The 24th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board

Introduction

The 24th meeting (GB24) of the GBIF Governing Board was hosted by The Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, on behalf of Finland.

Agenda

https://gb24.gbif.org/en/programme/

GNM14

Sunday 24 September 2017

Session	Speakers	Presentations (Slides)	Recordings
Session 1: Update from the GBIF Secretariat	GBIF International landscape & New regions (Latin America/Caribbean & Pacific) Tim Hirsch, Deputy Director, GBIF Secretariat Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP) Aisha Lolila Jensen, PO for Participation and Engagement, GBIF Secretariat Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Laura Russell, PO for Participation and Engagement, GBIF Secretariat Biodiversity Fund for Asia (BIFA) Maofang Luo, Visiting Scientist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, GBIF Secretariat IPT GBIF API and other tools Laura Russell, PO for Participation and Engagement and Thomas S. Jeppesen, Web Developer, GBIF Secretariat Presentation of the new GBIF Portal Morten Høfft & Thomas S. Jeppesen, Web Developers, GBIF Secretariat	T. Hirsch A.L. Jensen L. Russell M. Luo T.S. Jeppesen M. Hofft	Session 1 Recording
Session 2: Nodes role in the GBIF Community	Experiences from more established Nodes contribution to GBIF implementations plan: Description of the Antarctic Thematic GBIF Node, Strength & Weaknesses Anton Van de Putte, Node manager, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Presentation on a recently proposed Swedish national initiative for a coherent Biodiversity Informatics infrastructure (BAS) Anders Telenius, Node manager and Veronika Johansson, Node staff, Sweden Colombia BIO - Historical Expedition for Biodiversity: Strengthening of biological collections Leonardo Buitrago, Node manager, Colombia Niger Republic: Presentation on available biodiversity data organization & management for better monitoring and uses Maman Adda, Node manager, Niger Results of BID and CESP project activities Saïdou Dombouya, Node manager, Guinea Data management: Stable identifiers for collection specimens: What could the Nodes do to spread the use of this practice? Walter Berendsohn, Node manager, Germany Catalog of Life Plus Olaf Banki, Species 2000 GBIF habla español: A promotional animated video! Cristina Villaverde, Node Manager, Spain Estonian Node experience Urmas Kõljalg, Node Manager; Estonia	A. Van de Putte A. Telenius & V. Johansson L. Buitrago N/A N/A W. Berendsohn O.Banki C. Villaverde U. Kõljalg	Session 2 Recording
Session 3: Breakout - Thematic group discussions	ALA Technology Chair: David Martin, Node manager, Australia (to be confirmed) Enhancing the technology skills of providers and consumers of biodiversity information Chair: Deb Paul, iDigBio New data types, new data sources Chair: Anton Van de Putte, Node manager, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Checklists, mobilization and uses Chair: Wouter Addink, Node manager, Naturalis Training and mentoring based on BID experiences Chair: Jean Ganglo, Node manager, Benin	N/A N/A N/A W. Addink N/A
Session 4: Forward looking strategies	Plenary discussions based on thematic breakout group discussions. Moderated by André Heughebaert, Chair, Nodes Committee and Group Chairs		Session 4 Recording

Monday 25 September 2017

Session	Speakers	Presentations (Slides)	Recordings
Session 5: Data Use Cases	Uses of GBIF data - National, regional & thematic, based on input and experiences from the Nodes: GBIF Norway: Norwegian and Nordic crop wild relative conservation strategies derived from biodiversity data published in GBIF; and new published data (flow) before entering into assessments Dag Endresen, Node manager, Norway Ireland: Introducing new portal for capturing citizen science data) Liam Lysaght, Node manager, Ireland Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS) By Dimitri Brosens, Node staff, Belgium Presentation of SpeciesPlus.net Tim Wilkinson, UNEP-WCMC Characterizing Bird Data Gaps in Time and Space using GBIF- EBird Mediated Data Gautam Talukdar, Node manager, India	D. Endersen N/A D. Brosens T. Wilkinson G. Talukdar	Session 5 Recording
Session 6: Improving Data fitness for use	Data Fitness for use based on input and experiences from the Nodes: Pre Session 6: Proposed Amendments to the Nodes OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System): New use of Event core for reporting observation data with Extended Measurement or Facts (eMoF) - http://www.gbif.no/events/2017/gbif-eu-nodes-meeting.html Dag Endresen, Node manager, Norway Summary outputs: CESP 2016 Agro-training project including needs assessment on agrobiodiversity information and training Rui Figueira, Node manager, Portugal DISSCo Wouter Addink, Node manager, Naturalis GBIF Norway: Software tools for online citizen science volunteer digitization of museum herbaria collections, https://data.gbif.no/dugnad ::Christian Svindseth, Node staff, Norway GBIF Norway: Terms selection tool for data publishers, https://data.gbif.no/dwcexcel Christian Svindseth, Node staff, Norway	Pre Session 6 D. Endresen R. Figueira W. Addink C. Svindseth C. Svindseth
Session 7: Science Ambassador corps through GBIF Nodes	Science ambassadors and workshops on promoting use of GBIF mediated data in research Tim Hirsch, Deputy Director, GBIF Secretariat Chair: David Martin, Node manager, Australia	T. Hirsh	Session 7 Recording
Session 8: Breakout – Regional Group Discussions	The following topics were discussed within the regional group discussions: Content Mobilization Collections/international Landscape Enlargement and Endorsement of Data Publishers Capacity Building Large Regional Projects Group Chairs: Fatima Parker-Allie, Regional Representative, Africa Tsuyoshi Hosoya, Regional Representative, Asia Liam Lysaght, Deputy Regional Representative, Europe Anabela Plos, Deputy Regional Representative, Latin America & Caribbean Ben Wheeler, US Node Manager, North America and Oceania regions	Africa Discussion Asia Discussion Europe Discussion Latin America & Caribbean Discussion North America & Oceania Discussion
Session 9: Forward looking strategies	Plenary discussion based on breakout regional group discussions Moderated by Anders Telenius and Wouter Addink, Nodes Committee Vice Chairs + Group Chairs		Session 9 Recording
Session 10: Summing up & Conclusions	Summarizing of discussions from sessions Enlarging/improving our Nodes Community Expectations from GBIF Secretariat Conclusions & Key messages Moderated by Anders Telenius and Wouter Addink, Nodes Committee Vice Chairs

Oral Presentation Recordings

Oral presentations of the Global Nodes meeting in the Hotel Arthur and the Governing Board meeting Day 1 Public Session at the University of Helsinki, Main Building, Small hall have been recorded using Adobe Connect.

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Recorded Proceedings

Sunday 24 September 2017

Opening of the meeting and Session 1- Update from the GBIF Secretariat (9am)

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pe4kmt320mly/

Session 2- Nodes role in the GBIF Community (11am)

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p209m0sj2kxi/

Session 4- Forward looking strategies (3pm)

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pvp3uumiptqi/

Monday 25 September 2017

Session 5- Data Use Cases(9am) and Session 6- Improving Data fitness for use (10am)

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pee8lhh8ngc2/

Session 7- Science Ambassador corps through GBIF Nodes (11am)

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p1m4l4lpfe9n/

Session 9- Forward looking strategies (2.45pm) and Session 10- Summing up & Conclusions (3.45pm)

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pz35dc8wpyiv/

Tuesday 26 September 2017

GB24 Public Session 1

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pa1a7xzr3cgr/

GB24 Public Session 2

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pgfx2lzibs8l/

GB24 Public Session 3

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pek4wez9dzzk/

Recording Downloads

All of the recording will be uploaded to iDigBio's Vimeo channel here: https://vimeo.com/album/4806187