IDigBio Summit 2015

The annual iDigBio Summit is a meeting of representatives from TCNs, iDigBio, and other activities related to the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program. The Summit will focus on discussions of shared goals, challenges, opportunities, and collaboration.

Digitizing biodiversity of the past and present for the future
Quick Links for iDigBio Summit 2015
Agenda
[Biblio]
Report

General Information

When: November 4-6, 2015
Where: Hilton Arlington

Remote Access

To the extent possible, the Summit sessions will be broadcast and recorded using Adobe Connect, and the meeting hosts will monitor the chat to address questions/concerns. To connect, go to https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/summit5/ and choose Enter as Guest, type your first and last name, and then click Enter Room. Remote participants are encouraged to visit the iDigBio Web Conferencing Wiki prior to connecting.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. We encourage all Summit participants to make use of the Metro when travelling between Reagan National Airport and the Hilton Arlington and between the Hilton Arlington and the U.S. Botanic Garden. Some useful Metro links:

• Metrorail Frequency
• Metrorail Pocket Guide
• Trip Planner
• Metrorail Fares

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Please be advised that the agenda is still a work in progress. Don't be surprised if things shift around a bit. Thank you for understanding!

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Travel Day for Microfungi TCN, EPICC TCN, iDigBio EAB, and iDigBio Planning Team
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
5:00pm
5:30pm	Summit Check-In in Lobby
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm	Informal Welcome Gathering in Lounge and Dinner on Your Own
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Business Meetings; Travel Day for All Other Attendees
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided)
8:30am
9:00am			MiCC TCN Meeting	GBIF Task Force Meeting
9:30am
10:00am					iDigBio EAB Meeting
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm	Lunch (provided)
12:30pm
1:00pm			MiCC TCN Meeting (continued)	GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
1:30pm
2:00pm		Welcome to iDigBio for New TCNs
2:30pm
3:00pm	Break (provided)
3:30pm		Introduction to Project Management		GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
4:00pm		Questions & Answers
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm	Summit Check-In in Lobby
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm	Informal Welcome Gathering in Lounge and Dinner on Your Own
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Thursday, November 5, 2015

iDigBio Summit Day 1
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided)
8:30am
9:00am		iDigBio Welcome (Jennings) NSF Welcome (TBD) NSF ADBC Program (Roberts) iDigBio: Overview (Page) iDigBio: Advancing Research (Soltis) iDigBio: Education & Outreach (MacFadden) iDigBio: Enabling Digitization (Riccardi) iDigBio: Cyberinfrastructure (Fortes) MiCC TCN EPICC TCN
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
	Break (provided)
11:00am
		GLI TCN InvertEBase TCN SERNEC TCN FIC TCN VACS TCN MHC TCN
11:30am
12:00pm
	Lunch (provided)
12:30pm
1:00pm
		iDigSTEAM Workshop (Basham)	Data Management (Love/Thompson)	Communication/Collaboration (Paul)	Ad hoc discussion
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm	Break (provided)	Poster Session: iDigBio Working Groups & Interest Groups
3:00pm
3:30pm		Citizen Science (Mast/Ellwood/Dunckel)	iDigBio Resources (McCaffrey/Jennings)	Research Tool Development (Soltis)	Ad hoc discussion
4:00pm
4:30pm
		DAY 1 WRAP-UP - Breakout Group Summaries
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm	Reception at the United States Botanic Garden
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Friday, November 6, 2015

iDigBio Summit Day 2
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided)
8:30am
9:00am		BCoN (Gropp) NEVP TCN Paleoniches TCN MaCC TCN SCAN TCN InvertNet TCN TTD TCN LBCC TCN
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am	Break (provided)
11:00am		BISON (Guala) GBIF Task Force (Masinde) ALA/CSIRO (LaSalle) CRIA (Canhos) NSII (XU) Canadensys (Shorthouse)
11:30am
12:00pm	Lunch (provided)
12:30pm
1:00pm		Education & Outreach (Phillips/MacFadden)	Project Management (Jennings/McCaffrey)	Attribution (James/Nelson)	Ad hoc discussion
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm	Break (provided)	Poster Session: iDigBio Working Groups & Interest Groups
3:00pm
3:30pm		Data Use in Research & Education (Soltis/Phillips/MacFadden)	Sustainability (Page/Klein)	Symbiota Users (Cobb)	Ad hoc discussion
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm		DAY 2 WRAP-UP - Breakout Group Summaries
5:30pm		SUMMIT WRAP-UP
6:00pm
6:30pm	Dinner on your own
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Travel Day for All Attendees
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast on your own
8:30am
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm	Check-out