Invitation to Symposium

Developing a Global Research Infrastructure (GRI) framework for bio-collections
Fri June 24 (Organised during the SPNHC meeting in Berlin, 20-25 June)
 
Dear all,
We would like to invite you to participate to the Symposium on developing a common framework for building a Global Research Infrastructure (GRI) on bio-collections. We are at a pivotal point where existing regional Research Infrastructures (RI) are assessing their international collaboration aspects, whilst for other regions new opportunities arise for the development of new RIs.
   
During this Symposium we will present current and under development regional and continental-wide initiatives for developing Research Infrastructures. Building on the work of the US based ADBC programme and its coordinating groups, like iDigBio, as well as the work of organisations and projects such as CETAF, GBIF, TDWG, NSCA and SYNTHESYS we aim to agree on the principles that as an international framework for developing a bio-collections GRI.
Please find the invite along with the agenda below
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B59nd-8PkyHYem9LaXhBeWdxWnM/view?usp=sh... [1]
 
The symposium co-chairs,
Dimitris Koureas - Natural History Museum London
Ana Casino - Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities