International Digitization Summit
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Overview
ALA, CSIRO, iDigBio, Smithsonian, BMNH, Naturalis, and NSF are meeting in Canberra, Australia, April 13-17, 2015, to discuss all projects and potential for collaborations among the projects.
Agenda, Presentations, and Notes
The following is a link to the full agenda: Media:Agenda_International_Digitization_Summit.pdf
Monday, 13 April 2015 :: A Global Focus
| 8:30-9:00 | Coffee and Welcome |
| Session 1 | Introductions - Global Institutions Digitisation program and future Moderator: TBA |
| 9:00-9:10 | Opening and introductions : John La Salle |
| 9:10-9:30 | iDigBio : Larry Page |
| 9:30-9:50 | Chinese Field Museum : Keping Ma |
| 9:50-10:10 | The Smithsonian Institution: Paul Kimberly |
| 10:10-10:30 | The Natural History Museum: Vince Smith |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea |
| Session 1 | Continued |
| 11:00-11:20 | CSIRO National Research Collections Australia: Andrew Young |
| 11:20-11:40 | Atlas of Living Australia: John La Salle |
| Session 2 | Pathways to Collaboration group discussion Moderators: Larry Page & John La Salle |
| 11:40-12:30 | How can we learn from international digitsation efforts for potential collaborations and sharing? Discussion will examine how ALA and iDigBio capabilities might collaborate more closely in the future to deliver integrated data and services that are needed by stakeholder communities and other international groups involved in large scale digitisation projects - China, Smithsonian, BNHM, Naturalis and CSIRO’s NRCA. |
| 12:30-13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15-14:00 | Tour of Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) with David Yeates |
| Session 2 | Continued |
| 14:00-15:30 | Discussion to consider
Does a need and an opportunity exists to further conceptualise and develop international together, to frame components that will fully support the broad definition of biodiversity research that coordinates and integrates with existing infrastructure, including tools developed by individuals? |
| 15:30-16:00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 16:00-16:45 | Tour of Australian National Herbarium (ANH) with Andrew Young |
| 16:45-17:00 | Return to Lecture Theatre for wrap-up and closing |
| 17:00 | Close |
Tuesday, 14 April 2015 :: Showcase Day
| 8:30-9:00 | Coffee and Welcome |
| Session 1 | Global Digitisation Moderator: John La Salle |
| 9:00-9:15 | Opening speaker and remarks – Malcolm Thompson |
| 9:15-9:30 | Larry Page: Overview of iDigBio, its genesis, development, funding and future |
| 9:30-9:45 | Keping Ma: Chinese Field Museum |
| 9:45-10:00 | Vince Smith: NHM Digital Collections Programme and the NHM Data Portal |
| 10:00-10:15 | Paul Kimberly: Smithsonian Institution Natural History Museum (Rapid Capture Approach) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Andrew Young: CSIRO National Research Collections Australia: Digitisation Strategy & future direction |
| 10:30-10:45 | John La Salle: Atlas of Living Australia |
| 10:45-11:15 | Morning Tea |
| Session 2 | Global Digitisation continued Moderator: Larry Page |
| 11:15-11:30 | Pam Soltis: Role in advancing scientific research with digitized data |
| 11:30-11:45 | Greg Riccardi: iDigBio's role in facilitating and enabling digitization |
| 11:45-12:00 | Jose Fortes: Cyberinfrastructure, portal and data |
| 12:00-12:15 | David Jennings: Digitization project management |
| 12:15-12:30 | Austin Mast: Public participation and citizen science management |
| 12:30-12:45 | Gil Nelson: Community building, digitization workflow development, training and product workshops |
| 12:45-13:00 | Bruce MadFadden: iDigBio - Education and outreach |
| 13:00-13:45 | Lunch |
| Session 3 | Australian Digitisation Initiatives Moderator: Paul Kimberly |
| 13:45-14:00 | Rebecca Pirzl: Building an E-Flora |
| 14:00-14:15 | Paul Flemons: Engaging communities with DigiVol |
| 14:15-14:30 | Daniel Gledhill: X-ray images of fishes |
| 14:30-14:45 | Alexis Tindall: Community coordination for Australian herbaria |
| 14:45-15:00 | Alison Vaughan: Community coordination for the Australian zoological collections |
| 15:00-15:15 | Nicole Fisher: International Drawer Digitisation Initiatives and Future |
| 15:15-15:45 | Afternoon Tea |
| Session 4 | Moving Digitisation Forward Moderator: John La Salle |
| 15:45-16:00 | Simon Checksfield : A combined information management system for the National Biological Collections |
| 16:00-16:15 | Andreas Zwick : Collection genomics |
| 16:15-16:30 | BPA: Genomics Data / platforms for digitising collections |
| 16:30-16:45 | Graham Galloway (Andrew Janke) : National Imaging Facility supporting specimen imaging |
| 16:45-17:00 | Changming Sun : Feature extraction from imaging libraries |
| 17:00-17:15 | Stuart Anderson and Matt Adcock : Extracting information from 3D images |
| 17:15-17:30 | CLOSING COMMENTS and DISCUSSION |
| 17:30 | Close |
Wednesday, 15 April 2015 :: Round Table Discussions Day 1
Sessions aimed at initiating conversations to facilitate represented digitisation projects world-wide in finding effective cooperative and collaborative strategies benefiting all parties going forward. Please come with ideas and methods ready for involvement.
Thursday, 16 April 2015 :: Round Table Discussions Day 2
Sessions aimed at initiating conversations to facilitate represented digitisation projects world-wide in finding effective cooperative and collaborative strategies benefiting all parties going forward. Please come with ideas and methods ready for involvement.
Friday, 17 April 2015 :: Field Trip
| 9:00 | Pick up from University House |
| 9:15-10:00 | Tour of Australian National Wildlife Collection (ANWC) with Leo Joseph |
| 10:00-15:00 | Visit to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve – including Aussie barbie in the bush |
| 15:00-16:00 | Tour of Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (near Tidbinbilla) |
| 16:00 | Return to Canberra |