[Taxacom] e-Biosphere 09: International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics

[Schindel, David]

The e-Biosphere 09 Conference will be held in London on 1-3 June 2009.
The conference has three principal goals:

*	To highlight the achievements and capabilities of Biodiversity
Informatics; 
*	To provide practitioners and users of Biodiversity Informatics
with opportunities to interact and share information; and 
*	To gather input from practitioners and users that will help
guide the development of Biodiversity Informatics over the coming 5-10
years.  Representatives of major Biodiversity Informatics initiatives
will meet for two days following the Conference to use this input to
develop an R&D roadmap.

The Conference will stress panel discussions, break-out discussion
groups, and other meeting formats that will promote active involvement
by participants.  The Conference agenda will include time for break-out
discussion meetings of communities of practitioners and users of
Biodiversity Informatics.  The Conference organizers will soon launch
web-based discussion groups and town-hall meetings through which these
communities can develop Position Papers that will be finalised at the
Conference.
 
The e-Biosphere 09 Conference will be an excellent opportunity for
developers of biodiversity databases and software to give demonstrations
to the community.  Instructions for exhibitors is available at
http://www.e-biosphere09.org/assets/files/Exhibitors07Jul08.pdf.
 
The Conference website (www.e-biosphere09.org) now has:

*	The Programme of speakers 
*	Call for Abstracts for poster presentation (15 December
deadline) 
*	Applications for Travel Bursaries for participants from
developing countries and doctoral students (15 December deadline) 
*	Pre-registration online form 
*	Hotel information

Comments and questions about the Conference can be sent to
inquiries.e-biosphere09 at si.edu.  
 
 
 
 
David E. Schindel, Executive Secretary

Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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