Online Conference Community

The organizers of the e-Biosphere 09 International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics created a series of electronic discussion forums under the umbrella of the “Online Conference Community” (OCC).  The OCC offered researchers and users of Biodiversity Informatics the opportunity to interact and prepare for the conference , and now provides a venue for the discussion of future priorities for research and development. 

The OCC has been divided into subcommunity discussion forums that focus on Biodiversity Informatics from a variety of perspectives—different users of biodiversity data, or data providers, or research priorities.

Please begin by registering for OCC.  Though anyone may visit the forums on a read-only basis, registration will be required before you can participate and post messages to a forum within a community. The Conference organizers will provide an interim moderator for the discussion forum, but you are welcome to volunteer to moderate the forum.  Please write to David Schindel at SchindelD@si.edu if you are interested in moderating the forum.