Conference Programme
During the week of 1 June 2009, leaders in biodiversity informatics will gather to discuss the capabilities and achievements in the field, along with the challenges and approaches for the next ten years of research. The Conference Programme will be a varied mixture of presentations, panel discussions, break-out discussions, and free time for viewing poster abstracts, computer demonstrations, and commercial exhibits on the Street Fair.
Monday, 1 June 2009  |
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| 0900 - 0910 | Opening |
| 0910 - 0915 | Introduction |
| 0915 - 0930 | Welcome |
| Session 1: | Impact and Integration of Biodiversity Informatics |
| 0930 - 1030 | Two plenary keynote speakers will provide overviews of the impact that Biodiversity Informatics is having on research and societal applications, and the importance of building globally integrated capabilities for biodiversity information. |
| 0930 - 1000 | Cristián Samper, Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC Bioinformatics for a Sustainable World |
| 1000 - 1030 | Sandra Knapp, The Natural History Museum (London) Why Go Global? |
| 1030 - 1100 | Break |
| Session 2: | The Major Initiatives |
| 1100 - 1300 | Seven members of a discussion panel will give very brief presentations on some of the largest and most important initiatives in Biodiversity Informatics. These introductory remarks will be followed by a full-panel discussion and interactions with the audience.
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| 1300 - 1430 | Lunch |
| Session 3: | The e-Biosphere 09 Street Fair |
| 1430 - 1600 | Conference participants will have several hours to visit the e-Biosphere 09 "Street Fair". They are invited to view poster presentations, see demonstrations of biodiversity databases and software, and visit commercial exhibits. |
| 1600 - 1630 | Break |
| Session 4: | Looking to the Future |
| 1630 - 1730 | Two plenary keynote speakers will offer their views of the future directions, opportunities, and challenges for Biodiversity Informatics, including the need to bridge the ‘Digital Divide’. |
| 1630 - 1700 | Townsend Peterson, Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas Biodiversity Informatics: Future Directions, Opportunities, and Challenges |
| 1700 - 1730 | Stella Simiyu, SCBD/BGCI Programme Officer, Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, IUCN ESARO Offie, Nairobi, Kenya Addressing the Digital Divide |
| 1730 - 1900 | Evening Reception at Natural History Museum |
| Tuesday, 2 June 2009 | ||
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| Session 5: | Biodiversity Informatics at Work |
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| 0900 - 1000 | Three plenary speakers will show how advances in informatics now make it possible to bring together information about biodiversity from a wealth of online databases and both historical and current literature. These approaches allow information to be recombined and used in support of research and planning in ways that may not have been foreseen by those who first produced it. | |
| 0900 - 0915 | Roger Hyam, TDWG (Biodiversity Information Standards) Why you should care about data standards |
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| 0915 - 0930 | Richard Pyle, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI Taxonomy Comes of Technological Age |
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| 0930 - 0945 | Nico Cellinese, University of Florida, Gainesville A biodiversity bank bailout: Recognizing the value of our investment |
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| 0945 - 1000 | Audience/ Speaker discussion | |
| 1000 - 1030 | Break | |
| Session 6: | Cultural Challenges and Changes |
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| 1030 - 1230 | Six members of a discussion panel will present their views on how the growth of Biodiversity Informatics is changing community policies and practices in areas such as data sharing, intellectual property rights, and open access publication. These introductory presentations will be followed by discussion among panelists and with the audience.
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| 1230 - 1400 | Lunch | |
| Session 7: | Planning Ahead I: Setting the Stage |
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| 1400 - 1500 | This session begins the second half of the International Conference, in which participants will play the major role by contributing their ideas for the future development of Biodiversity Informatics. Three plenary speakers will set the stage for the second half of the Conference by framing the major challenges ahead, such as: | |
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| 1400 - 1420 | Jorge Soberón, Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas Whither is Fled the Visionary Gleam? |
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| 1420 - 1440 | Nancy Knowlton, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Ocean Biogenomics: Analyzing and Tracking Biodiversity without Names |
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| 1440 - 1500 | Robert Scholes, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa The co-evolution of user needs and observation system technology |
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| 1500 - 1530 | Break | |
| Session 8: | Planning Ahead II: Setting the Stage | |
| 1530 - 1730 | The Conference organizers have created an Online Conference Community (OCC) to help conference participants prepare for these break-out discussion sessions. For each of the following topics, members of the discussion groups will be invited to articulate their vision for the future of Biodiversity Informatics. | |
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| 1730 - 1900 | Breakout Session conveners and rapporteurs meet to collate results and plan for presentations on Day 3 | |
| 1900 | Adjournment | |
| Wednesday, 3 June 2009 |
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| Session 9 | Planning Ahead III: Results of Break-Out Discussions | |
| 0900 - 1030 | The rapporteurs of the break-out discussions will present the findings and recommendations of Session 8. Breakouts Report | |
| 1030 - 1100 | Break | |
| Session 10 | Planning Ahead IV: The User's Perspective | |
| 1100 - 1200 | Four members of the discussion panel will react to the results of the break-out discussions from the perspective of potential users of Biodiversity Informatics, and will engage the audience in a discussion of future needs.
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| Session 11 | Summing Up | |
| 1200 - 1300 | This final plenary session will bring together the recommendations of the Conference participants for the future of Biodiversity Informatics. These recommendations will provide critical input to the Planning Meeting that will follow the International Conference. A Recap and Summary of the e-biosphere 09 Conference |
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| Session 12 | Street Fair (continued) and Side Events | |
| 1300 - 1430 | Participants will have the final opportunity over lunch to re-visit the computer demonstrations and exhibits of the e-Biosphere 09 Street Fair. | |
| 1400 - 1700 | The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is hosting a side-event in the Guild Room. | |
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Poster abstracts must be removed by 1400. The plenary hall (Fleming Room) and exhibit areas (Whittle Room and Benjamin Britten Lounge) will close at 1430. |
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| 1800 | Conference closes, at which time all attendees are asked to leave the meeting venue. | |
