Digitizing Fluid-preserved Vertebrate Specimens

Logistics

• Event hashtag: #vertdigi
• Workshop Logistics Document
• Hotel information
• Mass Transit information
• Original workshop announcement

Shared Documents

• Google docs folder
• Additional agenda items document
• Status of imaging]
• Imaging Technologies Notes

Agenda, Day 1
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Day One
Time	Topic	Presenter(s)/Leader(s)
6:30 - 7:30 a.m.	Breakfast at Hotel Complimentary breakfast 6:30 - 9:30 a.m.
8:00-8:15 a.m.	Welcome, Logistics, and Introductions	Gil Nelson, iDigBio/Florida State University Chris Phillips, Illinois Natural History Survey
8:15-8:45 a.m.	Introduction to ADBC, iDigBio, and TCN Development	Larry Page, iDigBio/Florida Museum of Natural History
8:45-9:15 a.m.	Why this Workshop? Workshop Goals, Discussion, agenda additions	Larry Page Gil Nelson
9:15-9:45 a.m.	The case for imaging fish	Mark Sabaj-Perez, Drexel
9:45-10:15 a.m.	The case for imaging herps	Hinrich Kaiser, Victor Valley College
10:15-10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45-11:15 a.m.	The case for 2D imaging	Mark Sabaj-Perez
11:15-12:00 p.m.	The case for 3D imaging	Hank Bart, Tulane Nelson Rios, Tulane
12:00-12:30 p.m.	The case for CT imaging	David Blackburn, Florida Museum of Natural History
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-1:45 p.m.	Review and discussion of pre-workshop survey results (including discussion of the status of databasing in fish and herp collections)	Gil Nelson
1:45-3:00 p.m.	Status of imaging at participating collections: Document for notetaking Each participant to have 3 minutes to outline the status of imaging at their institution. * Current imaging practices * how are images being used * Issues to resolve * Future plans * Challenges * Institutional choices about what to image * Preferences: 2D, 3D, CT, no imaging * Institutional predispositions regarding the value and use of images	Greg Watkins-Colwell, Yale Peabody Museum, moderator
3:00-3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Imaging for data collection: An overview	Miriam Zelditch, U. Michigan Donald Swigerski, U. Michigan
4:30-4:45 p.m.	Discussion/Q&A: Imaging for data collection	Miriam & Donald moderators
4:45-5:00 p.m.	Daily wrap-up, observations, comments, challenges, criticisms, further discussion	Greg Watkins-Colwell moderator
Dinner on Your Own Recommended gathering place: Houlihans Reservation at 6:15 pm, Meet in hotel lobby at 6:00 pm

Agenda, Day 2
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Day One
Time	Topic	Presenter(s)/Leader(s)
6:30 - 7:30 a.m.	Breakfast at Hotel Complimentary breakfast 6:30 - 9:30 a.m.
8:00-8:15 a.m.	Lingering questions and observations from Day 1	Larry Page, Moderator
8:15-9:00 a.m.	Breakout discussions focused on uses and value of images: Fish Herps	Chris Phillips, Moderator
9:00-10:00 a.m.	Breakout discussions: Important research questions to be answered by a large dataset of fish and herp images? Research questions 1 Research questions 2 Research questions 3	Chris Phillips, Moderator
10:00-10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30-11:30 a.m.	Breakout session reports on potential research questions	Mark Sabaj-Perez, moderator
11:30-12:00 a.m.	Organize for afternoon deliberations: What Should be the Focus of a Fluid-preserved Vertebrate Imaging TCN: goals, outcomes, components, and research basis? Determine discussion group themes Broader Impacts Imaging Focus -Ecological component: looking beyond fishes and herps -Digitization of field notes to support digitized images for holistic picture of organisms -Imaging beyond the specimen: utilizing photographs from the field -Broader impacts -Quality of data: Developing standards(Future workshop?) Select discussion group participation Outline expected group discussion and afternoon outcomes Grand challenge research questions Discussion documentation	Gil Nelson, moderator
12:00-1:00 p.m.	Lunch
	Afternoon theme: What Should be the Focus of a Fluid-preserved Vertebrate Imaging TCN? Notes document Mechanics	Larry Page, moderator
1:00-3:00 p.m.	Discussion breakouts
3:00-3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30-5:00 p.m.	Discussion group reports and additional plenary discussion
Dinner on Your Own