Introduction
The 24th meeting (GB24) of the GBIF Governing Board was hosted by The Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, on behalf of Finland.
Agenda
https://gb24.gbif.org/en/programme/
GNM14
Sunday 24 September 2017
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Speakers
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Presentations
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Recordings
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| Session 1: Update from the GBIF Secretariat
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- GBIF International landscape & New regions (Latin America/Caribbean & Pacific) - Tim Hirsch, Deputy Director, GBIF Secretariat
- Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP) - Aisha Lolila Jensen, PO for Participation and Engagement, GBIF Secretariat
- Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) - Laura Russell, PO for Participation and Engagement, GBIF Secretariat
- Biodiversity Fund for Asia (BIFA) - Maofang Luo, Visiting Scientist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, GBIF Secretariat
- IPT GBIF API and other tools - Laura Russell, PO for Participation and Engagement and Thomas S. Jeppesen, Web Developer, GBIF Secretariat
- Presentation of the new GBIF Portal - Morten Høfft & Thomas S. Jeppesen, Web Developers, GBIF Secretariat
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Session 1 Recording
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Session 2:
Nodes role in the GBIF Community
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Experiences from more established Nodes contribution to GBIF implementations plan:
- Description of the Antarctic Thematic GBIF Node, Strength & Weaknesses - Anton Van de Putte, Node manager, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Presentation on a recently proposed Swedish national initiative for a coherent Biodiversity Informatics infrastructure (BAS) - Anders Telenius, Node manager and Veronika Johansson, Node staff, Sweden
- Colombia BIO - Historical Expedition for Biodiversity: Strengthening of biological collections - Leonardo Buitrago, Node manager, Colombia
- Niger Republic: Presentation on available biodiversity data organization & management for better monitoring and uses - Maman Adda, Node manager, Niger
- Results of BID and CESP project activities - Saïdou Dombouya, Node manager, Guinea
- Data management: Stable identifiers for collection specimens: What could the Nodes do to spread the use of this practice? - Walter Berendsohn, Node manager, Germany
- Catalog of Life Plus - Olaf Banki, Species 2000
- GBIF habla español: A promotional animated video! - Cristina Villaverde, Node Manager, Spain
- Estonian Node experience - Urmas Kõljalg, Node Manager; Estonia
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Session 2 Recording
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Session 3:
Breakout - Thematic group discussions
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- ALA Technology - Chair: David Martin, Node manager, Australia (to be confirmed)
- Enhancing the technology skills of providers and consumers of biodiversity information - Chair: Deb Paul, iDigBio
- New data types, new data sources - Chair: Anton Van de Putte, Node manager, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Checklists, mobilization and uses - Chair: Wouter Addink, Node manager, Naturalis
- Training and mentoring based on BID experiences - Chair: Jean Ganglo, Node manager, Benin
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No Recording Available
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| Session 4: Forward looking strategies (1)
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Plenary discussions based on thematic breakout group discussions. Moderated by André Heughebaert, Chair, Nodes Committee and Group Chairs
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No Presentations
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Session 4 Recording
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Monday 25 September 2017
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Speakers
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Presentation
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Recordings
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Session 5:
Data Use Cases
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Uses of GBIF data – National, regional & thematic, based on input and experiences from the Nodes:
- GBIF Norway: Norwegian and Nordic crop wild relative conservation strategies derived from biodiversity data published in GBIF; and new published data (flow) before entering into assessments - Dag Endresen, Node manager, Norway
- Ireland: Introducing new portal for capturing citizen science data) - Liam Lysaght, Node manager, Ireland
- Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS) - By Dimitri Brosens, Node staff, Belgium
- Presentation of SpeciesPlus.net - Tim Wilkinson, UNEP-WCMC
- Characterizing Bird Data Gaps in Time and Space using GBIF- EBird Mediated Data- Gautam Talukdar, Node manager, India
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Session 5 Recording
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| Session 6: Improving Data fitness for use
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Data Fitness for use based on input and experiences from the Nodes:
- Pre Session 6: Proposed Amendments to the Nodes
- OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System): New use of Event core for reporting observation data with Extended Measurement or Facts (eMoF) - http://www.gbif.no/events/2017/gbif-eu-nodes-meeting.html - Dag Endresen, Node manager, Norway
- Summary outputs: CESP 2016 Agro-training project including needs assessment on agrobiodiversity information and training - Rui Figueira, Node manager, Portugal
- DISSCo - Wouter Addink, Node manager, Naturalis
- GBIF Norway: Software tools for online citizen science volunteer digitization of museum herbaria collections, https://data.gbif.no/dugnad - Christian Svindseth, Node staff, Norway
- GBIF Norway: Terms selection tool for data publishers, https://data.gbif.no/dwcexcel - Christian Svindseth, Node staff, Norway
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No Recording Available
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| Session 7: Science Ambassador corps through GBIF Nodes
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- Science ambassadors and workshops on promoting use of GBIF mediated data in research - Tim Hirsch, Deputy Director, GBIF Secretariat Chair: David Martin, Node manager, Australia
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T. Hirsh presentation
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Session 7 Recording
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| Session 8: Breakout – Regional Group Discussions
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- Fatima Parker-Allie, Regional Representative, Africa
- Tsuyoshi Hosoya, Regional Representative, Asia
- Liam Lysaght, Deputy Regional Representative, Europe
- Anabela Plos, Deputy Regional Representative, Latin America & Caribbean
- Ben Wheeler, US Node Manager, North America and Oceania regions
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No Recordings Available
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| Session 9: Forward looking strategies
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- Plenary discussion based on breakout regional group discussions - Moderated by Anders Telenius and Wouter Addink, Nodes Committee Vice Chairs + Group Chairs
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No Presentations Available
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Session 9 Recording
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| Session 10: Summing up & Conclusions
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- Summarizing of discussions from sessions
- Enlarging/improving our Nodes Community
- Expectations from GBIF Secretariat
- Conclusions & Key messages
- Moderated by Anders Telenius and Wouter Addink, Nodes Committee Vice Chairs
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No Presentations Available
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No Recording Available
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Oral Presentation Recordings
Oral presentations of the Global Nodes meeting in the Hotel Arthur and the Governing Board meeting Day 1 Public Session at the University of Helsinki, Main Building, Small hall have been recorded using Adobe Connect.
If you have any concerns, please send a note to Kevin Love
Recorded Proceedings
Sunday 24 September 2017
- Opening of the meeting and Session 1- Update from the GBIF Secretariat (9am)
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pe4kmt320mly/
- Session 2- Nodes role in the GBIF Community (11am)
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p209m0sj2kxi/
- Session 4- Forward looking strategies (3pm)
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pvp3uumiptqi/
Monday 25 September 2017
- Session 5- Data Use Cases(9am) and Session 6- Improving Data fitness for use (10am)
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pee8lhh8ngc2/
- Session 7- Science Ambassador corps through GBIF Nodes (11am)
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p1m4l4lpfe9n/
- Session 9- Forward looking strategies (2.45pm) and Session 10- Summing up & Conclusions (3.45pm)
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pz35dc8wpyiv/
Tuesday 26 September 2017
- GB24 Public Session 1
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pa1a7xzr3cgr/
- GB24 Public Session 2
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pgfx2lzibs8l/
- GB24 Public Session 3
- http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pek4wez9dzzk/
Recording Downloads
All of the recording will be uploaded to iDigBio's Vimeo channel here: https://vimeo.com/album/4806187