Biodiversity Summit 2020 Washington DC

Monday, 10 June 2019

Day One
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast (On your own)
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Registration: William L. Harkness Hall
Keynote Session Location: Sudler Room, William L. Harkness Hall - 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Time	Presenter(s)		Title
8:30	Dave Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum Gil Nelson, iDigBio, University of Florida Patrick Sweeney, Senior Collections Manager, Yale Peabody Museum		Welcome Conference Framing Logistics
9:00	Rosemary Gillespie, Professor & Schlinger Chair in Systematic Entomology, Berkeley EvoLab, University of California, Berkeley, Essig Museum of Entomology, Department of Environmental Science.		Eco-evolutionary data across time to infer biodiversity dynamics
9:30	Nico Franz, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (ASU) Curator of the Hasbrouck Insect Collection, Lead Coordinator of the Natural History Collections, Director of the Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (BioKIC), and Director of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository.		De-centralized but global: Redesigning biodiversity data aggregation for improved engagement and impact
10:00	Caroline Strömberg, Estella B. Leopold Professor in Biology and Curator of Paleobotany, Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, Department of Biology, University of Washington, 2017 recipient of the prestigious Charles Schuchert Award from the Paleontological Society.		Shedding light on the evolution of grasses and grasslands through automated, quantitative imaging analyses of plant silica microfossils
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break – William L. Harkness Hall
Concurrent Session I-A – Sudler Room, William L. Harkness Hall - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Theme: Methods and protocols for enhancing discovery with digitized specimen data
11:00	Mario Moura, Yale University Jhonny Guedes, Federal University of Viçosa		Determinants of the time lag between collection and description dates of global reptiles
11:20	James Hanken, Stephen Turney, Linda Ford Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology		Unlocking the vault: mass digitization and imaging of historical slide collections for use in comparative biology
11:40	Rose Aubery, Surangi W. Punyasena University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign		A high-throughput automated method for analyzing plant cuticle specimens
12:00	David Blackburn Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida		The openVertebrate (oVert) Project
Concurrent Session I-B – Room 208, William L. Harkness Hall - 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Theme: Ongoing research projects that utilize digital data
11:00	Marion Holmes University of Pittsburg		Testing the influence of land-use history and forest stand age on distributions of parasitic plants
11:20	Elizabeth Clark, Yale University John R. Hutchinson, Royal Veterinary College; Peter J. Bishop, Royal Veterinary College; Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, Yale University; Derek E. G. Briggs, Yale University		Insights into the Origins of Echinoderm Motion through 3D Digital Modeling
11:40	Alexander White, Data Science Lab, Smithsonian Paul Frandsen, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University; Laurence Dorr, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution; Eric Schuettpelz, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution; Rebecca Dikow, Data Science Lab, Smithsonian Institution		Evaluating geographic patterns of morphological disparity in ferns and lycophytes using deep neural networks
12:00	Brandon O'Brien, Christopher Neefus, Jennifer Dijkstra University of New Hampshire		Global domination: Understanding the spread of two invasive seaweeds using habitat suitability models
Concurrent Session I-C – Room 116, William L. Harkness Hall - 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Theme: Gaps and deficiencies in currently available digital data that hinder effective use
11:00-12:20	Nathan Upham Yale University, Ruth Oliver Yale University		Discussion Session: Synonyms: can we find durable solutions to name-based biodiversity data?
			Discussion Session: Synonyms: can we find durable solutions to name-based biodiversity data?
			Discussion Session: Synonyms: can we find durable solutions to name-based biodiversity data?
			Discussion Session: Synonyms: can we find durable solutions to name-based biodiversity data?
12:30- 1:40	Lunch (On your own) - Restaurant suggestions
Concurrent II-A – Room 208, William L. Harkness Hall - 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Theme: Pipelines that integrate digitization, data use, and research
1:45	Dean Pentcheff, Regina Wetzer Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County		Fielding the field-to-fields pipeline: From sampling through sequences in practice
2:05	Surangi W. Punyasena University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Kenton McHenry, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign		An automated image analysis platform for palynological specimens
2:25	Rachel Hackett, Michigan Natural Features Inventory Michael Belitz, University of Florida; Edward Gilbert, Arizona State University; Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University		A data management workflow of biodiversity data from the field to data users
2:45	Michelle Duong Yale Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Ajay Ranipeta, Yale; Walter Jetz, Yale; Robert Guralnick, University of Florida		Map of Life: A platform for synthesizing heterogeneous biodiversity data for research, education, and conservation
Concurrent II-B – Room 116, William L. Harkness Hall - 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Theme: Discussion Session: Developing a Framework of Core Biodiversity Data Literacy Skills
1:45-3:05	Anna K. Monfils, Central Michigan University Elizabeth R. Ellwood, La Brea Tar Pits & Museum; Lisa White, University of California Museum of Paleontology; Debra L. Linton, Central Michigan University; Natalie Douglas, Central Michigan University; Molly Phillips, University of Florida		Discussion Session: Developing a Framework of Core Biodiversity Data Literacy Skills
			Discussion Session continued
			Discussion Session continued
			Discussion Session continued
Concurrent II-C – Sudler Room, William L. Harkness Hall - 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Theme: Use of digitized biodiversity specimen data within ecological research and practice
1:45	Kelley D. Erickson, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden David Henderson, Washington University in St. Louis; Stephen J. Murphy, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden; Adam B. Smith, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden		Incorporating collector behavior into large-scale range models for digital biodiversity data
2:05	Robert Guralnick, Bryan McLean Florida Museum of Natural Histeory University of Florida		Assembling specimen-based trait knowledgebases to test broad-scale drivers of life-history variation
2:25	Katherine LeVan National Ecological Observatory Network / Battelle		The National Ecological Observatory Network and the Extended Specimen Paradigm
2:45	Tom Giermakowski University of New Mexico Bruce L. Christman		Searching for a polar bear in a snowstorm: distribution of Arizona Black Rattlesnakes in southwestern New Mexico
3:15-3:45	Break – William L. Harkness Hall
Concurrent III-A – Sudler Room, William L. Harkness Hall - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Theme: Published or publishable biodiversity research using digitized specimen data
3:45	Meredith Zettlemoyer, Kellogg Biological Station Katarina Renaldi, Michigan State University		Failure to shift phenology may be associated with local extinction
4:05	Barnabas Daru Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi		Temperature controls phenology in continuously flowering Protea species of subtropical Africa
4:25	Joel Nitta, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution Alexander White, Data Science Lab, Smithsonian Institution Warren Wagner, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution Eric Schuettpelz, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution		Biogeography of Polynesian Pteridophytes in a Global Context
Concurrent III-B – Room 208, William L. Harkness Hall - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Theme:
3:45	Rebecca Dikow, Michael G. Trizna, Mirian T. N. Tsuchiya, Alexander E. White Data Science Lab, Smithsonian Institution		Data-intensive approaches to digitized museum collections
4:05	Ciera Martinez University of California, Berkeley		Designing a synergistic relationship between undergraduate Data Science education and usability of Biodiversity databases
4:25
Concurrent III-C – Room 116, William L. Harkness Hall - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
3:45			Open Discussion - All topics welcome
4:05			Open Discussion - All topics welcome
4:25			Open Discussion - All topics welcome
Invited Afternoon Meetings - Room 116, William L. Harkness Hall
4:45-5:45	Please contact Patrick Sweeney (patrick.sweeney@yale.edu), if you plan to attend. This meeting is intended for CNH members.		Consortium of Northeastern Herbaria business meeting