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TDWG 2017

Jiri Frank

National musem
Scientific secretary
Prague, Czech Republic

17:30 EDT

Registration in the Penthouse Panorama

18:00 EDT

[Social Event] Welcome Reception in the Penthouse Panorama

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 - Topic] What do People, DiSSCo, Brazil, Symbiota, BISON and Google have in common? Ballroom AGail Kampmeier [Contributed] Associating Occurrences with Genes, Phenotypes, and Environments through the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) Ballroom ADimitris Koureas [W01 - Topic] Establishing a global registration system of algal names and types ChaudiereAndreas Kohlbecker

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

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

12:00 EDT

[Contributed] Taxonomy and Distribution in Big Data Use Cases from BISON and ITIS Ballroom AGerald Guala

12:15 EDT

[Contributed] Google Summer of Code: Why TDWG should participate Ballroom ATomer Gueta

12:30 EDT

Lunch provided Ballroom C

14:00 EDT

[S28 - Topic] Financial Models for Sustaining Biodiversity Informatics Products Ballroom AJames H. Beach [W03] Environmental samples, eDNA and HTS libraries – data standard proposals from the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) CapitaleWalter G. Berendsohn

14:15 EDT

[S28] Interoperability, Attribution, and Value in the Web of Natural History Museum Data Ballroom AAndrew Bentley

14:30 EDT

[S28] Sustainability in Biodiversity Software Development: More financing or better practices? Ballroom AMatt Yoder

14:45 EDT

[S28] Maintenance and development of Symbiota2, a platform for data sharing and visualization Ballroom AMary E. Barkworth

15:00 EDT

[S28] Sustaining Software for Biological Collections Computing Ballroom AJames H. Beach

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

15:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B

16:00 EDT

[Contributed - Topic] Topics in Climate Change Ballroom ARobert D. Stevenson [Contributed] Use of Online Species Occurrence Databases in Published Research since 2010 Ballroom AJoan E Ball-Damerow

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

16:30 EDT

[Contributed] Pipedream or pipeline: delivering regular, reliable, up-to-date information on biodiversity through repeatable workflows Ballroom APeter Desmet

16:45 EDT

[Contributed] Development of a National Repository for Aquatic Biodiversity in Bhutan Ballroom ASangay Dema

19:00 EDT

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

09:00 EDT

i. Overview of TDWG and TDWG standards; ii. Announcement of Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (BISS), the new journal of TDWG Ballroom A

09:40 EDT

[Keynote] Anne Bowser - Standardizing Citizen Science? Ballroom AAnne Bowser

10:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B Posters (Even Numbers) Ballroom B

11:00 EDT

[S02 - Topic] Biodiversity Data Quality – concepts, methods and tools Ballroom AArthur D. Chapman • Antonio M. Saraiva • Alexander Thompson [S02] Fitness for Use: The BDQIG aims for improved Stability and Consistency Ballroom AArthur D. Chapman [W09 - Topic] Paleo [Interest Group] Implementing Biodiversity Standards for Paleobiology CapitaleFalko Glöckler • Jana Hoffmann • Mareike Petersen • Denné Reed [W09] The Data Standard ABCD EFG - Access to Biological Collection Data Extended for Geosciences CapitaleFalko Glöckler

11:15 EDT

[S02] Toward a Biodiversity Data Fitness for Use Backbone (FFUB): A Node.js module prototype Ballroom AAllan Koch Veiga [W09] Workshop Activities CapitaleDenné Reed • Falko Glöckler • Mareike Petersen • Jana Hoffmann

11:30 EDT

[S02] Fitness-for-Use-Framework-aware Data Quality workflows in Kurator Ballroom APaul J. Morris

11:45 EDT

[S02] Darwin Cloud: Mapping real-world data to Darwin Core Ballroom AJohn Wieczorek

12:00 EDT

[S02] Integrating data-cleaning with data analysis to enhance usability of biodiversity big-data Ballroom ATomer Gueta

12:15 EDT

[S02] Using YesWorkflow hybrid queries to reveal data lineage from data curation activities Ballroom ABertram Ludaescher

12:30 EDT

Lunch on your own N/A

14:00 EDT

[S02 - Topic] Biodiversity Data Quality – concepts, methods and tools Ballroom AArthur D. Chapman • Antonio M. Saraiva • Alexander Thompson [S02] Managing data quality in GBIF: status and plans Ballroom AChristian Gendreau

14:15 EDT

[S02] Towards a comprehensive workflow for biodiversity data in R Ballroom ATomer Gueta

14:30 EDT

[S02] Angling for data: making biodiversity metadata more FAIR Ballroom AJoakim Philipson

14:45 EDT

[S02] Design and use of NOMEN, an ontology defining the rules of biological nomenclature Ballroom AMatt Yoder

15:00 EDT

[S02] Invasive Organisms Information: A proposed TDWG Task Group Ballroom AQuentin Groom

15:15 EDT

[S02] Panel Discussion Ballroom AArthur D. Chapman • Antonio M. Saraiva • Alexander Thompson

15:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B Posters (Odd Numbers) Ballroom B

16:00 EDT

[S10 - Topic] 500 Years of Big Data from the Biodiversity Heritage Library CapitaleMartin Kalfatovic • Carolyn A. Sheffield [S10] How Did BHL Get to Big Data CapitaleMartin Kalfatovic [S22 - Topic] Biological Interaction Data - towards data standardization Ballroom AQuentin Groom • Jennifer Hammock • Antonio M. Saraiva [S22] How species interactions are managed in Plinian Core: Status and questions Ballroom AFrancisco Pando

16:15 EDT

[S10] Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature CapitaleMariah Lewis [S22] Addressing the proposal for new Darwin Core terms for interaction data Ballroom AJohn Wieczorek

16:30 EDT

[S10] Scientific Names: Linking the Past to Provide Context for Knowledge CapitaleThomas M. Orrell [S22] GoMexSI: Using Open Platforms such as Github, Wordpress, and GloBI to Manage, and Share Species Interaction Data Ballroom AJames Simons

16:45 EDT

[S10] A path to continuous reindexing of scientific names appearing in Biodiversity Heritage Library data Capitale [S22] Brazilian Plant-Pollinator Interactions Network: definition of a data standard for digitization, sharing, and aggregation of plant-pollinator interaction data Ballroom AAntonio M. Saraiva

17:00 EDT

[S10] Crowdsourcing Data Enhancements to Improve Named Entity Recognition in the Biodiversity Heritage Library CapitaleKatie Mika [S22] Global Biotic Interactions: A Catalyst For Integrating Existing Interaction Datasets, Connecting Data Curators And Developing Data Exchange Methods Ballroom AJorrit H Poelen

17:15 EDT

[S10] BHL’s Feedback Tools and User Surveys: Investigating User Needs for Data in Digital Libraries CapitaleCarolyn A. Sheffield [S22] mangal - making sense of biotic interaction data Ballroom ATimothée Poisot

09:00 EDT

Wild Ideas Ballroom A

09:40 EDT

[Keynote] Javier de la Torre - Everything happens somewhere, multiple times Ballroom AJavier de la Torre

10:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B

11:00 EDT

[S16 - Topic] Using Big Data Techniques to Cross Dataset Boundaries - Integration and Analysis of Multiple Datasets Ballroom AMatthew Collins • Robert Guralnick • Martin Kalfatovic [S16] BHL: A Source for Big Data Analysis Ballroom AMike Lichtenberg

11:15 EDT

[S16] TAXREF-LD: A Reference Thesaurus for Biodiversity on the Web of Linked Data Ballroom AFranck Michel

11:30 EDT

[S16] A High-throughput Data Ingest Pipeline for Semantic Data-stores Ballroom AJohn Deck [S16] [CANCELLED] IndexMEED cases studies using "Omics" data with graph theory Ballroom ARomain David

11:45 EDT

[S16] Using ontologies to explore floral evolution in a non-model plant clade Ballroom AAnnika L Smith

12:00 EDT

[S16] Panel Discussion Ballroom AMatthew Collins • Robert Guralnick • Martin Kalfatovic

12:30 EDT

Lunch pick-up (boxed) Ballroom C

13:00 EDT

[Field Trip] Canadian Museum of Nature Collections or Pink Lake Hike N/A

09:00 EDT

Standards in Action: The Darwin Core Hour Ballroom ADeborah Paul • John Wieczorek • Paula F Zermoglio

09:40 EDT

[Keynote] Pamela Soltis - Linking Heterogeneous Data in Biodiversity Research Ballroom APamela S. Soltis

10:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B Posters (Odd Numbers) Ballroom B

11:00 EDT

[S18 - Topic] Bridging Gaps between Biodiversity Informaticians and Collections Professionals Ballroom AGail Kampmeier • Holly Little • Deborah Paul

11:15 EDT

[S18] What’s Missing From All the Portals? Ballroom ASharon Grant

11:30 EDT

[S18] An Example of Synergy in Data Mobilization: the Arctos-VertNet Nexus Ballroom ADavid Bloom

11:45 EDT

[S18] Towards Insect Digital Collections and Data Publishing: A journey for the GBIF-funded African Insect Atlas Collaborative Project Ballroom ABoikhutso Lerato Rapalai

12:00 EDT

[S18] Setting up an Interdisciplinary Data Infrastructure: Why Cooperation between Domain Experts and Computer Scientists Matters - An Experience Report from the GFBio Project Ballroom AJana Hoffmann • Felicitas Löffler

12:15 EDT

[S18] Panel Discussion Ballroom AHolly Little • Deborah Paul • Gail Kampmeier

12:30 EDT

Group Photo Lobby stairs Lunch on your own N/A

14:00 EDT

[S18] A tool for collections-specific searches in genetic databases Ballroom AMichael Trizna

14:15 EDT

[S18] How Mass Digitization is changing Herbarium Collection Management at the Botanic Garden Meise (BR) – Teaching old dogs new tricks! Ballroom AHenry Engledow

14:30 EDT

[S18] Building community-specific standards and vocabularies: prospects and challenges for linking to the broader community - The SINP Case Ballroom ARémy Jomier • Paula F Zermoglio

14:45 EDT

[S18] Managing Ex Situ Collections of Wild Species' Seeds: Use of Biodiversity Informatics in the Millennium Seed Bank to Address Challenges Ballroom AUdayangani Liu

15:00 EDT

[S18] Automated Herbarium Specimen Identification using Deep Learning Ballroom AJose Carranza-Rojas

15:15 EDT

[S18] SPNHC 2017 Natural History Collections Biodiversity Informatics 101 Short Course Insights Ballroom AHolly Little

15:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B Posters (Even Numbers) Ballroom B

17:45 EDT

[Social Event] Banquet Canadian Museum of History, 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau (Hull), Quebec

09:00 EDT

[S20 - Topic] Traits - Data models, sources, vocabulary, interoperability and their presentation and discoverability via species information pages Ballroom AJeff Gerbracht • Robert Guralnick • Jennifer Hammock • Deborah Paul • Pamela S. Soltis [S20] Species Information pages, how are the data discovered, consolidated and presented. Ballroom AJeff Gerbracht

09:15 EDT

[S20] Building semantics in the domain of trait data: an OBO Library approach Ballroom APier Luigi Buttigieg

09:30 EDT

[S20] Traits in a graph Ballroom AJennifer Hammock

09:45 EDT

[S20] VicFlora: a dynamic, service-based Flora Ballroom ANiels Klazenga

10:00 EDT

[S20] Documenting Marine Species Traits in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): Current status, Future Plans and Encountered Challenges Ballroom ALeen Vandepitte

10:15 EDT

[S20] Traits as Essential Biodiversity Variables Ballroom ARobert Guralnick

10:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B

11:00 EDT

[Contributed - Topic] Topics in Taxonomy and Ontologies Ballroom ADavid Shorthouse [Contributed] Setup of BIOfid, a new Specialised Information Service for Biodiversity Research Ballroom AMarkus Koch

11:15 EDT

[Contributed] SOCCOMAS: A Self-Describing and Content-Independent Application for Semantic Ontology-Controlled Web-Content-Management-Systems Ballroom ASandra Meid • Lars Vogt

11:30 EDT

[Contributed] OntoPilot: New Software to Simplify and Accelerate Ontology Development and Deployment Ballroom ABrian J. Stucky

11:45 EDT

[Contributed] The Taxonomic and Biodiversity Software Stack in R Ballroom AScott Chamberlain

12:00 EDT

[Contributed] Building a Taxonomic Data Editor: ITIS Taxonomic Workbench 6.0 Ballroom ADavid Mitchell

12:15 EDT

[Contributed] Catalogue of Life, China and Taxonomic Tree Tool Ballroom ALiqiang Ji

12:30 EDT

Lunch provided Ballroom C Poster take-down Ballroom B