Programme

Programme

The detailed programme and agenda is being prepared and will become available in a closer date to the meeting and events. See bellow the Programme overview, which is still a draft version. Check the list of participants registered to the meeting and to the workshop.

Programme overview
 

Mon, 18 Apr

Tue,19 Apr

Wed, 20 Apr

Thu, 21 Apr

Fri, 22 Apr

09:00h  - 13:00h Workshop Workshop Nodes Meeting Nodes Meeting Excursion
14:00h - 18:00h Workshop Nodes Meeting Nodes Meeting Nodes Meeting Excursion
19:00h Ice Breaker   Official Dinner    

 

Agenda

The draft agenda is under preparation on this shared google docs.

Day 1: Tuesday 19 April (2-6PM)

(Plenary session)

Schedule

Description

Speaker

14:00 – 14:20

I. Opening session by the President of FCT (t.b.c.), the President of ISA, Head of Delegation from Portugal, Director of RI PORBIOTA and GBIF Portugal

 

14:20 – 14:50

II. Introduction

 

Tour de table

 

Preparatory Survey

Presentation - Survey.pptx

AS Archambeau

Setting up the scene

AS Archambeau

Nodes and regional work plans and activities

Presentation - NC_and_Regional_WP.pptx

Hanna Koivula

Questions

 

14:50 – 16:00

III. Update from the Secretariat
A. Strategic Plan 2017-2021 (presentation)
B. GB22 Global Nodes meeting and training
C. 2016 update (presentation)
1. Content mobilization and quality
- Sample-based data mobilization
- Task groups
2. Informatics
- Licensing
- Data publisher and user agreements
- National portal developments (ALA)
3. Communications and capacity enhancement
- New documentation
- Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP)
- Capacity self-assessment
- Country reports and regional pages
- Certification of skills (badges)
- BID and BIFA programmes
Discussion

Presentation - GBIF Strategic Plan 2017-2021 - small.pptx

Presentation - GBIF Update Slides For Regions - small.pptx

Kyle Braak and Alberto González

 

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

 

16:30 – 18:00

IV. Collaborations & reporting and new opportunities (max 10’- just an update)

 

A. EUBON (max 5’- just an update)

Anders Telenius

B. LifeWatch (max 5’- just an update)

Presentation - EU%20BON%20LifeWatch%20ENM%202016.pptx

Anders Telenius + Rui Figueira

C. COST Action (first try turn down but next step?)

Presentation - COST-Presentation.pptx

AS Archambeau

D. EU Directives and Funding opportunities

André Heughebaert

E. EASIN

Anders Telenius

F. Report Mentoring Encounter Bay (on ALA documentation)

André Heughebaert

G. CESP GBIF_PALOP

Presentation - GBIFPALOP_RuiFigueira.pdf

Rui Figueira

H. CoopBioPlat

Presentation - CoopBioPlat-CV.pptx

Cristina Villaverde

I. Citizen Science providers in Europe and data availability

Presentation - European_CitizenScience_compiledNBIC_20160418_0.pptx

Speadsheet - CitizenScience_SpeciesOccurence_DataAvailabilityEurope_20160219_NilsValland%40NBIC_0.xlsx

Nils Valland

J. AnnoSys - Annotation system for biodiversity data portals

Presentation - AnnoSysIntegrationInGBIFdataPortal.pptx

Jörg Holetschek

Wrap up discussion

 

 

Day 2: Wednesday 20 april (9AM-6PM)

In order to follow up with our EU joint effort work plan 2015-2016 and the global nodes meeting, here are the different topics that we will discuss during the regional meeting. The links goes to the community web site pages of the existing groups.

Schedule

Description

Speaker

 

V. Best practice exchanges organized in thematic groups

 

9:00 – 9:15

Introduction to working groups

 

9:15 – 10:55

Parallel session 1: 2 thematic groups

 

A - Nodes portals (and other tools) (ALA)
http://community.gbif.org/pg/pages/view/49268/work-plan-group-green-sharing-and-jointly-developing-nodes-portal-solutions

AS Archambeau

B - Sample based data http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/47949/samplebased-data-publishing-interest-group/

The pre-meeting workshop on sample-based data, https://goo.gl/oqg2OR

Dag, Kyle

 

 

 

10:55 – 11:20

Coffee break

 

 

 

 

11:20 – 13:00

Parallel session 2 : 2 thematic groups

 

C - Uses of data, users-science-policy interface, reaching out to the cultural domain (EUROPEANA,)

http://community.gbif.org/pg/pages/view/49063/

http://community.gbif.org/pg/pages/view/49334/work-plan-group-red-improving-relevance-of-gbif-for-sciencepolicy-initiatives

Dimi and Liam

Jörg Holetschek

D - Data quality, validation (and fitness for use) http://community.gbif.org/pg/pages/view/49262/work-plan-group-blue-improving-the-quality-of-gbif-mediated-data

Christian and Dag

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

 

 

(Plenary session)

 

14:00 – 15:00

Presentation about Europeana by Jörg
Presentation - OpenUp.pptx

Summary about the sample data workshop by Dag

Wrap up of thematic groups (15’ each group)

Nodes Portal
Sample data (Dag, in combination with the workshop report)
Users and science-policy interface
Data quality

 

15:00 – 16:00

Discussion around the next Action plan (COST) including aspects on:

 

A. Biodiversity informatics curriculum http://community.gbif.org/pg/pages/view/48692/breakout-group-towards-a-curriculum-for-biodiversity-informatics

Hanna Koivula

B. Digitization and repatriation http://community.gbif.org/pg/pages/view/48970/breakout-group-common-approaches-to-digitization-and-repatriation

Presentation - GNM 13 B-O Yellow Digitization and Repatriation.pptx

Anders Telenius

C. Extending checklists, to include National Red list, black list, crop wild relative list, evidence, new data attributes needed

Wouter Addink?

D. Data mobilization targets, known missing datasets, who will approach data owners…? Data hosting services?

 

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

 

16:30 – 18:00

Following of the discussion and Wrap up

 

19:00

Hosted dinner and visit to Jardim Botânico da Ajuda

 

 

Day 3: Thursday 21 april (9AM-6PM)

(Plenary session)

Schedule

Description

Speaker

9:00 – 10:30

Strategic aspects :

Regional issues and correlation with strategic plans

I. European Nodes Workplan 2016-2017

Defining goals, Priorities and Actions for the coming 12 months

a. Develop processes and strategies to advance GBIF-related activities within the region

b. Strengthen sharing of capacities and resources within the region

c. Promote engagement and expansion of the GBIF network

Looking at EU nodes Work Plan of last year, what works and what doesn’t work? http://community.gbif.org/pg/file/read/48045/european-nodes-work-plan-20152016

Hanna Koivula

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

 

11:00 – 13:00

Following of the discussion

 

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

 

14:00-16:00

GBIF activities in Russia

Presentation - Shashkov_Ivanova_MSh_NI.pdf

Maxim Shashkov

Presentation - Shashkov_Ivanova_MSh_NI.pdf

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences — first steps in global data publishing integration

Presentation - Khalikov_GBIF.pptx

Roman Khalikov

Following of the discussion

Possible launch of a new fitness-for-use task group on IAS. How can we contribute?

Interaction with HoD

New members Russian GBIF and other possible new members related to LifeWatch

Defining the actions

 

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

 

16-30 – 18:00

II. Wrap up and Conclusion

 

 

Side events

Workshop on sample-based data publication

18-19 April

The thematic of the workshop will be around sample-based data publication and the questions that appear around the event core of the Darwin core.  The workshop will be led by Dag Endresen, from GBIF Norway, and  Kyle Braak, from the GBIF Secretariat. See details on the Workshop page and register to attend in the Registration page.

 

Excursion

22nd of April, 8:00h-19:00h

A full-day trip to the Arrábida Natural Park, Cape Espichel and Meco dunes will take place on the 22nd of April. See details on what to visit and see on the Excursion page. Please note that places are limited to 40 people, and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis after the Registration.

 

Social events

Ice Breaker

18th of April, 19:00h

On the 18th of April, 19h, participants are invited to an Ice breaker at Chafariz do Vinho (Enoteca) which includes wine tasting and tapas. Please register to attend this event in the registration form.

Address:

Chafariz do Vinho

Chafariz da Mãe d'Água
Rua da Mãe d'Água à Praça da Alegria
1250-000 Lisboa – Portugal

See Google Street view of the entrance.

 

Hosted dinner and visit to Jardim Botânico da Ajuda

20th of April, 19:00h

Participants are invited to Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (Botanic Garden), to a guided visit by the director, Dalila Espírito-Santo. After the visit, a hosted dinner is offered at the Restaurant Estufa Real, which is located inside the garden.

Address:

Jardim Botânico da Ajuda
Restaurante Estufa Real
Calçada do Galvão
1300-011 Lisboa

See Google Street view of the entrance of the Ajuda Botanical Garden.