Terrestrial Parasite Tracker Workshop: Best Practices and Standardization of Digital Data Capture
General Information
When: February 24-25, 2020 (Travel: February 23rd & 26th)
Where: The Field Museum; Chicago, IL
Organizers: Jen Zaspel (Milwaukee Public Museum), Petra Sierwald (Field Museum), Kat Sullivan (Milwaukee Public Museum), John Bates (Field Museum), Maureen Turcatel (Milwaukee Public Museum), Jill Goodwin (iDigBio), Gil Nelson (iDigBio)
Expected number of participants: 30
Overview
This invited two-day workshop will focus on project management, best practices, and workflow development for members of the TPT TCN. The developers of TPT's primary imaging system (i.e., Macroscopic Solutions) will additionally provide hands-on image training demonstrations using Macropod Systems.
Logistic Information
Airport: O'Hare International Airport
Airport transportation: hotel shuttle, taxi, uber, lyft
Workshop hotel: Best Western Click here to book your lodging at discounted group rate of $60/night
Workshop venue: Field Museum
Invited participant support: Lodging, flight and per diem expenses reimbursed.
Workshop Logistic Document
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Agenda
Details of agenda will be updated and finalized at a later point, however we anticipate using the format below.
February 23 | |||
6:00 | Group Dinner at Mei's Kitchen | Best Western Grant Park Hotel | |
February 24 | Day 1 | Field Museum | Enter through West Entrance |
7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast on your own | ||
8:30 - 9:00 | Check in, coffee | Outside Lecture Hall II | |
9:00 - 9:10 | Welcome/Overview | Jen Zaspel | Lecture Hall II |
9:10 - 9:20 | Major Updates | Kat Sullivan | Lecture Hall II |
9:20 - 10:00 | TaxonWorks | Matt Yoder | Lecture Hall II |
10:00 - 10:30 | Taxonomy working group updates:mosquitos, lice | Julie Allen, Sam Rund/Dan Lawson | Lecture Hall II |
10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break | Outside Lecture Hall II | |
Concurrent Sessions | |||
10:45 - 11:30 | Georeferencing | Petra Sierwald | Lecture Hall II |
10:45 - 11:30 | Broader Impacts/BLUE | Anna Monfils | Classroom A |
10:45 - 11:30 | TaxonWorks continued discussion | Matt Yoder | Classroom B "Creative Lab" |
11:30 - 12:30 | Stakeholders Symposium-Large Group | Lecture Hall II | |
11:30 - 11:40 | VertNet integration | David Bloom | Lecture Hall II |
11:40 - 11:50 | CFIA collections | Joel Hutcheson | Lecture Hall II |
12:00 - 12:10 | Vectorbase | Sam Rund | Lecture Hall II |
12:10 - 12:20 | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) | David Pecor | Lecture Hall II |
12:20 - 12:30 | National Ecological Observations Network (NEON) at ASU | Laura Prado | Lecture Hall II |
12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch (provided) | ||
1:30-2:15 | Biotic Interactions |
Katja Seltman Jorrit Poelen |
Lecture Hall II |
2:15-3:15 | Interactions Data Group Exercise | Jen Zaspel | Lecture Hall II/Classroom A |
3:15 - 3:30 | Coffee Break | Outside Lecture Hall II | |
3:30 - 4:30 | Biotic Interactions discussion continued | Lecture Hall II/Classroom A | |
4:30 - 4:45 | Project Tracking | Kat Sullivan | Lecture Hall II |
Dinner on your own | |||
February 25 | Day 2 | Field Museum | Enter through West Entrance |
7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast on your own | ||
8:30 - 8:45 | Group Picture | Stanley Field Hall | |
8:45 - 9:00 | Coffee | Outside Lecture Hall II | |
9:00 - 10:00 | Macroscopic Solutions Macropod | Mark Smith | Lecture Hall II |
10:00 - 10:15 | Brain Scoop | Emily Graslie | Lecture Hall II |
10:15 - 10:30 | Break | ||
Concurrent Sessions | |||
10:30 - 11:30 | Brain Scoop episode meeting (Closed group) | Lecture Hall II | |
10:30 - 11:30 | Fluid stored scanning demos | Classroom C | |
11:30 - 12:30 | Research Advisory Board / Intellectual Minds | Lecture Hall II | |
11:30 - 12:30 | Slide Scanning demo + Inselect | Classroom C | |
10:30 - 12:30 | Macropod demonstrations | Classroom A | |
12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch (provided) | ||
Data Entry Concurrent Sessions | |||
1:30 - 2:30 | Specify | Classroom A | |
1:30 - 2:30 | EMu | UA Computer Lab | |
1:30 - 2:30 | Arctos | Classroom C | |
1:30 - 2:30 | Notes from Nature | Lecture Hall II | |
2:30 - 3:30 | SCAN and Symbiota | Lecture Hall II | |
2:30 - 3:30 | Continued data entry practice in data platform groups | various rooms | |
3:30 - 3:45 | Break | ||
3:45 - 4:15 | FieldGuide | Lecture Hall II | |
4:15 - 5:00 | Gather concluding perspectives / Wrap up | Lecture Hall II |
Webinar Follow-up
Making parasite-host associations visible in Terrestrial Parasite Tracker (TPT) - July 8, 2020
Webinar Recording