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08:00 EDT

Registration Victoria

08:30 EDT

Load Talks & Hang Posters N/A

09:00 EDT

Welcoming remarks and guide to the meeting Ballroom A

09:40 EDT

[Keynote] Roderic D.M. Page - Towards a Biodiversity Knowledge Graph Ballroom ARoderic D.M. Page

10:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B

11:00 EDT

[Contributed] Associating Occurrences with Genes, Phenotypes, and Environments through the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) Ballroom ADimitris Koureas [W01] Introduction into Phycobank: challenges, concepts and solutions ChaudiereAndreas Kohlbecker [W19] EXTRACT 2.0: interactive identification of biological entities mentioned in text to assist database curation and knowledge extraction CapitaleEvangelos Pafilis [Contributed - Topic] What do People, DiSSCo, Brazil, Symbiota, BISON and Google have in common? Ballroom AGail Kampmeier [W01 - Topic] Establishing a global registration system of algal names and types ChaudiereAndreas Kohlbecker [W19 - Topic] Construction of biodiversity knowledge graphs driven by federated text mining tools CapitaleSophia Ananiadou • Riza Batista-Navarro • Teodor Georgiev • Evangelos Pafilis • Lyubomir Penev • Viktor Senderov • Axel J. Soto

11:15 EDT

[Contributed] Proposed Extension to Darwin Core for People and their Roles in the Curation of Physical and Digital Objects Ballroom ADavid Shorthouse [W19] Developing a knowledge base on the habitats and reproductive conditions of Dipterocarps through information extraction CapitaleRoselyn Gabud [W01] Workshop Activities ChaudiereAndreas Kohlbecker

11:30 EDT

[Contributed] SiBBr: Envisioning the spatial distribution of Brazilian biodiversity records Ballroom ANayara Soto [W19] Building Your Own Big Data Analysis Infrastructure for Biodiversity Science CapitaleMatthew Collins

11:45 EDT

[Contributed] Symbiota2 Ballroom AMary E. Barkworth [W19] Argo as a platform for integrating distinct biodiversity analytics tools into workflows for building graph databases CapitaleRiza Batista-Navarro

12:00 EDT

[Contributed] Taxonomy and Distribution in Big Data Use Cases from BISON and ITIS Ballroom AGerald Guala [W19] OpenBiodiv: an Implementaion of a Semantic System Running on top of the Biodiversity Knowledge Graph CapitaleViktor Senderov

12:15 EDT

[Contributed] Google Summer of Code: Why TDWG should participate Ballroom ATomer Gueta [W19] Panel Discussion CapitaleRiza Batista-Navarro • Sophia Ananiadou • Teodor Georgiev • Evangelos Pafilis • Lyubomir Penev • Viktor Senderov • Axel J. Soto • William Ulate

12:30 EDT

Lunch provided Ballroom C

13:30 EDT

[Social Event] Newcomers Meet & Greet CapitaleDimitris Koureas • James A. Macklin • Cyndy Parr

14:00 EDT

[S04] Introduction ChaudiereWard Appeltans • Lenore Bajona • Mary Kennedy • Andrew Sherin [S28] The Arctos Community Model for Sustaining and Enriching Access to Biodiversity Data Ballroom AJohn Wieczorek [W03] Environmental samples, eDNA and HTS libraries – data standard proposals from the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) CapitaleWalter G. Berendsohn [S04 - Topic] Advances in data accessibility and data management for marine species occurrence data ChaudiereWard Appeltans • Lenore Bajona • Mary Kennedy • Andrew Sherin [S28 - Topic] Financial Models for Sustaining Biodiversity Informatics Products Ballroom AJames H. Beach [W03 - Topic] Towards robust interoperability in multi-omic approaches to biodiversity monitoring CapitalePier Luigi Buttigieg • Robert Hanner • Luke Thompson

14:15 EDT

[S04] Cookbooks and Curriculum ChaudiereMary Kennedy [S28] Interoperability, Attribution, and Value in the Web of Natural History Museum Data Ballroom AAndrew Bentley [W03] Metadata Standards for Genomic Sequence Data: Past and Future of MIxS Standards Family CapitalePelin Yilmaz

14:30 EDT

[S04] Expanding the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) beyond species occurrences ChaudiereDaphnis De Pooter [S28] Sustainability in Biodiversity Software Development: More financing or better practices? Ballroom AMatt Yoder [W03] Using MIxS: An Implementation Report from Two Metagenomic Information Systems CapitaleJoel Sachs • Luke Thompson

14:45 EDT

[S04] Improving data availability with “OBIS-ENV-DATA”: Examples from OBIS-USA ChaudiereAbby Benson [S28] Maintenance and development of Symbiota2, a platform for data sharing and visualization Ballroom AMary E. Barkworth [W03] SeqDB: Biological Collection Management with Integrated DNA Sequence Tracking CapitaleSatpal Bilkhu

15:00 EDT

[S28] Sustaining Software for Biological Collections Computing Ballroom AJames H. Beach [W03] Semantically Defining Populations for 'Omics Research CapitaleRamona L. Walls [S04] Talking beyond presence: 04 Symposium: Advances in data accessibility and data management for marine species occurrence data: Discussion Panel 1 ChaudiereMary Kennedy

15:15 EDT

[S28] DINA: Open Source and Open Services - A Modern Approach for Sustainable Natural History Collection Management Systems Ballroom AStefan Daume • Falko Glöckler • Elspeth Margaret Haston • Jana Hoffmann • James A. Macklin • Fredrik Ronquist [W03] Panel Discussion CapitaleRobert Hanner • Pier Luigi Buttigieg • Luke Thompson

15:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B

15:40 EDT

[Computer Demo] OpenBiodiv: an Implementation of a Semantic System Running on top of the Biodiversity Knowledge Graph Ballroom BTeodor Georgiev • Viktor Senderov

16:00 EDT

[Contributed] Use of Online Species Occurrence Databases in Published Research since 2010 Ballroom AJoan E Ball-Damerow [S04] Spatial Visualization of Publicly Accessible Species Occurrence Data ChaudiereJeff McKenna [W03] The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase CapitaleJohn Deck [Contributed - Topic] Topics in Climate Change Ballroom ARobert D. Stevenson [S04 - Topic] Advances in data accessibility and data management for marine species occurrence data ChaudiereWard Appeltans • Lenore Bajona • Mary Kennedy • Andrew Sherin [W03 - Topic] Towards robust interoperability in multi-omic approaches to biodiversity monitoring CapitalePier Luigi Buttigieg • Robert Hanner • Luke Thompson

16:15 EDT

[Contributed] Extending Darwin Core to incorporate data about material condition and absolute deep time Ballroom ALaura Brenskelle [S04] Exploring the Canadian Federated Research Data Repository Service ChaudiereLee Wilson [W03] Integrating Marine Omics into the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) in Support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Agenda 2030 CapitaleKelly Goodwin

16:30 EDT

[Contributed] Pipedream or pipeline: delivering regular, reliable, up-to-date information on biodiversity through repeatable workflows Ballroom APeter Desmet [S04] Sydney Harbour Atlas ChaudiereAndrew Sherin [W03] Rewards and Challenges of eDNA Sequencing with Multiple Genetic Markers for Marine Observation Programs CapitaleKathleen J Pitz

16:45 EDT

[Contributed] Development of a National Repository for Aquatic Biodiversity in Bhutan Ballroom ASangay Dema [S04] The developing Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS) ChaudiereLenore Bajona [W03] Linking molecular and morphological biodiversity evidence by building a single name space CapitaleDmitry Schigel

17:00 EDT

[S04] Future pathways for sharing and integrating data: 04 Symposium: Advances in data accessibility and data management for marine species occurrence data: Discussion Panel 2 ChaudiereAndrew Sherin [W03] Panel Discussion CapitalePier Luigi Buttigieg • Robert Hanner • Luke Thompson

19:00 EDT

[Social Event] Night at the Museum Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St, Ottawa