BioDigiCon 2023

iDigBio is pleased to invite you to this year’s Biodiversity Digitization Conference (BioDigiCon) to be held virtually on 19-20 September 2023.

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Twitter: #biodigicon2023, @idigbio

Announcement Page

BioDigiCon 2022 Announcement page

Conference Registration

Registration is open! Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-biodigicon-tickets-673866140767

Abstracts

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• Lightning Presentations will be 15 minutes including time for questions.
• All presenters will be asked to provided a pre-recorded presentation and additionally present live virtually.

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Recording Policy

By attending iDigBio’s online events, you accept that the event will be recorded and posted for later asynchronous viewing.

Presenters have submitted pre-recorded presentations for the option to watch asynchronously but all sessions will take place live.

Conference Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday, 19 September 2023

iDigBio Updates

Time EDT	Zoom link
9:00 - 9:10	Welcome from iDigBio - Gil Nelson
9:10 - 9:20	2023 Statistics - David Jennings
9:20 - 9:30	E&O - Libby Ellwood
9:30 - 9:40	Cyberinfrastructure - Jose Fortes
9:40 - 9:50	Symbiota Support Hub - Nico Franz
9:50 - 10:00	Workforce Development - Austin Mast
10:00 - 10:10	Research - Pam Soltis
10:10 - 10:20	Events for 2024 - Jill Goodwin
10:20 - 10:40	Q &A

2023 Collection Digitization Spotlight: NHM London

Time EDT	Zoom link
11:00 - 11:30	Plenary Presentation: 10 years of Digitisation at the Natural History Museum, London Helen Hardy, Natural History Museum, London
11:30 - 11:45	How can communicating about digitisation save our broken planet? Jennifer Pullar, Natural History Museum, London
11:45 - 12:00	Digital Services at the Natural History Museum, London Laurence Livermore, Natural History Museum, London
12:00 - 12:15	NHM Data Portal - Past, Present, and Future Josh Humphries, Natural History Museum, London
12:15 - 12:30	Transcription & geo-referencing for international collections Krisztina Lohonya, Natural History Museum, London
12:30 - 12:45	Using Excel Macros for Data Quality Assurance: Lessons Learned from a Coding Beginner Larissa Welton, Natural History Museum, London
12:45 - 1:00	Developing documentation from a team of two to nine - changes along the way Louise Allan, Natural History Museum, London

Lightning Presentations

Time EDT	Zoom link for Day 1, Room 1	Zoom link for Day 1, Room 2
2:00 - 2:15	Adopting Equity in Research and Data Dominik Bednarczyk, World Data Systems - International Technology Office	Big-Bee Thematic Collection Network: Key Achievements and Insights Over the Past Two Years Katja Seltmann, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:15 - 2:30	Pacific Island Land Snail Biorepository (PILSBRy): Addressing knowledge shortfalls Nori Yeung, Bishop Museum	Ranges Digitization Network - Extending mammal specimens from the changing landscapes of western North America Bryan McLean, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
2:30 - 2:45	Integrating TCN Broader Impacts into Remote Learning Course Design Laura Wilson, Sternberg Museum of Natural History	Using Programmed Stacked Imaging to Accelerate Digitization Efforts Christine Johnson, American Museum of Natural History
2:45 - 3:00	Remote Operating Vehicle Observation Data Contributions to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System Sean Tippett, Ocean Networks Canada	The future of natural history transcription: navigating AI advancements with VoucherVision and the Specimen Label Transcription Project (SLTP) Will Weaver, University of Michigan
3:00 - 3:15	Mobilizing PDF-Embedded Biodiversity Data Tables Chandra Earl, UNESCO	Rapid and reproducible specimen data formatting Rick Levy, Denver Botanic Gardens
3:15 - 3:30	Georeferencing Aotearoa New Zealand for Natural History collections Johno Ridden, Canterbury Museum	Building and Sustaining Community through Symbiota Portal Advancement Campaigns Lindsay Walker, Symbiota Support Hub, Arizona State University
3:30 - 4:00	ESB's PBS Film: Mollusks: More than a Shell Rüdiger Bieler, Field Museum	Biodiversity Data Digitization Training Modules Based on Quadruple Helix Approach Armine Abrahamyan, GBIF National Node for Armenia, Florida Museum of Natural History Museum

Day 2 - Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Lightning Presentations

Time EDT	Zoom link for Day 2, Room 1	Zoom link for Day 2, Room 2
9:00 - 9:15	The supporting database of collectors: an important step in the digitization way Andriy Novikov, State Museum of Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine	From collection room to virtual museum - South Africa's vertebrate type specimen photography by the Natural Science Collections Facility Margaret Bartkowiak, Natural Science Collections Facility - South Africa
9:15 - 9:30	From tape2tape: problems of long-term storage of animal sounds Klaus Riede, Museum Koenig Bonn ZFMK	Advancing Biological Collections with Specify 7 Grant Fitzsimmons, Specify Collections Consortium
9:30 - 9:45	Turning plants into pictures: Our Big Project Maxine Manickum, Natural Science Collections Facility	Building a Digital Extended Specimen One Association at a Time: What Does It Take to Extend OBI Herbarium Records with their Associated GenBank Sequences? Jorrit Poelen, Ronin Institute, UC Santa Barbara Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
9:45 - 10:00	All the world's a stage—just not the one I need Craig Brabant, University of Wisconsin - Madison	Advancing FAIR Principles: Internship-driven Data Transfer from the Paleobiology Database to MorphoBank Shreya Jariwala, Phoenix Bioinformatics

Themed Discussion Groups

Time EDT	Zoom link for Day 2, Room 1	Zoom link for Day 2, Room 2
10:30 - 11:30	Building the Digitization Coordination Network (DigiCoordNet)	Building an Integrated, Open, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (BIOFAIR) Data Network Jyotsna Pandey, American Institute of Biological Sciences; Andy Bentley, KU Biodiversity Institute; Libby Ellwood, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History; Anna K. Monfils, Central Michigan University; Barbara M. Thiers, Denver Botanic Gardens; John M. Bates, Field Museum; Dori Contreras, Perot Museum of Nature and Science; Nico M. Franz, Arizona State University; William E. Moser, National Museum of Natural History; Gil Nelson, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History; David Nobles, The University of Texas at Austin; Sinlan Poo, Memphis Zoological Society; Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell, Yale Peabody Museum; Mike Webster, Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Breda M. Zimkus, Museum of Comparative Zoology
11: 30 - 12:30	Designing for success—initiating new digitization and strategic planning for your collection Austin Mast, iDigBio, Florida State University; David Jennings, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History	Creativity and innovation in natural history education and outreach Libby Ellwood, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History; David Levering, Sternberg Museum of Natural History; Gwen and Winnie Blake, Field Museum; Tito Abbo, University of California, Riverside; Shyla Davison, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History
12:30 - 1:30	SERNEC Herbaria Digitization Lessons Learned: Symposia and Discussion Csilla Czako, SCDNR NHT Botany and Conservation Program/USCH

Envisioning a Biological Collections Action Center

Time EDT	Zoom link
1:30 - 3:30	Making the Case for an Action Center
1:30 - 1:45	Libby Ellwood	Orientation and Framing
1:45 - 3:30	Presentations from the Organizers
1:45	Breda Zimkus	Envisioning an Action Center: Common Themes from Webinars and Workshops
1:55	Pam Soltis	Setting the stage for an Action Center in the NASEM Report and CHIPS Act
2:05	John Bates	Building the national network of networks for collections-based biodiversity data and research
2:15	Emily Sessa
2:25	Matt Borths
2:35	Jill Goodwin	Coordinating digitization across collections
2:45	Gil Nelson	Broadening the scope of "biological" collections
2:55	Joe Cook	Strategically building biodiversity infrastructure for societal concerns
3:05	Discussion

Closing Plenary

Time EDT	Zoom link
3:30 - 4:30	Visionary Plenary & Discussion: Opportunities for Collections in the Growing Bioeconomy Diane DiEullis, Assistant Director and Distinguished Research Fellow, National Defense University:
4:30 - 4:45	Thank you for attending: Gil Nelson