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TDWG 2017

Tanja Milotic

Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Project coordinator LifeWatch
Brussels, Belgium

09:00 EDT

Data Carpentry Workshop Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St, OttawaKaren Cranston • Matthew Collins • Deborah Paul • Jake Szamosi

09:00 EDT

Data Carpentry Workshop Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St, OttawaKaren Cranston • Matthew Collins • Deborah Paul • Jake Szamosi

17:30 EDT

Registration in the Penthouse Panorama

18:00 EDT

[Social Event] Welcome Reception in the Penthouse Panorama

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 [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

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 - 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 [W03] Environmental samples, eDNA and HTS libraries – data standard proposals from the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) CapitaleWalter G. Berendsohn

14:15 EDT

[S04] Cookbooks and Curriculum ChaudiereMary Kennedy

14:30 EDT

[S04] Expanding the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) beyond species occurrences ChaudiereDaphnis De Pooter

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

15:00 EDT

[W03] Semantically Defining Populations for 'Omics Research CapitaleRamona L. Walls

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

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 [S04] Spatial Visualization of Publicly Accessible Species Occurrence Data ChaudiereJeff McKenna

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

[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

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

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 [W07 - Topic] Reusing an open source platform in order to create a community: example of the Living Atlases community ChaudiereChristian Gendreau • Jeremy Goimard • Marie-Elise Lecoq • Dave Martin • Federico Mendez • Santiago Martínez de la Riva • Manash Shah • Anders Telenius [W07] Introduction of the Living Atlases workshop ChaudiereMarie-Elise Lecoq

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

12:30 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

[S10 - Topic] 500 Years of Big Data from the Biodiversity Heritage Library CapitaleMartin Kalfatovic • Carolyn A. Sheffield [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

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

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 [S16 - Topic] Using Big Data Techniques to Cross Dataset Boundaries - Integration and Analysis of Multiple Datasets Ballroom AMatthew Collins • Robert Guralnick • Martin Kalfatovic

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

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

[S18 - Topic] Bridging Gaps between Biodiversity Informaticians and Collections Professionals Ballroom AGail Kampmeier • Holly Little • Deborah Paul [S18] Building a community of practice through capacity enhancement mentoring Ballroom ALaura Russell [W21 - Topic] Biological Interaction Data Workgroup CapitaleQuentin Groom • Jennifer Hammock • Antonio M. Saraiva

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

Lunch on your own N/A

14:00 EDT

[S18 - Topic] Bridging Gaps between Biodiversity Informaticians and Collections Professionals Ballroom AGail Kampmeier • Holly Little • Deborah Paul [S18] A tool for collections-specific searches in genetic databases Ballroom AMichael Trizna [W06 - Topic] Data Quality Workshop ChaudiereArthur D. Chapman • Antonio M. Saraiva

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

15:30 EDT

Break Ballroom B Posters (Even Numbers) Ballroom B

16:00 EDT

[W23 - Topic] Towards an Online Atlas of Phenology CapitaleMélanie Bélisle-Leclerc • Scott Chamberlain • Jonathan Davies • Robert Guralnick • Zoe Panchen • Joel Sachs • Pamela S. Soltis

16:15 EDT

[W23] An Update on the Plant Phenology Ontology and Plant Phenology Data Integration CapitaleBrian J. Stucky

16:30 EDT

[W23] Documenting Reproductive Phenology using Herbarium Specimens: Experiences from the New England Vascular Plants Project CapitalePatrick W Sweeney

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 [W08] Panel Discussion ChaudiereWalter G. Berendsohn • Anton Güntsch • Lutz Suhrbier • Okka Tschöpe

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