IDigBio Summit 2015

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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
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Summit V Quick Links
Calendar Announcement
Agenda-at-a-Glance
Summit V Program

General Information

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

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. Some useful Metro links: Metrorail Pocket Guide, Metrorail Frequency, Trip Planner, and 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

Hilton Arlington Meeting Space

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The meeting rooms will be arranged in the following manner (see diagram):

  • Gallery I-II = Classroom (~144 seats)
  • Gallery III = Conference (~36 seats); extra chairs may be available
  • Picasso-DaVinci = Conference (~35 seats); extra chairs may be available
  • Matisse = Conference (~18 seats)

Summit Program

A PDF version of the iDigBio Summit V program is available HERE. A hard copy will be provided to all registered participants, so we ask that you not print unnecessary copies. The program includes a wealth of reference information, including logistics, the agenda, information about TCNs, and participant biographies.

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Travel Day for Microfungi TCN, EPICC TCN, iDigBio EAB, and iDigBio Planning Team
Time Pre-Function Space or Other Gallery I-II Gallery III Picasso & DaVinci Matisse
7:00pm
  • Summit Check-In (Dan & Brad's)
  • Informal Welcome Gathering


  • Dinner on Your Own

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Business Meetings; Travel Day for All Other Attendees
Time Pre-Function Space or Other Gallery I-II Gallery III Picasso & DaVinci Matisse
8:00-9:00
  • Breakfast (provided)
  • Summit Check-In
  • Poster Setup
9:00-9:30 Microfungi TCN Meeting
  • The Microfungi Project (Andrew Miller)
  • Digitization Workflows & the MyCoPortal (Elizabeth Lippoldt)
 GBIF Task Force Meeting
9:30-10:30 iDigBio EAB Meeting

(closed session)

10:30-11:00 Break (provided)
11:00-12:30 Microfungi TCN Meeting (continued)
  • The Voice Data Command Control (Phil Anders)
  • The MyCoPortal Taxonomic Thesaurus (Scott Bates)
  • Questions & Answers
 GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
12:30-1:30 Lunch (provided)
1:30-3:00 Welcome to iDigBio for New TCNs GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
3:00-3:30 Break (provided)
3:30-4:30 Introduction to Project Management (David Jennings) GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
4:30-5:00 Questions & Answers (David Jennings, Joanna McCaffrey, Dan Stoner, Alex Thompson)
5:30-6:30 Summit Check-In
7:00-Evening
  • Informal Welcome Gathering (Dan & Brad's)


  • Dinner on Your Own

Thursday, November 5, 2015

iDigBio Summit Day 1
Time Pre-Function Space or Other Gallery I-II Gallery III Picasso & DaVinci Matisse
8:00-9:00
  • Breakfast (provided)
  • Summit Check-In
  • Poster Setup
9:00-9:30
  • Welcome & Orientation (David Jennings)
  • Welcome from the National Science Foundation (James Olds)
  • NSF’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (Roland Roberts)
9:30-10:20
  • iDigBio Presentations
    • Progress and Challenges for the National Digitization Effort (Larry Page)
    • Digitized Data in Biodiversity Research (Pam Soltis)
    • Education & Outreach (Bruce MacFadden)
    • Enabling Digitization (Greg Riccardi)
    • Cyberinfrastructure Status Report (Jose Fortes)
10:20-10:40
  • 2015 TCN Presentations
    • The Microfungi Collections Consortium (Andrew Miller)
    • Documenting Fossil Marine Invertebrates of the East Pacific (Charles Marshall)
10:40-11:15 Break (provided)
11:15-11:45
11:45-12:15
  • 2013 TCN Presentations
    • Vouchered Animal Communication Signals (John Sullivan)
    • Macroalgal Herbarium Digitization Project (Christopher Neefus)
    • Fossil Insect Collaborative (Talia Karim, Susan Butts)
12:15 Group Photo (Joanna McCaffrey)
12:30-1:30 Lunch (provided)
1:30-2:45 Data Management
(Kevin Love, Alex Thompson) 		Education & Outreach
(Molly Phillips, Bruce MacFadden) 		iDigBio Resources
(Joanna McCaffrey, David Jennings) 		Ad hoc discussion
2:45-3:45 Break (provided)


Working Group & Interest Group Poster Session

3:45-5:00 Research Tool Development
(Pam Soltis) 		iDigSTEAM Workshop
(Anne Basham) 		Project Management
(David Jennings, Joanna McCaffrey) 		Ad hoc discussion
5:00-5:30 DAY 1 WRAP-UP - Discussion Group Summaries
6:30-9:00 Reception at the United States Botanic Garden

Friday, November 6, 2015

iDigBio Summit Day 2
Time Pre-Function Space or Other Gallery I-II Gallery III Picasso & DaVinci Matisse
8:00-9:00 Breakfast (provided)
9:00-9:20
9:20-10:00
  • 2012 TCN Presentations
    • Mobilizing New England vascular plant data to track environmental change (Patrick Sweeney)
    • PaleoNICHES (Susan Butts)
    • The Macrofungi Collection Consortium (Barbara Thiers)
    • Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (Neil Cobb)
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00 Break (provided)
11:00-12:45
  • Presentations from National & International Biodiversity Informatics Initiatives
    • Update on BISON, ITIS and EcoINFORMA activities relevant to iDigBio (Stinger Guala)
    • GBIF's Accelerating the Discovery of Biocollections Data Task Force (Siro Masinde)
    • Getting More From Image Libraries – New Computer Vision Tools (John LaSalle)
    • Brazil's Virtual Herbarium: Outputs, Outcomes and Challenges (Dora Canhos)
    • Biodiversity Information and sharing status in China (Zheping XU)
    • Canadensys: Biodiversity Across the Borders (David Shorthouse)
    • A Network Connecting Science With Conservation (Mary Klein)
    • Interoperability: Fomenting opportunities at the intersection of collections and ecology (Brian Wee)
12:45-1:30 Lunch (provided)
1:30-2:45 Citizen Science
(Austin Mast, Libby Ellwood, Betty Dunckel) 		Sustainability
(Larry Page, Mary Klein) 		Symbiota Users
(Neil Cobb) 		Ad hoc discussion
2:45-3:30 Break (provided)


Working Group & Interest Group Poster Session

3:30-4:45 Data Use in Research & Education
(Pam Soltis, Molly Phillips, Bruce MacFadden) 		Attribution
(Shelley James, Gil Nelson) 		Collaboration & Communication
(Deb Paul) 		Ad hoc discussion
4:45-5:15 DAY 2 WRAP-UP - Discussion Group Summaries
5:15-5:45 SUMMIT WRAP-UP (David Jennings, Larry Page)
6:30-Evening Dinner on Your Own

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Travel Day for All Attendees
Time Pre-Function Space or Other Gallery I-II Gallery III Picasso & DaVinci Matisse
8:00-12:00 Breakfast on Your Own

Checkout by 12 noon

Report

Photos

Recorded Presentations

Recordings

Wednesday

Welcome to iDigBio for New TCN
http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p7mezbiwgsy/
Introduction to Project Management
http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p901ifnu0eg/
Questions & Answers
http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p62riirczpj/

Thursday

9am-10:40am
http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p2pj9wanm1t/
11:15-12:15pm
http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p1h85oyt5lw/
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