Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, Berkeley

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Lodging and Logistics

For those seeking economy, we have secured a package deal at very low cost that includes 3 nights in a dorm-style room, shared bathroom, and 3 meals/day.
These rooms are in Unit 1 Residence Hall, 2650 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720, located 1 block from campus, near many restaurants and shops,
a short 8 minute walk to the venue, and 10 blocks from BART.
Check in is Sunday June 3rd after 3pm.
Check out is Wednesday June 6th by 11:00 am.
For students: Single occupancy rate (including conference registration) is $308.73. Double occupancy rate (per person, including conference registration) is $239.10.
For non-students: Single occupancy rate (including conference registration) is $361.48. Double occupancy rate (per person, including conference registration) is $291.85.
Since these economy rates are a package deal, the check in and out dates are firm and cannot be changed on an individual basis.

Food and Restaurant Options

Restaurant options near campus

Conference Registration

Registration opens 16 January 2018 and will be handled by Eventbrite.

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY. WE HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO CLOSE REGISTRATION EARLY IF THE CONFERENCE FILLS UP.

Registration fees Registration fees include the conference, workshops, and refreshments and hors d'oeuvres at Monday's poster session and Tuesday's reception:

  • $100.00 for professionals,
  • $ 50.00 for students.

General registration deadline: 15 May 2018.

  • Registration deadline for those submitting an abstract: 30 April 2018.
  • Registration deadline for those taking advantage of the economy lodging option: 30 April 2018

To register: Click here

Conference Abstracts

This year we are offering attendees an opportunity to propose oral and poster presentations as well as to propose and lead an open discussion session about a critical topic in the research use of digital data. Each of these requires an abstract submission, all of which can be completed on a single abstract form. You may propose up to three sessions: oral, poster, and discussion. You will receive a link to the abstract submission form upon registering. Abstracts must be submitted by 30 April 2018. Only abstracts from previously registered attendees can be considered.

This year's conference has five major themes, each of which should be construed broadly when submitting your abstract for a poster or oral presentation. Our goal is to be inclusive, recognizing that there may be topics beyond those we list here. If you are interested in presenting on the use of digital data in biodiversity research, please plan to submit. Here are the themes:

Addressing the fundamental questions of evolutionary biology and ecology,
Meeting the research challenges of the Anthropocene,
Biodiversity data archives for education and science outreach,
New tools for data discovery and analysis,
Future, untested frontiers for natural history collections.

Conference Streaming and Recording

To the extent possible, the Conference sessions will be broadcast and recorded using Adobe Connect. Meeting hosts will monitor the chat to address questions/concerns. To connect, go to https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/digitaldataberkeley, select “Enter as a Guest”, enter your first name and surname and click “Enter Room.” For more information, remote participants are strongly encouraged to visit the iDigBio Web Conferencing Wiki prior to connecting: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing.


Preconference Invited Workshop

Sunday, 3 June 2018

Pre-conference Invited Workshops and Meetings
Breakfast (On your own) 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
{Location} (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education: A Workshop to define competencies for the core undergraduate biology curriculum
Moderator: Anna Monfils


The NSF funded RCN-UBE Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education - Data Initiative (BLUE Data) is working to bring together communities of biodiversity, data, and education specialists to identify core biodiversity data competencies for undergraduates, develop strategies for integrating these competencies into the introductory biology curriculum, and build capacity for sustained development and implementation of biodiversity and data literacy education. This is the first of several invited workshops to generate community consensus on a core set of biodiversity data literacy skills. The goal of this specific meeting is to review the current landscape of data literacy competencies from k-12 to graduate education in biodiversity data science, identify gaps in student learning related to data and biodiversity science core skills, and begin to generate community consensus on defined biodiversity data literacy competencies. Results from this workshop will inform efforts to develop competencies, materials, and strategies designed to facilitate broad-scale adoption of transferrable data literacy competencies that can improve undergraduate biology training and meet increasing workforce demands in both data and biodiversity sciences.

{Fishbowl UCMP} (1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

2018 Regional Meeting of GBIF Participant Nodes in North America
Moderator: David Jennings



This is an invited meeting of node managers. The 2018 Regional Meeting of GBIF Participant Nodes in North America​ is being hosted by iDigBio in conjunction with the Second Annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference. The North America Regional Nodes meeting brings together representatives from the GBIF nodes in the North America region to inspire collaboration and discussion of shared goals, challenges, and opportunities. The meeting will focus on progress updates from the represented nodes, preparations for the Governing Board meeting, and a discussion of strategies/goals for the coming year.​

Agenda: Monday, 4 June 2018

Wireless link:
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Day One
Breakfast (On your own) 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Registration - 7:30-8:30
Keynote Session
{Location}
8:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Moderator: David Ackerly
    Time  Title Presenter(s)
8:30-9:00 Welcome
Workshop Framing
Introduction to iDigBio and ADBC 		David Ackerly, Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Larry Page, Director of iDigBio and Curator of Fishes, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
9:00-9:30 James Hanken, Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
9:30-10:00 David Blackburn, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
10:00-10:30 Break - {Location}
10:30-11:00 Paula M. Mabee, Professor of Biology, University of South Dakota, formerly Director of the Division of Environmental Biology in the NSF’s Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
11:00-11:20 David Thau, Manager of Developer Relations for Google Earth Engine and Google Earth Outreach
Concurrent Session I - {Location} (11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.)
Moderator:
Theme:
11:30-11:50
11:50-Noon
12:00-12:20
Concurrent Session II - {Location} (11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m,)
Moderator:
Theme:
11:30-11:50
11:50-Noon
12:00-12:20
Discussion Sessions I - (11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.)
11:30-12:20
11:30-12:20
11:30-12:20
12:20-1:30 Lunch (On your own) - Restaurant suggestions
Concurrent Session III - {Location} (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.)
Moderator:
Theme:
1:30-1:50
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
2:50-3:10
Concurrent Session IV - {Location} (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.)
Moderator:
Theme:
1:30-1:50
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
2:50-3:10
Discussion Sessions II - (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.)
1:30-3:00
1:30-3:00
1:30-3:00
1:30-3:00
1:30-3:00
3:10-3:40 Break - {Location}
Poster Session - {Location} (3:40 - 5:00 p.m.)
Dinner (On your own)

Tuesday, 5 June 2018

Day Two
Breakfast (On your own) 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Registration 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Plenary Session - {Location} (8:30 - 10:00 a.m.)
Moderator:
Time Title Presenter(s)
8:30-9:00 Robert J. Full, Professor, Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
9:00-9:30 Scott V. Edwards, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, and Curator of Ornithology and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
9:30-10:00 Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Institute on Environment Fellow, University of Minnesota
10:00-10:30 Break - {Location}
Concurrent Session V - {Location} (10:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.)
Moderator:
Theme:
10:30-10:50
10:50-11:10
11:10-11:30
11:30-11:50
11:50-12:10
Concurrent Session VI - {Location} (10:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.)
Moderator:
Theme:
10:30-10:50
10:50-11:10
11:10-11:30
11:30-11:50
11:50-12:10
12:10-1:30 Lunch (On your own) - Restaurant suggestions
Concurrent Session VII - {Location} (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.)
Moderator:
Theme:
1:30-1:50
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
2:50-3:10
Concurrent Session VIII - {Location} (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.)
Moderator:
Theme:
1:30-1:50
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
2:50-3:10
Discussion Session III - {Location} (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.)
Moderator:
Theme:
1:30-3:10 p.m. The Digital Data un-un-conference: Leveraging Data Science for Digital Biodiversity Carl Boettiger (University of California Berkeley)
Matt Collins (University of Florida)
Deb Paul (Florida State University)
3:10-3:40 Break - {Location}
Capstone Session
Moderator:
3:40-4:10 Dena Smith, Program Director, Division of Earth Sciences, Sedimentary Geology & Paleobiology Program, U.S. National Science Foundation
4:10-4:40 Cindy Schmidt, Associate Program Manager, Applied Sciences Ecoforecasting Program, ARSET Land Management team lead, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Ames Research Center
Reception, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Wednesday, 6 June 2018

Day Three - Workshops
Breakfast (On your own) 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Registration 7:00 - 8:15 a.m.
Workshop 1 - {Location} (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Moderator: Andy Bentley, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute
Theme: BCoN: Data integration and attribution
This workshop will expand on the BCoN February needs assessment workshop and will focus on finding mechanisms to facilitate the integration of data and attribution of collections within the data pipeline. All conference attendees are welcomed to attend. A white paper from the February workshop will be used to highlight areas of need, topics of discussion, further development, and to discuss specific ways in which we can bridge the existing gaps and provide the necessary mechanisms to create robust integration and attribution pathways for collections data.
Workshop 2 - {Location} (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Moderators: Hamish Holewa, Robina Sanderson, John La Salle, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
Theme: Next generation biodiversity data: developing an international traits system
Biodiversity “trait data” refers to a variety of species or specimen level attributes that can contribute to our understanding, assessment, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity data (e.g. morphology, species interactions, derived genomic information, life history/stage/behaviour, ecological attributes and tolerances, medicinal or food uses, etc.). There are several initiatives around the world that are starting to make computable trait data available to the biodiversity research community. There is now an opportunity to work together to create an international traits system that will facilitate the sharing, integration and use of this data, and bringing it into eResearch infrastructures to fully integrate it with other data streams, environmental layers, phylogenetic tools and mapping and analysis capability. This workshop is the start of developing a coordinated international effort to meet this vision.
[Invited] Workshop 3 - {Location} (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Moderator: Alex Vandam, University of Puerto Rico
Theme: Sharing and Mobilization of Massive Specimen Image Databases from Collections of Tropical Island Biodiversity
Tropical Islands are global biodiversity hotspots, this combined with their remote locations has led to many undescribed species on tropical islands. In order to further our taxonomic knowledge of tropical island biodiversity rapid dissemination of expertly identified specimens is needed. Here we start with tropical islands that we have strong holdings of in our collections, and discuss which geographic regions should have highest priority for digitization. We will discuss new methods for capturing specimen images and sharing massive databases of specimen image files. We will also discuss how to best mobilize these specimens from our collections in the most efficient manner.
[Invited] Workshop 4 - {Location} (8:30 a.m. - Noon)
Moderator: Dave Blackburn, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Theme: Meeting of oVert collaborators

This meeting will afford the opportunity for oVert collaborators to review progress, discuss issues and solutions, share workflows, and troubleshoot image uploads and management.

Workshop 5 - {Location} (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Moderator: Dave Thau, Manager of Developer Relations for Google Earth Engine and Google Earth Outreach
Theme: Hands-on training on Google's planetary-scale geospatial and imagery analysis tools
NOTE: All participants for this workshop should sign up for Google's Earth Engine prior to the workshop.
At Google we've been busily creating geospatial and imagery analysis tools that are being used in forest conservation, water monitoring, malaria elimination, camera trap species recognition and a host of other applications. This workshop will provide hands-on training on some of these tools, including Google Earth Engine and machine learning tools, with an eye toward their application to biodiversity data management and analysis. There will also be plenty of time to discuss where these tools can be improved, and to brainstorm around future projects where they might be leveraged. If this sounds good to you, sign up for Earth Engine and we'll see you there.
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