name, and then click Enter Room. Remote participants are encouraged to visit the iDigBio Web Conferencing Wiki prior to connecting.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. We encourage all Summit participants to make use of the Metro when travelling in and around D.C.

• Directions from Reagan National Airport to the Hilton Arlington
• Directions from the Hilton Arlington and the United States Botanic Garden.

Some other useful Metro links:

• Metrorail Frequency
• Metrorail Pocket Guide
• Trip Planner
• Metrorail Fares

Area Restaurants

The following is a map of the restaurants in the vicinity of the Hilton Arlington: https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurants+near+hilton+arlington/@38.8813204,-77.1123815,16z/data=!3m1!4b1

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Please be advised that some items may shift around as we finalize the agenda. Thank you for your understanding!

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Travel Day for Microfungi TCN, EPICC TCN, iDigBio EAB, and iDigBio Planning Team
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
5:00pm
5:30pm	Summit Check-In in Lobby
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm	Informal Welcome Gathering in Lounge and Dinner on Your Own
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Business Meetings; Travel Day for All Other Attendees
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided) and Summit Check-In
8:30am
9:00am			MiCC TCN Meeting	GBIF Task Force Meeting
9:30am
10:00am					iDigBio EAB Meeting
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm	Lunch (provided)
12:30pm
1:00pm			MiCC TCN Meeting (continued)	GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
1:30pm
2:00pm		Welcome to iDigBio for New TCNs
2:30pm
3:00pm	Break (provided)
3:30pm		Introduction to Project Management		GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
4:00pm		Questions & Answers
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm	Summit Check-In in Lobby
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm	Informal Welcome Gathering in Lounge and Dinner on Your Own
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Thursday, November 5, 2015

iDigBio Summit Day 1
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided)
8:30am
9:00am		iDigBio Welcome (David Jennings) NSF Welcome (James Olds) NSF ADBC Program (Roland Roberts) iDigBio: Overview (Larry Page) iDigBio: Advancing Research (Pam Soltis) iDigBio: Education & Outreach (Bruce MacFadden) iDigBio: Enabling Digitization (Greg Riccardi) iDigBio: Cyberinfrastructure (Jose Fortes) MiCC TCN EPICC TCN
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
	Break (provided)
11:00am
		GLI TCN InvertEBase TCN SERNEC TCN FIC TCN VACS TCN MHC TCN
11:30am
12:00pm
	Lunch (provided)
12:30pm
1:00pm
		iDigSTEAM Workshop (Anne Basham)	Data Management (Kevin Love / Alex Thompson)	Communication/Collaboration (Deb Paul)	Ad hoc discussion
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm	Break (provided)		Poster Session: iDigBio Working Groups & Interest Groups
3:00pm
3:30pm		Citizen Science (Austin Mast / Libby Ellwood / Betty Dunckel)	iDigBio Resources (Joanna McCaffrey / David Jennings)	Research Tool Development (Pam Soltis)	Ad hoc discussion
4:00pm
4:30pm
		DAY 1 WRAP-UP - Breakout Group Summaries
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm	Reception at the United States Botanic Garden
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Friday, November 6, 2015

iDigBio Summit Day 2
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided)
8:30am
9:00am		BCoN (Robert Gropp) NEVP TCN Paleoniches TCN MaCC TCN SCAN TCN (Neil Cobb) InvertNet TCN TTD TCN LBCC TCN
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am	Break (provided)
11:00am		BISON (Stinger Guala) GBIF Task Force (Siro Masinde) ALA/CSIRO (John LaSalle) CRIA (Dora Canhos) NSII (Zheping XU) Canadensys (David Shorthouse)
11:30am
12:00pm	Lunch (provided)
12:30pm
1:00pm		Education & Outreach (Molly Phillips / Bruce MacFadden)	Project Management (David Jennings / Joanna McCaffrey)	Attribution (Shelley James / Gil Nelson)	Ad hoc discussion
1:30pm
2:00pm
	Break (provided)		Poster Session: iDigBio Working Groups & Interest Groups
2:30pm
3:00pm
		Data Use in Research & Education (Pam Soltis / Molly Phillips / Bruce MacFadden)	Sustainability (Larry Page / Mary Klein)	Symbiota Users (Neil Cobb)	Ad hoc discussion
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm		DAY 2 WRAP-UP - Breakout Group Summaries
5:00pm
5:30pm		SUMMIT WRAP-UP
6:00pm
6:30pm	Dinner on your own
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Travel Day for All Attendees
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast on your own
8:30am
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm	Check-out