3rd Annual Digital Data Conference, Yale
Lodging and Logistics
Dorm lodging is available this year on Yale's campus.
- For more on this and other lodging, see Lodging information
- Conference location: Click here for a map with conference locations
- Conference announcement
Social Media
Twitter: #digidata, @idigbio
Traveling to New Haven
Airports: The closest airport is in New Haven. Being a small airport flights are limited.
The Bradley International Airport in Hartford, CT is the second closest option, 45 minutes away. Transportation options from Hartford to New Haven can be found here
Campus Parking: Yale Event Services advises commuters register to park using this link. The fee is $8 daily, and parking is located at the Pierson Sage Garage, which is about 0.8 miles from the meeting venues and adjacent to the Peabody. Overnight parking is allowed.
Food and Restaurant Options
[Restaurant options near campus]
Conference Registration
Registration opens 28 January 2019 and will be handled by Eventbrite.
PLEASE REGISTER EARLY. WE HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO CLOSE REGISTRATION EARLY IF THE CONFERENCE FILLS UP.
Registration fees Registration fees include the conference, workshops, refreshments and hors d'oeuvres at Tuesday's reception:
- $100.00 for professionals,
- $ 50.00 for students.
Registration deadlines.
- Early registration deadline for workshop proposals: 23 March 2019
- Registration deadline for those submitting an abstract: 30 April 2019
- Final Registration deadline: 17 May 2019
To register: Click here
A link to submit abstracts will be provided in the confirmation email sent after registering.
Sustaining Biological Infrastructure: Strategies for Success (SBI) Course
We are pleased to offer the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) popular and successful Sustaining Biological Infrastructure: Strategies for Success (SBI) course, to be co-located with the conference. This course helps leaders of digital data resources, collections, field stations, and labs enhance their skills in strategic planning, communication, and financial management to make their projects more successful and sustainable. The course will be held June 12-14. Enrollment: $849 (discounted from $975). Colleague discount:(second team member from the same project/lab/etc) $649. Limited space available.
Please contact Jill Parsons, ESA’s Associate Director of Science Programs, at jill@esa.org or Emily Mastrianni, Science Programs Specialist, at emily@esa.org for more information.
Agenda
Monday, 10 June 2019
| Day One | ||||
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast (On your own) | ||||
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Registration: | ||||
| Keynote Session Location: Sterling Law School Auditorium 8:00 - 11:20 a.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: | ||||
| Time | Title | Presenter(s) | ||
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome Workshop Framing |
Gil Nelson, iDigBio, University of Florida | ||
| 9:00-9:30 | Rosemary Gillespie, Professor & Schlinger Chair in Systematic Entomology, Berkeley EvoLab, University of California, Berkeley, Essig Museum of Entomology, Department of Environmental Science. | |||
| 9:30-10:00 | 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. | |||
| 10:00-10:30 | Caroline Strömberg, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington, 2017 receipient of the prestigious Charles Schuchert Award from the Paleontological Society. | |||
| 10:30-11:00 | Break –Location TBD | |||
| Concurrent Session I-A – Location TBD - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 | ||||
| 11:15-11:30 | ||||
| 11:30-11:45 | ||||
| 11:45-12:00 | ||||
| 12:00-12:15 | ||||
| 12:15-12:30 | ||||
| Concurrent Session I-B – Location TBD - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 | ||||
| 11:15-11:30 | ||||
| 11:30-11:45 | ||||
| 11:45-12:00 | ||||
| 12:00-12:15 | ||||
| 12:15-12:30 | ||||
| Concurrent Session I-C – Location TBD - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 | ||||
| 11:15-11:30 | ||||
| 11:30-11:45 | ||||
| 11:45-12:00 | ||||
| 12:00-12:15 | ||||
| 12:15-12:30 | ||||
| Concurrent I-D – Location TBD - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Moderator/timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 | ||||
| 11:15-11:30 | ||||
| 11:30-11:45 | ||||
| 11:45-12:00 | ||||
| 12:00-12:15 | ||||
| 12:15-12:30 | ||||
| 12:30-1:45 | Lunch (On your own) - [Restaurant suggestions] | |||
| Concurrent II-A – Location TBD - 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Moderators/Timekeepers: Theme: | ||||
| 1:45-2:00 | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | ||||
| 2:15-2:30 | ||||
| 2:30-2:45 | ||||
| 2:45-3:00 | ||||
| 3:00-3:15 | ||||
| Concurrent II-B – Location TBD - 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Moderator/Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 1:45-2:00 | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | ||||
| 2:15-2:30 | ||||
| 2:30-2:45 | ||||
| 2:45-3:00 | ||||
| 3:00-3:15 | ||||
| Concurrent II-C – Location TBD - 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 1:45-2:00 | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | ||||
| 2:15-2:30 | ||||
| 2:30-2:45 | ||||
| 2:45-3:00 | ||||
| 3:00-3:15 | ||||
| Concurrent II-D – Location TBD - 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 1:45-2:00 | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | ||||
| 2:15-2:30 | ||||
| 2:30-2:45 | ||||
| 2:45-3:00 | ||||
| 3:00-3:15 | ||||
| 3:15-3:45 | Break – Location TBD | |||
| Concurrent III-A – Location TBD - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 3:45-4:00 | ||||
| 4:00-4:15 | ||||
| 4:15-4:30 | ||||
| 4:30-4:45 | ||||
| Concurrent III-B – Location TBD - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 3:45-4:00 | ||||
| 4:00-4:15 | ||||
| 4:15-4:30 | ||||
| 4:30-4:45 | ||||
| Concurrent III-C – Location TBD - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 3:45-4:00 | ||||
| 4:00-4:15 | ||||
| 4:15-4:30 | ||||
| 4:30-4:45 | ||||
| Concurrent III-D – Location TBD - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 3:45-4:00 | ||||
| 4:00-4:15 | ||||
| 4:15-4:30 | ||||
| 4:30-4:45 | ||||
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
| Day Two | ||||
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast (On your own) | ||||
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Registration: Location TBD | ||||
| Plenary Session Location: Sterling Law School Auditorium 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: | ||||
| Time | Title | Presenter(s) | ||
| 8:30-9:00 | Walter Jetz, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Jetz Lab: Global Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University. | |||
| 9:00-9:30 | Pincelli Hull, Assistant Professor, Geology and Geophysics, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University. | |||
| 9:30-10:00 | Charles C. Davis, Professor, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Curator of Vascular Plants and Director, Harvard University Herbaria. | |||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break - Location TBD | |||
| Concurrent IV-A - Location TBD - 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 10:30-10:45 | ||||
| 10:45-11:00 | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 | ||||
| 11:15-11:30 | ||||
| 11:30-11:45 | ||||
| 11:45-12: | ||||
| 12:00-12:15 | ||||
| Concurrent Session IV-B - Location TBD - 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 10:30-10:45 | ||||
| 10:45-11:00 | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 | ||||
| 11:15-11:30 | ||||
| 11:30-11:45 | ||||
| 11:45-12:00 | ||||
| 12:00-12:15 | ||||
| Concurrent IV-C - Location TBD - 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Moderator/timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 10:30-10:45 | ||||
| 10:45-11:00 | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 | ||||
| 11:15-11:30 | ||||
| 11:30-11:45 | ||||
| 11:45-12:00 | ||||
| 12:00-12:15 | ||||
| Concurrent IV-D - Location TBD Center - 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 10:30-10:45 | ||||
| 10:45-11:00 | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 | ||||
| 11:15-11:30 | ||||
| 11:30-11:45 | ||||
| 11:45-12:00 | ||||
| 12:00-12:15 | ||||
| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch (On your own) | |||
| Concurrent V-A – Location TBD - 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Moderators/Timekeepers: Theme: | ||||
| 1:30-1:45 | ||||
| 1:45-2:00 | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | ||||
| Concurrent V-B - Location TBD - 1:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 1:30-1:45 | ||||
| 1:45-2:00 | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | ||||
| Concurrent V-C - Location TBD - 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Moderator/timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 1:30-1:45 | ||||
| 1:45-2:00 | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | ||||
| Concurrent V-D - Location TBD - 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Moderator: Timekeeper: Theme: | ||||
| 1:30-1:45 | ||||
| 1:45-2:00 | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | ||||
| Capstone Session Location:Sterling Law School Auditorium Moderator: | ||||
| 2:30-3:00 | Joe Miller, Executive Secretary, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Copenhagen, DK | |||
| 3:00-3:30 | Andrea Weeks, National Science Foundation | |||
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Poster Session: Environmental Science Center (across from Peabody Museum), 1st floor | ||||
| 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Tours - Reception: Peabody Museum, Great Hall | ||||
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
| Day Three - Workshops | ||||
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| Breakfast (On your own) 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | ||||
| Registration 7:00 - 8:15 a.m. | ||||
| Workshop 1- Mobilizing museum collections and citizen science data to predict species distribution Moderators: Erica Stuber and Walter Jetz Location & Time TBA Species distribution models (SDM) are powerful tools for inferring species ecology, response to environmental change, and biodiversity at multiple spatial and temporal scales. However, understanding species’ ranges at landscape or global scales typically requires moving beyond designed studies, which are relatively small scale, to capitalize on museum collections and citizen science projects which can represent data spanning entire species ranges across current and historic habitats. Understanding species’ range-wide distribution is a requirement for developing evidence-based conservation plans and predicting species’ response to global change, facilitated by digitization efforts and open-source observations databases. In this hands-on workshop, participants will review the state of the science in species distribution modelling, consider best-practices in mobilizing collections-based and citizen-science data sources for distribution modeling, and fit a basic SDM (i.e., access species and environmental data, process, and fit a statistical distribution model). Participants should bring their own laptop; hands-on sessions will use the free R programming environment. Example code and data for modeling will be provided, although some previous practice working with R will be useful. | ||||
| Workshop 2 - Moderator: Kaitlin Pearson Theme: Location & Time TBA | ||||
| Workshop 3 - Tools and Best Practices for Biodiversity Data Science: A Data Carpentries Introduction with Python Moderators: Holly Little, Deb Paul and Mike Trizna Location & Time TBA | ||||
| Field Trip 1 - Horse Island Field Trip 8:15 am - 1:00 pm On this short excursion to a 17-acre uninhabited island in Long Island Sound, we’ll see a mix of coastal and early successional vegetation, with wide rocky intertidal zones. The island is almost completely wooded with small stands of beech, pine and cedar trees among mixed scrub and hardwoods. Please be aware that some of the walking will be over uneven, sometimes slippery, very rocky terrain so appropriate footwear is required. Horse Island is among Connecticut’s Thimble Islands, 1.5 miles offshore from Stony Creek in Branford, Connecticut. Upon returning from the island, there will be an opportunity to have lunch in one of the local eateries in Stony Creek, a small seaside village which retains its roots as a summer vacation location with old Victorian hotels and a working granite quarry. Limit 12 people: Must register to attend" | ||||