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Maxime Coupremanne

Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Data manager
Brussels
Sunday, October 1
 

18:00 EDT

[Social Event] Welcome Reception in the Penthouse Panorama
 
Monday, October 2
 

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 - 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

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

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

13:30 EDT

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

14:00 EDT

[S28 - Topic] Financial Models for Sustaining Biodiversity Informatics Products Ballroom AJames H. Beach [S28] The Arctos Community Model for Sustaining and Enriching Access to Biodiversity Data Ballroom AJohn Wieczorek

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

[S04] Talking beyond presence: 04 Symposium: Advances in data accessibility and data management for marine species occurrence data: Discussion Panel 1 ChaudiereMary Kennedy

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 - 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

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
 
Tuesday, October 3
 

08:30 EDT

Load Talks & Hang Posters N/A

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

10:40 EDT

[Computer Demo] TaxonWorks Ballroom BMatt Yoder

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

11:15 EDT

[S02] Toward a Biodiversity Data Fitness for Use Backbone (FFUB): A Node.js module prototype Ballroom AAllan Koch Veiga

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

15:40 EDT

[Computer Demo] Defining a Data Quality (DQ) profile and DQ report using a prototype of Node.js module of the Fitness for Use Backbone (FFUB) Ballroom BAllan Koch Veiga

16:00 EDT

[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

[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

16:45 EDT

[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

[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

[S22] mangal - making sense of biotic interaction data Ballroom ATimothée Poisot
 
Wednesday, October 4
 

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

10:40 EDT

[Computer Demo] Desktop or remote knowledge base management systems for taxonomic data and identification keys: Xper2 and Xper3 Ballroom BRégine Vignes-Lebbe

11:00 EDT

[S12 - Topic] Citizen Science Contributions to Biodiversity Research and Standards CapitaleRobert D. Stevenson [S12] The state of the data in citizen science CapitaleAnne Bowser

11:15 EDT

[S12] Setting Collections Data Free with the Power of the Crowd: challenges, opportunities and a vision for the future CapitaleMargaret J Gold

11:30 EDT

[S12] Turning Flickr into a useful Citizen Science Resource CapitaleArthur D. Chapman

11:45 EDT

[S12] Discovering Nature in the City with a Citizen Science Mobile App CapitaleJana Hoffmann

12:00 EDT

[S12] Panel Discussion CapitaleRobert D. Stevenson

13:00 EDT

[Field Trip] Canadian Museum of Nature Collections or Pink Lake Hike N/A
 
Thursday, October 5
 

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

10:40 EDT

[Computer Demo] Developing a Module for Generating Formalized Semantic Morphological Descriptions for Morph∙D∙Base Ballroom BSandra Meid • Lars Vogt

11:00 EDT

[Interest Group] Species Information ChaudiereFrancisco Pando [W21 - Topic] Biological Interaction Data Workgroup CapitaleQuentin Groom • Jennifer Hammock • Antonio M. Saraiva

12:30 EDT

Group Photo Lobby stairs Lunch on your own N/A

14:00 EDT

[W06 - Topic] Data Quality Workshop ChaudiereArthur D. Chapman • Antonio M. Saraiva

15:00 EDT

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

15:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B Posters (Even Numbers) Ballroom B

16:00 EDT

[W06 - Topic] Data Quality Workshop ChaudiereArthur D. Chapman • Antonio M. Saraiva

17:45 EDT

[Social Event] Banquet Canadian Museum of History, 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau (Hull), Quebec
 
Friday, October 6
 

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 [W08] Semantic Annotations of Text and Images in Morph∙D∙Base ChaudiereChristian Köhler

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 [W08] AnnoSys - future developments ChaudiereLutz Suhrbier

11:45 EDT

[Contributed] The Taxonomic and Biodiversity Software Stack in R Ballroom AScott Chamberlain [W08] Panel Discussion ChaudiereWalter G. Berendsohn • Anton Güntsch • Lutz Suhrbier • Okka Tschöpe

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

14:00 EDT

Business Meeting: Reports from Treasurer, Interest and Task Groups; Preview of TDWG2018; Closing Remarks Ballroom ADimitris Koureas • William Ulate