ADBC Summit 2018

Digitizing the Past and Present for the Future
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#General Information
#Agenda

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.

General Information

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  Harn Museum of Art

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  Florida Museum of Natural History

• When: October 1-3, 2018
• Where: Gainesville, Florida
• Venue: University of Florida Cultural Plaza

Maps & Dining Information

• Walking Map and Directions from Hilton to UF Cultural Plaza
• Map of Restaurants near the Florida Museum
• UF Campus Map
• Gainesville Map

Area Information

• Visit Gainesville
• Gainesville Area Nature Parks
• University of Florida
• Florida Museum
• Harn Museum of Art

Ground Transportation Options

• Hilton Courtesy Shuttle
• Gainesville Regional Transit System: Gator Locator; Campus Routes; City Routes
• Parking at the UF Cultural Plaza
• Lyft
• Uber

Special Accommodations

• Nursing mothers should contact Shari Ellis at sellis@ufl.edu for assistance.
• Individuals needing assistance getting from the Hilton to the Cultural Plaza should speak with Hilton front desk staff.

Wireless Service

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.

Remote Access

To the extent possible, the Summit sessions will be broadcast and recorded using Adobe Connect. If you wish to listen to the meeting remotely:

1. First, read the iDigBio Web Conferencing wiki page to get you started.
2. Connect to the meeting:
   • Navigate to: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room/
   • Choose Enter as Guest
   • In the box provided, please type your First Name, Surname, and Affiliation in this format: Allie Gator (UF)
   • Click Enter Room

Agenda

We plan to print and distribute a condensed program at the Summit, so please consider the environment when printing this schedule.

Open meeting space is available in all Summit rooms when not in session. In addition, the McGuire Director's Conference Room will remain open for ad hoc meetings throughout the Summit.

Monday, October 1, 2018 -- Orientation and Pre-Summit Meetings
7:00-9:00	Breakfast on your own
9:00-11:00	Orientation to ADBC McGuire Classroom Join us for an orientation session presented by the iDigBio core team. Everyone is welcome! Come to learn, to refresh, and to meet your fellow digitizers! We will cover topics including: What ADBC and iDigBio are about, the acronyms, the scope How you can get involved by participating in interest and working groups, community surveys, and useful website content How to get specimen data to us, the first time and with every update Ways to interact with us - listservs, meet the staff Forum for suggestions to make all of this better			iDigBio-GBIF-ALA Meeting (closed session) McGuire Director's Conference Room
11:00-12:30	Lunch on your own
12:30-4:30	TCN Kickoff Meeting - Capturing California's Flowers Powell Classroom - Front	TCN Kickoff Meeting - Pteridological Collections Consortium Powell Classroom - Middle	TCN Kickoff Meeting - Endless Forms McGuire Classroom	iDigBio External Advisory Board (closed session) McGuire Director's Conference Room 12:30-1:30 EAB pre-meeting 1:30-3:00 EAB meeting with iDigBio 3:00-4:30 Working time for EAB
5:00	Adjourn
6:30-9:30	Informal welcome and meet & greet with iDigBio staff in the No Name Lounge inside the Hilton

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 -- Summit Day 1
7:00-9:00	Breakfast on your own
8:15-9:00	Arrival, Summit check-in, coffee, networking Harn Galleria
9:00-10:15	Plenary Session I Harn Chandler Auditorium Opening & Welcome 9:00-9:15 Opening & Welcome (Larry Page) 9:15-9:30 Logistics (David Jennings) 9:30-9:45 ADBC Program Update (Reed Beaman) New TCN Introductions 9:45-10:00 Capturing California's Flowers (TBD) 10:00-10:15 Pteridological Collections Consortium (Carl Rothfels) 10:15-10:30 Endless Forms (TBD)
10:30-11:00	Morning Break (provided) Harn Galleria
11:00-12:00	Plenary Session II Harn Chandler Auditorium Fossilized TCNs 11:00-11:15 Paleoniches & Cretaceous World (Bruce Lieberman) 11:15-11:25 Fossil Insect Collaborative (Erica Krimmel) 11:25-11:35 Fossil Marine Invertebrates (Pat Holroyd) TCNs that Bug People 11:35-11:50 SCAN & LepNet (Neil Cobb) 11:50-12:00 InvertEBase (TBD)
12:00-1:00	Lunch (provided) Powell Classroom
1:00-2:20	Plenary Session III Harn Chandler Auditorium Mutualist TCNs 1:00-1:10 Microfungi (Andrew Miller) 1:10-1:20 Macroalgae (TBD) TCNs we Dig 1:20-1:30 SERNEC (TBD) 1:30-1:40 MAM (Cindy Skema) 1:40-1:50 SoRo (TBD) TCNs with a Backbone 1:50-2:00 Great Lakes Invasives (TBD) 2:00-2:10 Vouchered Animal Communication (TBD) 2:10-2:20 oVert (David Blackburn)
2:20-2:50	Afternoon Break (provided) Harn Galleria
2:50-4:00	Group Discussion Session Harn Chandler Auditorium 2:50-3:20 Panel Discussion with Retired TCNs 3:20-4:00 Harnessing Natural History Collections Data for Addressing National Challenges (Barbara Thiers)
4:00-4:30	Day 1 Wrap-Up (Shari Ellis) Harn Chandler Auditorium
4:30	Adjourn
6:30-9:30	Evening program at the Florida Museum of Natural History Powell Hall 6:30-7:30 Arrival, heavy hors d'oeuvres, cash bar 7:30-7:45 Welcome by Roland Roberts, NSF Program Director and BIO Centers Science Advisor 7:45-8:00 Presentation TBD 8:00-9:30 Museum exhibits open for your enjoyment

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 -- Summit Day 2
7:00-8:45	Breakfast on your own
8:15-8:45	Arrival, coffee, networking Harn Galleria GLoBI Drop-In Session Biotic Interactions Powell Classroom The primary purpose of this meeting is to discuss how existing species interaction datasets are structured and how to increase our ability to generate aggregate datasets and examine networks of interactions.
8:45-10:20	Plenary Session IV Harn Chandler Auditorium Opening 8:45-9:00 Logistics (David Jennings) Evolving Relationships 9:00-9:20 GBIO, GBIC2, and GBIF (Donald Hobern) 9:20-9:40 Activities at the Atlas of Living Australia (Hamish Holewa) 9:40-10:00 Sustaining the ADBC Digitization Initiative (Gil Nelson) 10:00-10:20 UF/FLMNH Commitment to the Sustainability of iDigBio (Doug Jones)
10:20-10:45	Morning Break (provided) Harn Galleria & Powell Classroom GLoBI Drop-In Session Biotic Interactions Powell Classroom The primary purpose of this meeting is to discuss how existing species interaction datasets are structured and how to increase our ability to generate aggregate datasets and examine networks of interactions.
10:45-12:00	Concurrent Session I Harn Chandler Auditorium Harn Classroom 1 Harn Classroom 2 Powell Classroom McGuire Classroom Demos and Innovations I (Matt Collins) PhyloLink (Joe Miller) BiotaPhy web platform (Pam Soltis) iDigBio API (Richard Garand) Baselines, Milestones, and Metrics (David Jennings) Building Institutional Digitization Synergy (Kevin Love, Deborah Paul, & Larry Page) Symbiota2 Overview (Neil Cobb) Person Topic   Curtis Dyreson Symbiota - Part 1 Virtual Ben Brandt Symbiota - Part 2 Virtual Will Pearse Phylogeny and Phenology Plugin Virtual Mary Barkworth Mobilizing data in developing countries: Pakistan & Somaliland Virtual Neil Cobb Biodiversity Frameworks In-person Education & Outreach Resources (Molly Phillips)
12:00-1:00	Lunch (provided) Harn Classrooms
1:00-2:15	Concurrent Session II Harn Chandler Auditorium Harn Classroom 1 Harn Classroom 2 Powell Classroom McGuire Classroom Demos and Innovations II (Matt Collins) Light Box Design (Cindy Skema) Analytical tools (Pam Soltis) Communicating Science (Natasza Fontaine) Data Quality Feedback (Richard Garand & Deborah Paul) Symbiota Added Functionality (Neil Cobb) Person Topic   Scott Bates Developing a Global Mycology Portal In-person Laura Prado Creating a multi-phyla Symbiota portal for U of Wisconsin collections In-person Andre Poremski Fieldguide Virtual Nelson Rios Geolocate In-person Lindsie McCabe Biodiversity Counts! R packages In-person Andrew Miller GenBank linkage In-person Broadening Participation (Molly Phillips)
2:15-2:45	Afternoon Break (provided) Harn Galleria & Powell Classroom
2:45-4:00	Concurrent Session III Harn Chandler Auditorium Harn Classroom 1 Harn Classroom 2 Powell Classroom McGuire Classroom Challenges in Research Use of Data (Pam Soltis) Communicating with Administrators (Gil Nelson) Georeferencing (Andrew Miller & Michael Denslow) Specify Collections Consortium (Jim Beach) Innovation & Unconference (Deborah Paul)
4:00-4:10	TRANSITION TO AUDITORIUM FOR WRAP-UP
4:10-4:30	Summit Wrap-Up (David Jennings) Harn Chandler Auditorium
4:30	Adjourn

Thursday, October 4, 2018 -- Optional Post-Summit Activities
Option 1	One-day Data Carpentry Workshop Details on the workshop web site
Option 2	Field Trip to Sweetwater Wetlands Preserve Details TBD
Option 3	Collection Tours Details TBD
Option 4	Self-Guided Activities Florida Museum: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ Harn Museum of Art: http://www.harn.ufl.edu/ Natural Area Teaching Laboratory: http://natl.ifas.ufl.edu/ Hike around Lake Alice (including Bat House): http://soils.ifas.ufl.edu/campuswaterquality/water/lake-alice.shtml